Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1 Tempesta di Mare

• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687): Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", LWV 43:
• 1Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", LWV 43: Ouverture02:55
• 2Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Maître à danseurs, LWV 43: Ritournelle - Sarabande - Ritournelle - Bourée - Galliarde02:00
• 3Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Maître à danseurs, LWV 43: Canaries01:36
• Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Cérémonie des Turcs, LWV 43:
• 4Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Cérémonie des Turcs, LWV 43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs01:05
• 5Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Cérémonie des Turcs, LWV 43: Deuxième Air01:26
• 6Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Cérémonie des Turcs, LWV 43: Troisième Air00:53
• 7Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Cérémonie des Turcs, LWV 43: Quatrième Air01:20
• Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43:
• 8Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43: Entrée de trois importuns01:05
• 9Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43: Premier air des Espagnols01:07
• 10Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43: Deuxième air des Espagnols01:25
• 11Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43: Entrée des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin01:07
• 12Suite from "Le bourgeois gentilhomme", Ballet des nations, LWV 43: Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin02:09
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666 - 1747): Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle":
• 13Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": I. Le cahos06:18
• 14Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": II. Loure "La terre & L'eau" - III. Chaconne "Le feu"04:47
• 15Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": IV. Ramage, "L'air" - V. Rossignolo03:09
• 16Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": VI. Loure02:18
• 17Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": VII. Tambourin I & II02:30
• 18Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": VIII. Sicillienne01:12
• 19Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": IX. Air pour l'amour01:04
• 20Les élémens "Simphonie nouvelle": X. Caprice03:10
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): Suite from "Alcyone", Prologue:
• 21Suite from "Alcyone", Prologue: Ouverture03:09
• 22Suite from "Alcyone", Prologue: Air pour les faunes et les driades01:19
• Suite from "Alcyone", Act I:
• 23Suite from "Alcyone", Act I: Premier air pour les Éoliens. Gravement et piqué02:27
• 24Suite from "Alcyone", Act I: Deuxième air. Sarabande02:02
• 25Suite from "Alcyone", Act I: Gigue pour les mêmes01:20
• Suite from "Alcyone", Act II:
• 26Suite from "Alcyone", Act II: Premier air pour les magiciens01:06
• 27Suite from "Alcyone", Act II: Deuxième air pour les magiciens01:26
• Suite from "Alcyone", Act III:
• 28Suite from "Alcyone", Act III: Marche pour les matelots00:32
• 29Suite from "Alcyone", Act III: Deuxième air pour les mêmes01:01
• 30Suite from "Alcyone", Act III: Troisième air pour les memes. Tambourin00:39
• Suite from "Alcyone", Act IV:
• 31Suite from "Alcyone", Act IV: Deuxième air pour les prêtresses de Junon01:10
• 32Suite from "Alcyone", Act IV: Tempête01:23
• Suite from "Alcyone", Act V:
• 33Suite from "Alcyone", Act V: Chaconne pour les Tritons et les Néréides06:39
• Total Runtime01:06:49

Info for Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1

This is Volume 1 of Tempesta di Mare's two disc project of late seventeenth century French instrumental music. 'Suites' of music were often compiled from stage works that were being performed at the time and presented in the form of instrumental excerpts and dances. These 'Suites' contain some of the most tuneful, appealing and striking music of the period with works by Lully, Marais, and Rebel. The tradition of presenting 'Suites' as a separate musical entity spread throughout Europe and of course continues to this day.

Tempesta di Mare

Tempesta di Mare
performs baroque music on baroque instruments with what the Philadelphia City Paper describes as “zest and virtuosity that transcends style and instrumentation.” Led by co-directors Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone with concertmaster Emlyn Ngai, Tempesta di Mare's repertoire ranges from staged opera with full orchestra to chamber music.

Tempesta di Mare is named for baroque master Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto meaning “storm at sea,” a title reflecting composers’ belief in the power of their music to evoke drama. Roberts and Stone founded Tempesta in 1996 to pursue their ideal of baroque music as a rhetorical, dramatic art form. The group’s debut CD of recorder sonatas by Veracini, released that year on PGM, received BBC Music Magazine's highest rating, with such praise as “world-class virtuosity” and “breathtaking results.”

Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer for its “off-the-grid chic factor,” Tempesta’s Greater Philadelphia Concert Series has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence since its launch in 2002, with press endorsements from Philadelphia to Paris. With an emphasis on breaking new ground, Tempesta di Mare has brought numerous world, national and regional modern premieres to the area. Tempesta di Mare—the only permanent baroque ensemble in Pennsylvania that consistently performs orchestral repertoire with truly orchestral forces—is one of just three baroque orchestras nationwide to receive the National Endowment for the Arts Artistic Excellence Award in 2007, and again with two more Artistic Excellence awards for 2008.

Tempesta di Mare’s CD Flaming Rose, Handel's German Arias with soprano Julianne Baird, was released in August 2007 on the British label Chandos, the world's largest independent classical record company. In a market dominated by European ensembles, Tempesta di Mare is the first and only American baroque music group on the Chandos roster. Its first Chandos release, the world premiere recording of the complete lute concerti of Silvius Leopold Weiss, was released in June 2004. A third Chandos disc, modern premieres of orchestral music by Johann Friedrich Fasch, recorded live in concert on our Greater Philadelphia Concert Series in 2007, was released in April 2008.

Tempesta has toured from Oregon to Prague, with praise ranging from “the energy of a rock solo and the craft of a classical cadenza” (Washington Post) to “an experience of intimate dialogues” (Lidové Noviny, Prague). National broadcasts of performances include Performance Today, Sunday Baroque and Harmonia. Concerts are carried locally on WHYY-91FM's Showcase and video of recent performances can be seen on WYBE Public Television. WHYY TV12 has also produced three short documentaries about the group.

Booklet for Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1