Fantaisie Alban Tixier

• Anonyme: Belle, belle très douce mère de dieu:
• 1 Anonyme: Belle, belle très douce mère de dieu 01:34
• Je suis d'Allemagne:
• 2 Anonyme: Je suis d'Allemagne 01:11
• Bara Faustus'Dream:
• 3 Anonyme: Bara Faustus'Dream 01:53
• Giuseppe Antonio Doni (1513 - 1574): Passacaglia:
• 4 Doni: Passacaglia 02:08
• Anonyme: Fantasia:
• 5 Anonyme: Fantasia 01:43
• Saltarello a la Bolognesa:
• 6 Anonyme: Saltarello a la Bolognesa 01:16
• Kemp's Jigge:
• 7 Anonyme: Kemp's Jigge 01:34
• The Lads of Leith:
• 8 Anonyme: The Lads of Leith 02:06
• Luis de Milán: Fantasia XI:
• 9 Milán: Fantasia XI 02:49
• Anonyme: Troppo perde'l tempo:
• 10 Anonyme: Troppo perde'l tempo 01:28
• Guy de Thourotte: A vous amant:
• 11 Thourotte: A vous amant 03:34
• Pierre Moulu (1480 - 1550): Au bois Madame:
• 12 Moulu: Au bois Madame 01:16
• Gorgio Mainerio (1535 - 1582): Il Primo Libro de Balli:
• 13 Mainerio: Il Primo Libro de Balli: No. 16, Ballo Milanese 01:49
• Joannes Arpinus: Praembulum:
• 14 Arpinus: Praembulum 00:46
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621): Volte CCXXII:
• 15 Praetorius: Volte CCXXII 00:53
• Emanuel Adriaenssen (1554 - 1604): Passeamezzo in basso:
• 16 Adriaenssen: Passeamezzo in basso 04:08
• Anonyme: Calypso:
• 17 Anonyme: Calypso 01:06
• Gaillarda:
• 18 Anonyme: Gaillarda 01:22
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): The First Booke of Songes:
• 19 Dowland: The First Booke of Songes: No. 5, Can She Excuse 01:40
• Hans Neusidler (1508 - 1563): Preambel No. 3:
• 20 Neusidler: Preambel No. 3 01:07
• Anonyme: Une jeune fillette:
• 21 Anonyme: Une jeune fillette 01:53
• Tielman Susato (1510 - 1570): Het derde musyck boexken:
• 22 Susato: Het derde musyck boexken: No. 26, Den Hoboecken dans 00:43
• John Dowland: Fortune My Foe:
• 23 Dowland: Fortune My Foe 01:49
• Anthoine Francisque: Le Trésor d’Orphée:
• 24 Francisque: Le Trésor d’Orphée: Prélude 01:26
• Anonyme: Packintones Pound:
• 25 Anonyme: Packintones Pound 01:47
• Dexa ya tu soledad:
• 26 Anonyme: Dexa ya tu soledad 02:54
• Dalaigh's Polka:
• 27 Anonyme: Dalaigh's Polka 01:26
• El Villano:
• 28 Anonyme: El Villano 01:58
• A Fancy:
• 29 Anonyme: A Fancy 02:31
• Francesco Milanese: Fantasia:
• 30 Milanese: Fantasia 03:31
• Total Runtime 55:21

Info for Fantaisie

Following his first album of French lute music, Alban Tixier invites us to join him as he explores the byways of European music dating from the 13th to the 15th century.

Alban Tixier, lute
Margaux Zubeldia, flute
Louise Tixier, viola da gamba

Alban Tixier
is a 21-year-old lutenist. After learning the lute for 11 years with Jean-François Deruy in the early music department of the Roche-sur-Yon Music Conservatory, Alban pursued his lute studies in a number of master classes with Miguel Henry, while also perfecting his theorbo and Renaissance guitar skills. Then, after receiving his secondary school diploma, he decided to pursue a career in the arts.

Growing up in the environment of an artistic family, Alban began to perform on stage from an early age. His "career" as a musician began at the age of 10 when he appeared at the baroque music festival of Mont Blanc alongside his father, and accompanied a Renaissance ball for 80 dancers on his own. Next, along with his younger sister and father, he performed in the Tixier Trio, which gave numerous concerts at venues including the Royal Chateau of Blois, Meymac Abbey, and the Heritage Days at the Chabotterie. The occasion that left the strongest impression took place at the Rimay Nalanda of Karma-Ling Institute where, with Edgar Morin in attendance, a colloquium on "Humanism and mindfulness in 21st-century education" was held in 2015. At the age of 17 Alban went on to appear as a professional musician and actor in the Diapason troupe, which performed Jeux de Dames at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. Since 2021 he has played the character of Jauffré Rudel, one of Eleonor of Aquitaine's troubadours, in Chant d'Ailes et Clerc de Plume at the Royal Abbey of Nieul sur l'Autise.

ALBAN TIXIER Alban also has also been performing as a soloist for the past few years. Memorable occasions have included concerts at the Clos Lucé in Amboise and the Priory of the Côte in Corrèze, and in the Vendée region, where he lives, and as part of colloquia organized by the CERA and events at the Château de Boisniard, among others.

He has also taken part in two recordings:

- La Fille du Verseau, with the harpist and singer Cécile Corbel, released in 2023.

- Utrique Fidelis, with Les Presences Ensemble, a baroque orchestra led by Miguel Henry.

Alban is considered to be the youngest professional lutenist to have made a solo album in the Pays de la Loire region.

Booklet for Fantaisie