La Magnifique / Various La Magnifique / Various CD

This programme portrays the 'birth' of the flute in France in the late 17th century and the following 40 years of it's life as a new and fashionable instrument. A famous patron of the arts, King Louis XIV gathered elite composers and musicians to create the refinement, elegance and good taste that was demanded at his Paris Court. From the early petites pi?ces to more virtuoso suites and sonatas with their ornamented lyricism and grand dance rhythms, the mellow, robust and almost husky sounds of flutes from this period blend and weave around each other like the voices of two singers.

1. Simphonia No. 7 in E Minor, "Sonata detta La Magnifique" 2. 1.áááI. [Pr?lude] 3. 2.áááII. Allegro 4. 3.áááIII. Adagio 5. 4.áááIV. Sarabande 6. 5.áááV. Gigue 7. 6.áááVI. Allegro 8. 7.áááLe Triomphe de l'Amour: Ritournelle pour Diane 9. 8.áááAirs ? 1-4 parties: Vos m?pris chaque jour, Ritournelle 10. 9.áááAirs ? 1-4 parties: On a beau feindre, Ritournelle 11. 10.áááSuite de dances. Qui se jo?ent ordinairement ? tous les Bals chez le Roy (1712): No. 99. Menuet (version for flute) 12. 11.áááFlute Suite No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 2: III. Sarabande, "La Descosteaux" 13. 12.áááPi?ces de th?orbe et de luth mises en partition, dessus et basse: Suite No. 9 in E Minor: IV. Sarabande (version for flute and basso continuo) 14. 13.áááRecueil d'airs s?rieux et ? boire (1701): J'Eco?tois autrefois - Double: Je n'entens qu'? regret (version for flute and harpsichord) 15. 14.áááLes go?ts-r?unis: Concert No. 8 in G Major: VIII. Sarabande grave, et Tendre, "Vous qui craignez que l'Amour" 16. Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2 17. 15.áááI. Pr?lude: Gravement 18. 16.áááII. Courante: L?g?rement 19. 17.áááIII. Grave 20. 18.áááIV. Gigue: Vivement 21. Pi?ces pour la fl?te traversiere, Book 2: Suite No. 9 in G Major, "Sonate L'Inconnu?" 22. 19.áááI. ù - II. Vivement 23. 20.áááIII. Chaconne 24. Les go?ts-r??nis: Concert No. 13 in G Major (version for 2 flutes) 25. 21.áááI. Vivement 26. 22.áááII. Air: Agr?ablement 27. 23.áááIII. Sarabande: Tendrement 28. 24.áááIV. Chaconne l?g?re 29. Pi?ces en trio: Suite No. 2 in G Minor (excerpts) 30. 25.áááI. Pr?lude 31. 26.áááII. Fantaisie 32. 27.áááIV. Sarabande II 33. 28.áááVI. Gigue 34. 29.áááIX. Menuet II 35. 30.áááX. Plainte 36. 31.áááXII. Petite Passacaille