L'Enchanteresse et autres pièces transposées au luth baroque | XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles

L’Enchanteresse – Transcriptions for Baroque Lute

L’Enchanteresse is a compilation of transcriptions for Baroque lute based on works by seventeenth-century French harpsichordists and viol players. Claire Antonini, an internationally renowned lutenist and distinguished interpreter of the eleven-course lute repertoire, offers here a series of adaptations inspired by the richness of this tradition, including Les voix humaines by Marin Marais and the Chaconne in D Minor by Louis Couperin.

This approach follows a long-established tradition, as seen in the transcriptions of Robert de Visée or the Milleran Manuscript. Each adaptation aims to remain faithful to the original while taking into account the technical and expressive characteristics of the lute. Harpsichord works often require adjustments in tessitura and simplification, while the rapid ornaments of viol pieces must be adapted to lute technique.

Listening to the original versions is strongly recommended in order to capture the spirit and rhetorical character of these pieces. These transcriptions are intended as open proposals, inviting each performer to adapt them according to their technical abilities and musical sensitivity.

Claire Antonini – Lutenist

A graduate of the Lyon Conservatory of Music, Claire Antonini is a recognized specialist in 17th-century French lute music. She has devoted several recordings to this repertoire, including Les luthistes français au XVIIe siècle, Manuscrit Vaudry de Saizenay (Choc Classica, 5 Diapasons), and Les accords nouveaux (Pierre Ballard, 1638). She has also recorded lute works by Johann Sebastian Bach (4 stars Classica).

As a soloist and continuo player, she regularly performs in France and abroad alongside artists such as Philippe Jaroussky (Artaserse) and Patricia Petibon (Amarillis), as well as with prestigious ensembles like Le Concert d’Astrée, Les Arts Florissants, and Le Concert Spirituel.

An experienced teacher, she instructs early music at several conservatories and pursues a career combining research, performance, and pedagogy.

Jean-Daniel Forget – IT Specialist, Lutenist

Passionate about the Baroque repertoire, Jean-Daniel Forget is a self-taught lutenist who has been copying and sharing early music manuscripts for nearly twenty years. A professional IT specialist, he is proficient in music notation software adapted for tablature.

In collaboration with Guy Grangereau, he makes tablatures available on a dedicated website. He also assisted Miguel Serdoura in preparing his editions and his Baroque Lute Method.

Le Luth Doré Urtext Editions

Le Luth Doré Urtext Editions publishes scores that remain faithful to historical sources, carefully designed for both musicians and musicologists. Our editions combine meticulous engraving, practical layout, durable materials, and detailed critical commentary in multiple languages.

Each score is rigorously prepared, note by note, to ensure an authentic rendering of the works, including original fingerings, ornamentation, and stylistically relevant suggestions.

Produced by experts, our editions provide clear readability and support an informed and insightful interpretation of the early music repertoire.

• Publisher(s): Claire Antonini
• Lute transcriptions: Claire Antonini
• Tablature typography: Jean-Daniel Forget
• Musical period: Baroque
• Instrument(s): Baroque Lute 11c/13c
• Instrumentation: Solo Baroque Lute
• Notation: French Tablature
• Publisher: Le Luth Doré Urtext Editions
• Year of publication: 2021
• Collection: Lute and Theorbo Music Collection
• Pages: 88 pp.
• Dimensions: 230x310 mm
• Weight: 0.320g
• Binding: Sewn perfect binding
• ISMN: 377-0-0017-8837-1

Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Prelude, Human Voices, The Dreamer, Passacaglia, Tomb for M. de Sainte-Colombe, SarabandeThe sorry one, Rondeau

Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745)
The Cottin, The Carillon of Passy, ​​The Du Vaucel

François Couperin (1668-1733)
The Dodo orLove in the Cradle(Rondeau), Air tendre, Minuet and Double, The Enchantress

Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
Sarabande, Chaconne (x2), Passacaglia, Fantasy for viols

Jean-Henry d'Anglebert (1628-1691)
Sarabande (x2), Chaconne in Rondeau

Jacques Champion of Chambonnières (c.1601/2-1672)
Saraband,Young Zephyrs (Sarabande), Sarabande of Mr. de Chambonnières

Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (c.1633-1694)
Chaconne

Pierre De La Barre (1592-1656)
German, Common, Sarabande (x2)

Jacques Hardel (c.1643-1678) | Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
Gavotte d'Ardelle, Double of the Gavotte d'Ardelle (Louis Couperin)