Les Passions
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Les Passions is a Baroque orchestra. Created in 1986 by the recorder player Jean-Marc Andrieu, the orchestra Les Passions is in residence in the south-west French town of Montauban. This flexible ensemble specialises in the practice of period instruments. Its artistic approach reconciles two principles: a respect for the musical technique of the period (authentic performance) and a dynamic interpretation of the musical composition. Its vocation is to convince the public that ancient music is as relevant to the present as are the writings of Molière, the paintings of La Tour or the architecture of Mansart. Its repertoire extends from the beginning of the 17th century (Monteverdiâs Vêpres à la Vierge) to the end of the 18th century (Mozartâs Requiem) encompassing a large number of the masters of the Baroque era (Bach, Handel, Telemann, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Purcell, Charpentierâ¦). The orchestra is also dedicated to rediscovering the legacy of French music by producing the opera Stratonice by Méhul, Daphnis et Alcimadure by Mondonville, and works by Toulouse composers Dupuy, Levens, and Jean Gilles. The orchestra also contributes to the restitution of the musical library of the Dukes of Aiguillon. Formally The Baroque Orchestra of Montauban, at the end of 2003 Jean-Marc Andrieu renamed the orchestra "Les Passions" in reference to a musical form and to the philosophical and literary subject very much discussed in the 17th and 18th centuries that influenced lyrical composers during the Baroque and Classical periods. "The intention of Music is not only to please the Ear, but express Sentiments, strike the Imagination, affect the Mind, and command the Passions."
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- La Fenice. Cantate pour soprano, 2 violons et basse continue: Introduzione featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Concerto en La Mineur pour flûte à bec, 2 violons et b.c.: I. Allegro featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Il giardino d'Amore. Sinfonia de la sérénade pour trompette et cordes: I. Allegro featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Il giardino d'Amore. Sinfonia de la sérénade pour trompette et cordes: II. Largo e piano featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Follia pour flûte à bec et cordes featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Concerto in A Minor, RV 108:III. Allegro featuring Les Passions
- Deuxième récréation de musique, Op. 8: II. Forlane featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Deuxième récréation de musique, Op. 8: VII. Tambourin featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Deuxième récréation de musique, Op. 8: IV. Menuet featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Concerto in A Minor, RV 108: I. Allegro featuring Les Passions
- Concerto in A Minor, RV 108: II. Largo featuring Les Passions
- Ciaccona "Three Parts Upon a Ground" featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Aria "Unser trefflicher lieber Kammerherr", BWV 212 featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Sonata, Sibley No. 21: II. Adagio featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Folies ! featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- "Le Rossignol en Amour", Troisième livre de pièces pour clavecin, Quatorzième ordre en ré majeur featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Sonata 3e a 4, senza cembalo al tavolino: I. Sinfonia featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Concerto en La Mineur pour flûte à bec, 2 violons et b.c.: IV. Piano featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Sonata 3e a 4, senza cembalo al tavolino: IV. Minuet featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Sonata 3e a 4, senza cembalo al tavolino: II. Grave featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Ciaccona, Op. 2 No. 12 featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Follia, Sonata, RV. 63 featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Sonata, Sibley No. 21: I. Allegro featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
- Trio Sonata No. 7, TWV 42:F3: I. Vivace featuring Jean-Marc Andrieu
