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Italy versus France by The Bach Players The Bach Players : Italy versus France.
Baroque instrumental and vocal gems.


Italian or French? Jean Baptiste Lully and Arcangelo Corelli were the champions of these two musical styles and the main subjects of the many attempts to establish which style was better. Or could the two styles be united? This programme paints a musical picture of the seventeenth century in Europe, through the music of Corelli, Lully, and their contemporaries.

Chief among the reconcilers was the organist and composer Georg Muffat. German but of Scottish ancestry, it was he who introduced both styles to Germany. Also included are Rebel's homage to Lully and Couperin's to Corelli.

"This is the most enjoyable programme of seventeenth-century chamber music I have heard in a long time. The recording manages to capture the strings in gutty rather than silvery detail so we relax and enjoy the music without suffering from steel-string fatigue. Altogether, this is a wonderfully diplomatic programme which brings the best out in everyone - French, Italian, German and performers alike."
- Simon Heighes


Songs:

1. Ouverture Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
2. Chaconne Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
3. Tombeau de M Chambonnieres (Jean-Henri d'Anglebert)
4. Tombeau de M de Lully (Jean-Fery Rebel)
5. Prelude (Robert de Visee)
6. Musette (Robert de Visee)
7. Ouverture Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
8. Sarabande Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
9. Bourree Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
10. Chaconne Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
11. Gigue Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
12. Menuet Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
13. Echo Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum in E minor (Georg Muffat)
14. Ciaccona No12 Trio sonata Op2 (Arcangelo Corelli)
15. Corelli au pied du Parnasse prie les Muses de le recevoir parmi elles Apotheose de Corelli (Francois Couperin)
16. Corelli charme de la bonne reception qu'on lui fait au Parnasse (Francois Couperin)
17. Corelli buvant a la source d'Hypocrene sa troupe continue Apotheose de Corelli (Francois Couperin)
18. Entouziasme de Corelli cause par les eaux d'Hypocrene Apotheose de Corelli (Francois Couperin)
19. Corelli apres son entouziasme s'endort et sa troupe joue le sommeil suivant Apotheose de Corelli (Francois Couperin)
20. Les Muses reveillent Corelli et le placent aupres d'Apollon Apotheose de Corelli (Francois Couperin)
21. Remerciment de Corelli Apotheose de Corelli grande sonade en trio (Francois Couperin)
22. Toccata in A minor (Bernardo Pasquini)
23. Sonata grave Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
24. Allegro Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
25. Grave forte e allegro grave Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
26. Aria Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
27. Grave Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
28. Sarabande grave Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
29. Grave Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)
30. Borea Armonico tributo sonata II in G minor (Georg Muffat)

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Release date: 7/9/2011
The Bach Players lives in London England

Tagged as: Classical, Chamber Music, Baroque, Instrumental, Composer: Arcangelo Corelli, Composer: Bernardo Pasquini, Composer: Francois Couperin, Composer: Georg Muffat, Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer: Jean-Fery Rebel, Composer: Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Composer: Robert de Visee, Harpsichord


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