When the ensemble Amarillis focuses on Handel, the musicians reinvent the genre of the baroque suite. They take advantage of their variable formation to concoct a joyous musical ballet in homage to the most Italian of the English composers. No voice here, and yet what lyricism in these pages!
Thanks to transcriptions that constantly renew the instrumentation of the program, the performers emphasize the colours of this contrasting and special anthology of Handel’s Suites and Trio Sonatas.
Quand l’Ensemble Amarillis fait la part belle à Handel, il réinvente le genre de la suite baroque. Les membres de cet ensemble mettent à profit leur formation à géométrie variable pour concocter un joyeux ballet musical en hommage au plus italien des compositeurs anglais. Aucune voix ici, et pourtant que de lyrisme dans ces pages !
À la faveur de transcriptions qui renouvellent constamment l’instrumentation du programme, les interprètes, menés par Héloïse Gaillard à la flûte et Violaine Cochard au clavecin, mobilisent de manière originale l’énergie d’un florilège contrasté de suites et autres sonates en trio de Handel.
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released February 3, 2023
Ensemble Amarillis
Héloïse Gaillard - baroque recorder
Violaine Cochard - harpsichord
Alice Piérot - Violon
Annabelle Luis - cello
Florent Marie - theorbo
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