This is Volume 1 of Tempesta di Mare's two-disc project of late 17th c. French instrumental music. 'These 'Suites' contain some of the most tuneful, appealing and striking music of the period, this volume offering works by Lully, Marais, and Rebel. As a favored associate of King Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully was commissioned to compose a comedie-ballet for the visit of the Turkish ambassador in 1669. He composed music for MoliÃ¨re's play Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; it's Turkish ceremony storyline occasioning music using colorful percussion and exotically flavored melodies. While Alcyone, a work of Lully pupil Marin Marais, is a tragic opera composed after Lully's death, Les elemens, by another Lully pupil, Jean-Fery Rebel, is a ballet, in which is portrayed each of the four elements during the chaotic, confusing creation of the world. Philadelphia's Tempesta di Mare was recently praised by Fanfare magazine for it's 'abundant energy, immaculate ensemble, impeccable intonation, and undeniable sense of purpose'.

Tracklist:

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ouverture
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Maitre A Danseurs: [Ritournelle] - Sarabande - [Ritournelle] - Bouree - Galliarde
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Maitre A Danseurs: Canaries
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ceremonie Des Turcs: Marche Pour La Ceremonie Des Turcs
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ceremonie Des Turcs: Deuxieme Air
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ceremonie Des Turcs: Troisieme Air
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ceremonie Des Turcs: Quatrieme Air
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ballet Des Nations: Entree De Trois Importuns
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ballet Des Nations: Premier Air Des Espagnols
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ballet Des Nations: Deuxieme Air Des Espagnols
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ballet Des Nations: Entree Des Scaramouches, Trivelins Et Arlequin
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Ballet Des Nations: Chaconne Des Scaramouches, Trivelins Et Arlequin
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": I. Le Cahos
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": II. Loure, "La Terre Et L'eau" - III. Chaconne, "Le Feu"
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": IV. Ramage, "L'air" - V. Rossignols
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": VI. Loure, "La Chasse"
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": VII. Tambourin I-II
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": VIII. Sicilienne
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": IX. Rondeau, "Air Pour L'amour"
Les Elemens, "Simphonie Nouvelle": X. Caprice
Alcyone Suite: Prologue: Ouverture
Alcyone Suite: Prologue: Air Pour Les Faunes Et Les Driades
Alcyone Suite: Act I: Premier Air Pour Les Eoliens: Gravement Et Pique
Alcyone Suite: Act I: Deuxieme Air: Sarabande Pour Les Memes
Alcyone Suite: Act I: Gigue Pour Les Memes
Alcyone Suite: Act II: Premier Air Pour Les Magiciens
Alcyone Suite: Act II: Deuxieme Air Pour Les Magiciens
Alcyone Suite: Act III: Marche Pour Les Matelots
Alcyone Suite: Act III: Deuxieme Air Pour Les Memes
Alcyone Suite: Act III: Troisieme Air: Tambourin Pour Les Memes
Alcyone Suite: Act IV: Deuxieme Air Pour Les Pretresses De Junon
Alcyone Suite: Act IV: Tempete
Alcyone Suite: Act V: Chaconne Pour Les Tritons Et Les Nereides

UPC: 095115080528
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 2.24.15
Format: CD

Lully / Tempesta Di Mare / Philadelphia Baroque - V 1: Comedie Et Tragedie (CD)