Les Défis de Monsieur Forqueray Lucile Boulanger

• Michele Mascitti (1664 - 1760): Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2:
• 1 Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: I. Adagio 02:19
• 2 Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: II. Allegro 02:18
• 3 Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: III. Largo 02:43
• 4 Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: IV. Allemanda 02:54
• 5 Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: V. Giga Allegro 01:47
• Antoine Forqueray (1672 - 1745): Pièces de viole, deuxième suite:
• 6 Pièces de viole, deuxième suite: IV. La Leclair 02:16
• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764): Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9:
• 7 Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: I. Andante. Dolce 02:54
• 8 Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: II. Allemanda. Allegro ma non tropo 04:36
• 9 Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: III. Sarabanda. Adagio 04:06
• 10 Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: IV. Minuetto. Allegro non tropo 02:20
• Robert de Visée (1660 - 1733): La Vénitienne de Mr. Fourcroy:
• 11 La Vénitienne de Mr. Fourcroy 03:41
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713):
• 12 Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): I. Adagio 02:45
• 13 Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): II. Allegro 02:10
• 14 Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): III. Adagio 03:52
• 15 Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): IV. Allegro 01:10
• 16 Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): V. Allegro 02:46
• Antoine Forqueray: Suite No. 4 in G Minor: Suite No. 4 in G Minor:
• 17 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: I. La Marella. Vivement et marqué 02:38
• 18 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: II. La Clément. Noblement et détaché 04:20
• 19 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: III. Sarabande La D'aubonne 04:38
• 20 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: IV. La Bournonville. Mouvement élevé 02:47
• 21 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: V. La Sainscy. Gracieusement et avec esprit 03:08
• 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) 06:24
• Suite No. 3 in G Major:
• 23 Suite No. 3 in G Major: La Morangis ou La Plissay. Mouvement de chaconne 07:23
• Total Runtime 01:15:55

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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.

Lucile Boulanger, viola da gamba
Pierre Gallon, harpsichord
Claire Gautrot-Gobillard, viola da gamba
Romain Falik, theorbo

Lucile Boulanger
began learning the viola da gamba with Christine Plubeau at the age of 5 years, with whom she continued to study until her admission to the Conservatory of Paris in the class of Ariane Maurette. She received her diploma in 2004 and joined the class of Jerome Hantai at the CNR in Cergy where she received first prizes with highest honours both as a soloist and in chamber music. She then joined the class of Christophe Coin at the CNSMD Paris where she obtained her Diploma in 2009. She has participated in master classes with Wieland Kuijken, Anne-Marie Lasla and Philippe Pierlot.

As a chamber musician she works with many ensembles of her generation, but she is also invited by established ensemble such as the Folies Françoises (Patrick Cohën-Akenine), Le Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre), The Cyclops (Thierry Maeder / BibianeLapointe), Chapel Rhine (Benoît Haller), Ensemble Pierre Robert (Frederick Desenclos), Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempe), Il Gardellino (Jan De Winne / Marcel Ponseele) and Collegium marianum (Jana Semeradova). She performs regularly as a recitalist, where she enjoys particularly interpreting the sonatas of JS Bach.

In June 2009 she won the first prize in the International viola da gamba competition Bach-Abel (chaired by Wieland Kuijken), also receiving prizes for the best interpretations of Bach and Abel. In the same year she won the European contest organized by the Società Umanitaria in Milan which each year rewards three young musicians from all disciplines.

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