Carré D'As. Portraits Musicaux

Four eminent figures — François Couperin, Antoine Forqueray, Marin Marais and Jean-Philippe Rameau — gather here like the four aces in an exceptional deck of cards. Through a gallery of musical portraits, Myriam Rignol, Yoko Kawakubo and Julien Wolfs reveal the many facets of these geniuses. From Couperin’s refined modesty to Forqueray’s tempestuous passion, from Marais’s angelic viola da gamba to Rameau’s radiant genius, each piece sketches a character, a silhouette, a whole life. The ensemble Les Timbres gracefully interprets the composers’ intimate self-portraits, to which their peers respond with reciprocal tributes. This quartet of masters thus regains a vibrant modernity, offering a palette of feelings as striking as it is universal.

1: La Superbe Ou La Forqueray - Julien Wolfs
2: I. Gracieusement - Les Timbres
3: II. Viste - Les Timbres
4: III. Recit - Les Timbres
5: IV. Gai - Les Timbres
6: V. Viste - Les Timbres
7: La Couperin - Julien Wolfs
8: La Couperin - Les Timbres
9: La Rameau - Les Timbres
10: Allemande La Couperin - Julien Wolfs
11: I. Lentement - Les Timbres
12: II. Allemande. Vivement - Les Timbres
13: I. Lentement. Violle Récitante - Les Timbres
14: II. Vivement Et Marqué - Lentement - Les Timbres
15: III. Chaconne - Les Timbres
16: I. Lentement - Les Timbres
17: II. Gigue - Les Timbres
18: La Marais - Julien Wolfs
19: Forqueray - Les Timbres
20: I. Un Peu Grave - Les Timbres
21: II. Légèrement. Très Lent - Les Timbres
22: III. Gigue - Les Timbres
23: La Forqueray - Julien Wolfs
24: La Rameau - Les Timbres
25: La Forcroy - Julien Wolfs
26: La Couperin - Les Timbres
27: La Forqueray - Les Timbres
28: La Rameau - Les Timbres
29: La Forqueray - Les Timbres
30: La Marais - Les Timbres

Composer: Josse Boutmy, Louis Antoine Dornel, Jacques Duphly, Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray, Francois D'Agincour, Jean-Fery Rebel, François Couperin, Charles Alexandre Jollage, Pierre-Nicolas Lafont, Jean-Philippe Rameau

Number of Discs: 1

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