Dufaut: Pièces de Luth André Henrich

• François Dufaut (1604 - 1672): Suite in D Minor:
• 1 I. Prélude 01:28
• 2 Suite in D Minor: II. Allemande 02:45
• 3 Suite in D Minor: III. La Superbe 01:53
• 4 Suite in D Minor: IV. Courante 01:13
• 5 Suite in D Minor: V. Sarabande-Diminution 01:39
• 6 Suite in D Minor: VI. Sarabande 01:07
• 7 Suite in D Minor: VII. Gigue 01:40
• Suite in F Major:
• 8 Suite in F Major: I. Allemande 02:34
• 9 Suite in F Major: II. Courante 01:16
• 10 Suite in F Major: III. La Cavalière 01:16
• 11 Suite in F Major: IV. L'angélique 02:15
• 12 Suite in F Major: V. Gigue 01:27
• Suite in G Minor:
• 13 Suite in G Minor: I. Prélude 01:36
• 14 Suite in G Minor: II. Pavane 06:17
• 15 Suite in G Minor: III. Courante 01:53
• 16 Suite in G Minor: IV. Tombeau de Blanrocher 03:21
• 17 Suite in G Minor: V. Courante suédoise 01:03
• 18 Suite in G Minor: VI. Sarabande- Double 03:00
• 19 Suite in G Minor: VII. Gigue 01:54
• Suite in C Minor:
• 20 Suite in C Minor: I. Prélude 00:55
• 21 Suite in C Minor: II. Allemande 03:10
• 22 Suite in C Minor: III. Courante 01:45
• 23 Suite in C Minor: IV. Sarabande 02:30
• 24 Suite in C Minor: V. Gigue 01:17
• Suite in G Major:
• 25 Suite in G Major: I. Allemande 02:51
• 26 Suite in G Major: II. Gigue 01:28
• 27 Suite in G Major: III. Sarabande 01:25
• 28 Suite in G Major: IV. Gavotte 00:42
• Pavane in E Minor:
• 29 Pavane in E Minor 05:56
• Total Runtime 01:01:36

Info for Dufaut: Pièces de Luth

The name Dufaut is usually mentioned together with other lutenists of his time – the Gaultiers, the Gallots and Charles Mouton – when the French lute school and its founding father Ennemond Gaultier ('the elder') are discussed.

In the sources of Dufaut's music – two printed anthologies (1631/1638) and more than 90 manuscripts, mostly of French, English and German origins – his compositions are found together with the works of other lutenists. The present recording is devoted entirely to Dufaut's music, aiming to reveal its great diversity and wealth of invention.

Dufaut's oeuvre was not influenced by the tendency towards stylistic standardisation and unification in French music after 1650 (a stroke of genius on Lully's part, for musical if not more for political reasons). The various dance forms are full of variety and hardly standardised. An often unexpected melodic turn of phrase not infrequently transcends the metrical structure. Dufaut's music is therefore hardly predictable: the listener remains alert, entirely according to the rhetorical intentions of the music of his era.

André Henrich, german lutenist, living in Paris, has already taken part as an ensemble member in three more Aeolus albums. With this new recording of the rarely performed suites by Francois Dufaut he presents his first solo album. It has been recorded in fabulous acoustics of the church of Saint-Apollinaire of Bolland in eastern Belgium.

André Henrich, lute

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