DIEUPART & BACH. A SUITE CONNECTION
Debut CD by Marsyas Baroque
A suite connection between J. S. Bach (1685-1750) and Charles François Dieupart (1667-1740) is as-serted by the young, multi-award-winning baroque ensemble Marsyas Baroque with its debut CD. The juxtaposition of two English Suites by Bach and two Suittes de Clavessin by Dieupart, who is virtually unknown today, shows not only that the French composer is still underestimated, but also that Bach was inspired by the work of his colleague. He developed his own musical ideas by studying Dieupart’s collection of suites and probably even wrote his English Suites for him. The album reveals the stylistic similarities between the two works by presenting Dieupart’s suites not as pure harpsichord pieces, but - as the first edition of 1701 suggests as an alternative to solo performance on the harpsichord and as was fashionable in the Baroque period, but is extremely rarely practised today - mises en concert. The other instruments accompany the outer voices of the harpsichord, which does not function as a continuo instrument but plays quasi-soloistically. As a result, the suites’ sound palette is broader and their dynamics richer than on the harpsichord alone. In return, Bach’s suites are performed anew in an arrangement inspired by Dieupart’s mises en concert version - an "experiment-with-advantage", as Marsyas Baroque and the baroque expert Leonard Schick comment on their work, as the form of the suites sometimes emerges more clearly in these arrangements than in the original and the performance becomes more varied and colourful.
The album includes:
Charles François Dieupart: Suite No. 3 in B minor* | Suite No. 5 in F major* (Amsterdam 1701)
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in C minor (BWV 807 & 831) | English Suite No. 4 in G major (BWV 809), arr. Marsyas Baroque & Leonard Schick
Marsyas Baroque
Paula Pinn - Recorders
María Carrasco Gil - Baroque violin
Konstanze Waidosch - Baroque cello, Violoncello piccolo, Viola da gamba
Sara Johnson Huidobro - Harpsichord
*Guest: Simon Linné - Archlute
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Produced by GWK Records
Release: March 2024
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