Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch - The Queen's Delight (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

This programme reflects the full flavour and richness of English music and the instrumental and vocal repertory it inspired in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The rhythmic impulse of this repertory sometimes making use of ostinato culminates in the grounds, jigs, contredanses and so on that were all the rage at the time and led to the publication of John Playford's collection The English Dancing Master in 1651. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, showing their familiarity with early sources from England, Scotland and Ireland, also emphasise the melodic aspect of these dances, which in the course of time became sung airs the soprano Fiona McGown and the baritone Enea Sorini complete a colourful instrumentarium. Finally, the light-hearted dimension of entertainment is present everywhere in this repertory, which was popular in the sense that it was universally practised at the time, achieving a fame that spread far beyond the British Isles.

Tracklist:
1. Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: Bonny Kathern Loggy (04:11)
2. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Bellamira (After Solomon Eccles) – Greensleeves (After James Oswald) (03:30)
3. Fiona McGown, Enea Sorini, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: The Witty Western Lasse, to the Tune Called The Beggar Boy (05:28)
4. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Emperor of the Moon / Ormond House (03:25)
5. Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: How Vile Are the Sordid Intrigues (02:58)
6. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Sefauchi's Farewell (After Henry Purcell) (05:09)
7. Enea Sorini, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: An Italian Ayre (Fuggi, Fuggi, Fuggi) [After Henry Lawes] (04:22)
8. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Nobody's Jig – Black and Grey – Where Will Our Goodman Lie – Maiden Lane (04:19)
9. Fiona McGown, Enea Sorini, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: Drive the Cold Winter Away (04:40)
10. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – John Come Kiss Me Now (Variations by Thomas Baltzar, Christopher Simpson, David Mell, Solon Eccles) (06:21)
11. Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Fly (04:37)
12. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Scots Rant – Argiers (Variations After Jacob van Eyck) (04:55)
13. Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: Mr Lane's Maggot (02:53)
14. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – The Lord Monk's March – Hey to the Camp (03:18)
15. Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: A Lad of the Town (03:36)
16. Nick Scott, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien & François Lazarevitch – Song: Bacchus's Health, On the Tune Paul's Steeple (Variations Published by John Playford and John Walsh) (04:30)


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