Chambonnières Overseas Louise Acabo

• John Roberts: Melothesia:
• 1 Roberts: Melothesia: Prelude (I) 01:05
• 2 Roberts: Melothesia: Allmain 03:03
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (ca.1601 - 1672): Almaine. Courante:
• 3 Chambonnières: Almaine. Courante 01:17
• Sarabande (I):
• 4 Chambonnières: Sarabande (I) 01:30
• Gigue "La madeleinette":
• 5 Chambonnières: Gigue "La madeleinette" 01:06
• Jean Henri d'Anglebert (1629 - 1691): Pièces de clavecin, suite No. 3 in D Minor:
• 6 d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin, suite No. 3 in D Minor: I. Prélude 05:25
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1:
• 7 Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1: Allemande "la Rare" 04:06
• Courante:
• 8 Chambonnières: Courante 01:36
• Matthew Locke (ca. 1621 - 1677): Saraband (I) [Arr. for Harpsichord by William Thatcher]:
• 9 Locke: Saraband (I) [Arr. for Harpsichord by William Thatcher] 01:05
• Mr. Bryan (ca. 1621 - 1668): Ayre:
• 10 Bryan: Ayre 01:10
• Saraband (II):
• 11 Bryan: Saraband (II) 00:58
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: La Vétille. Gigue:
• 12 Chambonnières: La Vétille. Gigue 01:30
• Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 - 1667): Plaincte, faite à Londres pour passer la Mélancholie:
• 13 Froberger: Plaincte, faite à Londres pour passer la Mélancholie 04:42
• Matthew Locke: Melothesia:
• 14 Locke: Melothesia: Prelude (II) 00:59
• 15 Locke: Melothesia: Almain 02:05
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1:
• 16 Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1: Courante "Iris" 01:27
• Matthew Locke: Melothesia:
• 17 Locke: Melothesia: Country Dance 01:07
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1:
• 18 Chambonnières: Les Pièces de Clavessin, Livre 1: Pavane "L’entretien des dieux" 06:04
• Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XVIII in G Minor:
• 19 Froberger: Suite XVIII in G Minor: I. Allemande 03:46
• 20 Froberger: Suite XVIII in G Minor: II. Gigue 01:10
• 21 Froberger: Suite XVIII in G Minor: III. Courante 01:26
• 22 Froberger: Suite XVIII in G Minor: IV. Sarabande 03:18
• Jean Henri d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major:
• 23 d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major: Chaconne en rondeau 04:16
• Christopher Preston: Melothesia:
• 24 Preston: Melothesia: Prelude (III) 00:38
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Pièces de clavessin, Livre II:
• 25 Chambonnières: Pièces de clavessin, Livre II: Allemande 03:21
• Jean-Henri d’Anglebert: Sarabande Chambonnières (avec Double) - Double:
• 26 d’Anglebert: Sarabande Chambonnières (avec Double) - Double 02:35
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières: Courante - Double:
• 27 Chambonnières: Courante - Double 02:29
• Sarabande (II):
• 28 Chambonnières: Sarabande (II) 02:42
• Jean Henri d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin, Livre I:
• 29 d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin, Livre I: Tombeau de Mr de Chambonnières 07:31
• Total Runtime 01:13:27

Info for Chambonnières Overseas

Alpha Classics proudly presents "Baroque Stories", a new series of recordings devoted to young talents in early music; its first recording introduces Louise Acabo, a French harpsichordist and winner of several international competitions who divides her time between Paris and Basel. She has chosen to devote her debut recording to Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (ca1601-1672), composer of more than 150 harpsichord pieces and the first French musician of the 17th century to publish volumes of works for harpsichord. "Once you have heard the harpsichord played by the Sieur de Chambonnières, you need hear nothing else”, stated the Harmonie universelle of 1636. It was this unique relationship with sound that appealed to Louise Acabo: "his writing, eminently vocal, demands that the player transcend the mechanical aspect of the instrument and approach its strength and fragility with suppleness". Although Chambonnières never left France, his work crossed borders and influenced composers abroad, the English in particular. Louise Acabo has constructed her own list of works from available sources, alternating works by Chambonnières with compositions by Locke, Preston and Bryne.

Louise Acabo, harpsichord

Louise Acabo
began playing the harpsichord even earlier, at the age of 7, with Aline Zylberajch at the CRR in Strasbourg, where she received her harpsichord prize with unanimous jury approval in 2016, as well as a chamber music prize. During her early music courses, she has benefited from the teaching of Skip Sempé, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jean-Luc Ho, Bertrand Cuiller, Francesco Corti, Françoise Marmin, Andrea Marcon, Maude Gratton, Noëlle Spieth, Benjamin Alard, Carole Cerasi and Béatrice Martin. At the age of 18, she began a Bachelor’s degree at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in the class of Jörg Andreas Bötticher. A year later, she won first prize in the Corneille Competition, the first international harpsichord competition in France. She is regularly invited to perform at festivals such as the Utrecht Early Music Festival, where she was described by the newspaper El País as “the best surprise of the week and the latest gem in the inexhaustible French career of great harpsichordists (…)”.

Booklet for Chambonnières Overseas