Baroque Concert at the Forbidden City

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Baroque Concert at the Forbidden City
EAC Rip | FLAC+LOG+CUE | Booklet | RAR 309 MB
Classical | 1996 | Astrée | Playing Time: 67'18"

European baroque music composed by Teodorico Pedrini at the Chinese Emperor's court where all kinds of European instruments were available and even built. There is nothing "Chinese" in Pedrini's music, but on this recording each of Pedrini's sonatas is preceded by a rather meditative and Chinese sounding "divertissement chinois" by another European composer at the Chinese court, Joseph-Marie Amiot.
It is no use looking for Chinese influence in Pedrini's sonatas. But it nevertheless becomes obvious when we play them that -either because of his isolation or because of his venturesome nature- Pedrini experimented with musical forms that were never heard in Europe. Some of the linking of chords, for example, would be considered as errors, and our first reaction was to correct them. On listening, however, they prove to be of interest, rather than being in any way disturbing. The tonal structure of some of the movements (for example, in the Sonata in B flat) is also very unusual. Jean-Christophe Frische


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Joseph-Marie Amiot - Premier divertissement chinois (pt.1)
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata No. 1 for violin & continuo in A major
Joseph-Marie Amiot - Premier divertissement chinois (pt.2)
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata No. 7 for flute & continuo in B flat major
Joseph-Marie Amiot - Troisième divertissement chinois
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata No. 4 for cello & continuo in G minor
Joseph-Marie Amiot - Deuxième divertissement chinois
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata No. 10 for violin & continuo in C minor
Joseph-Marie Amiot - Troisième divertissement chinois
Teodorico Pedrini - Sonata No. 5 for flute & continuo in G major



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Emperor Qianlong


Musique des Lumières


Jean-Christophe Frische, flute
Patrick Bismuth, violin
Hager Hanana, violoncello
Claire Antonini, theorbo
Martine Chappuis, harpsichord



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