Artist: Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire
Album: Rameau: Concerts en sextuor
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 88,2 kHz
Duration: 01:17:53
Total Tracks: 21
Total Size: 1,41 GB

Tracklist:

01. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 6: I. La poule (04:33)
02. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 6: II. 1er menuet – 2e menuet (03:11)
03. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 6: III. L’enharmonique (Gracieusement) (05:32)
04. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 6: IV. L’égyptienne (Modérément) (02:44)
05. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 6: V. Les sauvages (02:21)
06. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 1 in C Minor: I. La Coulicam (Allegro moderato) (03:40)
07. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 1 in C Minor: II. La Livri (Rondeau gracieux) (03:01)
08. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 1 in C Minor: III. Le Vézinet (Gayement sans vitesse) (03:26)
09. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 2 in G Major: I. La Laborde (Rondement) (03:57)
10. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 2 in G Major: II. La Boucon (Air gracieux) (04:46)
11. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 2 in G Major: III. L’agaçante (Rondement) (02:37)
12. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 2 in G Major: IV. 1er menuet – 2e menuet en rondeau (04:23)
13. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 3 in A Major: I. La La poplinière (Rondement) (03:06)
14. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 3 in A Major: II. La timide (1er rondeau gracieusement – 2e rondeau) (05:35)
15. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 3 in A Major: III. 1er tambourin – 2e tambourin en rondeau (02:44)
16. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 4 in B-Flat Major: I. La pantomime (Loure vivement) (03:12)
17. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 4 in B-Flat Major: II. L’Indiscrète (Allegro vivace rondeau) (01:42)
18. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 4 in B-Flat Major: III. La Rameau (Rondement) (04:12)
19. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 5 in D Minor: I. La Forqueray (Fugue) (04:45)
20. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 5 in D Minor: II. La Cupis (Modérément) (05:46)
21. Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire – Concert No. 5 in D Minor: III. La Marais (Rondement) (02:31)

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Ricercar could not help but participate in celebrating Rameau Year. It is Florence Malgoire’s ensemble LES DOMINOS that pays this tribute with a very rarely played repertoire. This is what Camille Saint-Saëns called Concerts en Sextuor in the edition of Rameau’s works that he undertook at the end of the 19th century. To carry out this monumental project, he started from a manuscript executed, it would seem, by a certain Monsieur Decroix in 1768, i.e., four years after the composer’s death. These Concerts de Monsieur Rameau are, in fact, transcriptions in six parts of the Pièces de Clavecin en Concert that Rameau had conceived at the outset from his harpsichord pieces with accompaniment by violin or flute and bass viol. This adaptation by M. Decroix is quite enigmatic, and Les Dominos give us a colourful reading of it, combining with the strings two emblematic instruments of Rameau’s orchestra: flutes and bassoon.To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Florence Malgoire and the period ensemble Les Dominos present the six Concerts en Sextuor, an anonymous arrangement of the Pièces de clavecin en concert and four pieces from the Nouvelles suites de clavecin. While there is disagreement about the authorship of the string version, presumed by some to have been prepared by Jacques-Joseph-Marie Decroix in 1768, the work has been part of the Rameau edition since Camille Saint-Saëns edited it in the late 19th century. However, where the 1768 transcription has six parts, using three violins, viola, cello, and bass, Malgoire’s arrangement calls for two flutes (one doubling on piccolo), bassoon, strings, and continuo, thereby creating a more diverse color palette in line with Rameau’s typical instrumentation for the théâtre lyrique. The Concerts en Sextuor have increasingly found favor among early music groups, and part of this is due to the richer timbres and fuller sound than Rameau’s original pieces for solo harpsichord or two violins and harpsichord. Les Dominos’ performance is enthusiastic and vibrant, and Malgoire has inspired her musicians to play with energy and strong personality. Ricercar’s recorded sound is wide open and resonant, and puts the listener in the middle of the ensemble. –Blair Sanderson