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The
Sultan and the Phoenix
French viol
music by members of the Couperin family and their contemporaries
Charivari Agréable
Susanne Heinrich
Lynda Sayce
Susanna Pell
Kah-Ming Ng
with
Sarah Groser
Reiko Ichise
Asako Morikawa
Performance Notes
| Susanne Heinrich |
(a) |
Quinton, after Guersan (Merion D.
Attwood, 1995) |
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(b) |
Treble viol (M. Attwood, 1993) |
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(c) |
Bass viol, after Colichon (Renate Fink,
1997) |
| Sarah Groser |
(d) |
Treble viol, anonymous 17th-century
French, adapted by Barak Norman (c. 1715) |
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(e) |
Tenor viol (Robert Eyland, 1992) |
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(f) |
Bass viol (Jane Julier, 1996) |
| Susanna Pell |
(g) |
Treble viol, after Jaye (J. Julier,
1993) |
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(h) |
Bass viol, after Bertrand (J. Julier,
1991) |
| Reiko Ichise |
(i) |
Bass viol (David Rubio, 1988) |
| Asako Morikawa |
(j) |
Bass viol, after an anon. 17th-century
inst. (M. Attwood, 1999) |
| Lynda Sayce |
(k) |
10-course lute (David Van Edwards, 1986) |
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(l) |
French theorbo in A (Michael Lowe, 2000) |
| Kah-Ming Ng |
(m) |
Harpsichord, after Taskin (Milan Misina,
1986) |
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(n) |
Chamber organ (Vincent Woodstock, 1996) |
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SH |
SG |
SP |
RI |
AM |
LS |
KMN |
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| 1 |
1 Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661): La
Piémontoise (arr. K.-M. Ng) |
b |
d |
h |
i |
j |
l |
m |
[2:29] |
| 2 |
2 Louis Couperin: Pavanne in F sharp
minor (arr. S. Heinrich) |
b |
e |
h |
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i |
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[7:59] |
| 3 |
3 Louis Couperin: Fantaisie pour les
Violes (arr. S. Heinrich) |
b |
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i |
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k |
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[3:21] |
| 4 |
4 Louis Couperin: 2e Fantaisie à 5 |
b |
d |
h |
i |
j |
l |
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[1:49] |
| Michel Corrette (1707-1795):
Le Phénix, Concerto in D major for four bass viols & basso
continuo |
c |
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h |
i |
j |
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m |
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| 5 |
- Allegro |
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[2:47] |
| 6 |
- Adagio |
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[3:18] |
| 7 |
- Allegro |
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[3:03] |
| 8 |
8 François Couperin (1668-1733): Les
baricades mistérieuses (arr. L. Sayce) |
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l |
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[3:16] |
| 9 |
9 Pierre Dumage (1674-1751): Récit
(arr. K.-M. Ng) |
b |
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l |
n |
[2:12] |
| 10 |
10 François Couperin: La Sultane |
a |
d |
h |
i |
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l |
n |
[9:08] |
| 11 |
11 Armand-Louis Couperin (1727-1789): La
Chéron |
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m |
[4:29] |
| 12 |
12 Jacques Duphly (1715-1789): La Madin
(arr. K.-M. Ng) |
a |
d |
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m |
[4:08] |
| 13 |
13 Jacques Duphly: La Casaubon (arr.
K.-M. Ng) |
a |
d |
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m |
[4:17] |
| 14 |
14 Louis-Antoine Dornel (c.1680-after
1756): ‘Sonate en quatuor’ in B minor |
a |
d |
g |
i |
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l |
m |
[8:19] |
| 15 |
15 Marin Marais (1656-1728): Chaconne,
from the final act of Alcione (arr. K.-M. Ng) |
a |
d |
h |
i |
j |
l |
m |
[7:29] |
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Total running time: |
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[69:12] |
Pitch A = 392 Hz. Keyboards tuned by Kah-Ming Ng in tempérament
ordinaire and 1/6 comma unequal temperament.
Acknowledgements
‘The Sultan and the Phoenix is affectionately dedicated to Haajar and
Mustafa.
Front cover: ‘Sir Robert Shirley’ by Sir Anthony van Dyck
(1599-1641), by kind permission of The National Trust (Petworth House);
photographed by John Hammond.
We gratefully acknowledge the loan of instruments by Mr Justin Majzub
(harpsichord), and Mr & Mrs M. Groser (tenor viol).
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Abjad Ltd in making
this recording possible.
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Recorded:
3rd-5th December
2000
St Andrew's Church, Toddington,
Gloucestershire
Production, editing & engineering:
Adrian Hunter
Booklet Notes:
Dr Lucy Robinson
Performer Notes:
Kah-Ming Ng
Translations:
French: Elizabeth Corp
German: Arne Spohr
Text and translation editor:
Christine Darby
Booklet cover design:
ATX Design
Associates
Booklet layout and typesetting:
Jan Hart
Copyright:
© Copyright 2001 Signum Records Ltd
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