Forqueray Atsushi Sakai, Christophe Rousset & Marion Martineau

• 1 I. La Marella 04:21
• 2 II. La Clément 09:26
• 3 III. Sarabande. La D'Aubonne 07:22
• 4 IV. La Bournonville 03:28
• 5 V. La Sainscy 11:35
• 6 VI. Le Carillon de Passy - La Latour 12:40
• 7 I. La Bouron 05:14
• 8 II. La Mandoline 08:07
• 9 III. La Dubreuil 06:02
• 10 IV. La Leclair 03:49
• 11 V. Chaconne. La Buisson 06:50
• 12 I. La Ferrand 04:23
• 13 II. La Régente 07:16
• 14 III. La Tronchin 04:27
• 15 IV. La Angrave 04:18
• 16 V. La Du Vaucel 07:14
• 17 VI. La Eynaud 03:48
• 18 VII. Chaconne. La Morangis ou La Plissay 08:25
• 19 I. Allemande. La La Borde 07:31
• 20 II. La Forqueray 05:32
• 21 III. La Cottin 04:25
• 22 IV. La Bellemont 05:59
• 23 V. La Portugaise 04:33
• 24 VI. La Couperin 05:31
• 25 I. La Rameau 05:24
• 26 II. La Guignon 05:21
• 27 III. Sarabande. La Léon 06:05
• 28 IV. La Boisson 05:48
• 29 V. La Montigni 07:03
• 30 VI. La Silva 08:30
• 31 VII. Jupiter 08:45
• Total Runtime 03:19:12

Info for Forqueray

Each appearance of Atsushi Sakai and Christophe Rousset leaves an unforgettable memory with those who have had the good fortune to hear them commune on stage. Long-standing partners, they now join together for the first time on disc for a composer they worship: the mysterious Antoine Forqueray. Born in 1672 in Paris, he was, with Marin Marais, one of the greatest gambists of all time. Famed for his virtuosic improvisations, he published none of his 300-odd pieces and died in 1745 in Mantes where he had moved in 1731, after having suffered serious financial setbacks, especially in the course of Law’s bankruptcy. Aside from a few handwritten pieces copied in the collections of other composers, Forqueray’s pieces have been lost.

The release of the Pièces de viole, to which the present recording is devoted, is thus the sole important testimony to his oeuvre.

Atsushi Sakai, cello
Christophe Rousset, conductor
Marion Martineau, cello

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