Description

“Obsession” is the fascinating theme of violinist Marie Nadeau-Tremblay‘s new album. She is joined by Mélisande Corriveau (viola da gamba), Eric Milnes (harpsichord and organ), and Kerry Bursey (tenor and lute).

The works on this album share obsessive or compulsive characteristics: a theme and its variations (Louis-Robert Guillemain’s “La Furstemberg”, La Folia, Une jeune fillette); a repeated basso continuo line (pieces by Dietrich Buxtehude and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber), or a haunting rondo theme that returns constantly (François Francœur).

Reflecting on the dark character of most of the pieces chosen, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay says, “There is something about the homogeneity of an album consisting entirely of minor key pieces that strongly titillated me, especially when the album is all about obsession, about being stuck in a loop. I wanted it to have a kind of trance-inducing power.”