Doux silence Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch

• Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre (1633 - 1678): Airs à deux parties: Sarabande:
• 1Barre: Airs à deux parties: Sarabande: "Le digne objet pour qui mon coeur soupire"02:16
• Honoré d’Ambruis: Le doux silence de nos bois:
• 2d’Ambruis: Le doux silence de nos bois05:57
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687): Recueil de plusieurs belles pièces de simphonies:
• 3Lully: Recueil de plusieurs belles pièces de simphonies: Bransle de Mr de Luly / Bransle guay / Bransle à mener02:23
• Bertrand de Bacilly (1621 - 1690): Pour une bergere infidelle:
• 4Bacilly: Pour une bergere infidelle02:52
• Robert de Visée (1650 - 1725): Pièce de théorbe et de luth: Gavotte / Manuscrit Parville:
• 5Visée: Pièce de théorbe et de luth: Gavotte / Manuscrit Parville: Gavotte02:11
• Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696): D'un feu secret je me sens consumer:
• 6Lambert: D'un feu secret je me sens consumer03:02
• Jean-Baptiste Lully: Acis et Galatée, LWV 73:
• 7Lully: Acis et Galatée, LWV 73: Passacaille04:35
• Antoine Boësset (1587 - 1643): Airs de cour mis en tablature de luth:
• 8Boësset: Airs de cour mis en tablature de luth: Si c’est un crime que l’aymer05:40
• Charles Couperin (1638 - 1679): Menuet de Poitou de Couprin le père / Autre de Poitou / Menuet de Poitou / Autre de Poitou par Mle de la Chataigneraye / Autre de Poitou / Menuet de Poitou / Menuet d’Anne Philidor:
• 9Couperin: Menuet de Poitou de Couprin le père / Autre de Poitou / Menuet de Poitou / Autre de Poitou par Mle de la Chataigneraye / Autre de Poitou / Menuet de Poitou / Menuet d’Anne Philidor04:02
• Bertrand de Bacilly : J’ay mille fois pensé dans ma douce langueur:
• 10Bacilly: J’ay mille fois pensé dans ma douce langueur04:24
• Ennemond Gaultier (1575 - 1651): Courante "La belle homicide" (Arr. for Lute by Charles Mouton):
• 11Gaultier: Courante "La belle homicide" (Arr. for Lute by Charles Mouton)03:11
• Jean-Henri d’Anglebert (1629 - 1691): La Bergère Annette:
• 12d’Anglebert: La Bergère Annette04:41
• Jean-Baptiste Lully: Bourrée / Rigaudon Rondeau:
• 13Lully: Bourrée / Rigaudon Rondeau: Air des paysans et des pastres01:35
• La grotte de Versailles, LWV 39:
• 14Lully: La grotte de Versailles, LWV 39: Dans ces deserts paisibles03:31
• Ballet des muses, LWV 32:
• 15Lully: Ballet des muses, LWV 32: Trop indiscret Amour05:37
• Robert de Visée: Gigue gaye:
• 16Visée: Gigue gaye02:31
• Bertrand de Bacilly: J’avois juré l’autre jour / Acis et Galatée, Prologue:
• 17Bacilly: J’avois juré l’autre jour / Acis et Galatée, Prologue: Rigaudon / Suitte du Rigaudon / Double du Rigaudon fait par Mr Couprain03:39
• Total Runtime01:02:07

Info for Doux silence

‘The air de cour has been with me for almost as long as I’ve been playing the flute... For me, it is one of the finest creations of French art. I have assembled these airs from the second half́ of the seventeenth century to complete the exploration begun with Et la fleur vole (early seventeenth century, ALPHA314) and À l’ombre d’un ormeau (early eighteenth century, ALPHA342)’, says François Lazarevitch in the introduction to this new release. ‘I am particularly interested in combining the qualities of sound and breathiness of the voice and the flute.’ Love songs, dance tunes and brunettes on pastoral themes follow one another in a programme at once moving and erudite. These miniatures are magnificently interpreted by the two outstanding singers who join the instrumentalists (lute, flute, musette, harp, viol) of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien: the soprano Julie Roset and the mezzo Lucile Richardot.

Julie Roset, soprano
Lucile Richardot, mezzosoprano
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
Francois Lazarevitch, direction

Francois Lazarevitch
Although his primary instrument is the flute, from the outset, François Lazarevitch has concentrated his apprenticeships, research and musical practices on the diversity of sources, oral and written, which he deems necessary for recreating the early and Baroque repertoires today. Backed, since 2006, by the companionship of his Musiciens de Saint-Julien, to whom he passes on his craving for going ever further in comprehension, his taste for the discovery of forgotten repertoires and experimental curiosity about all cultures, he takes a singular new look at a whole chapter of our musical history.

The driving force? Rhythm, this impulse born of dance and which calls more on what is felt than on what is written on paper and which must imbue all music with flexibility and in awareness. This is why his recording of Bach’s Flute Sonatas (Alpha Classics, 2014, ‘Choc’ Classica) surprises and charms with the eloquence, invention and refinement of his art of phrasing and ornamentation.

It must be said that while François Lazarevitch tackles early music and the flute with pioneers such as Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, Barthold Kuijken and Pierre Séchet, he also approaches Indian music, has a passion for the Irish flute, and practices music of oral tradition with those who still perpetuate it locally. These fruitful encounters and explorations open up his own path, uncharted and demanding, which he travels, adding strings to his bow: today, he divides his time between the flute and the musette with equal virtuosity, the pastoral timbre having become emblematic of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien.

Artistic director of the ensemble, he conducts it on the French and international music scenes, recording innovative programmes for Alpha Classics, which are regularly acclaimed. He also enriches his experience through collaborations with Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Talens Lyriques, dancers and choreographers, stage directors and composers of today. An impassioned instrument collector and researcher, he publishes scores of unearthed repertoires.

Finally, he teaches Baroque flute and musette at the Versailles Conservatory, eager to pass on what drives him: ‘the freedom of breath in the service of listening, understanding and energy’.

Booklet for Doux silence