Entre ciel et terre Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Christophe Coin

• Concerto per trombula e viola (da gamba), due violini, viola e basso con sordini, MI / E (1771)
• 1 I. Tempo moderato 05:08
• 2 II. Adagio 05:25
• 3 III. Finale (tempo di menuet) 06:08
• Divertimento a tre con violino piccolo, violino secondo e viola, FA / F (1759)
• 4 I. Andante ma non troppo 03:32
• 5 II. Menuet 02:31
• 6 III. Scherzo 01:47
• 7 IV. Finale 01:28
• Sonata per violino, viola e violoncello, op. 11 n° 1, do / c (1794)
• 8 I. Andante un poco 03:25
• 9 II. Fuga (Allegretto) 03:18
• Divertimento a tre con viola, violoncello e violone, FA / F (1767)
• 10 I. Allegro moderato 03:20
• 11 II. Menuet 02:32
• 12 III. Finale (presto) 02:36
• Sonata per due violini, due viole, due violoncelli (violone), ré / d (s.d.)
• 13 I. Adagio 03:23
• 14 II. Fuga 03:18
• Partita per viola d’amore, flauto e violone, RÉ / D (1773)
• 15 I. Adagio 04:05
• 16 II. Menuetto 04:00
• 17 III. Finale (allegro assai) 03:27
• Sonata II a due cori, SOL / G (1799)
• 18 I. Andante grazioso 02:36
• 19 II. Fuga (Allegro) 03:32
• Total Runtime 01:05:31

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This album contents a rare unpublished music which reveals uncommon instruments and sparkling tones with extreme registers (violino piccolo, bass). The album shows the adventurous side of the great contrapuntist, organist of the Stephansdom in Vienna and Beethoven's teacher.

After several albums devoted to the chamber music of Felicien David, Christophe Coin and The Ensemble Baroque de Limoges continue their exploration with Laborie of a repertoire as exciting than little-known.

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) is an austrian composer who was friend with Haydn and Mozart, and teacher of Beethoven. He was also organist for the cathedral of St Etienne in Vienna. The never released tracks on this album shows us the adventurous side of this great contrapuntal, served by an unexpected instrumentarium with shimmering sonorities: jews' harp (Albin Paulus), viola d'amore (Liana Mosca), cello (Christophe Coin). A real treat!

Between heaven and earth, at the console of the great organ of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Between heaven and earth, Albrechtsberger explores all the registers, from the very high to the very low, as here, from the violin piccolo to the double bass. Between heaven and earth, workaday and occasional inspirational pieces (church sonatas, adagios and fugues), to divertimentos in gallant style so appreciated by the audience of that time. (Christophe Coin)

Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Quatuor Mosaïques
Christophe Coin, Cello
Albin Paulus, Jew’s harp
Liana Mosca, Viola

Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Instrumental Baroque Ensemble)
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Limoges Baroque Ensemble) (EBL), which Christophe Coin took over in 1991, provided him with the means to go still further in his personal research. Since then, Christophe Coin has shaped the ensemble to his requirements, with regular musicians who are eager to go along with him in his exacting re-reading of instrumental practice and Baroque scores.

Important moments follow on one from another: for example the recordings of the complete cantatas with violoncello piccolo by J.S. Bach, or projects in collaboration with the Centre for Baroque Music in Versailles. Likewise, the first symposium in Limoges, entitled ‘Amour et Sympathie’ and devoted to European and other instruments with sympathetic strings, will be followed by a series of international meetings in celebration of the viola da gamba, entitled ‘La 7e corde’ (The 7th string): they thus enable Christophe Coin to prove that, over and above his work as a gifted instrumentalist, he means to play his part in stimulating through on instrument making and playing techniques, which form the basis of musical life.

Quatuor Mosaïques (String Quartet)
Quatuor Mosaïques is the most prominent period-instrument quartet performing today. The ensemble has garnered praise for its atypical decision to use gut-stringed instruments which, in combination with its celebrated musicianship, has cultivated the group's unique sound. The Quartet has toured extensively, won numerous prizes and established a substantial discography. Formed in 1985, the group is comprised of Austrians Erich Höbarth (violin), Andrea Bischof, (violin), Anita Mitterer (viola), and the French cellist Christophe Coin. The Quartet has appeared in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan and regularly performs in Vienna, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Berlin's Philharmonic Hall. Quatuor often appears at prestigious European festivals such as Edinburgh, Salzburg, Luzern, Bremen, Bath, Styriarte Graz, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Oslo, among others. Quatuor Mosaïques has collaborated with many international artists including pianists András Schiff and Patrick Cohen, clarinetists Wolfgang Meyer and Sabine Meyer and cellists Miklós Perényi and Raphael Pidoux. In 2006 Quatuor Mosaïques was invited to Spain to perform for King Juan Carlos I, using the Monarch's personal collection of Stradivari instruments.

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