Lucile Boulanger – Les Défis de Monsieur Forqueray (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

In her debut recording for harmonia mundi, Lucile Boulanger explores the facets of Antoine Forqueray’s career as a virtuoso instrumentalist: adept in a wide range of Italian repertoire and skilled at transcribing works originally intended for the violin, he could try it on for size, as it were, before settling on a different medium.

With the viola da gamba, he extended the technique of playing it far beyond the norm, confronting the performer with fiendishly difficult challenges… which have been met brilliantly by the hugely talented foursome heard here.

Tracklist:
1-01. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 – I. Adagio (02:19)
1-02. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 – II. Allegro (02:18)
1-03. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 – III. Largo (02:43)
1-04. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 – IV. Allemanda (02:54)
1-05. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata a Violino solo e Basso in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 – V. Giga Allegro (01:47)
1-06. Lucile Boulanger – Pieces de viole, deuxieme suite – IV. La Leclair (02:16)
1-07. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9 – I. Andante. Dolce (02:54)
1-08. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9 – II. Allemanda. Allegro ma non tropo (04:36)
1-09. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9 – III. Sarabanda. Adagio (04:06)
1-10. Lucile Boulanger – Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 9 – IV. Minuetto. Allegro non tropo (02:20)
1-11. Romain Falik – La Venitienne de Mr. Fourcroy (03:41)
1-12. Lucile Boulanger – Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba) – I. Adagio (02:45)
1-13. Lucile Boulanger – Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba) – II. Allegro (02:10)
1-14. Lucile Boulanger – Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba) – III. Adagio (03:52)
1-15. Lucile Boulanger – Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba) – IV. Allegro (01:10)
1-16. Lucile Boulanger – Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (transcribed for viola da gamba) – V. Allegro (02:46)
1-17. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – I. La Marella. Vivement et marque (02:38)
1-18. Pierre Gallon – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – II. La Clement. Noblement et detache (04:20)
1-19. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – III. Sarabande La D’aubonne (04:38)
1-20. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – IV. La Bournonville. Mouvement eleve (02:47)
1-21. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – V. La Sainscy. Gracieusement et avec esprit (03:08)
1-22. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 4 in G Minor – VI. Le Carillon de Passy. Legerement sans vitesse-La Latour. D’un mouvement un peu plus vif-Le Carillon de Passy (reprise) (06:24)
1-23. Lucile Boulanger – Suite No. 3 in G Major – La Morangis ou La Plissay. Mouvement de chaconne (07:23)