Bruno Helstroffer – L\’âme-son (灵魂之音)

It was in the second half of the sixteenth century that the guitar became fashionable in France: it was the instrument of the people, whereas the lute was associated with the intellectuals and the nobility. Henry Grenerin became a page (choirboy) in the Musique du Roi in 1641 and went on to invent a new way of playing the instrument and offer it music full of ‘freedom, mystery and ardour’, says Bruno Helstroffer. In the very first recording devoted to Grenerin’s music, Bruno revives this unjustly forgotten composer and makes the most of his long experience as both Baroque musician and exponent of today’s music. He became fascinated by this seventeenth-century composer, and his investigations led him to the Left Bank of the Seine, opposite the Louvre Palace, where Henry’s grandfather was a fisherman, hence the punning title L’âme-son [French hameçon = ‘fish-hook’, âme-son = ‘soul of sound’]. A saga that has also generated a book and a stage show about Grenerin – the first in the line of ‘guitar heroes’ that was to lead to Django Reinhardt and Jimi Hendrix!

Tracklist:
01. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: I. Prélude en milaré tierce mineure
02. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: II. Allemande
03. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: III. Courante
04. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: IV. Sarabande
05. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: V. Gigue
06. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: VI. Menuet
07. Grenerin: Suite in A Minor: VII. Bourrée
08. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: I. Prélude en d.la ré sol par b.carre tierce maieure
09. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: II. Allemande en de la re sol
10. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: III. Courante
11. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: IV. Passacaille
12. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: V. Sarabande
13. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: VI. Gigue
14. Grenerin: Suite in D Major: VII. Menuet
15. Boësset: Airs de cour, Livre 9: Je meurs sans mourir
16. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: I. Allemande en g.ré.sol ut tierce mineure
17. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: II. Courante
18. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: III. Sarabande
19. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: IV. Gigue à la manière angloise
20. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: V. Menuet
21. Grenerin: Suite in G Minor: VI. Passacaille
22. Cambefort: Ballet Royalle de la Nuict, Pt. 3: Récit de la Lune
23. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: I. Prélude en de la ré sol tierce mineure
24. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: II. Allemande
25. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: III. Sarabande
26. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: IV. Courante
27. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: V. Sarabande
28. Grenerin: Suite in D Minor: VI. Gigue aymable
29. Grenerin: Passacaille en c sol ut fa