Infernal Violins Angele Dubeau & La Pieta

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921):
• 1 Danse macabre, Op. 40 06:58
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Orpheus in the Underworld:
• 2 Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture, Pt. 1 (Allegro confuoco - Lento - Allegro vivace - Andante) 07:37
• 3 Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture, Pt. 2 (Allegro con fuoco) 02:03
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770): The Devil's Trill, B.g5:
• 4 The Devil's Trill, B.g5: I. Larghetto affettuoso 02:52
• 5 The Devil's Trill, B.g5: II. Allegro energico - III. Grave - Allegro assai 09:26
• François Dompierre (b. 1943):
• 6 Les beautés du diable 03:15
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): El Amor Brujo:
• 7 El Amor Brujo: Pantomima 04:21
• 8 El Amor Brujo: Danza Ritual del Fuego 03:48
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 9 Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514 08:56
• François Dompierre:
• 10 Le diable matou 04:17
• Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840):
• 11 Caprice, Op.1 No.24 05:41
• Anonymous:
• 12 Le reel du diable 02:48
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805): Symphony in D Minor, Op. 12, No. 4, G. 506 "Nella Del Diavolo":
• 13 Symphony in D Minor, Op. 12, No. 4, G. 506 "Nella Del Diavolo": I. Andante sostenuto 01:52
• 14 Symphony in D Minor, Op. 12, No. 4, G. 506 "Nella Del Diavolo": III. Allegro con motto 04:00
• Mick Jagger (b. 1943):
• 15 Paint It Black / Sympathy For The Devil 03:58
• Ennio Morricone (b. 1928):
• 16 Once Upon A Time…The Devil 04:33
• Total Runtime 01:16:25

Info for Infernal Violins

More than 50 000 copies has been sold of this great album of Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà. It will make you discover a wide range of classical and popular selection, all on the theme of the Devil…

The ensemble succeeded in combining the virtuosity and the harmony of both worlds onto this recording that will please everyone.

“So I’ll tell you this hell of a story in all its ins and outs; but if there be among you some rascals that have a mind to chase hobgoblins and werewolves, I warn you they better go look outside if the tawny owls are causing pandemonium, because I’m going to start my story by crossing myself seriously, to drive away the Devil and his imps. I had enough of them damned ones in my younger days.” Honoré Beaugrand, La Chasse-galerie, 1891.

Since the dawn of mankind, music has maintained fascinating and singular relations with the underworld and black magic. Prehistoric man already sought to appease the telluric powers with his haunting drumbeats and incantations. In the Middle Ages, the forces of evil and the Devil himself were often warded off or even mocked right out in front of churches during the presentation of mystery plays and false sabbaths accompanied by music.

If during the Baroque and Classical periods the Devil had become in music an almost mythological figure, the Romantic movement had sometimes seen in him a confidant, almost elevating him to the rank of Muse. But popular imagination, legend and storytelling have always considered the Demon in a more favourable light; he is still the enemy of God but he is seen as rather a roguish roisterer, a rascally reveller; and when he becomes a jigging fiddler, why he’s almost a nice little devil! We speak of him, play his advocate and give him his due; we either find ourselves between him and the deep blue sea or end up with his own luck…

In Quebec, great storytellers such as Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, Louis Fréchette and Honoré Beaugrand have devoted to him their most entertaining tales. Entertaining: that’s the word. The great variety of music presented on this disc is aimed not at exorcising the Evil One but of making light at him. These mostly dare-devil works scoff at him or, quite the opposite, are inspired by him to conjure up spellbinding, entrancing sonorities.

The premise of the record is not meant as a tribute to the Devil; it is a tribute by the women of La Pietà (not in the least she-devils) to the creative powers of those wonderful composers inspired by such a rich subject, which has nourished the imagination in a spectacular and magical way.

"…a devilishly fun programme of music inspired by Lord Beelzebub himself. Most of the usual suspects are here (Tartini, Liszt, Paganini, whose 24th Caprice is presented with Szymanowski's spicy harmonies), played with immaculate tone and technique by 11 strings and piano." (BBC Music Magazine)

Angèle Dubeau, violin
La Pietà

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