L'Esprit Galant / Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs

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Album Summary

Performers

• Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Johannette Zomer (Soprano)

Composers

• Ennemond Gaultier (1575 - 1651)
• Nicholas Hotman (bef 1614 - 1663)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Germain Pinel (circa 1600 - 1661)
• Sébastien Le Camus
• Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643)
• Michel Lambert (Baroque Composer) (1610 - 1696)
• Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732)

Notes & Reviews:

The latter half of the seventeenth century saw a great flowering of the short and succinct "air serieux" - the most common sub-category of the French "air de cour," or courtly song. The poetry which became the basis for the "air serieux" bore the general name of "galanterie" and was prized for being "delicate," "cheerful," "sweet" and "light-footed." The "esprit galant" ruled in the literary salons of Paris. Setting the tone in music were such masters of the genre as Antoine Boesset, Michel Lambert, Sebastien le Camus and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Described as a "perfect partnership" by International Record Review, the dynamic duo of soprano Johannette Zomer and theorbo player Fred Jacobs presents a stylish program of these miniature jewels.

BBC Music Magazine
Fred Jacobs is both expert as accompanist and as soloist in his various solos, notably a fine chaconne by Robert de Visée. Johannette Zomer is adept in dealing with the vocal ornament needed to leaven repetition and, in this sympathetic recorded ambience, often charms.

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Works Details

Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643) : Noires forêts

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 16th Century

Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643) : Que servent tes conseils

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Gaultier, Ennemond : Courante in C minor for 2 Lute "L'Immortelle"

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1652

Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643) : Me veux-tu voir mourir

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 16th Century

Pinel, Germain : Prélude (from Manuscrit Ottobeuren)

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1662

Lambert, Michel : Vous éprouver toujours sévère

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Period Time: Baroque

Lambert, Michel : Ombre de mon amant

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Hotman, Nicholas : Sarraband for Solo Viol in Violl-way

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lambert, Michel : Il n'est point d'amour sans peine

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lambert, Michel : Rochers, vous etes sourds

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lambert, Michel : Vos mespris chaque jour

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Hotman, Nicholas : Allemand for Solo Viol in Violl-way

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Hotman, Nicholas : Courante for Solo Viol in Violl-way

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Hotman, Nicholas : Pasacaille, for theorbo

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sébastien Le Camus : Forêts solitaires

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sébastien Le Camus : Ah!Fuyons ce dangereux sejour

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sébastien Le Camus : Laissez durer la nuit

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sébastien Le Camus : Qu'une longue tiedeur ennuie

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Sébastien Le Camus : Amour, cruel Amour

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Prelude

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Mascarade

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1714

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : Work(s) :: Chaconne en rondeau

• Performer: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Ah! laissez-moi rêver, H 441

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Celle qui fait tout mon tourment, H 450

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Ah, qu'on est malheureux, H 443

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1678

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Ruisseau qui nourris dans ce bois, H 466

• Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Sans frayeur dans ce bois, H 467

• Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1680