Les Défis de Monsieur Forqueray Lucile Boulanger

• Michele Mascitti (1664 - 1760): Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2:
• 1Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: I. Adagio02:19
• 2Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: II. Allegro02:18
• 3Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: III. Largo02:43
• 4Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: IV. Allemanda02:54
• 5Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2: V. Giga Allegro01:47
• Antoine Forqueray (1672 - 1745): Pièces de viole, deuxième suite:
• 6Pièces de viole, deuxième suite: IV. La Leclair02:16
• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764): Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9:
• 7Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: I. Andante. Dolce02:54
• 8Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: II. Allemanda. Allegro ma non tropo04:36
• 9Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: III. Sarabanda. Adagio04:06
• 10Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9: IV. Minuetto. Allegro non tropo02:20
• Robert de Visée (1660 - 1733): La Vénitienne de Mr. Fourcroy:
• 11La Vénitienne de Mr. Fourcroy03:41
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713):
• 12Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): I. Adagio02:45
• 13Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): II. Allegro02:10
• 14Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): III. Adagio03:52
• 15Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): IV. Allegro01:10
• 16Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba): V. Allegro02:46
• Antoine Forqueray: Suite No. 4 in G Minor: Suite No. 4 in G Minor:
• 17Suite No. 4 in G Minor: I. La Marella. Vivement et marqué02:38
• 18Suite No. 4 in G Minor: II. La Clément. Noblement et détaché04:20
• 19Suite No. 4 in G Minor: III. Sarabande La D'aubonne04:38
• 20Suite No. 4 in G Minor: IV. La Bournonville. Mouvement élevé02:47
• 21Suite No. 4 in G Minor: V. La Sainscy. Gracieusement et avec esprit03:08
• 22Suite 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:
• 23Suite No. 3 in G Major: La Morangis ou La Plissay. Mouvement de chaconne07:23
• Total Runtime01:15:55

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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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