LE MASQUE DE FER
† 1703
Ensemble La Ninfea
Barbara Heindlmeier – recorder
Christian Heim – recorder / Viola da Gamba
Marthe Perl – Viola da Gamba
Simon Linné – Theorbe / Barockgitarre
Alina Rotaru – Harpsichord
The man in the iron mask died in 1703 in the Bastille and was buried in an unknown place. From descriptions by his contemporaries, it is known that his numerous privileges included the possession of a lute and the most recent musical publications. His identity has remained a mystery to the present day ...
The young ensemble La Ninfea (whose members include Barbara Heindlmeier, recorder, and Marthe Perl, viola da gamba) has attempted to imagine itself in the situation – the isolation and the anguish, but also the joyful moments – of the famous prisoner. And thus, alongside the melancholy loneliness, the music also reflects the multifaceted spirit of that ostentatious epoch. Sometimes it also tells of that what found its way to his ears in the prison: church bells (cloches), human voices (les voix humaines), or the echo in the corridors. In collaboration with Amnesty International.
Ensemble La Ninfea
Barbara Heindlmeier – recorder
Christian Heim – recorder / Viola da Gamba
Marthe Perl – Viola da Gamba
Simon Linné – Theorbe / Barockgitarre
Alina Rotaru – Harpsichord
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
1. Pasacaille lente La Desolée
2 Blockflöten & B.c.
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (ca. 1640–1700)
Concert IX Le Suppliant
2 Violen da Gamba/Viols
2. Le Suppliant
3. Gavotte la coureuse. Preste
4. Sarabande
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601/02–1672)
5. Pavane L’entretien des dieux
Cembalo solo
Marin Marais
6. Tombeau pour Mr. de S.te-Colombe
Viola da Gamba & B.c.
Monsieur Toinon (ca.1650–ca.1700)
Trio Plaisirs Sujet
2 Blockflöten & B.c.
7. Gravement – moderé
8. Rondeau tendre
9. Tendre
10. Moderé
Arr. La Ninfea
Aus Manuscrit Saizenay
Blockflöte & B.c.
11. Le Rémouleur
12. Que devant vous
13. La Nonnette
Monsieur Le Moyne (17. Jh.)
Theorbe solo
14. Prélude improvisé
15. Allemande
Arr. La Ninfea
Blockflöte & B.c.
16. Prélude improvisé
17. Assez de Pleurs
18. La Marotte
19. L’autre jour m’allant promener
Monsieur Toinon
20. Sommeil lent
2 Diskantgamben & B.c.
Marin Marais
21. Les voix humaines
Viola da Gamba & B.c.
22. Echos
Viola da Gamba & B.c.
Marin Marais / Arr. Christian Heim
23. Cloches ou Carillon
Blockflöte, 2 Violen da Gamba & B.c.
