Rolf Lislevand – La Mascarade (2016) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Rolf Lislevand – La Mascarade (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 48:22 minutes | 822 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon ECM

The Norwegian early music lutenist and guitarist Rolf Lislevand has pooh-poohed the idea of historical authenticity, but it may be that the lovely program here would have appealed to listeners in the court of Louis XIV, for which the music was intended. Lislevand examines pieces by a pair of late 17th century composers, Robert de Visée (a rondeau by whom, plus some rather murky booklet ruminations by Lislevand, give the album its title) and the sparsely heard Francesco Corbetta, choosing slow, quasi-improvisatory pieces and dances — preludes, chaconnes, sarabandes, passacaglias — from each, and adding some improvised introductions. The music alternates between a very deep-voiced, many-stringed theorbo and a small, crystalline Baroque guitar. The result is an extremely reflective concert, dividing up a common stock of musical ideas in several subtle ways, that, as Lislevand points out, would have been played for a small group of connoisseurs in its own time. ECM producer Manfred Eicher is nonpareil as a recorder of music like this, but here, working in the Auditorio Stelio Molo in Lugano, he outdoes himself, evoking the “musica callada,” the music that has fallen silent, of Mompou. He draws the listener into a rich communion with a remarkable player.

Tracklist:
01. de Visée: Prélude en ré mineur
02. de Visée: Passacaille en ré mineur
03. de Visée: Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin
04. Lislevand: Intro Passacaille en sol mineur
05. Corbetta: Passacaille en sol mineur
06. de Visée: Prélude en la mineur
07. de Visée: La Mascarade, Rondeau
08. Corbetta: Partie de Chaconne en ut majeur
09. Corbetta: Sarabanda per la B
10. de Visée: Chaconne en la mineur
11. Corbetta: Caprice de Chaconne
12. de Visée: Chaconne en sol majeur
13. Corbetta: Folie
14. de Visée: La Muzette, Rondeau
15. Lislevand: Intro Passacaille en si mineur
16. de Visée: Passacaille en si mineur
17. Lislevand: Exit Passacaille en si mineur
18. de Visée: Sarabande en si mineur

Personnel:
Rolf Lislevand, baroque guitar, theorbo

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