Ricercar Consort - Défense de la basse de viole (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,17 Gb | Total time: 3h 45m 35s | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 296 | Recorded: 1992, 1993
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,17 Gb | Total time: 3h 45m 35s | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 296 | Recorded: 1992, 1993
It was in Amsterdam in 1740 that a lawyer named Hubert Le Blanc published an astounding work that defended the use of the bass viol at a time when the violin and the cello were becoming more and more important in Parisian musical life. This recording provides a musical equivalent of his essay, depicting the initial success of the bass viol and of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (celebrated in the film Tous les matins du monde), its moments of glory and, above all else, the repertoire of the viol, violin and cello during the first half of the 18th century.