Visee / Lindberg – Theorbo Solo (Hybr) [CD]

Description

12 years after his album entitled ‘Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone’ (BIS-1899), Jakob Lindberg returns to his magnificent theorbo, specially built for him by the luthier Michael Lowe, based on an instrument preserved in the Musee de la Musique in Paris.One of the most spectacular instruments of the early baroque owing to it’s length and great number of strings, the theorbo was originally designed to accompany the voice, but is also ideally suited to solo performance. For this disc, Lindberg has chosen pieces by Robert de Visee, one of the great French masters of the lute, theorbo and guitar repertoire and a favourite of Louis XIV. The recording features dances as well as character pieces, including a moving ‘Plainte’ in memory of his two deceased daughters. It also includes de Visee’s arrangements of compositions by Lully, Couperin and Purcell as well as his own version of Les Folies d’Espagne, a very popular chord progression that inspired so many composers of his time.Jakob Lindberg writes: ‘I can’t help but be seduced by the grace of the instrument’s lines, the resonance of it’s sonorities, and by the unmistakably French elegance of this remarkable composer.’

Tracklist:

1. Suite in A minor~Prlude
2. Suite in A minor~Allemande ‘La Royalle’
3. Suite in A minor~Courante
4. Suite in A minor~Sarabande
5. Suite in A minor~Gavotte
6. Suite in A minor~Rondeau ‘La Mascarade’
7. Suite in A minor~Chaconne
8. Suite in D major~Prlude
9. Suite in D major~Allemande
10. Suite in D major~Courante
11. Suite in D major~Sarabande
12. Suite in D major~Gigue
13. Prlude in D minor
14. Entre d’Apollon
15. Air in D minor
16. Contredance La Furstemberg
17. Passacaille in D minor
18. Prlude in C minor
19. Plainte or Tombeau des Mesdemoiselles de Vise, filles de l’Auteur
20. Prlude in G major
21. Entre des Espagnolles
22. Sylvains
23. Musette in G major
24. Chaconne in G major
25. Suite in E minor~Prlude
26. Suite in E minor~Allemande
27. Suite in E minor~Courante
28. Suite in E minor~Sarabande
29. Suite in E minor~Gigue / Double
30. Suite in E minor~Gavotte
31. Suite in E minor~Rondeau ‘La Monfermeil’
32. Folies d’Espagne in A Minor

UPC: 7318599925622
Label: Bis
Release Date: 5.24.24
Format: CD