In Vain the Am'rous Flute

Les Gouts-Authentiques, Jan Devlieger

Gouts-Authentiques is an early music ensemble whose goal is to introduce authentic tastes musical styles from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods to their audiences in a colourful and lively manner. Les Gouts-Authentiques is a reference to Les Gouts-Reunis, in which work Francois Couperin described the striving for a fusion of the French and Italian baroque styles during the first half of the 18th century. Couperin was convinced that this symbiosis would result in better music or even a better world. The players of Les Gouts-Authentiques vary according to the programme concerned. The ensemble is led by Jan Devlieger and has made several CDs, including A due cembali obligati for two harpsichords, The Submission based on music by the Loeillet family, and The Delightful Companion, made up of recorder duets from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This new CD features the works of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries, including William Croft, John Blow and Giovanni Battista Draghi. Jan Devlieger was born in Ghent and studied at the conservatory there and is an active recorder player, harpsichordist, continuo player, concert presenter, publicist and composer. He has made CD recordings as solo harpsichordist and also with his own ensemble Les Gouts-Authentiques.

anon.:
 Greensleeves to a Ground
 Ground 'Scocca pur'

Blow:
 Chaconne in G minor
 Morlake Ground (for keyboard)

Croft:
 Ground
 Prelude in C minor

Draghi, G B:
 The Soft Complaining Flute

Finger:
 A Ground

Purcell:
 A Ground in Gamut in G major, Z 645
 Ground in D minor, ZD222
 Hark how the songsters of the grove (from Timon of Athens, Z632)
 Here the deities approve, Z339
 If love's a sweet passion (from The Fairy Queen, Z628)
 In vain the am'rous flute (from Hail, Bright Cecilia!, Z328)
 Now Winter comes slowly (from The Fairy Queen)
 One charming night (from The Fairy Queen, Z629)
 Since the toils and the hazards of war, Z627
 Strike the Viol (from Come Ye Sons of Art, Z323)
 Symphony for the Flutes
 The bashful Thames
 Two in One upon a Ground
 Why should men quarrel? (from The Indian Queen, Z630)

Williams, W:
 Trio Sonata in F major ‘In Imitation of Birds’