Il Furibondo ou les tribulations d'un italien à Londres (Live at Paris) L'Escadron Volant de la Reine

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759):
• 1 Il pastor fido, HWV 8a 02:46
• 2 Acte I: Le théâtre représente... 00:49
• Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762):
• 3 Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 2 No. 4: Andante 02:14
• 4 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Andante unisson - Andante 01:58
• 5 Sonate pour violoncelle in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 4: Grave 00:49
• 6 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Grave - Presto 02:11
• 7 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Affetuoso - Adagio 03:00
• 8 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Allegro moderato 01:29
• 9 La Foresta incantata: Andante - Allegro assai - Adagio 01:34
• 10 Concerto grosso No. 3 (After Violin Sonata, Op. 4 No. 2) 01:38
• 11 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Andante - Adagio - Allegro assai - Adagio 03:03
• 12 Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Presto 01:38
• 13 Acte II: Londres, Hiver 1732... 00:31
• 14 Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Andante 02:11
• 15 Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Allegro (1) 01:29
• 16 Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Adagio - Presto 02:09
• 17 Concerto grosso in C Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: Allegro (2) 01:19
• Charles Avison (1709-1770):
• 18 Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 6 No. 3: Largo andante 02:03
• 19 Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 6 No. 3: Allegro spirituoso 01:52
• 20 Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 6 No. 3: Vivace 01:38
• 21 Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 6 No. 3: Piu allegro 01:57
• Francesco Geminiani:
• 22 The Harmonical Miscellany 06:27
• 23 Acte III: Il furibondo se sent seul... 00:29
• 24 Concerto grosso No. 2: Largo (After Violin Sonata, Op. 4 No. 11) 01:43
• 25 Concerto grosso in E Minor, Op. 3 No. 3: Allegro moderato 02:39
• 26 Concerto grosso d’après la Sonate in B-Flat Major, Op. 5 No. 2 de Corelli: Grave 02:01
• Georg Friedrich Händel:
• 27 Rinaldo, Act II, HWV 7b: Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Arr. by Marie Rouquié) 04:20
• Francesco Geminiani:
• 28 La Foresta incantata: Allegro moderato 01:53
• 29 A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Air III "Lady Ann Bothwell’s, Lament" 02:18
• 30 A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Song II "The Night Her Silent Sable Wore" 01:37
• 31 A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Song 4 "O Bessy Bell" 01:46
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713):
• 32 Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 4: Allegro - Allegro 03:24
• Total Runtime 01:06:55

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Who was Francesco Geminiani? He is an artist unknown to many but if we look at the story of his life we discover a virtuoso violinist and a dedicated teacher. Although it is impossible for us to know truly how he performed, his works tell us quite a lot about his vision of music. His treatise, “The Art of Playing the Violin,” was and still is a work of some significance and a source of inspiration to musicians who play a bowed string instrument and take an especial interest in the Baroque repertoire. His many publications in several European countries bear witness to a degree of success which he achieved in the Eighteenth Century. The man who was nicknamed “Il Furibondo” by his pupils also left us an extraordinarily precise treatise on basso continuo; an essay on guitar; as well as a book entitled, “A Treatise on Good Taste in the Art of Music.” However, Geminiani was also a great composer of instrumental music. In his catalogue, we find several sonatas for violin, an opus for cello, two for harpsichord and, above all, numerous concerti grossi to whose development he contributed. Throughout his life, he paid special attention to his publications, reworking and elaborating them by adding voices and ornaments, which are good lessons for the performer of today. He took remarkable care over mid-range parts. In some works which were written for seven voices, he demonstrated his genius for counterpoint and sophistication, setting himself apart from his peers who often neglected the alto and second violin parts. In his most accomplished pieces, we note the careful attention to transitions. With Geminiani, the concerto was no longer a simple series of movements — as was the case with Arcangelo Corelli, the creator of the genre. Instead, it is a distinct, original instrumental dramaturgy thanks to extremely bold changes of character within the same movement, embellished with recitatives and instrumental arias in the style of opera. In putting together this programme, we have taken Geminiani’s life itself as the main theme, from his youth in Italy to the end of his life in Dublin, passing through Paris and London. When we examine our protagonist’s biography, we discover an eccentric, flamboyant character, just like his music. Il Furibondo has never ceased to amaze and move us. We did not want to string together five or six Concerti for this album but instead dipped into the composer’s repertoire to create a framework with pieces in all the styles which Geminiani explored: the Galant Style (No 11); the Dance (No 28); the Fugue (No 25); the traditional Irish song (No 29); the Aria (No 7 and 27); the Recitation (No 6); the Tempest (No 9); and Ground Bass (No 22)... Some other composers appear in this musical biography: Haendel, who Geminiani admired for his vocal works; Avison, an English contemporary; and finally, Corelli, our Furibondo’s teacher.

