Watteau: The Music Lesson - Charpentier, Campra, Lully, Rebel, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Corelli, Couperin, Rameau, Clérambault, Marais,...

Vivaldi, Antonio;
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine;
Corelli, Arcangelo;
Rameau, Jean-Philippe;
Couperin, François;
Campra, André;
Rebel, Jean-Féry;
Lully, Jean-Baptiste;
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin;
Ensemble 415;
Banchini, Chiara;
Rousset, Christophe;
Christie, William;
Jacobs, René;
Steger, Maurice;
O'Dette, Paul

HML 5908535.36

The fête galante in Watteau (1684-1721) is very much a musical celebration. With a presence in no less than a third of his pictures, music holds an essential place in the painter’s œuvre. Observed with the precision of a connoisseur, it is firmly rooted in the reality of the concerts of his time, the better to nurture the amorous discourse of the paintings and merge into their mystery. As a poetic element, it enriches the meaning with its allusive power, suggesting a sound-world blending the strains of musette, cornett, violin, guitar, and the human voice. One must first learn to see these sounds before hearing them. • This CD-book, released to coincide with the exhibition ‘Watteau, la leçon de musique’ at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, invites you to listen to the music in Watteau’s work with the help of numerous visual and audio examples.

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

20-02-2013

3149020853559