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Etienne Richard, Professeur Du Roy Soleil - Fabien Armengaud (2021) [24-96]
Nicolas (fl 1611-after 1646) or Emery (c1611-after 1647) MONNARD
-Courante [00:56]
-Sarabande [01:04]
René MÉZANGEAU (c1568-1638)
-Sarabande [02:25]
Germain PINEL (c1600-1661)
-Sarabande [02:00]
Louis COUPERIN
-Passacaille [05:29]
Here, Fabien Armengaud whisks us off in search of Etienne Richard, Louis XIV's mysterious teacher. The originality of his preludes, the touching poetry of his allemandes, the classically elegant stature of his courantes, the melancholy of his sarabandes, his enigmatic gigue in 4/4, etc. all suggest to me that he was a leading master who is entirely wor-thy of his place on the Parnassus of the French harpsichord.
Of all the Richards - I shall spare you all the other possible homonyms (instrument makers, lutenists, etc.) - Etienne is the one about whom we know the most. He was the master spinet player of the King’s Bedchamber (1657), Henrietta of England's harpsichordist, organist at Saint-Nicolas des Champs, Saint Jacques de la Boucherie, Saint Martin des Champs and above all - above all! - at the Archives Nationales we find this: “As His Majesty takes unusual pleasure both in hearing the harpsichord played and playing it himself, he has chosen Estienne Richard to teach him how to do so”.
So Etienne Richard was definitely Louis XIV’s teacher - this is one thing we do know for sure. These works have been with me for many years and, as I was recording them, I could not help allowing my imagination to run wild. We all know that teaching is about far more than just the subject being taught. Indeed, as Montaigne puts it so beautifully: “Teaching is not filling a vase, it is lighting a fire”. What can Louis and Etienne possibly have talked about? After all, the teacher was thirty-six whereas the monarch was only nineteen. We know all about the sovereign’s love of music and the arts, but we also know that he took a real interest in other people’s affairs. Many years later, when Lalande’s two daughters died in the smallpox epidemic of 1711, the Sun King said “You have lost two worthy daughters and I have lost Monseigneur. Lalande, we must submit” (Monseigneur refers to the King’s eldest son, Prince Louis, who died before his father, at the age of forty-nine). Personally I feel sure that, as well as music, the two men talked of many other things.
A recording of Etienne Richard’s “complete” pieces would not have provided enough material for a whole CD, so I thought it would be an interesting idea to invite some of Richard’s predecessors, contemporaries and successors - what we might call his “manuscript neighbours” - to the party : Marais, de La Barre, Couperin, Rossi, Hardel, d’Anglebert…
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FILE LIST
Filename
Size
01. Suite en re Prelude.flac
45.5 MB
02. Suite en re Allemande.flac
66 MB
03. Suite en re Allemande (—).flac
35.2 MB
04. Suite en re Courante.flac
25.5 MB
05. Suite en re Sarabande.flac
63.9 MB
06. Suite en re La Polonnoise.flac
38.6 MB
07. Suite en la Prelude.flac
47.8 MB
08. Suite en la Allemande.flac
44.3 MB
09. Suite en la Courante.flac
26.3 MB
10. Suite en la Courante & double.flac
39 MB
11. Suite en la Sarabande.flac
36.9 MB
12. Suite en la Gavotte.flac
20.3 MB
13. Suite en la Double de la gavotte.flac
19.2 MB
14. Suite en la Pavane.flac
76.4 MB
15. Suite en la Passacaille Del Seigr. Louigi.flac
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