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Robert de Visee (1655-1733) was a French lutenist, guitarist, and composer who worked as a chamber musician to Louis XIV, often playing lute or guitar at the king's bedside. This collection of suites was published in Paris in 1716, the recording project of which, helmed by recorder player Manuel Starpoli, is completed in this volume. Manuel Staropoli thoughtfully performs on an array of eight different instruments throughout, each tailored in tessitura and tone color to the particular dance being performed, and is accompanied by an authentic continuo ensemble of the orbo, viola da gamba, and harpsichord. Starpoli's performance particularly highlights de Visee's gift for the composition of tunes of simple beauty, which is made clear in the performance of one suite entirely with solo flute. Album Tracks 1. Allemande in E minor 2. I. Allemande 3. II. Courante 4. III. Sarabande 5. I. Allemande Grave 6. II. Courante 7. III. Sarabande 8. IV. Gigue Gaye 9. V. Menuet 10. I. Allemande Grave 11. II. Courante 12. III. Sarabande 13. IV. Gigue 14. V. Gavotte 15. VI. Gavotte Rondeau 16. I. Tombeau de Mr. Francisque Corbet 17. II. Courante 18. III. Sarabande and Rondeau 19. IV. Gavotte 20. I. Allemande 21. II. Courante 22. III. Gavotte 23. I. Courante 24. II. Gigue 25. Gigue in F Major 26. I. Allemande Grave 27. II. Allemande Grave 28. III. Sarabande 29. IV. Gigue 30. V. Gavotte 31. I. Allemande 32. II. Courante 33. III. Sarabande 34. IV. Gigue 1. I. Allemande 2. II. Sarabande 3. III. Gigue 4. IV. Sarabande 5. V. Menuet 6. I. Allemande 7. II. Courante 8. III. Gigue 9. IV. Sarabande 10. V. Sarabande (2) 11. VI. Gavotte 12. I. Prelude 13. II. Allemande 14. III. Courante 15. IV. Sarabande 16. V. Gigue 17. VI. Gavotte 18. VII. Boureé 19. VIII. Menuet 20. I. Allemande Grave 21
