Robert de Visée: Theorbo Solos Jakob Lindberg

• Robert de Visée (1650 - 1725): Suite in A Minor:
• 1 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Prélude 01:53
• 2 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Allemande La Royalle 02:53
• 3 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Courante 01:44
• 4 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Sarabande 02:14
• 5 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Gavotte 01:05
• 6 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Rondeau La Mascarade 01:28
• 7 Visée: Suite in A Minor: Chaconne 02:29
• Suite in D Major:
• 8 Visée: Suite in D Major: Prélude 01:01
• 9 Visée: Suite in D Major: Allemande 02:26
• 10 Visée: Suite in D Major: Courante 01:41
• 11 Visée: Suite in D Major: Sarabande 03:43
• 12 Visée: Suite in D Major: Gigue 01:34
• Pieces in D Minor:
• 13 Visée: Pieces in D Minor: Prélude 01:20
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687): Pieces in D Minor:
• 14 Lully: Pieces in D Minor: Entrée d'Apollon 02:34
• Robert de Visée: Pieces in D Minor:
• 15 Visée: Pieces in D Minor: Air 01:54
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): Pieces in D Minor:
• 16 : Pieces in D Minor: Contredance La Furstemberg 03:16
• Robert de Visée: Pieces in D Minor:
• 17 Visée: Pieces in D Minor: Passacaille 03:16
• Pieces in C Minor:
• 18 Visée: Pieces in C Minor: Prélude 00:53
• 19 Visée: Pieces in C Minor: La Plainte or Tombeau des Mesdemoiselles de Visée, filles de l'Auteur 04:43
• Pieces in G Major:
• 20 Visée: Pieces in G Major: Prélude 01:08
• Jean-Baptiste Lully: Pieces in G Major:
• 21 Lully: Pieces in G Major: Entrée des Espagnolles 01:41
• François Couperin 1668 - 1733): Pieces in G Major:
• 22 Couperin: Pieces in G Major: Les Sylvains 04:26
• Robert de Visée: Pieces in G Minor:
• 23 Visée: Pieces in G Major: Musette 04:33
• 24 Visée: Pieces in G Major: Chaconne 05:12
• Suite in E Minor:
• 25 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Prélude 01:14
• 26 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Allemande 03:09
• 27 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Courante 01:56
• 28 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Sarabande 02:48
• 29 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Gigue - Double 03:06
• 30 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Gavotte 01:23
• 31 Visée: Suite in E Minor: Rondeau La Monfermeil 01:36
• Folies d'Espagne:
• 32 Visée: Folies d'Espagne 04:13
• Total Runtime 01:18:32

Info for Robert de Visée: Theorbo Solos

12 years after his album entitled ‘Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone’ (BIS-1899), Jakob Lindberg returns to his magnificent theorbo, specially built for him by the luthier Michael Lowe, based on an instrument preserved in the Musée de la Musique in Paris. One of the most spectacular instruments of the early baroque owing to its length and great number of strings, the theorbo was originally designed to accompany the voice, but is also ideally suited to solo performance. For this disc, Lindberg has chosen pieces by Robert de Visée, one of the great French masters of the lute, theorbo and guitar repertoire and a favourite of Louis XIV. The recording features dances as well as character pieces, including a moving ‘Plainte’ in memory of his two deceased daughters. It also includes de Visée’s arrangements of compositions by Lully, Couperin and Purcell as well as his own version of Les Folies d’Espagne, a very popular chord progression that inspired so many composers of his time. Jakob Lindberg writes: ‘I can’t help but be seduced by the grace of the instrument’s lines, the resonance of its sonorities, and by the unmistakably French elegance of this remarkable composer.’

Jakob Lindberg, theorbe

Jakob Lindberg
was born in Sweden and developed his first passionate interest in music through the Beatles. After reading music at Stockholm University he came to London to study at the Royal College of Music. Under the guidance of Diana Poulton he decided towards the end of his studies to focus on music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Jakob Lindberg is now one of the most prolific musicians in this field. He has made numerous recordings for BIS, many of which are pioneering in that they present a wide range of music on CD for the first time. He is also an active continuo player on the theorbo and archlute and has worked with many well-known English soloists and ensembles.

It is particularly through his live solo performances that he has become known as one of today’s finest lutenists. He has played to audiences in many parts of the world, from Tokyo and Beijing in the East to San Francisco and Mexico City in the West. In addition to his busy life as a performer, Jakob Lindberg teaches at the Royal College of Music in London, where he succeeded Diana Poulton as professor of lute in 1979.

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