Jean-Baptiste Quentin & Louis-Gabriel Guillemain - Ensemble Nevermind - Conversations (2016) {Alpha Official Digital Download}

NEVERMIND is made up of four young musicians and friends whose passion for early music and for the influence of jazz and traditional music stimulated them to form an ensemble whose virtuosity is equalled only by their youthful impetuosity and their love of fine music . . . For its first disc, Nevermind tackles the treasures of the Baroque in the shape of two totally neglected French composers.

The first one, Jean-Baptiste Quentin, a dessus de violon at the Académie Royale de Musique (forerunner of the Paris Opéra), was a habitué of the Parisian salons, where he frequented Rameau among others. The second, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, studied in Italy before joining the court musicians at Versailles. Sometimes whimsical and often very complex in Guillemain, invariably lucid and classical in Quentin, their style nonetheless presents a common feature: the dominance of the Italian idiom.

Alpha Classics continues its discovery of young talents with this project conceived by the inspired musicians of Nevermind. Their credo is to introduce the widest possible audience to the riches of music that has been too long ignored.

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Personnel:
Jean-Baptiste Quentin (ca. 1690 - ca. 1742) - composer
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705 - 1770) - composer

Ensemble Nevermind:
Anna Besson - flute
Louis Creac'h - violin
Robin Pharo - viola da gamba
Jean Rondeau - harpsichord

tracklist:
01 - QUENTIN. Concerto a Quatre Parties, Op.12 - I. Largo
02 - QUENTIN. Quatuor, Sonata III, Op.15 - I. Allegro
03 - QUENTIN. Quatuor, Sonata III, Op.15 - II. Adagio
04 - QUENTIN. Quatuor, Sonata III, Op.15 - III. Premiere et Seconde Aria
05 - QUENTIN. Quatuor, Sonata III, Op.15 - IV. Presto
06 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata III en Quatuor, Op.12 - I. Allegro moderato
07 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata III en Quatuor, Op.12 - II. Larghetto
08 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata III en Quatuor, Op.12 - III. Aria (Gratioso)
09 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata III en Quatuor, Op.12 - IV. Allegro
10 - QUENTIN. Sonata IV a Quatre Parties, Op.8 - I. Largo
11 - QUENTIN. Sonata IV a Quatre Parties, Op.8 - II. Allegro
12 - QUENTIN. Sonata IV a Quatre Parties, Op.8 - III. Gavota (Tendrement)
13 - QUENTIN. Sonata IV a Quatre Parties, Op.8 - IV. Allegro
14 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata IV en Quatuor, Op.17 - I. Allegro
15 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata IV en Quatuor, Op.17 - II. Aria (Gratioso)
16 - GUILLEMAIN. Sonata IV en Quatuor, Op.17 - III. Presto
17 - QUENTIN. Sonata V en Trio, Op.10 - I. Adagio
18 - QUENTIN. Sonata V en Trio, Op.10 - II. Allegro
19 - QUENTIN. Sonata V en Trio, Op.10 - III. Premiere et Seconde Aria
20 - QUENTIN. Sonata V en Trio, Op.10 - IV. Vivement
21 - QUENTIN. Concerto a Quatre Parties, Op.12 - III. Adagio (Bonus Track)