Joseph Bodin de Boismortier has suffered devaluation at the hands of music-historical gatekeepers because he had the temerity to answer critics who claimed he was too prolific by saying that he was making good money. The music of this French Baroque composer is tuneful, sweet, and a little flashy, even in the small-scale duos that make up a good part of his output. Boismortier's handling of the odd combination of flute and violin heard on the six sonatas on this recording is expert; the violin breaks off easily from chordal ...
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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier has suffered devaluation at the hands of music-historical gatekeepers because he had the temerity to answer critics who claimed he was too prolific by saying that he was making good money. The music of this French Baroque composer is tuneful, sweet, and a little flashy, even in the small-scale duos that make up a good part of his output. Boismortier's handling of the odd combination of flute and violin heard on the six sonatas on this recording is expert; the violin breaks off easily from chordal accompaniment to answer the flute in short imitative passages. These never develop into anything that could be called counterpoint; they simply relax into the endless flow of melody that is the primary characteristic of Boismortier's music. As Jacques-André Houle points out in his helpful notes, Boismortier was a master at introducing a French feel into the new Italian four-movement forms. (Perhaps the most interesting of these six sonatas is the last one, with its rather grave...
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