Gilles Colliard – LOUIS GABRIEL GUILLEMAIN, Vol.2: Amusement Op.18, Gilles Colliard. (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

One of the features of European music of the 17th century was the antagonism between the French and the Italian styles. Jean-Baptiste Lully was appointed to create a French alternative to Italian opera which conquered most of Europe. However, the antagonism did not confine itself to opera. There was also a strong difference in the field of instrumental music. In Italy the emergence of a new style around 1600 resulted in a large repertoire of technically demanding music for single instruments, and especially the violin. In contrast, in France the latter instrument was only used in the orchestra and for dance music. It was towards the end of the century that composers started to write music for violin that required an extended playing technique. Among them were François Couperin and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

After 1700, when the French gradually opened up to the Italian style, the violin elevated to a status that was comparable to that of the viola da gamba, which for about a century had been one of the symbols of everything that was French in music. Among the first composers who wrote virtuosic music for the violin were Jean-Marie Leclair and Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville. The composer who is the subject of the two discs under review here, was of the second generation.

Tracklist:
1-1. Gilles Colliard – La Furstemberg (06:11)
1-2. Gilles Colliard – Andantino (01:40)
1-3. Gilles Colliard – Altro master (01:39)
1-4. Gilles Colliard – Allegro (00:52)
1-5. Gilles Colliard – Gratioso (01:18)
1-6. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (01:20)
1-7. Gilles Colliard – Tamborino (00:58)
1-8. Gilles Colliard – Altro (00:58)
1-9. Gilles Colliard – Altro (01:59)
1-10. Gilles Colliard – Allegretto (00:50)
1-11. Gilles Colliard – Aria (03:36)
1-12. Gilles Colliard – Allegro (03:52)
1-13. Gilles Colliard – Allegro (02:53)
1-14. Gilles Colliard – Gratioso (02:04)
1-15. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (03:38)
1-16. Gilles Colliard – Allegro (02:08)
1-17. Gilles Colliard – Altro (02:08)
1-18. Gilles Colliard – Chasse (02:37)
1-19. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (00:55)
1-20. Gilles Colliard – Altro (01:21)
1-21. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (01:54)
1-22. Gilles Colliard – Altro (02:53)
1-23. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (03:55)
1-24. Gilles Colliard – Gratioso (02:26)
1-25. Gilles Colliard – Altro (01:51)
1-26. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (04:12)
1-27. Gilles Colliard – Andantino (03:30)
1-28. Gilles Colliard – Minueto (02:26)
1-29. Gilles Colliard – Altro (02:31)
1-30. Gilles Colliard – Andantino (07:17)