Bach-Abel Society

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

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 that 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

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

3:43

II. Rondeau. Allegro assai

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

2:46

IX. [Prelude] in D Major, WKO 194

Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres

1:56

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

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

6:09

I. Allegro

Les Ombres, Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard

4:10

II. Adagio

Les Ombres, Justin Taylor, Margaux Blanchard

2:53

III. Vivace

Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Justin Taylor

3:07

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

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

2:16

I. Allegro

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

5:36

II. Largo

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

5:56

III. Allegro

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

4:21

[Prelude] in D Minor, WK 205

Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard

2:13

Allegro ma non tropo

Les Ombres, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor

5:05

I. Allegro moderato

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

7:50

II. Adagio ma non troppo

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

3:53

II. Allegretto

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

2:46

II. Tempo di Minuetto

Les Ombres, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor

3:06

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

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

1:41

Johann Christian Bach

Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel

Composer
Franz Joseph Haydn

Composer
Johann Samuel Schroeter

Composer
Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Violin

Olivier Rosset

Producer
Olivier Rosset

Editing Engineer
Ann Van Allen-Russell

Liner Notes
Julien Benhamou

Photography
Donnie Nunley

Cover Photography
Jean-Michel Bouchet

Graphic Design
John Lowe

Liner Notes
Robert Burns

Liner Notes