By turns, each member of the Escadron takes the floor as a soloist and puts forward his or her character to portray the different aspects of this fascinating life.

Marie Rouquié, violin
Josèphe Cottet, violin
Cyrielle Eberhardt, violin
Gabriel Grosbard, violin
Béatrice Linon, violin
Benjamin Lescoat, alto
Samuel Hengebaert, alto
Antoine Touche, cello
Sanne Deprettere, double bass
Clément Geoffroy, harpsichord
Matthieu Boutineau, harpsichord

L’Escadron Volant de la Reine
the Queen’s Flying Squa- dron refers to the ladies-in-waiting recruited by Cathe- rine de Médicis. ey were charged with the task of pacifying human relations with various European courts by the means of conversation and by their very presence. This un-hierarchical formation embodied both precision and fantasy, qualities the ensemble’s musician lovingly apply to their musical endeavors.

Created by Antoine Touche, l’Escadron Volant de la Reine gathers together young professional musicians, fond of Baroque music. All former students from European superior conservatoires, they are linked by a deep friendship and it’s very naturally that they came together in January 2012. The ensemble performed in various festivals : un Automne à Limur (Vannes), Festival de Pâques (Deauville), les Jeudis Musicaux de la Chapelle Royale (Versailles), Festival de Ribeauvillé, Amuz (Anvers).

L’Escadron Volant de la Reine won the first prize and the audience prize at the first international early music competition in Loire Valley 2015 (France, presided by William Christie). They also are laureates of Anvers Inter- national Young Artists Presentation 2013 (Belgium). L’Escadron is in residence at the Singer-Polignac fondation since 2012

Eugénie Lefebvre
Laureate at the 2013 Froville baroque singing competition, Eugénie studied at the Centre de Musique Baroque of Versailles and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Her production appearances have included Castor et Pollux by Rameau, Médée by Charpentier, Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Lully, Les

Fêtes Vénitiennes by Campra, Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck, Don Giovanni by Mozart, Le Couronnement de Poppée by Monteverdi (Néron), Actéon by Charpentier (Aréthuse), Le Pouvoir de l’Amour by Pancrace Royer (Imagination/ Hersilie), Les Amants Magni ques by Lully (Caliste), La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers by Charpentier (Aréthuse), Cadmus et Hermione by Lully (Hymen), Les plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier (La Conversation).

She performs in concert with le Concert d’Astrée (E. Haïm), les Arts Florissants (W. Christie), l’ensemble Pygmalion (R. Pichon), the ensemble Correspondances (S. Daucé), the ensemble la Rêveuse (B. Perrot), the ensemble Sagittarius (M. Laplénie), Les Symphonistes (O. Schneebeli), Le Poême Harmonique (V. Dumestre) and the Académie für Alte music of Berlin.

In 2016 she will release three recordings as a soloist with the ensembles Le Vertigo, les Surprises and l’Escadron Volant de la Reine.

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