Tessier – Carnets de voyages « Le Poème Harmonique

Tessier – Carnets de voyages

10 by Classica-Répertoire
5 stars by Goldberg
4 stars by Le Monde de la Musique
4 stars by Forum Opéra
10 by Klassik-Heute (Germany)
20 by Musik an sich (Germany)

Charles Tessier’s œuvre comprises ninety strophic airs, mostly in French, ten villanelles in Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Swiss and Gascon, one madrigal and a fragment of a cris de rue. This extraordinarily varied repertoire reflects an itinerant career – at the courts of France, England, the Holy Roman Empire and Lorraine – that offered opportunities for many fruitful exchanges, notably with John Dowland. Tessier’s well-turned melodies and harmonic skills are attested by Dowland himself, who, in at least one of his airs borrowed directly from his French colleague. Charles Tessier confirms the fantastic vitality and extraordinary eclecticism of French music around 1600.

Cast:
Claire Lefilliâtre soprano
Bruno Le Levreur high tenor
Jan Van Elsacker tenor
Arnaud Marzorati bass
Katharina Andres, Johanne Maître bombarde, flute
Franck Poitrineau sackbut
Stéphane Tamby, Mélanie Flahaut flute, dulcian
William Dongois cornett
Kaori Uemura treble viol
Sylvia Abramowicz, Isabelle Saint-Yves bass viol
François Enock violone
Michèle Claude percussion
Vincent Dumestre guitar and theorbo; conductor

Programme:
Chansons turcquesques, air espagnol, chanson suissece, villanelles italiennes, airs de court…, Charles Tessier
Bransle de village & bransle de Lorraine, Les Gascons, Anonymous (Philidor manuscript)
Junckfraw dein schöne gstalt erfreüt mich sehr, Leo Hassler
Pavana des Sgr. Guilhelmo Keudelio, Maurice de Hesse
The earle of Essex galiard & Birth forth my teares, John Dowland
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