Bach-Abel Society

Les Ombres, Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard, Fiona McGown, Sylvain Sartre, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2022

Bach-Abel Society

J.S. Bach’s son Johann Christian arrived in London in 1762, and with his fellow composer Carl Friedrich Abel established a series of prestigious concerts which ran for 17 years. Music heard at the Bach-Abel recitals is surveyed on this intriguing album by the Swiss ensemble Les Ombres. The sprightly Quartet in D Major by J.C. Bach, two pensive pieces for bass viol by Abel and a charmingly Mozartian Harpsichord Quintet by Johann Samuel Schröter are among the highlights, and three of Haydn’s numerous arrangements of Scottish songs are brightly sung by mezzo-soprano Fiona McGown. Les Ombres play on period instruments, imparting an extra tang to this fascinating slice of aural history.

I. Andante. Rondo Allegro

Sylvain Sartre, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard

3:43

II. Rondeau. Allegro assai

Justin Taylor, Sylvain Sartre, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard

2:46

IX. [Prelude] in D Major, WKO 194

Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres

1:56

I. Mary's Dream, Hob. XXXIa:1

Fiona McGown, Margaux Blanchard, Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sylvain Sartre, Les Ombres

6:09

I. Allegro

Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres

4:10

II. Adagio

Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres

2:53

III. Vivace

Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres

3:07

II. John Anderson, my Jo, Hob. XXXIa:2

Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Fiona McGown, Les Ombres

2:16

I. Allegro

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Margaux Blanchard, Justin Taylor, Sylvain Sartre, Hanna Salzenstein, Les Ombres

5:36

II. Largo

Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, Hanna Salzenstein, Les Ombres

5:56

III. Allegro

Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Hanna Salzenstein, Les Ombres, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

4:21

[Prelude] in D Minor, WK 205

Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard

2:13

Allegro ma non tropo

Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres

5:05

I. Allegro moderato

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Justin Taylor, Les Ombres

7:50

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, Les Ombres

3:53

II. Allegretto

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sylvain Sartre, Margaux Blanchard, Justin Taylor, Les Ombres

2:46

II. Tempo di Minuetto

Justin Taylor, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres

3:06

III. I Love my Love in Secret, Hob. XXXIa:3

Fiona McGown, Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Sylvain Sartre, Justin Taylor

1:41