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J-F Dandrieu - Character Pieces by Marouan Mankar-Bennis ECL1702E

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Free Shipment for European Union and Switzerland. Product details : Composer : Jean-François Dandrieu Artists :Marouan Mankar-Bennis, harpsichord Program : Excerpts from Dandrieu's Trois « Grands » Livres de Clavecin La Plaintive, La Musette, Les Caractères de la Guerre, Le Concert des Oiseaux ...Read more
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Composer : Jean-François Dandrieu

Artists :Marouan Mankar-Bennis, harpsichord

Program : Excerpts from Dandrieu's Trois « Grands » Livres de Clavecin La Plaintive, La Musette, Les Caractères de la Guerre, Le Concert des Oiseaux, Le Tympanon - 1er Livre (1724) La Lully, La Corelli, La Lyre d’Orphée, La Figurée, La Magicienne, La Pastorale, Les Tendres Reproches, Le Concert des Muses - 2ème Livre (1728) La Précieuse, La Constante, La Gracieuse, Le Badin, La Naturèle - 3ème Livre (1734)

La Gracieuse, chaconne 3ème Livre (1734)
La Figurée, chaconne 2ème Livre (1728)

Press round up :

"Dandrieu's music is of high quality and Mankar-Bannis is an outstanding advocate of it. He deserves much praise for his original approach to Dandrieu's oeuvre and the way he presents the programme. The result is a most compelling recital of pieces which are stylistically coherent, but at the same time show much variety. If you like French harpsichord music, don't miss this fine disc." Johan van Veen - MusicWeb

"I am delighted to report that Marouan Mankar-Bennis plays superbly in his first solo harpsichord recording, (...). Indeed, I could go so far as to suggest that this Encelade disc might well turn out to be my favorite harpsichord recording of 2018!" Larry Palmer - The Diapason

 "This is a wonderful-sounding selection of seldom heard pieces, with an imaginative use of two fine harpsichords" Colin Booth - The Consort

"Marouan Mankar-Bennis bringt Dandrieus Notenköpfe mit seinen Verzierungen zum Sprechen, verbindet sie phrasierend zu Sätzen, verleiht ihnen durch kontrastierende Tempi Lebendigkeit. Das Ergebnis ist eine poetische, stellenweise sogar anrührende Cembalo-CD - viel zu kostbar, um sie im Regal zwischen den marktschreierischen Tenören und den glamourös glitzernden Pianistinnen verstauben zu lassen." von Thorsten Preuß - BR Klassik

"Marouan Mankar-Bennis, allievo di Elisabeth Joyé, è l’agile e fantasioso interprete di questa specie di evento teatrale che egli ha messo insieme attraverso una scelta di Pièces de Caractère tra quelle che meglio associano l’intimo al meraviglioso, lo spettacolare alla sfumata suggestione." Ferruccio Nuzzo - Grey Panthers
 

Overview :

It took no more than a short step from parade to parody to amuse the young Louis XV, even when it involved a subject as solemn and sophisticated as military art:

"On the 26th of last month, twenty members of the Swiss Guards Regiment engaged in a dance exercise, holding their drawn swords in their hands, beneath the windows of the King’s apartment in Marly, to the sound of a drum, a fife and a violin, with a Harlequin and a Scaramouche in attendance. A corporal commanded this comic military ballet which gave a great deal of pleasure". Mercure de France, March 1726

The idea of an opera for the harpsichord gradually came to me as I was thinking about this amazing anecdote, guiding me in the choice and arrangement of the pieces on this recording. The shade of “the incomparable” Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), the great tragédie lyrique craftsman, seems to float over many of the pieces that Jean-François Dandrieu (1682-1738) wrote for the instrument. The emphasis he places on major dance movements such as La Naturèle and La Figurée, his inclination towards descriptive and programmatic pieces and, of course, the frequent evocation of mythological figures, all confirm this allusion to the drama that he so admired.

Marouan Mankar–Bennis