Six Suites De Clavecin
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CHARLES DIEUPART
Six Suites De Clavecin
Fernando Miguel Jalôto (harpsichord)
[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 24 June 2013
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French composer Charles Dieupart spent most of his active life in London, where he became famous as the founder of the Opera Season of the Queen Theatre of Haymarket. He was much sought after as a harpsichord teacher, and no wonder his most famous work was the "Six Suittes de Clavessin" (original spelling), a highly original work which formed the bridge between the flourishing French style and the contrapuntal German style of keyboard writing. Also the great Johann Sebastian Bach was influenced by this work, as traces can be found in his English Suites. As a PhD in Historical Musicology Portuguese harpsichordist Fernando Jaloto did extensive research into Dieupart's work, and the performance practice of its time. Despite its historical research Joloto's playing is as free and inspired as if he improvised these works on the spot.
Booklet contains extensive liner notes on the composer, the instrument, the music and the artists approach.
"These suites show considerable contrasts between the various movements which is underlined by Fernando Miguel Jalôto. That especially concerns the tempi. The allemandes are quite slow; slower than I am used to hear in performances of harpsichord suites. This seems to be in line with how Jalôto analyses these suites: "Even in the rare vivacious movements, such as the Gigues and the reprises of the Ouvertures, Dieupart's suites are always tender and delicate in expressionm, with eloquent cantabile melodies, sophisticated ornamentation and a very sure command of harmony". He also refers to the overtures as "attempts to translate orchestral forms to a keyboard instrument". This is expressed here by coupling the manuals which creates a kind of 'orchestral sound'. The overture from the Suite No. 1 in A includes some notable harmonic progressions. The fact that these suites are not that well known - at least not in their harpsichord version - their quality and the level of performance are ample justification to label this set Recording of the Month." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 2015)
Tracks:
Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in A major
Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in D major
Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in G minor
Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in E minor
Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in F major
Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in F minor
