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Reviewer: J.
F. Weber I haven’t lately seen this many unfamiliar composers in a collection. They are mingled with mildly familiar names and one master of his time, though as it happens Josquin’s single piece is played in a tablature by Phalèse. Three composers cannot even be found in the Fanfare Archive. The ensemble, too, has not been heard here before. One of the singers, Dominique Vellard, has spent decades recording on his own or directing his ensemble, but here he is working with a director, the Catalan Maria Ferré, who is making her first appearance in these pages. The unfamiliar Italian soprano (heard just once, a year ago, on the Pan label) has a lovely voice and sings with appropriate style. Vellard, of course, is beyond great. Some of his solo records are enduring classics, and his efforts here make the program enticing. The point of contact that has brought these musicians together is the early music school in Basel, where Vellard teaches. The sequence of vocal and instrumental pieces is pleasant, varied, and beautifully rendered. The vocal assignments are puzzling. Vellard sings three songs, including Arcadelt’s familiar Margot, labourez les vignes, which belongs to one who sings that “the son of a king loves me.” Borciani also sings three songs, including Adrian Le Roy’s A mes peines et ennuis, which belongs to one who sings that “she told me today that she would wait at the door for me.” Together they sing alternate verses of Nicolas de la Grotte’s J’ay bien mal choisi, representing a pair who are both totally dissatisfied with their partner’s attempts to make love. The program closes with a duet, Pierre Sandrin’s Amour pense que je dorme, though the text seems to express only the despair of a single lover. We have
had many offbeat composers, but this is an offbeat collection. The rarity of
most of the selections will make it interesting to the adventurous, and the
excellence of the production will make it satisfying. That includes the
notes on the music, the instruments, and the performers. | |
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