Louise Acabo: Chambonnières Overseas

Alpha Classics proudly presents "Baroque Stories", a new series of recordings devoted to young talents in early music; its first recording introduces Louise Acabo, a French harpsichordist and winner of several international competitions who divides her time between Paris and Basel. She has chosen to devote her debut recording to Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (ca1601-1672), composer of more than 150 harpsichord pieces and the first French musician of the 17th century to publish volumes of works for harpsichord. "Once you have heard the harpsichord played by the Sieur de Chambonnières, you need hear nothing else”, stated the Harmonie universelle of 1636. It was this unique relationship with sound that appealed to Louise Acabo: "his writing, eminently vocal, demands that the player transcend the mechanical aspect of the instrument and approach its strength and fragility with suppleness". Although Chambonnières never left France, his work crossed borders and influenced composers abroad, the English in particular. Louise Acabo has constructed her own list of works from available sources, alternating works by Chambonnières with compositions by Locke, Preston and Bryne.

1: Prelude (I)
2: Allmain
3: Almaine - Courante
4: Sarabande (I)
5: Gigue, 'La Madeleinette'
6: I. Prélude
7: Allemande, 'La Rare'
8: Courante
9: Saraband (I)
10: Ayre
11: Saraband (II)
12: La Vétille. Gigue
13: Plaincte, Faite À Londres Pour Passer La Mélancholie
14: Prelude (II)
15: Almain
16: Courante, 'Iris'
17: Country Dance
18: Pavane, 'L'entretien Des Dieux'
19: I. Allemande
20: II. Gigue
21: III. Courante
22: IV. Sarabande
23: Chaconne En Rondeau
24: Prelude (III)
25: Allemande
26: Sarabande Chambonnières (Avec Double) - Double
27: Courante - Double
28: Sarabande (II)
29: Tombeau De Mr De Chambonnières

Composer: Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres, John Roberts, Johann Jacob Froberger, Christopher Preston, Mr. Bryan, Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres/Jean-Henry d'Anglebert, Jean-Henry d'Anglebert, Matthew Locke

Number of Discs: 1

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