Lucile Boulanger – Les Defis de Monsieur Forqueray (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

In her debut recording for harmonia mundi, Lucile Boulanger explores the facets of Antoine Forqueray’s career as a virtuoso instrumentalist: adept in a wide range of Italian repertoire and skilled at transcribing works originally intended for the violin, he could try it on for size, as it were, before settling on a different medium.

With the viola da gamba, he extended the technique of playing it far beyond the norm, confronting the performer with fiendishly difficult challenges… which have been met brilliantly by the hugely talented foursome heard here.

Tracklist:
01. Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: I. Adagio
02. Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: II. Allegro
03. Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: III. Largo
04. Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: IV. Allemanda
05. Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: V. Giga Allegro
06. Pièces de viole, deuxième suite: IV. La Leclair
07. Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: I. Andante. Dolce
08. Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: II. Allemanda. Allegro ma non tropo
09. Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: III. Sarabanda. Adagio
10. Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: IV. Minuetto. Allegro non tropo
11. La Vénitienne de Mr. Fourcroy
12. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): I. Adagio
13. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): II. Allegro
14. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): III. Adagio
15. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): IV. Allegro
16. Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): V. Allegro
17. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: I. La Marella. Vivement et marqué
18. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: II. La Clément. Noblement et détaché
19. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: III. Sarabande La D’aubonne
20. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: IV. La Bournonville. Mouvement élevé
21. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: V. La Sainscy. Gracieusement et avec esprit
22. Suite No. 4 in G Minor: VI. Le Carillon de Passy. Légèrement sans vitesse-La Latour. D’un mouvement un peu plus vif-Le Carillon de Passy (reprise)
23. Suite No. 3 in G Major: La Morangis ou La Plissay. Mouvement de chaconne