Rebelles Baroque: Concerti by Quantz & Telemann, by Arion Baroque Orchestra.

Rebelles Baroques – Quantz & Telemann concerti

$17.40

Arion Baroque Orchestra
Alexander Weimann, guest conductor
Soloists: Claire Guimond, Alexa Raine-Wright flutes
and Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

2017 – EMCCD7777

Take in the vibrant colors of flutes and strings in this album devoted to two somewhat rebel representatives of the German late baroque, Telemann and Quantz. Disobeying their parents in order to persevere in music, they were also able to distance themselves from certain burdens of the past to propose fresh and galant music. The spirited playing of flutists Claire Guimond and Alexa Raine-Wright, as well as the warm tone of violist Jean-Louis Blouin will more than do justice to these charming and lively works.

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Arion Baroque Orchestra
Alexander Weimann, guest conductor
Soloists:
Claire Guimond, Alexa Raine-Wright flutes
and Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

Works by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) and Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)

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Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)

Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in D Major QV 5 :45
1. Allegro di molto
2. Grave mà con affetto
3. Vivace di molto

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Concerto for strings and basso continuo in E Major TWV 43:E2
4. Affettuoso
5. Allegro
6. Adagio
7. Presto

Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto for viola, strings and basso continuo in G Major TWV 51 :G9
8. Largo
9. Allegro
10. Andante
11. Presto

Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in D Major TWV51 :D2
12. Moderato
13. Allegro
14. Largo
15. Vivace

Johann Joachim Quantz

Concerto for 2 flutes, strings and basso continuo in g minor QV 6:8a
16. Allegro
17.Amoroso con sordini
18. Presto

Arion Baroque OrchestraArion Baroque Orchestra

The clarity and freshness of Arion’s interpretations have been remarked upon since its first concerts; the delicacy of its readings of well-chosen and varied works has never wavered since its foundation in 1981. Constant attention to detail has earned the orchestra, led by the enlightened artistic vision of flutist Claire Guimond, a place among the most renowned early music ensembles in North America and throughout the world.
The Orchestra offers a prestigious Montreal concert Series featuring more than twenty musicians and with the participation of internationally known guest conductors. Arion has hosted such celebrated conductors as Stefano Montanari, Jaap ter Linden, Monica Huggett, Christophe Rousset, Barthold Kuijken, Rachel Podger and Lorenzo Coppola, to name just a few. Arion has been awarded many prizes and grants and tours regularly in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Japan, as well as Quebec and Canada. Arion now holds an impressive discography of more then 30 titles distributed internationally. www arionbaroque.com

ClairesmallClaire Guimond
Baroque flute

Claire Guimond enjoys a busy career as a baroque flautist and artistic director working with some of the finest musicians in Canada and on the world scene. She is a founding member and artistic director of the Arion Baroque Orchestra, with which she has frequently toured in North and South America and Europe. She features in radio and TV broadcasts and plays at many festivals in Europe and North America. She has performed under such distinguished conductors as Ton Koopman, Kent Nagano, Andrew Parrot, Christophe Rousset, Enrico Onofri, Barthold Kuijken, Jordi Savall, Philippe Herreweghe and Stefano Montanari.
Claire Guimond has an extensive discography of over 40 recordings distributed internationally. She also teaches at McGill University and at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.

Soloist Alexa Raine-WrightAlexa Raine-Wright
Baroque flute

Equally at ease on the traverso and recorder, American/Canadian Alexa Raine-Wright maintains an active Montreal-based performance career. Winner of several national and international competitions, Alexa was awarded the Devonna & Amos Gerber Grand Prize and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra Prize at the 2016 Indianapolis International Baroque Competition. She also won First Prize at the 2015 National Flute Association’s Baroque Flute Artist Competition in Washington DC, as well as Second Prize at the 2015 Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition in New Brunswick. Alexa is a member of the award-winning ensembles Infusion Baroque and Flûte Alors! Alexa has performed with Arion Baroque Orchestra, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, I Musici, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  She is a graduate of McGill University.

Soloist Jean-Louis BlouinJean-Louis Blouin
Viola

At the age of eleven, Jean-Louis Blouin began to concentrate on the viola. From 1989 to 1993 he studied at the Montréal Conservatory, where he obtained a higher education diploma. He then studied with Jutta Puchhammer at the University of Montréal, where he completed a Master’s degree in interpretation.
Since 1996, Jean-Louis Blouin has been a permanent member of Les Violons du Roy and appears in several of the group’s recordings, including J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue and Psalm 51. His interest in Baroque music and experience with early instruments has also led to performances with other specialized groups, primarily as a violist but also on the Baroque violin. Audiences have heard him perform with the ensembles such as Arion Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Les Boréades, La Chamaille as well as with Masques.

Recorded on November 17,18 and 19 November 2014, at the Saint-Augustin-de-Mirabel church in Québec
Producer : Arion Orchestre Baroque
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Executive Producer : Claire Guimond
Recording Producer : Carl Talbolt, MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS inc.
Sound engineer : Carl Talbolt, MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS inc.
Graphic Design : CG3 Communications

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