De Visée - Suites en partition

Robert De Visée Suites en partition – Dessus et Basse

[Total time: 12:30 ]

[“Livre de piéces pour la guittarre”, Paris, 1686]

I. Suite IX – B minor

1. Prélude [00:57] 2. Allemande [02:09] 3. Courante [00:59] 4. Sarabande [02:08] 5. Gigue [01:05] 6. Menuet 1 et 2 [01:58] 7. Passacaille [01:57] 8. Gavotte [00:41] 9. Bourrée [00:36]

[Total time: 12:56]

[“Livre de piéces pour la guittarre”, Paris, 1686]

I . Suite X – G minor

10. Prélude [01:18] 11. Allemande [02:00] 12. Courante [01:20] 13. Sarabande [01:59] 14. Gigue [01:05] 15. Chaccone [02:05] 16. Menuet 1 et 2 [01:55] 17. Gavotte [00:37] 18. Bourrée [00:37]

[Total time: 08:43]

[ “Livre de piéces pour la guittarre”, Paris, 1686]

I I. Suite XI – G minor

19. Prélude [01:11] 20. Allemande [02:24] 21. Sarabande [01:28] 22. Gigue [01:15] 23. Passacaille [02:25]

Sergio Candia recorder

Gina Allende viola da gamba

Eduardo Figueroa guitar and theorbo

[Suite X ]

(2) Soprano recorder in D (diapason A=415 Hz), after model

by Th. Stanesby Jr. / Jorge Montero, 2014 (3) Alto recorder in F (diapason A=406 Hz), after model by J.H. Rottenburgh / Francesco Li Virghi, 2012

[Suite XI ]

[Suite IX / 8-9] [Suite IX / 1-7]

(1) Tenor recorder in D (diapason A=415 Hz), after model

by P. Bressan / Lorenzo Lio, 2020

(4) Soprano recorder in B (diapason A=406 Hz), after model

by J. Hotteterre / Jorge Montero, 2017 (5) Viola da gamba with 7 strings, after model

by M. Colichon / Humberto Orellana, 2003.

(6) Chitarrone after model

by M. Sellas / Klaus Jacobsen, 2005.

(7) 5-string guitar after model

by M. Sellas / Klaus Jacobsen, 2007

T

his recording proposes a performance of original works for guitar by the French musician Robert De Visée (ca. 1655-1732) adapted for instrumental ensemble according to the style and musical practices in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This project involves a “recycling” or adaptation of the original compositional material, employing historically informed instrumentation and performance practices.

The three suites of French

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

Baroque dances that make up

of the Pontificia Universidad

this recording are the world

Católica de Chile.

premiere of a transcription and adaptation of the famous guitar

R. De Visée himself published

pieces by the composer Robert

in 1716 an adaptation of his

De Visée, who was the musician

works for lute and theorbo in

of the French kings Louis XIV

soprano and bass parts, to make

and Louis XV.

possible their performance on treble instruments (violin, flutes,

This research work applied to

oboe) accompanied by basso

performance has been developed

continuo (violas, lutes, guitar,

by the Estudio MusicAntigua

harp, harpsichord).

(EMA), under the direction of Sergio Candia, through the

Following this path, the principal

project CCA 2020-65183021,

researcher and director of the

financed by the Dirección

EMA, Sergio Candia, together

de Artes y Cultura, of the

with scholars Gina Allende and

Eduardo Figueroa, transcribed,

use De Visée’s transcriptions, but

adapted and edited a book of

made their own adaptation from

scores with pieces originally

the original tablature, adapting as

published by De Visée for guitar,

much as possible the melodies

in his “Livre ... pour la Guitarre”

and idiomatic turns of phrase of

(1686). In this edition De Visée

the guitar to other instruments,

adds, at the end of the book,

adding also a proposal of

some transcriptions for treble

ornamentation in the stylistic

instrument and basso continuo,

direction of contemporaries of

being a partial selection of some

R. De Visée, such as Hotteterre,

of his original suites for guitar.

Marais and Blavet.

In this project the musicians of the EMA have completed some of the suites by transcribing and adapting the dances of which there was no transcription by the author. Likewise, they did not

The recording for this publication was made at the San Juan auditorium, Instituto de Música, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, January 2021. The sound recording and digital audio editing was done by Félix Rodríguez Betancourt.

The editions of the Alio Modo Project offer high quality recordings of the works performed by Estudio MusicAntigua and La Compañía de Céfiro and their guest musicians.

Project CCA 2020-65183021, financed by the Dirección de Artes y Cultura,Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Photography

Félix Rodríguez Graphic design Mary Paz Albornoz Carlos Arriagada Transcriptions, adaptations and score editions

Artistic direction

Félix Rodríguez

Eduardo Figueroa

Sergio Candia

Alio Modo

Sound recording, mastering and digital phonographic editing

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