The Frans Brüggen Project Lucie Horsch & Orchestra of the 18th Century

• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 "Gypsy Rondo":
• 1 Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 "Gypsy Rondo": III. Rondo all'Ongarese. Presto (Arr. Farrington for Recorder, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord) 02:34
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6/8 "Christmas Concerto":
• 2 Corelli: Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6/8 "Christmas Concerto": V. Allegro (Performed on Recorder) 02:20
• Alessandro Marcello (1673 - 1747): Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799:
• 3 Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: II. Adagio (Performed on Recorder) 03:09
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (Arr. Brüggen/Horsch for Recorder & Orchestra):
• 4 Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (Arr. Brüggen/Horsch for Recorder & Orchestra): I. [Allegro] 07:52
• 5 Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (Arr. Brüggen/Horsch for Recorder & Orchestra): II. Siciliano 04:15
• 6 Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (Arr. Brüggen/Horsch for Recorder & Orchestra): III. Allegro 06:28
• Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068:
• 7 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Performed on Recorder) 04:16
• Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006:
• 8 Bach: Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue (Arr. Brüggen/Horsch for Recorder) 02:18
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42:a4:
• 9 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42:a4: I. Largo 02:24
• 10 Telemann: Trio Sonata in A Minor, TWV 42:a4: IV. Allegro 03:08
• Fantasia No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 40:4:
• 11 Telemann: Fantasia No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 40:4: I. Largo – Vivace – Largo – Vivace 02:31
• 12 Telemann: Fantasia No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 40:4: II. Allegro 01:45
• Jacob van Eyck (1590 - 1657): Der Fluyten Lust-hof, Vol. 2:
• 13 van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof, Vol. 2: Boffons 01:50
• Jacques Martin Hotteterre (1674 - 1763): L'art de préluder, Op. 7, Pt. 5:
• 14 Hotteterre: L'art de préluder, Op. 7, Pt. 5: Prelude No. 3 in G Minor. Rondement 00:58
• 15 Hotteterre: L'art de préluder, Op. 7, Pt. 5: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor. Gay 00:34
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689 - 1755): Sonata for Flute and Violin, Op. 51 No. 2:
• 16 de Boismortier: Sonata for Flute and Violin, Op. 51 No. 2: IV. Gigha (Performed on Recorder) 02:18
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): Concert royaux, Quatrième concert in E Minor:
• 17 Couperin: Concert royaux, Quatrième concert in E Minor: V. Sarabande. Très tendrement 02:43
• 18 Couperin: Concert royaux, Quatrième concert in E Minor: VI. Rigaudon. Légèrement, et marqué 01:37
• 19 Couperin: Concert royaux, Quatrième concert in E Minor: VII. Forlane en rondeau. Gaiement 02:59
• Nicolas Chédeville (1705 - 1782): Il pastor fido, Sonata No. 6 in G Minor (Formerly Attrib. Vivaldi as RV 58):
• 20 Chédeville: Il pastor fido, Sonata No. 6 in G Minor (Formerly Attrib. Vivaldi as RV 58): IV. Allegro ma non presto 03:13
• John Walsh (b. 1945): The Bird Fancyer's Delight:
• 21 Walsh: The Bird Fancyer's Delight: Bull Finch in F Major 00:22
• 22 Walsh: The Bird Fancyer's Delight: Canary Bird in C Minor 00:30
• 23 Walsh: The Bird Fancyer's Delight: Linnet in C Major 00:20
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1/11, HWV 369:
• 24 Handel: Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1/11, HWV 369: I. Grave 01:47
• 25 Handel: Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1/11, HWV 369: IV. Allegro 02:04
• Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof, Vol. 1:
• 26 van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof, Vol. 1: Derde Daphne 01:57
• Total Runtime 01:06:12

Info for The Frans Brüggen Project

Lucie Horsch celebrates the legacy of Dutch recorder player and conductor Frans Brüggen (1934-2014). A true pioneer of the early music revival, Brüggen amassed a remarkable collection of historic recorders dating from the 1680s-1740s. Those instruments fell silent upon his death 10 years ago. With special access granted by Brüggen’s widow, they have now been revived by one of Brüggen’s compatriots. The instruments are so fragile that at times Lucie was only allowed to play two takes on them - “The end result could almost be regarded as a live recording”.

The album contains sublime interpretations of ensemble pieces by Marcello, Corelli and J.S. Bach, including the famous Air from the latter’s Third Orchestral Suite and Brüggen’s transcription of his Concerto in E major BWV 1053. It also trains the spotlight on a sequence of solo works that demonstrates the tonal variety and subtle nuances of instruments created three centuries ago in London, Paris, Nuremberg and the Netherlands.

“Frans Brüggen was such an inspiration,” comments Lucie Horsch. “Although the historic recorders are the main focus of this album, it is also my homage to him. I wish to thank his widow, Machtelt Israëls, for allowing me to use his instruments for this recording. Because of her understandable concerns for their conservation, there were limits to how long I could prepare and play on them. The end result could almost be regarded as a live recording. With the most fragile recorders, we were only able to do two full takes of a piece. I was so lucky to work with great musicians who were ready to overcome these challenges in such a limited amount of time.”

