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Une Larme

Une Larme

Rosario Conte
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Rosario Conte – baroque guitar

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The CD “Une Larme” is a tribute to the great Italian guitarist Francesco Corbetta and to Robert De Visée, who is often regarded as his pupil. With the help of the transparent and delicate sounds of the baroque guitar, the emotions of the transience of all beauty are explored – the triumph of time over beauty itself.

Almost all of the works played by Italian lutenist and guitarist Rosario Conte on this CD are taken from Corbetta's La Guitarre Royalle (Paris, Bonneüil, 1671), a book that he published in Paris at the court of the Sun King Louis IX and dedicated to him in a later edition.

In fact, the (baroque) guitar, with its gallant, gentle sound, was a very popular instrument among the French nobility at that time and was also played by the king himself.

The recording was made in an Italian monastery in great silence and seclusion, with the audible space complementing the musical ideas, so to speak.

Rosario Conte perfectly captures the special magic of this music with his highly virtuosic, never strained, yet dynamic playing, giving the compositions, which were first performed over 300 years ago, a very personal and emotional character that is immediately understandable to modern listeners.

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Catalogue number: CD-16278

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Tracklist of "Une Larme"

Francesco Corbetta (Pavia 1615, Paris 1681)

1. Prélude g sol re ut b mol 1.11
2. Allemande 2.46
3. Courante 1.32
4. Sarabande 2.04
5. Gigue 2.11
6. Passacaille 1.49
7. Prélude f ut fa 0.48
8. Allemande chérie de son altesse le Duc d’Yorck 2.14
9. Courante 1.20
10. Sarabande 2.19
11. Gigue 1.16
12. Tombeau de madame D’Orleans 4.34
13. Caprice de chacone 3.40
14. Prélude b fa b mi tierce mineur 1.13
15. Allemande du Roy 4.38
16. Courante 2.11
17. Sarabande I 1.23
18. Sarabande II 1.18
19. Passacaille 2.17
20. Gavotte cherie du duc de Montmouth 1.38
21. Prélude c sol ut fa b mol 0.36
22. Passacaille 3.13
23. Sarabande de Madame d’Orléans 2.25
24. Gigue 2.17
25. Autre Chacone 2.51

Robert de Visée (Paris 1650 ca, Paris 1732 ca)

26. Prélude 1.42
27. Tombeau de Monsieur Francisque 4.20

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