Bach: Plucked - Unplucked Violaine Cochard & Edouard Ferlet

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• 1 Je me souviens (After the Gigue of J. S. Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825) 02:11
• 2 Aparté (After the Arrangement by Alexander Siloti of J. S. Bach's Prélude in E Minor, BWV 855) 07:13
• 3 Utopia (After J. S. Bach's Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797) 06:08
• 4 Entre écorce (After J. S. Bach's Sonata in D Minor, BWV 964) 05:10
• 5 Après vous (After the Allemande of J. S. Bach's French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815) 04:11
• 6 Phénix (After J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variation No. 20 in G Major, BWV 988) 05:38
• 7 À la suite de Jean (After the Prélude of J. S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007) 05:26
• 8 St. Matthew Passion in E Minor, Pt. 2, BWV 244: 39. Erbarme dich (Transcription for Harpsichord and Piano by Edouard Ferlet) 04:10
• 9 Je me souviens plus (After the Gigue of J. S. Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825) 03:15
• 10 Magnetic Tango 05:13
• Total Runtime 48:35

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Edouard Ferlet is a jazz pianist featuring a refined swing. His album Think Bach, a first incursion into the world of the Cantor, was a total success: from Télérama (ffff) to Jazz Magazine, everyone was charmed by his approach and the quality of his piano (‘incredibly well turned out and beautiful,’ wrote Stéphane Friédérich in Pianiste)... Unclassifiable and unpredictable, as he defines himself, the pianist-composer is in the habit of combining jazz with the most varied forms: classical music, theatre, filmscores, performances and musical readings with authors such as Nancy Huston... In the continuity of the Think Bach project, Arièle Butaux provoked an unexpected duo on French radio, centred on Baroque music and improvisation, a magical, timeless face-to-face between Edouard Ferlet and harpsichordist Violaine Cochard. Considered one of the finest ambassadresses of her instrument and also a great lover of Bach, she recorded, on an exceptional instrument, an album that drew considerable attention. This disc is the result of that meeting of struck strings and plucked strings. Side by side, each at his or her own instrument, the two musicians carry on a dialogue about Bach’s music, between original text and improvisations...

Violaine Cochard, harpsichord
Edouard Ferlet, piano

Violaine Cochard
First-prize winner in the International Harpsichord Competition in Montreal in June 1999, Violaine Cochard worked with the finest teachers to develop a personal and inventive style. In 1991 she was awarded a first prize at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Angers, where she studied with Françoise Marmin, and entered the classes of Christophe Rousset and Kenneth Gilbert at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM). Three years later she graduated with three first prizes – for continuo and harpsichord – awarded unanimously by the jury. She continued her training with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset (advanced course at the CNSM in Paris).

An inspired continuo player, a fine soloist, a teacher for three years (1999-2002) at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Montpellier, Violaine Cochard devotes much of her time to chamber music, working regularly with various ensembles, including the Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), Les Paladins (Jérôme Corréas) and, of course, Amarillis, playing continuo or solo. She also plays continuo for operatic productions by Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset) and Le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haïm). Violaine Cochard gives recitals and chamber concerts at festivals in France, elsewhere in Europe, and in Latin America (Cité de la Musique in Paris, La Chaise-Dieu, Nantes, Ambronay, Beaune, Montreux, Utrecht, Pisa…). She is also heard on France Musique and has been invited to take part in broadcasts for the BBC.

She records with Amarillis for the Ambroisie label. Other recordings include Les quatre saisons by Boismortier with Les Festes Vénitiennes (K617), the Symphonies of Pugnani with Academia Montis Regalis (Opus 111), Persée by Lully with Les Talens Lyriques (Naïve), Apollo e Dafne by Handel with Les Paladins (Arion), and Dido and Aeneas by Purcell with Le Concert d'Astrée (Naïve)…

Violaine Cochard recorded two solo CDs of François Couperin' music in 2005 and in 2008 for the label Ambroisie. Her next solo recording, on Johann Sebastian Bach' music is available since novembre 2011 for the label Agogique.

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