There is hardly another orchestra that jumps from one era to another as easily as the Moscow Pratum Integrum Orchestra. They perform the music of Wolf, Telemann, Berezovsky, Tietz, Bortnyansky, and now Rebel. Often one quickly finds out where the strong and weak of an orchestra lies. Should they focus more on Viennese classical or romantic is, more on baroque? Not so here at the Pratum Integrum Orchestra! The baroque music sounds as convincing as the music of Viennese classical and fresh romanticism.
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)? This was my first contact with this "wild" baroque composer. Rebel comes from a family of musicians and grew up on the French court. He was a harpsichordist, violinist, and conductor. At the age of eight, he inspired the Sonnenkonig and Jean-Baptiste Lully with his violin playing. From 1699, Rebel was one of 24 violons du Roi and spater conducted the Orchestre de l'Academie Royale de Musique. One of his sons, Francois Rebel, also became a famous musician. That's why Rebel is sometimes called le pére, the father.
Rebel's symphonies were an elitist Parisian genre and were inspired by the stays of outstanding guests of the court as an example of high-start art music in Paris. Thus, Peter the Great hoarded the symphony "les caractéres de la danse" during his stay. At the time, the Russian tsar had a thought about the organization of court bales in Russia. U. Rebel also had some ties to Russia. And with that we had a commonality between this music and the performers.
For we listen to the "caractéres de la danse" (1734) as well as "Les Éléments" (1737-38), "Caprice" (1711), "Boutade" (1712) and "Fantaisie" (1729). Pavel Serbin has worked on the works, transcribed for viola da gamba and b.c. (Boutade) and arranged them, as always with a happy hand.
The recording is very impressive, very individualistic, and characteristic. The young Moscow orchestra is already unmistakable, having created its own sound. The interpretation is fluent (you hear more closely. This is breathtakingly fast, but technically it is made with no hustle and no impurities) and at a level that can only be achieved after years of hard work. These musicians have worked, they have Schneid and Fortune. That's what you're hoarding!