It was in the second half of the sixteenth century that the guitar became fashionable in France: it was the instrument of the people, whereas the lute was associated with the intellectuals and the nobility. Henry Grenerin became a page (choirboy) in the Musique du Roi in 1641 and went on to invent a new way of playing the instrument and offer it music full of ‘freedom, mystery and ardour’, says Bruno Helstroffer. In the very first recording devoted to Grenerin’s music, Bruno revives this unjustly forgotten composer and makes the most of his long experience as both Baroque musician and exponent of today’s music. He became fascinated by this seventeenth-century composer, and his investigations led him to the Left Bank of the Seine, opposite the Louvre Palace, where Henry’s grandfather was a fisherman, hence the punning title L’âme-son [French hameçon = ‘fish-hook’, âme-son = ‘soul of sound’]. A saga that has also generated a book and a stage show about Grenerin – the first in the line of ‘guitar heroes’ that was to lead to Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix!
Tracklist: 01. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: I. Prélude en milaré tierce mineure 02. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: II. Allemande 03. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: III. Courante 04. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: IV. Sarabande 05. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue 06. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: VI. Menuet 07. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: VII. Bourrée 08. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: I. Prélude en d.la ré sol par b.carre tierce maieure 09. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: II. Allemande en de la re sol 10. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: III. Courante 11. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: IV. Passacaille 12. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: V. Sarabande 13. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: VI. Gigue 14. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: VII. Menuet 15. Boësset: Airs de cour, Livre 9: Je meurs sans mourir 16. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: I. Allemande en g.ré.sol ut tierce mineure 17. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: II. Courante 18. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: III. Sarabande 19. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: IV. Gigue à la manière angloise 20. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: V. Menuet 21. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: VI. Passacaille 22. Cambefort: Ballet Royalle de la Nuict, Pt. 3: Récit de la Lune 23. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: I. Prélude en de la ré sol tierce mineure 24. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: II. Allemande 25. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: III. Sarabande 26. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: IV. Courante 27. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: V. Sarabande 28. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: VI. Gigue aymable 29. Grenerin: Passacaille en c sol ut fa
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