Notes and Editorial Reviews
"‘Amour cruel’ provides a delightful glimpse of private musicmaking in mid-17th-century Paris. Half of this CD is devoted to six concerts for two bass viols by Sainte-Colombe‚ the other half to the melancholy airs de cour of Michel Lambert (Lully’s fatherinlaw) and Sébastien Le Camus (a viol player at court)... Napper and Margaret Little‚ as Les Voix Humaines‚ are at their finest in the Sainte-Colombe... their tone is resonant and infused with a lithe elegance... throughout they play with the precision‚ delicacy and poise that listeners have come to expect of them. Suzette Leblanc’s interpretations of the airs de cour, enunciated as in the 17th century‚ also invite warm praise... Leblanc again produces a lovely‚ ethereal tone‚ supported
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by the sublime theorbo playing of Stephen Stubbs‚ that for me conjured up images by Watteau. However‚ her performance of Le Camus’ Je veux me plaindre is the highlight of the disc. Stubbs begins with three statements of the ground; Leblanc enters: her ornamentation of the first repeat of the ground took my breath away and the top notes of her second made my ears ring. And‚ as if that were not enough‚ the viols follow with further statements of the ground – taking parts originally intended for two voices – which for me throw new light on the origin of the pičce de viole. This is a thought-provoking recording, stocked with subtle musicmaking..." -- GRAMOPOHONE
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Works on This Recording
1.
Vos mespris chaque jour by Michel Lambert
Performer:
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano),
Stephen Stubbs (Theorbo)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Voix Humaines
Period: Baroque
Written: France
3.
Je veux me plaindre by Sébastien Le Camus
Performer:
Stephen Stubbs (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France
4.
Laissez durer la nuit by Sébastien Le Camus
Performer:
Stephen Stubbs (Lute),
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Voix Humaines
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France
6.
Amour, cruel amour by Sébastien Le Camus
Performer:
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Voix Humaines
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France
8.
Foręts solitaires by Sébastien Le Camus
Performer:
Stephen Stubbs (Lute),
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France
10.
Ombre de mon amant by Michel Lambert
Performer:
Stephen Stubbs (Theorbo),
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; France
12.
On n'entend rien by Sébastien Le Camus
Performer:
Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano),
Stephen Stubbs (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France
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