Loeillet: Sonatas & Triosonatas [Import]

Jacques Loeillet (Composer), Jean-Baptiste [Ghent] Loeillet (Composer), Jean-Baptiste [London] Loeillet (Composer), La Caccia (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: La Caccia
• Composer: Jacques Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste [Ghent] Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste [London] Loeillet
• Audio CD (November 28, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Musica Ficta
• ASIN: B000K2UFUI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,645 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Adagio / Presto / Adagio / Presto / Largo

2. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Vivace

3. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Adagio

4. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Allegro

5. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Adagio

6. Sonata for recorder & continuo in C major, Op. 3/1: Allegro

7. Trio Sonata for recorder, oboe & continuo in F major, Op. 2/2: Largo

8. Trio Sonata for recorder, oboe & continuo in F major, Op. 2/2: Allegro

9. Trio Sonata for recorder, oboe & continuo in F major, Op. 2/2: Largo

10. Trio Sonata for recorder, oboe & continuo in F major, Op. 2/2: Allegro

11. Sonata for recorder & continuo in A minor, Op. 3/4: Largo

12. Sonata for recorder & continuo in A minor, Op. 3/4: Poco allegro

13. Sonata for recorder & continuo in A minor, Op. 3/4: Adagio

14. Sonata for recorder & continuo in A minor, Op. 3/4: Allegro

15. Sonata for recorder & continuo in A minor, Op. 3/4: Presto

16. Sonata for 2 transverse flutes, 2 flūtes de voix & continuo: Largo

17. Sonata for 2 transverse flutes, 2 flūtes de voix & continuo: Allegro

18. Sonata for 2 transverse flutes, 2 flūtes de voix & continuo: Grave

19. Sonata for 2 transverse flutes, 2 flūtes de voix & continuo: Allegro

20. Sonata for recorder & continuo in F major, Op. 4/3: Largo

See all 33 tracks on this disc

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This review is from: Loeillet: Sonatas & Triosonatas (Audio CD)

If you want a recording of music of the Loeillet family, this is pretty much the only one available. Fortunately, it's quite good.
Three Loeillets are featured. Confusingly, two cousins were both named Jean-Baptiste, and are distinguished by their professional locations: de Londres (London) and de Gant (Ghent). Jacques Loeillet, brother of "de Londres", is also included.
I first encountered "de Gant" in playing his flute and guitar music, which is outstanding. The sonatas on this CD are all a definite class above your "normal" baroque works, if not quite of the standard or originality of Handel or Bach - and this applies to all three Loeillets. Included are works for recorder, transverse flute and oboe, accompanied by cello and harpsichord or, in one instance, organ. Performances are sound throughout. Points of interest are a sonata featuring both recorder and flute, and the sonata with organ accompaniment which creates a smooth if dense sound.
I found the recording acoustics unconvincing. The resonance and decay seems well tailored to the recorder, but the continuo, flutes and especially the oboe could have benefited from a different acoustic environment - something not beyond modern recording technology.
This is a digital recording (DDD) from 2006 with over an hour of music. It's attractively packaged and includes a booklet of notes on the works, sources and historical context.
Definitely recommended.