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Ensemble Ausonia, Isabelle Desrochers, Thomas Lenaerts - Thomas-Louis Bourgeois: Cantates françaises (2005)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: 12 Oct 2024 00:10:41

Bourgeois was born in Hainault, which today is a province of Belgium. Between 1700 and 1705 he was active as a church musician in Toul and Strasbourg, then went to Paris to sing as an haute-contre in the Académie Royale de Musique. He also gave music lessons and published his first compositions: a book with chamber cantatas and two ballet operas. In 1721 he was in charge of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. He was forced to leave because of financial mismanagement, and went to The Hague, where he headed the French theatre.
From 1728 to 1735 he sang at the music academy of Dijon, which was founded by Jean-Philippe Rameau's brother Claude. As the academy closed down he returned to Paris where he again composed music for the theatre. He also wrote chamber music, which has all been lost, and motets which - according to contemporary sources - were much appreciated. Just one of these has been preserved. But it seems he had a special preference for secular music, and in particular the chamber cantata. He composed 33 works in that genre between 1708 and 1744. The cantatas recorded here are from the first and second books, dating from 1708 and 1715 respectively.
As most composers of chamber cantatas Bourgeois mixed elements of the French and the Italian styles. The fact that almost all arias are written in the da capo form is evidence of the Italian influence. There is quite a lot of text expression in the vocal parts, and both voice and instruments illustrate the verbal meaning. In the cantata Ariane the soprano and the violin imitate the sound of trumpets in the ariette 'Mille trompettes éclatantes': "A thousand blaring trumpets carry his glory to the skies." The viola da gamba, which was already in decline in Bourgeois's time, is frequently used in these cantatas - a kind of conservative, typically French element. In the longest aria on this disc, 'Amour, ne cherchez plus', from L'Amour et Psyché, it accompanies the soprano, and also creates the plaintive atmosphere in the instrumental 'symphonie' which precedes the aria.
Another feature of these cantatas which contributes to their often dramatic character is the frequent uninterrupted shift from recitative to ariette or aria, and the introduction of arioso elements into the recitative. In Le berger fidèle this is most effectively happening in 'Mais je me flatte en vain': it starts as a recitative, in a reflective mood, but then, on the words "It is too much; let us leave Doris", it turns into an arietta.
Isabelle Desrochers has a very fine voice, which is well suited to this kind of music. She exploits the dramatic aspects without exaggerating. It is French music, after all, and aimed at pleasing the ear of the audience. Her voice also blends well with the instruments, which are excellently played. The tenor Thibaut Lenaerts has an appropriate voice, and also sings well, but unfortunately he sounds stressed in the upper notes. It seems the lower voice in L'Amour et Psyché is written for haute-contre - Bourgeois's own type of voice - but Lenaerts doesn't have quite the tessitura it requires. –Johan van Veen

Performer:
Isabelle Desrochers, soprano
Thomas Lenaerts, tenor
Ensemble Ausonia

Tracklist:
Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676-1750)
Ariane (Kantate)
01. Récitatif: Sur un rocher affreux - Prélude: Désert où m'abandonne
02. Récitatif: Cette amante éprouvait
03. Ariette (Gaiement): Mille trompettes éclatantes
04. Récitatif: Dans cette affreuse solitude
05. Ariette (Mouvement de gavotte): Une cruelle perfidie
La berger fidèle (Kantate)
06. Prélude (Lentement): Le printemps couronné de fleurs
07. Air (Gaiement): La jeune bergère
08. Récitatif (Lentement): Tout rit en ces climats
09. Air (Gracieusement): Amour, venge un berger fidèle
10. Récitatif: Mais je me flatte en vain
11. Air (Gracieusement): Un amant sans espérance
12. Récitatif (Lentement): Hélas! pourrais-je éteindre
13. Prélude (Gaiement): Le daim suit la biche
L'Amour et Psyché (Cantate à deux voix, sans symphonie)
14. Prélude (Vivement): Par quel enchantement
15. Air (Gaiement): J'enseigne aux coeurs
16. Récitatif: Contre vous
17. Air: De mille amants
18. Duo: Aimons, cédons
19. Air: Amour, ne cherchez plus
20. Tendrement: Vainement les beautés
21. Air (Gracieusement): L'Amour soumis
22. Duo (Gaiement): Venez Plaisirs
Phèdre et Hippolyte (Cantate à voix seule et symphonie)
23. Prélude: Gravement
24. Récitatif: Sur les bords de la mer Égée
25. Air (Vivement): Déppit affreux
26. Récitatif: Tandis que pour venger
27. Air: Suspendez votre cours
28. Récitatif: Mais un vain retour de tendresse
29. Prélude (Gai et modéré): Auteur de nos mortelles peines

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