Théotime Langlois de Swarte’s releases new album ‘Générations’

Théotime Langlois de Swarte releases a new baroque album ‘Générations’ alongside William Christie to be released with harmonia mundi on July 16.

Poised at the convergence of 18th-century French and Italian schools, Leclair and Senaillé were the French Paganinis of their day. Technically challenging yet full of poetry, rhythmically varied and always dance-like, their sonatas find two fervent advocates in Théotime Langlois de Swarte and William Christie. Transcending generational differences, the ‘venerated elder statesman of early music’ (Opera News) and the youthful violin prodigy join forces to help us rediscover these still unjustly neglected pages.

When Bill suggested that I record a disc, it was like a dream come true. For me, he is the pope of baroque music! He told me that we could record whatever I wanted, and I thought it was an opportunity to choose an unknown composer like Senaillé, and to take advantage of this duo to bring to light this music that is forgotten today.

Théotime Langlois de Swarte

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Théotime is the first baroque violinist to be nominated at the 2020 Victoires de la Musique Classique in the category ‘Revelation instrumental soloist’.

2020 marked the beginning of his collaboration as a soloist with the harmonia mundi label, and he recorded his first CD ‘Mad Lover’ devoted to English music with the lutenist Thomas Dunford, followed by Gabriel Fauré's Sonata No. 1 in a duet with the pianist Tanguy de Williencourt on the violin ‘Davidoff’.

The ‘Mad Lover’ programme is everyone’s favourite and will be performed widely this summer including at the Wonderfeel Festival in Amsterdam, Hindsgval in Denmark, throughout France and at BOZAR this winter.