Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – The Mad Lover (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – The Mad Lover (2020)
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Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and lutist Thomas Dunford illuminate aspects of the elusive amalgamation that is the 17th-century English notion of melancholy. The inconsolable ‘Mad Lover’ of the album title is reimagined as a character from the reign of Charles II. This tale is told through music from the pen of such violin virtuosos as the prodigiously gifted Nicola Matteis. Heightened by the exuberance and abandon common to those musicians transplanted from Italy, the beguiling nuances of this language of yearning and loss continue to echo in the popular music of our time.

Exalted melancholy. A violin and a lute: with this choice line-up, our pair of instrumentalists – and frequent partners on the current Baroque music scene – illuminates some aspects of an elusive amalgam that constitutes the 17th-century English notion of melancholy. The inconsolable ‘Mad Lover’ of the album title is reimagined by Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Thomas Dunford as a character from the reign of Charles II: a tale told through music from the pen of such violin virtuosos as the prodigiously gifted Nicola Matteis. Heightened by the exuberance and abandon common to those musicians transplanted from Italy, the beguiling nuances of this language of yearning and loss continue to echo in the popular music of our time.

Tracklist:
01. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – The Mad Lover Suite: Ground. Aire V (03:41)
02. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata sesta for violino solo: I. Adagio (01:57)
03. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata sesta for violino solo: II. Allegro [1] (00:59)
04. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata sesta for violino solo: III. Adagio (02:22)
05. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata sesta for violino solo: VI. Allegro [2] (01:08)
06. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Improvisation for solo lute (05:34)
07. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Variations on La Folia (05:15)
08. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Fantasia in A Minor ‘Alia Fantasia’ (04:05)
09. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in A Minor: V. Sarabanda amorosa (Adagio) (02:28)
10. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Diverse bizzarrie sopra la vecchia sarabanda o pur Ciaccona (05:08)
11. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Prelude in G Minor, ZN. 773 (01:44)
12. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Violin Sonata in G Minor: I. Grave (03:19)
13. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Violin Sonata in G Minor: II. Courante (01:41)
14. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Violin Sonata in G Minor: III. Adagio (02:08)
15. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Violin Sonata in G Minor: IV. Vivace (01:03)
16. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: I. Preludio (01:27)
17. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: II. Grave (01:54)
18. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: III. Sarabanda (03:57)
19. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: IV. Aria Burlesca (02:21)
20. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: V. Capriccio (01:51)
21. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Suite in G Major: VI. Giga Al Genio Turchesco (00:48)
22. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata Quinta in E Minor: I. Andante (03:29)
23. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata Quinta in E Minor: II. Courente (02:14)
24. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata Quinta in E Minor: III. Largo (05:31)
25. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Sonata Quinta in E Minor: IV. Presto (02:25)
26. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – Fantasia in C Minor, “con discretione” (04:47)
27. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – A new division upon the ground bass of “John come and kiss me” (04:51)
28. Thomas Dunford & Théotime Langlois de Swarte – The Mad Lover Suite: Ground. Aire III (02:01)

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