The Golden Hour

 
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JOSEPH BODIN de BOISMORTIER
The Golden Hour
Lucile Boulanger; Simon Pierre; Olivier Fortin

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 23 February 2024

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We are around the time of the Regency, at the political crossroads between Louis XIV and Louis XV. The viola da gamba was enjoying its last hours of glory in France, while the violin was beginning to take centre stage.The Golden Hour, which generally refers to the periods after sunrise and before sunset when the light changes, evokes here those years of convergence, even confrontation, between a viola da gamba in the twilight of its life and a violin at the dawn of its soloist destiny.

Characterful music demands characterful playing, of course, and that is what it gets from these talented and experienced chamber musicians, who throughout avoid any sense of the routine.
- Gramophone

Tracks:

Trio Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 4

Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 50, No. 6

Sonate III in B minor, Op. 3

Violin Sonata No. 4 in E minor

12 Violin Sonatas, Livre 2, Sonata 12 in E Major

Ouvertures and Trio Sonatas, Op. 13, Sonata No. 2 in B Minor