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FANTAISIES CHAMPÊTRES

JACQUES-CHRISTOPHE NAUDOT (1690–1762)

Six concertos in four parts, for hurdy-gurdy, musette, transverse flute, recorder, oboe, 2 violins and bass.
Divertissement Champêtre en trio for musette, transverse flute and violin (1749).

Jean-Pierre Van Hees, musette
Tobie Miller, vielle à roue
Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie
Alexis Kossenko, flûte à bec et traversière, conductor

Musettes, hurdy-gurdies, and flutes formed the dream countryside of Rococo-style salons, that of Watteau’s painting Concert Champêtre (1727), when Naudot’s Fantaisies were enjoying their hour of glory. The fashion for “pastoralism” was in full swing, and professional musicians as well as great amateurs vied with each other in “pastoral” concertos where musettes and hurdy-gurdies featured heavily. These instruments were popular originally, garnering great skill to rise to the
heights of virtuoso: enough to enchant Louis XV’s courtesans and those close to La Pompadour! Alexis Kossenko reveals these wonderfully outdated gems to us as a bold shepherd.

Recorded from January 3rd and 7th 2022 at the Ferme de Villefavard.

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