Discography of the Ensemble

ANCHOR, ANCOR…

Danses, diminutions, improvisations and sonatas

de G. Barbarino, G. Bassani, D. Castello, G. Dalla Casa et B. Ferrari.

Carsten Lohff, harpsichord and organ,
Freddy Eichelberger clavicytherium and organ,
Benjamin Perrot lute and theorbe,
William Dongois, cornett.

Production Chordis et Organo (2006).
Hors commerce.  Exclusive diffusion by «  Le Concert Brisé  » 
and «  Chordis et Organo ».

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L'Age d'Or du Cornet à Bouquin

CD I. Anthology of  Italian Music for cornett
Danses, diminutions, improvisations and sonatas of G.-B. Bovicelli, D. Castello, G. Pandolfi-Mealli, P.L. Palestrina, F. Rognoni et R. Rognoni.

CD II. Music for cornett and violin at Venice in the time of Monteverdi
Sonatas and motets of D. Castello, G.-B. Fontana, A. Grandi, C. Monteverdi, G. Scarani.

CD III. The cornett in the German Music
Sonatas a due and works for organ from D. Buxtehude.

Carsten Lohff, harpsichord and organ,
Benjamin Perrot, lute and theorbe,
Freddy Eichelberger, clavicythérium and organ,
Anne-Catherine Bucher, organ ,
Christine Moran, violin,
Julie Hassler, soprano,
Stefan Legée, sackbutt,
Pierre-Alain Clerc, organ,
William Dongois, cornett.

Production K 617 (2006)

CHOC of Le Monde de la Musique, november 2006
5 Diapasons, Revue Diapason, january 2007
5 Etoiles, Revue Goldberg, june 2007

Press Revue:
« This immensely rich recording is neither a presentation of the cornetto (as in a museum), nor is it a mere introduction to the instrument’s repertoire.  Instead, it is an effervescent and poetic look at certain moments:  the art of improvisation in Italy at the end of the 16th century; Venice at the time of Monteverdi; the world of Buxtehude.  As Pierre Hamon has done with his myriad flutes, so William Dongois has absorbed certain elements from ethnic musical cultures: the untempered musical scales, non-rational rhythmic thought, a wide improvisatory practice, and notions of time and space long since banished from Western horizons.  A poetical seeker, equipped with an infallible instrumental technique, he breathes a natural musicality, dreamy but fully lacking in sentimentality.  The Concert Brise brings us this intelligent and delectable artistic project, which, beyond the acoustical delights to be savored, and the three musical moments featured, surprises the listener into a free meditation on humanity, in the sense of filmmaker Bruno Dumont, but with a sensual and enthusiastic flavor.

FRANK LANGLOIS - Le Monde de la Musique - november 2006
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MUSIQUE TRANSALPINE A LA COUR DE LOUIS XIV

Works excerpts from the Rost Manuskript : sonates de T. Merula, M. Cazzati, J. Schmelzer, J. Rosenmüller, J.J. Froberger, G. Muffat, J. Stoss

Carsten Lohff, harpsichord and organ,
Anne-Catherine Bucher, organ,
Marie Nishijama, baroque harp,
Christine Moran, violin,
William Dongois, cornett.

The 151 sonatas of the Rost manuscript recall just by themselves a trip across Europe of the XVIIe century. It gives an image of transalpine music appreciated in Paris. The music – Italian, Austrian and German – was gathered by the Canon Rost, who lived in Baden-Baden then in Strasbourg, where his heirs sold it to the abbot Brossard around 1696- The latter brought it back to Paris and exchanged it with the rest of its library to Louix XIV, against a life pension.                                     

Carpe Diem Double CD, CP 16263, 2003

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LA BARCA D'AMORE

Canzoni e sonate per il cornetto solo

While illustrating the panorama of the golden age of the music for cornetto, this CD includes improvisation on danses, diminutions on motets or madrigaux of Rognoni, Bovicelli, Bassano, Dalla Casa – as well as sonatas from Fontana, Pandolfi-Mealli. 
 
Carpe Diem CP 16254, 1998

Carsten Lohff, harpsichord,
Anne-Catherine Bucher, organ,
William Dongois, cornett.

LA GOLFERAMMA

Sonate da chiesa e da camera per due cornetti

William Dongois, cornett
Yoshimichi Hamada, cornett and flute
Carsten Lohff, organ and harpsichord
Pierre-Alain Clerc, organ and regale.