n-Féry Rebel emerges from undeserved obscurity in the shadows of his contemporaries Lully and Delalande in this recording of his finest chamber works, the violin sonatas of 1713. Once a child prodigy violinist, Rebel enjoyed the patronage of Louis XV and wrote extensively for the ballet. His music synthesizes the qualities of the French and Italian schools, tempering 'Italian fire and genius with French wisdom and tenderness.'
Andrew Manze plays a violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782; bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986.
JEAN-FÉRY REBEL Sonata No.8 in D minor ré mineur / d-moll · Grave (2'24) · Courante (2'55) · Rondeau (5'59) Sonata No.6 in B minor si mineur / h-moll · Grave (3'45) · Legèrement (2'01) · Gracieusement (2'47) · Viste (1'21) Sonata No.1 in A major La majeur / A-dur · Grave (3'33) · Gai (1'04) · Grave (1'57) · Musette (2'45) Sonata No.3 in A minor la mineur / a-moll · Lentement/Viste (3'09) · Grave (1'38) · Legèrement (2'22) Sonata No.9 in F major Fa majeur / F-dur · Grave (1'48) · Allemande (3'04) · Rondeau (1'52) · Gigue (1'19) Sonata No.5 in D major Ré majeur / D-dur · Viste/Grave/Legèrement (3'03) · Sarabande (2'33) · Viste (2'58) · Gigue (1'56) Sonata No.7 in G minor sol mineur / g-moll · Allemande (3'34) · Courante (2'12) · Sarabande (3'11) · Gigue (1'46) Sonata No.4 in E minor mi mineur / e-moll · Gracieusement (1'37) · Viste (1'59) · Recit très doux-Gai (4'43) · Viste (2'04)
