Sainte-Colombe le Fils: Pièces de viole François Joubert-Caillet & L'Achéron

• Sainte-Colombe le fils (1660-1720): Suite in G Minor:
• 1 fils: Suite in G Minor: I. Allemande 03:00
• 2 fils: Suite in G Minor: II. Courante 01:53
• 3 fils: Suite in G Minor: III. Sarabande 02:41
• 4 fils: Suite in G Minor: IV. Gigue 02:05
• 5 fils: Suite in G Minor: V. Fantaisie en rondeau 03:47
• 6 fils: Suite in G Minor: VI. Gavotte 01:17
• Suite in F Major:
• 7 fils: Suite in F Major: I. Prélude 01:45
• 8 fils: Suite in F Major: II. Allemande 01:42
• 9 fils: Suite in F Major: III. Courante 01:24
• 10 fils: Suite in F Major: IV. Sarabande 02:43
• 11 fils: Suite in F Major: V. Gigue 01:10
• 12 fils: Suite in F Major: VI. Gavotte 00:30
• 13 fils: Suite in F Major: VII. Bourrée 00:41
• 14 fils: Suite in F Major: VIII. Minuet 00:54
• 15 fils: Suite in F Major: IX. Tombeau pour Sainte-Colombe le père 12:21
• 16 fils: Suite in F Major: X. Sarabande 02:28
• 17 fils: Suite in F Major: XI. Gavotte 01:09
• Suite in A Minor:
• 18 fils: Suite in A Minor: I. Prélude 02:16
• 19 fils: Suite in A Minor: II. Courante 01:49
• 20 fils: Suite in A Minor: III. Sarabande 02:10
• 21 fils: Suite in A Minor: IV. Gigue 01:36
• Suite in E Minor:
• 22 fils: Suite in E Minor: I. Prélude 04:36
• 23 fils: Suite in E Minor: II. Courante 03:47
• 24 fils: Suite in E Minor: III. Allemande 02:12
• 25 fils: Suite in E Minor: IV. Courante 03:06
• 26 fils: Suite in E Minor: V. Sarabande grave 01:29
• 27 fils: Suite in E Minor: VI. Gigue 01:51
• 28 fils: Suite in E Minor: VII. Gavotte 00:45
• 29 fils: Suite in E Minor: VIII. Minuet 00:45
• 30 fils: Suite in E Minor: IX. Bourrée 00:39
• Suite in B Minor:
• 31 fils: Suite in B Minor: I. Prélude 01:35
• 32 fils: Suite in B Minor: II. Allemande 03:16
• 33 fils: Suite in B Minor: III. Courante 01:23
• 34 fils: Suite in B Minor: IV. Sarabande 03:10
• 35 fils: Suite in B Minor: V. Gigue 01:16
• 36 fils: Suite in B Minor: VI. Gavotte 01:14
• Total Runtime 01:20:25

Info for Sainte-Colombe le Fils: Pièces de viole

The Sainte-Colombe family remains a source of mystery to this day: the first name and the origins of the father, who taught Marin Marais and composed numerous pieces for one or two viols, remains hidden in the mists of time. The same obscurity surrounds his son or sons: records show a few traces of him in London and Edinburgh around 1700, although all that is really known of him comes from the Pièces de viole recorded here; these five suites of dances in the French style, including a Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte-Colombe le père, have survived in a non-autograph manuscript. The version presented here breaks with the usual interpretations of these Pièces de Viole, as it includes a reconstruction of a basso continuo part as was common in works by composers of the son’s generation. The non-autograph source that has survived gives a general feeling that something is missing in the harmonic structure, a lack that is here filled by this new basso continuo part. Reconstructed in the musical language and style of the time, the music of Sainte-Colombe's son here seems to come back to life; these pieces have not only recovered their full meaning but also reveal a sublime music.

Francois Joubert-Caillet, bass viol
L'Acheron

François Joubert-Caillet
After studying the recorder, piano and double bass, François Joubert-Caillet studied the viola da gamba with Paolo Pandolfo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he equally studied baroque improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. He was awarded First Prize as well as the Public's Award at the Bruges International Chamber Music competition and teaches at Nancy Conservatory.

François Joubert-Caillet has played with numerous formations with whom he has recorded for the labels Ricercar, Harmonia Mundi, Ambronay, K617, ZigZag Territoires, Arcana, Winter&Winter, Aparté, Glossa, Sony, Naïve, etc.

François Joubert-Caillet leads L'Acheron with which he performs in several formations, in particular the viol consort. His CDs Le Nymphe di Rheno (Johannes Schenck) in duo with Wieland Kuijken, The Fruit of Love (Anthony Holborne), the Ludi Musici (Samuel Scheidt) and the Ouvertures of Johann Bernhard Bach are released by Ricercar - Outhere.

Since the autumn of 2014, François Joubert-Caillet has begun recording the complete works of Marin Marais Pièces de Viole for Ricercar : this huge project (five books, over 600 pieces, about 20 CD's), saw the light in 2016 with a CD of Pièces Favorites by the composer and the 1st Book will be released in the spring 2017!

L’Achéron
In Greek mythology Acheron is the river that Orpheus crossed to rescue Eurydice from the underworld. As its name implies, L’Achéron wants to open a path between two apparently opposed worlds: that of the living and that of the dead, the past and the present, idealism and reality.

Created in 2009 by François Joubert-Caillet, L’Achéron is made up of a young generation of musicians from very varied backgrounds, all of them having studied in some of the best known schools for ancient music (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the Paris and Lyon National Conservatories, the Royal Music Conservatories of Brussels and The Hague or the Amsterdam Conservatory). Some of these musicians have other artistic talents : acting, theatre direction, contemporary as well as renaissance and baroque dancing, writing, drawing, improvisation, pupeteering, instrument making and sound mixing , make up the range of passions present in the group.

L’Achéron seeks to strengthen ties between the musicians and the public by making ancient music more accessible, without denaturing it but to the contrary, by exploring the variety of musical instruments and genres of the renaissance and baroque periods. By trying to render the many nuances of this rich and vibrant music, L’Achéron proposes a journey through time and the senses where the flavours of the past are brought to life.

Initially L’Achéron was a viola da gamba consort and has worked since 2013 in collaboration with the instrument maker Arnaud Giral on the construction of a typically English consort. A treble, a tenor, a lyra viol and a consort bass from the same maker gives the consort a unique cohesion and harmonic depth. L’Achéron’s orchestra is also developping, and as a result opening up the ensemble to other repertoires while maintaining its « chamber music » identity.

L’Achéron is in residence at the Arsenal in Metz and is regularly invited to perform in various festivals and musical seasons in Europe. L’Achéron records for Ricercar – Outhere and has released so far The Fruit of Love devoted to Anthony Holborne, the Ludi Musici by Samuel Scheidt (winner of the Diapason d’Or), Johann Caspar Kerll’s Requiem with the ensemble Vox Luminis, Ouvertures by Johann Bernhard Bach as well as Pièces Favorites, an anthology of Marin Marais’ Pièces de Violes.

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