Product Description
Arion ensemble
with Isabelle Desrochers: soprano
Hervé Lamy: tenor
Max van Egmond: baritone
Joseph Bodin de BOISMORTIER (1689 – 1755)
See program notes here.
French Cantatas for solo voice, combined with symphonies.
Opus 5, Paris 1724
| Le Printemps (Spring) | ||
| 1-6 | First Cantata, for soprano, violin (or flute) and basso continuo | 16 :14 |
| L´Été (Summer) | ||
| 7-13 | Second Cantata, for tenor and basso continuo. | 16 :38 |
| L’Automne (Autumn) | ||
| 14-20 | Third Canata, for bass, flute (or violin) and basso continuo. | 18 :07 |
| L’Hyver (Winter) | ||
| 21-29 | Fourth Cantata, for soprano, flute, two violins, viola da gamba and basso continuo. | 26 :18 |
Arion ensemble :
Claire Guimond, baroque flute (A. Weemaels, Bruxelles 1983, after Rottenburg circa 1725)
Chantal Rémillard, baroque violin (Antonio Mariani, Paesaro 1650)
Betsy MacMillan, viola da gamba and baroque cello (D. Rubio, 1977, after instruments of the 17th. century)
Hank Knox, harpsichord (R. Kingston, 1982, after Dülken)
with Christine Moran, second violin in the cantata L’Hyver.
1997 Société Radio-Canada /Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved.
MVCD 1098
Made in Canada..
