Thibault Noally, Les Accents
AP254 - 61' - Apr 15, 2022
Thibault Noally and Les Accents deliver a performance on period instruments of Rameau’s first five concertos, restoring all the brilliance of this magnificent music.
Transcriptions for string sextet of Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concerts of 1741, the Concerts en sextuor were published by Saint-Saëns in the monumental edition of Rameau’s works that he undertook in the nineteenth century for Durand. Hitherto they had existed only in a manuscript bearing the name Decroix and dated 1768 (four years after the composer’s death). These concerts, consisting of typical French character pieces, evoking a place (Le Vézinet), a temperament (La Timide) or a person (La Marais), show the composer’s skills at capturing character, mood and colour. This performance on period instruments by Thibault Noally and Les Accents brings out all the warmth of this version of Rameau’s compositions.
Premier Concert
1. La Coulicam (Allegro moderato) 3’20
2. La Livri (Rondeau gracieux) 2’41
3. Le Vézinet (Gayement sans vitesse) 3’06
Deuxième Concert
4. La Laborde (Rondement) 5’16
5. La Boucon (Air gracieux) 5’37
6. L’Agaçante (Rondement) 2’21
7. Premier Menuet · Deuxième Menuet en rondeau 3’59
Troisième Concert
8. La Lapoplinière (Rondement) 4’15
9. La Timide (premier Rondeau) · Deuxième Rondeau 5’22
10. Premier Tambourin · Deuxième Tambourin en rondeau 2’32
Quatrième Concert
11. La Pantomime (Loure vivement) 4’07
12. L’Indiscrète (Allegro vivace rondeau) 1’37
13. La Rameau (Rondement) 4’03
Cinquième Concert
14. La Forqueray (Fugue) 4’16
15. La Cupis (Modérément) 5’57
16. La Marais (Rondement) 2’26
