Les Violons des Lumières Les plaisirs du Parnasse & David Plantier

• Jean-Pierre Guignon (1702 - 1774): Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 9:
• 1Guignon: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 9: I. Andante03:41
• 2Guignon: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 9: II. Allegro02:39
• 3Guignon: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 9: III. Allegro poco02:29
• 4Guignon: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 9: IV. Allegretto gratioso02:43
• Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711 - 1772): Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6:
• 5Mondonville: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Adagio02:10
• 6Mondonville: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6: II. Fuga02:35
• 7Mondonville: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6: III. Largo01:47
• Jean-Baptiste Cupis (1711 - 1788): Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6:
• 8Cupis: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6: IV. Tempo di Gavotta (From Cupis's Sonata, Op. 1 No. 2)03:08
• Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6:
• 9Mondonville: Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6: V. Allegro03:01
• Jacques Aubert (1689 - 1753): Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6:
• 10Aubert: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6: I. Allegro ma non troppo02:14
• Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6:
• 11Mondonville: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6: II. Largo (From Mondonville's Sonata, Op. 1 No. 3)03:18
• Jacques Aubert: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6:
• 12Aubert: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6: III. Gavotta I/II03:22
• 13Aubert: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Continuo, Book V No. 6: IV. Ciaconna05:41
• Jean-Baptiste Quentin (1690 - 1742): Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book III No. 10:
• 14Quentin: Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book III No. 10: I. Largo02:20
• 15Quentin: Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book III No. 10: II. Corrente01:58
• 16Quentin: Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book III No. 10: III. Sarabanda02:45
• 17Quentin: Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book III No. 10: IV. Grasioso03:06
• Antoine Dauvergne (1713 - 1797): Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 6:
• 18Dauvergne: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 6: I. Grave e stacato03:07
• 19Dauvergne: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 6: II. Allegro02:57
• 20Dauvergne: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 6: III. Aria Andante02:57
• 21Dauvergne: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 No. 6: IV. Giga allegro02:15
• Charles-Antoine Branche (1722 - 1779): Sonata in B Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book I, No. 12:
• 22Branche: Sonata in B Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book I, No. 12: I. Largo02:51
• 23Branche: Sonata in B Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book I, No. 12: II. Allegro03:17
• 24Branche: Sonata in B Minor for Violin and Continuo, Book I, No. 12: III. Allegro05:10
• Total Runtime01:11:31

Info for Les Violons des Lumières

We follow the success of the album devoted to Jean-Marie Leclair by continuing our exploration of the rich 18th-century violin repertoire. Leclair's success in the late 1720s acted as a catalyst and many other talented composers emerged in his wake. Those years were particularly favourable to the instrument and the prowess of each violinist was closely scrutinised by observers: the title of Premier violon de France was the subject of fierce competition. This positive and adulatory atmosphere resulted in a great proliferation of sonatas for violin, out of which we have chosen the six jewels that appear here. The greater part of these works are recorded here for the first time.

David Plantier, violin
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse

David Plantier
began his apprenticeship of the violin at the age of five. After studying the modern violin at the Geneva Conservatory he devoted himself to the baroque violin at the Schola Cantorum of Basel, in the class of Chiara Banchini.

Since 2009 he has been first violin of Le Concert d’Astrée conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm. He also collaborates regularly with Le Concert des Nations of Jordi Savall, Café Zimmermann and Amarillis.

With his own ensemble Les Plaisirs du Parnasse, founded in 2003, he has been invited to the leading festivals of Europe and Japan, and has made several recordings, of music by Westhoff, Walther and Biber, all hailed by the international press.

It was as an ardent champion of Tartini’s music that he recorded and has performed in a duet with Annabelle Luis. This encouraged him to devise the programme Continuo, Addio!, which juxtaposes the magnificent repertory of the Scuola delle Nazione (Tartini and his disciples Nardini, Lahoussaye, et al.) and the first duets for violin and cello from the baroque to the romantic period. In 2020 he released a recording of unpublished sonatas by the master of Padua. A recording dedicated to sonatas by Jean-Marie Leclair has been released in 2021.

David Plantier teaches the baroque violin at the Musik-Akademie of Basel and he plays a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1766.

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