Various Artists / [Coll]: Moments Baroques Au Piano (Luc Beausejour, Piano)
| Album: | [Coll]: Moments Baroques Au Piano (Luc Beausejour, Piano) | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Jun 2016 | |
| Label: | Analekta | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-06-27 | Pull Date: | 2016-08-28 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 31 | Jul 3 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 25, 2016: | Mixed Up Class
Purcell: Ground in C minor, Z. 221 |
2. | Jul 02, 2016: | Music Casserole
Boehm. Prelude, Fugue & Postlude In G Minor (8:43) |
Album Review
Gary Lemco
Reviewed 2016-06-26
Reviewed 2016-06-26
Moments Baroques au Piano (Luc Beausejour, piano)
Label: Analekta, 2016
Reviewed 2016-5-23. Gary Lemco
Luc Beausejour usually a harpsichordist, wanted to experiment with Baroque sound and dance-forms on the modern piano. Domenico Scarlatti’s (1685-1757) two sonatas ring with Spanish guitar flavor. Bach (1685-1750), a master of polyphony, wrote the Concerto in D Minor as a transcription from an Alessandro Marcello oboe concerto. The Toccata (track 15) tests the performer’s versatility in finger control and in projecting different masses of sound. The 2nd mvmt is famous for its lyric beauty. The Ground in C Minor of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Britain’s first major composer, asks the player to emphasize smooth, legato effects. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), a prolific composer of courtly dances and studies, asks the keyboardist to realize clever ornaments and often clashing sound effects. George Boehm (1661-1733) offers a richly contrapuntal study in layered sounds. Giralomi Frescobaldi’s (1583-1643) graceful dances beckon to the Italian court. Louis Couperin (1626-1661), along with Rameau, embodies French Baroque style, with chromatically rich, varied and decidedly stately music. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), next to Bach, reigns as the greatest Baroque genius. In the Suite in D Minor he combines his gift for counterpoint with a natural lyricism, making the piano a vocal instrument and anticipating what Chopin achieved 130 years later.
1. Scarlatti. Sonata in D Minor, K. 1 (2:32)
2. Scarlatti. Sonata in C Major, K. 159 (2:21)
3. J.S. Bach. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974. Andante (2:50)
4. Bach. Adagio (4:33)
5. Bach. Presto (3:48)
6. Purcell. Ground in C Minor, ZD 221 (3:13)
7. Jean-Philippe Rameau. Les Indes Galantes: Air pour les Esclaves affricains (1:50)
8. Rameau. Rigaudon 1 - Rigaudon 2, en Rondeau (1:36)
9. Rameau. Les Sauvages (2:31)
10. Boehm. Prelude, fugue & postlude in G Minor (8:43)
11. Frescobaldi. Corrente prima (0:49)
12. Frescobaldi. Corrente seconda (1:18)
13. Frescobaldi. Corrente terza (1:03)
14. Frescobaldi. Corrente quarta (0:59)
15. J.S. Bach. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914 (7:07)
16. Couperin. Pavane in F-sharp Minor (8:12)
17. Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: Allmand (3:13)
18. Handel. Corrant (1:32)
19. Handel. Saraband (3:57)
20. Handel. Jigg (0:44)
Label: Analekta, 2016
Reviewed 2016-5-23. Gary Lemco
Luc Beausejour usually a harpsichordist, wanted to experiment with Baroque sound and dance-forms on the modern piano. Domenico Scarlatti’s (1685-1757) two sonatas ring with Spanish guitar flavor. Bach (1685-1750), a master of polyphony, wrote the Concerto in D Minor as a transcription from an Alessandro Marcello oboe concerto. The Toccata (track 15) tests the performer’s versatility in finger control and in projecting different masses of sound. The 2nd mvmt is famous for its lyric beauty. The Ground in C Minor of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Britain’s first major composer, asks the player to emphasize smooth, legato effects. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), a prolific composer of courtly dances and studies, asks the keyboardist to realize clever ornaments and often clashing sound effects. George Boehm (1661-1733) offers a richly contrapuntal study in layered sounds. Giralomi Frescobaldi’s (1583-1643) graceful dances beckon to the Italian court. Louis Couperin (1626-1661), along with Rameau, embodies French Baroque style, with chromatically rich, varied and decidedly stately music. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), next to Bach, reigns as the greatest Baroque genius. In the Suite in D Minor he combines his gift for counterpoint with a natural lyricism, making the piano a vocal instrument and anticipating what Chopin achieved 130 years later.
1. Scarlatti. Sonata in D Minor, K. 1 (2:32)
2. Scarlatti. Sonata in C Major, K. 159 (2:21)
3. J.S. Bach. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974. Andante (2:50)
4. Bach. Adagio (4:33)
5. Bach. Presto (3:48)
6. Purcell. Ground in C Minor, ZD 221 (3:13)
7. Jean-Philippe Rameau. Les Indes Galantes: Air pour les Esclaves affricains (1:50)
8. Rameau. Rigaudon 1 - Rigaudon 2, en Rondeau (1:36)
9. Rameau. Les Sauvages (2:31)
10. Boehm. Prelude, fugue & postlude in G Minor (8:43)
11. Frescobaldi. Corrente prima (0:49)
12. Frescobaldi. Corrente seconda (1:18)
13. Frescobaldi. Corrente terza (1:03)
14. Frescobaldi. Corrente quarta (0:59)
15. J.S. Bach. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914 (7:07)
16. Couperin. Pavane in F-sharp Minor (8:12)
17. Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: Allmand (3:13)
18. Handel. Corrant (1:32)
19. Handel. Saraband (3:57)
20. Handel. Jigg (0:44)
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