17th century dances from the British Isles

Description

This recording is reissued in the collection of baroque essentials, with an unpublished interview with the Witches: "Making this record made sense because we had been playing these pieces together in concert for a long time. The desire to record things already existed." Freddy Eichelberger. "We chose these dances because they were what we played best at the time, and with them we felt we were sharing something important with the audience. So we selected the dances that could make up an album program, sharing our enthusiasm and our emotions about this music that still moves us just as much today." Claire Michon "As for me, I found in Playford the rhythmic energy of traditional Irish music and the poetry of the viola da gamba repertoire." Sylvie Moquet "Things were simple since the Dancing Master collection had already been published and brought together hundreds of melodies. We only had to choose the ones we liked, the ones that spoke to us most, without having to embark on any exceptional musicological research." Odile Edouard "When the question arose of how to harmonize these tunes, things happened very naturally with Freddy. Most of the time, listening to the melody, we harmonized in almost the same way. It happened with incredible naturalness and homogeneity of thought." Pascale Boquet