Robert de Visee: Suites de Guitare / Rafael Andia(g)

フランスの宮廷で愛されたギター作曲家、ヴィセ作品集
ギターという楽器の奏法や音楽が発展させ、ライバルであったリュートと違う道を歩み始めさせたのは、イタリアとスペインでした。間もなくギターという楽器は流行し、ヴィセという優れた作曲家の作品のおかげで、フランスのルイ14世の宮廷でも愛される存在となりました。宮廷スタイルの舞曲組曲の中にもラテンの薫り漂う高雅な作品が魅力的です。 ［コメント提供；キングインターナショナル］

The concept expressed in the booklet for this disc of guitar music by French Baroque composer Robert de Visee focuses on a perceived lack of attention paid to the Baroque guitar and its music compared with the lute and its repertoire. The disc was originally released in 1986, and that concept is less valid today. Various recordings of music by de Visee and other guitarists from France, Italy, and Spain exist, and the sound of the Baroque guitar is no longer so unfamiliar. Yet this early effort is still more than listenable. Part of the credit goes to the two contemporary instruments by Parisian builder Charles Besnainou. They have a pleasant, rather harpsichord-like sound that a potential buyer can sample and enjoy. Deeper exploration of the program of suites and freestanding dances reveals the links between this sound and the musical material. Surely de Visee's music could be played on the lute, but it's in an essentially different style, with elaborations of a sort of rolled semi-strum replacing the intense melodic ornamentation of lute music. Guitarist Rafael Andia was nicely recorded, and he has a fine feel for de Visee's style, which still qualifies as a neglected aspect of the court of the Sun King. Recommended for those with even a casual interest in the classical guitar.