Forqueray: Works for Harpsichord

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Composer: Antoine Forqueray
Artists: Michael Borgstede (harpsichord)

Father (Antoine 1679-1745) and son Jean-Baptiste (1699-1782) Forqueray had the sort of relationship that would not be out of place in a present day TV soap. They loathed each other. The father’s jealousy of his son’s great musical talent (Antoine was a famous virtuoso viol player) led him to have Jean-Baptiste jailed in trumped up charges of womanising and theft. And he was banished from the kingdom for 10years on pain of death. A petition from influential friends and his pupils got him released and pardoned in 1726.

In 1747 Jean-Baptiste by then the outstanding viol player of his generation published a collection ‘Pieces de viole composees par M. Forqueray le pere’ although the content attributable to his father is probably negligable. At the same time he published a set of transcriptions for keyboard of the same works – a shrewd business decision. The transcriptions are extraordinary with highly virtuosic writing, including the crossing of hands in La Clement in the 4th Suite. One reason for the lavishness of the transcription could be that Jean-Baptiste had recently married the very attractive Marie-Rose Dubois who also happened to be one of the most brilliant harpsichordists the time. One can only wonder what part she played in the transcriptions.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La Marella
00:03:15 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La Clément
00:08:35 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La D’aubonne: Sarabande
00:13:36 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La Bournonville
00:16:31 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La Sainscy
00:21:18 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: Le Carillon de Passy
00:26:07 Suite No. 4 in G Minor: La Latour
00:31:39 Suite No. 2 in G: La Bouron
00:36:09 Suite No. 2 in G: La Mandoline
00:42:38 Suite No. 2 in G: La du Breüil
00:46:19 Suite No. 2 in G: La Leclair
00:49:22 Suite No. 2 in G: La Buisson: Chaconne
00:55:15 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Laborde: Allemande
01:02:21 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Forqueray
01:05:55 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Cottin
01:09:05 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Bellmont
01:12:45 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Portugaise
01:16:19 Suite No. 1 in D Minor: La Couperin
01:20:32 Suite No. 3 in D: La Ferrand
01:27:56 Suite No. 3 in D: La Regente
01:33:19 Suite No. 3 in D: La Tronchin
01:37:21 Suite No. 3 in D: La Angrave
01:40:07 Suite No. 3 in D: La Du Vaucel
01:43:59 Suite No. 3 in D: La Eynaud
01:46:33 Suite No. 3 in D: La Morangis ou La Plissay
01:54:28 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Rameau
01:58:30 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Guignon
02:03:15 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Léon: Sarabande
02:07:34 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Boisson
02:11:25 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Montigni
02:17:23 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: La Sylva
02:23:06 Suite No. 5 in C Minor: Jupiter


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