Rolf Lislevand – La Mascarade – Music for Solo Baroque Guitar and Theorbo (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Rolf Lislevand – La Mascarade – Music for Solo Baroque Guitar and Theorbo (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 48:29 minutes | 822 MB | Genre: Classical
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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:
1-01. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Prélude en ré mineur (01:15)
1-02. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Passacaille en ré mineur (02:42)
1-03. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin (04:00)
1-04. Rolf Lislevand – Lislevand: Intro Passacaille en sol mineur (01:20)
1-05. Rolf Lislevand – Corbetta: Passacaille en sol mineur (02:37)
1-06. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Prélude en la mineur (01:30)
1-07. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: La Mascarade, Rondeau (01:30)
1-08. Rolf Lislevand – Corbetta: Partie de Chaconne en ut majeur (02:38)
1-09. Rolf Lislevand – Corbetta: Sarabanda per la B (02:19)
1-10. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Chaconne en la mineur (02:40)
1-11. Rolf Lislevand – Corbetta: Caprice de Chaconne (04:37)
1-12. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Chaconne en sol majeur (06:56)
1-13. Rolf Lislevand – Corbetta: Folie (01:56)
1-14. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: La Muzette, Rondeau (04:08)
1-15. Rolf Lislevand – Lislevand: Intro Passacaille en si mineur (00:56)
1-16. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Passacaille en si mineur (02:51)
1-17. Rolf Lislevand – Lislevand: Exit Passacaille en si mineur (01:01)
1-18. Rolf Lislevand – de Visée: Sarabande en si mineur (03:26)

Personnel:
Rolf Lislevand, baroque guitar, theorbo

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