Philippe Jaroussky - Un concert pour Mazarin

Philippe Jaroussky - Un concert pour Mazarin

Philippe Jaroussky - Un concert pour Mazarin
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Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Composer: Giovanni Battista Bassani
Composer: Luigi Rossi
Composer: Giampaolo Cima
Conductor: Jean Tubery
Orchestra: Ensemble La Fenice
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky
Performer: Enrico Onofuri
Performer: Jeremie Papasergio
Performer: Emilia Gliozzi
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-01-13
Music Label: Virgin Classics (Angel Records)
Soundtracks:
  1. Acclamate De Terra
  2. Capriccio
  3. Bienheureuse Est une Ame Foggia O Quam Clemens
  4. Madre, Non Mi Far Monaca Turini Sonata A Tre Sopra La Monica
  5. Fugue A Quatre Parties Sur Un Sujet Italien
  6. Sancta Maria
  7. Canzon Per Cornetto E Violino In Risposta
  8. Surge, Propera, Amica Mea
  9. Laudate Pueri
  10. Capriccio E Ciaccona
  11. Passacaille Pour Le Clavecin
  12. Ah! Non Conturbate
  13. Anhelo Spe Costante
  14. Ardendo Suspiro

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"A Concert for Mazarin" is not just a showcase for the great soprano Philippe Jaroussky. Cornetto virtuoso Jean Tubery catches the limelight on more tracks than Jaroussky; he and the other members of ensemble La Fenice adore this 'last-gasp of the Renaissance' repertoire, which allows them more scope for improvisation than the formal Baroque, and their enjoyment of it shows in the exuberance of their playing. Bassani, Cima, and Frescobaldi all wrote in the tradition of Renaissance "division" playing, usually in variations over chaconnes and passacaglias but sometimes over earlier 'hit' songs like La Monica, recorded here.

Jaroussky is never less than marvelous, of course, but on this CD he is spurred to excel by the cornetti, those amazingly fluid and voice-like instruments. The best tracks on the CD are the duets between Jaroussky and Tubery on mute cornetto, human and instrumental voices matching timbre and phrasing flawlessly. In fact, the uncanny similarity of Jaroussky's male soprano and Tubery cornetto constitutes a fair argument for the authenticity of counter-tenor singing for music of the 17th Century.

Tubery makes an art of playing both the curved 'black' cornetto in G, with a detachable mouthpiece, and the straight cornetto muto with its integrated mouthpiece and softer tone, usually a step lower in F. If you have no idea what a cornetto looks like, and can't quite imagine the instrument that makes such elegant sounds, I suggest you look for pictures on wikipedia or videos of a player on youtube. But the cornetto is not the only elegant player on this CD. The harpsichord and bassoon are outstanding, and the violins hold their own.

As I said above, this is not strictly speaking a Baroque concert. Rather, this music straddles the border between Renaissance Apollonian and Baroque Dionysian, between otherworldly polyphony and earthly passion. Thus you'll hear some rare experiments of genre and 'mixed style', not quite like anything earlier or later. If indeed this was the sort of music the Italian Cardinal Mazarin brought with him to the royal court of France, then Mazarin was a tasteful conservative, whose choices must have hearkened back to his Italian childhood.

Variety and virtuosity, musical wit and poetic passion - this is a 'concert' you don't want to miss.
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