The Brüggen Project includes rarely heard French treasures by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier and Nicolas Chédeville; works by Handel, Telemann, François Couperin and Haydn; a brace of pieces from Jacob van Eyck’s Der Fluyten Lust-Hof; and three tunes from The Bird Fancyer’s Delight, a small volume intended to broaden the repertoire of caged songbirds. The album is packed with meaningful connections to Frans Brüggen. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the period-instrument ensemble which he co-founded in 1981, joins Horsch in her transcription of the Adagio from Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor, the penultimate movement of Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and Bach’s Concerto in E major, originally written for harpsichord and strings. Horsch performs the latter on a Fourth Flute, a soprano recorder in B flat, built for Frans Brüggen in the 1970s by the Australian maker Frederick Morgan. She is also joined by Brüggen’s nephew, the cellist Albert Brüggen, the acclaimed Baroque violinist Rachel Podger and harpsichordist Tom Foster.

In 2023, her third album Origins was awarded the Edison Klassiek Audience Prize and lauded by critics: ‘Conceptually enterprising, sparkily executed, spotlighting both Horsch’s formidable technical prowess and her inventive powers, [this] is an unexpected and marvellous affair’ Gramophone.

Lucie Horsch reflects on the invaluable learning experience provided by Brüggen’s recorders. Each instrument, she notes, is distinguished from its companions by subtle differences of sound, pitch and intonation. “It’s as if there was no such thing as the recorder during this period; rather, there was a multitude of recorders, each with its own sound qualities. I had to listen to what every instrument wanted from me. I wasn’t able to explore all their qualities before the recording, so it was a case of being very intuitive and attentive in the moment during the sessions. It needs all your technique and more – I had to do things that my teacher would have said are not done but which the instrument required! I hope people will be as amazed as I was by the exquisite beauty and warmth of their sound.”

"With instruments from different eras and countries, the pitch of the performances naturally varies, as does their individual tone quality. Horsch points out in the booklet that she had to play them much more carefully and delicately than she would a modern recorder, and to emphasise the differences she plays movements of Handel’s F major sonata on different instruments, one made in London and one in Berlin. For once it’s the instruments that matter more than the music; anyone remotely interested in recorder playing will find it fascinating, and get a reminder of just what an extraordinary musician Brüggen was." (The Guardian)

Lucie Horsch, recorder
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Rachel Podger, violin
lbert Brüggen, cello

Lucie Horsch
Sparkling 25-year-old rising star Lucie Horsch is a passionate and charismatic advocate of her instrument. First revealed as a recorder Wunderkind, become a stylish baroque virtuoso, Lucie is a smart and innovative musician bringing her curiosity into approaching multiple musical genres and developing new repertoire with the same incredible talent.

In 2022, Lucie has been given a much-coveted Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. The Borletti-Buitoni Trust supports outstanding young musicians (BBT Artists). In June 2020, Lucie received the very prestigious “Dutch Music Award”, the highest honor bestowed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to a musician working in classical music. In the 2021/22 season, Lucie has been touring as ECHO Rising Star in Europe’s most prestigious concert halls. During the 2023/24 season, Lucie is artist in residence at the Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht, where she also appears as a pianist and singer.

Recent and upcoming highlights include debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Ton Koopman, the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra under Jan Willem de Vriend, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, as well as recitals at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Thüringer Bachwochen, Solsberg Festival, Wigmore Hall, Festival de Pâques Aix-en-Provence, KKL Luzern, La Chaux-de-Fonds, LSO St. Luke’s, with such various partners as Ton Koopman, Olga Pashchenko, Thomas Dunford, Justin Taylor and Max Volbers. Lucie has toured in Europe with the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Orchestra of the 18th Century and in Japan with the B’Rock Orchestra. She also performs her folk and jazz-inspired Origins project at festivals and venues like Wigmore Hall, the Rheingau Musik Festival, Classique au Vert Paris, Bremer Musikfest, the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Festival de Musique de Menton, the Società del Quartetto Milan and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Lucie is an exclusive Decca Classics artist. Her debut CD featuring concertos and other works by Vivaldi received the 2017 Edison Klassiek Award. Her second album Baroque Journey, recorded with the Academy of Ancient Music and Thomas Dunford, featuring works by Sammartini, Bach, Marin Marais and Händel among others reached the No. 1 in the UK Classical Charts and was awarded the prestigious OPUS KLASSIK prize in Germany in 2019. In her third album “Origins” released in September 2022, Lucie explores folk-inspired and traditional music from all over the world with dazzling arrangements of works by 20th century modernists from Bartok, Debussy and Stravinsky to Piazzolla, Isang Yun and Charlie Parker together with traditional tunes from the four corners of the world with a stunning team of guest artists. In 2023, Origins was awarded the Edison Klassiek Audience Prize.

This album contains no booklet.