Mr. De Machy: Pieces de Violle - Suites de danses, Paris, 1685

Mr. De Machy: Pieces de Violle - Suites de danses, Paris, 1685, - Glossa Import

Label: Glossa Import
Catalog No: GLS 920413
Format: CD
Release Date: 2012-05-03
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 10 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 675754039769

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>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 8 in A major
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 1 in D minor
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 4 in G major
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 5 in D minor

Album Summary

>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 8 in A major
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 1 in D minor
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 4 in G major
>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 5 in D minor
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Notes & Reviews:

With his performance of the music of De Machy, Paolo Pandolfo is enriching the recorded survey of solo viola da gamba music with a very special contribution; such as he has done before with his recordings of music by Sainte-Colombe, Abel or of his most warmly-received recording, the Bach Cello Suites in their transcription for viola da gamba. The publication of the Pièces de Violle (Paris, 1685), the first of the literature for the viola da gamba in France, unleashed a veritable polemic or querelle with Jean Rousseau concerning the "true manner of playing the viola", which had been described by De Machy with a wealth of details in the prologue to his work and in which radiates an enormous sense of aplomb and certainty. His advocacy for the viola da gamba as a harmonic (or chordal) as well as a melodic instrument was to go on to have a significant influence on later composers such as Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray. With his recording and also in his accompanying essay, Paolo Pandolfo places special emphasis on one facet of these pieces which tends to pass unnoticed: their danceable character. Countless sources from the time tell us about the vigorousness of the interest in the dance in the 17th century, a passion practiced in an almost obsessive way not only by the court nobility but by the rural aristocracy and the wealthier bourgeoisie as well. This all makes the vision of a viola da gamba accompanying such dances a very suggestive one indeed.

BBC Music Magazine, July 2012
Pandolfo coaxes an array of shades and effects and lets the viol reverberate with Machy's plush musical textures...Above all, Pandolfo makes the music dance with his supple bowing, elastic rhythms, dainty ornaments, floated notes and silence. Short of wearing pointed shoes, he could hardly make these performances more balletic...even the curmudgeonly Machy would surely be entranced.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Église de Franc-Waret, Belgium (11/2011).



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Works Details

>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 8 in A major
  • Performers: Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba); Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba)
  • Running Time: 15 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 1 in D minor
  • Performers: Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba); Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba)
  • Running Time: 16 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 4 in G major
  • Performers: Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba); Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba)
  • Running Time: 18 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Machy (Demachy) : Suite for viola da gamba no 5 in D minor
  • Performers: Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba); Paolo Pandolfo (Viola da gamba)
  • Running Time: 14 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque