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Haendel : Suites, Chaconne, Mouvement isolés

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released February 1, 2006 | Mirare

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Johann Sebastian Bach : Œuvres pour clavier

Christophe Rousset

Classical - Released November 4, 2010 | Aparté

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The Lully Effect

Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra

Classical - Released September 14, 2018 | Naxos

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Air V

Marcos Caixa

Miscellaneous - Released May 17, 2023 | Paper Jazz

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Phree Air V

P-air Vally

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released September 11, 2022 | 3747556 Records DK

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IN THE AIR V.2 DELUXE

Jiffy Rockets

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released March 11, 2022 | mana the company

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Poison in the Air V 2 K 2

Veneno

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released October 10, 2018 | Toxic

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AIR V.2

Talabira Music

Alternative & Indie - Released May 23, 2023 | Talabira Music

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Festin Royal du Mariage du Comte d'Artois

Alexis Kossenko

Classical - Released August 25, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Les soupers du roy

Arion Orchestre Baroque

Classical - Released September 8, 2023 | Les Disques ATMA Inc.

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Bastien et Bastienne · La Servante maîtresse

Gaétan Jarry

Classical - Released September 8, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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François Couperin: Complete Sonatas

Les Dominos

Classical - Released November 6, 2012 | Ricercar

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The sonata is one of the most common of all musical genres, but in France toward the end of the 17th century, with Italian styles still in official disfavor, it was barely even possible to write one. Composers were fascinated, however, by the new breezes blowing from Italy, and François Couperin began to write "sonades" even though he never published them. He later claimed to have written the first French sonatas. The seven works here are odd fusions of French and Italian styles, and they are beautifully animated by the French historical-instrument group Les Dominos and its leader, violinist Florence Malgoire. Three works, La Steinquerque (track 3), L'Astrée (track 5), and La Visionnaire (track 7), approximate the texture of the Italian trio sonata, with paired instruments over a continuo, but the rest have two pairs of solo instruments and mix the concertante or contrast principle with other kinds of ensemble writing. The movement structure is purely French, with sequences of very short movements that carry some kind of programmatic content. These were, for their time and place, rather experimental works, but their genius is that they have a relaxed ebb and flow in spite of that; they are loose in structure and have a sense of discovery of fresh textures. Malgoire and Les Dominos get the loose-limbed spirit of the music, offering textures in which the bass viol of Guido Balestracci is almost an equal partner with the violins and/or flutes above. The ensemble playing of this new group is exceptional, and one awaits with interest any move they might make toward repertoire beyond the French 17th century.© TiVo
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Rameau: Pygmalion & Les Fêtes de Polymnie

Christophe Rousset

Classical - Released September 1, 2017 | Aparté

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Christophe Rousset and the Talens Lyriques bring us to the stage of the Royal Academy of Music where Pygmalion, an act of ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau inspired by an episode of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, was created in 1748. Love, showing empathy for Pygmalion’s despair of loving a statue, invigorates the sculpted woman who immediately falls in love with her creator. Very suggestive, the music of this tender and mischievous ballet deploys the grace of 18th century dances. Like Ovid’s Love, Christophe Rousset instils life in this score, one of Rameau’s greatest successes in his day, and offers us, thanks to his sense of drama and his impeccable leadership, a new and essential reading of this ballet. © Aparté
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Henry Vieuxtemps: Violin Works

Alexander Markov

Classical - Released August 26, 2022 | Naxos

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Vieuxtemps transformed the technique and aesthetic of violin playing in the 19th century, and as a virtuoso exponent and composer he was considered a worthy successor to Paganini. His works for violin and orchestra illustrate two notable features – a liking for variation form and the fusion of emotional density with virtuosic flair. These can be heard in the impressive Variations on a Theme from Beethoven’s "Romance No. 1" and his Fantasie in E major "La sentimentale", one of his very greatest concert fantasies, where the music is influenced by bel canto. All of the works on this album were discovered after the composer’s death apart from the unfinished Violin Concerto No. 8 – one of Vieuxtemps’ last compositions and dedicated to his most illustrious pupil, Eugène Ysaÿe. © Naxos
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Fêtes persanes

Loris Barrucand

Classical - Released October 28, 2022 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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The East and its Thousand and One Nights (published in France in 1717) were a fantasy of French opera, and Rameau wrote on this theme for three decades. Far from merely shifting the action to the mysterious lands of “Persia” with its cruel yet salacious customs, the composer amplified the personalities of its characters and made their music sparkle more than ever. The Suites taken from Rameau’s greatest masterpieces, from Les Indes galantes to Les Boréades, are reproduced with great energy by the two virtuoso harpsichords of Clément Geoffroy and Loris Barrucand. The century of Louis XV dances to the rhythm of the tambourins, sizzling irresistibly with "savages", flowers, pleasures and infernal spirits. © Château de Versailles Spectacles
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Sibelius: Piano Works

Olli Mustonen

Classical - Released January 1, 2002 | Ondine

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La Senna Festeggiante

Diego Fasolis

Classical - Released April 8, 2022 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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By choosing to record this new interpretation of Vivaldi’s La Senna festeggiante (“Festival on the Seine”) at the Palace of Versailles, Diego Fasolis only adds to the mystery surrounding this work. Nothing is known about the circumstances that led to Vivaldi creating this vast serenade which pays homage to Louis XV of France and the Seine that runs through its capital. Was it commissioned and performed, like other works by the Red Priest, at the French Embassy in Venice? Unfortunately, contemporary knowledge and understanding is yet to answer this question.Only the music and the libretto can shed light on this otherwise contextless work. Given its monumentality and generally “French” style, this serenade was almost certainly created for official, perhaps even political, purposes. As for the libretto, it clearly alludes to the coronation of Louis XV with L'Age d'or (Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano), La Vertu (Lucile Richardot, mezzo), La Seine (Luigi De Donato, bass) and the choir (Nicolas Scott, tenor) all singing the praises of the young king; how “piety and gentleness shape his face” whilst “virtue and greatness shape his heart”.Recorded in February 2021 in the sublime setting of the Royal Opera, this Senna festeggiante (which is more a miniature opera than a cantata) sheds light on the relationship between Venice and Versailles with these allegorical figures singing the praises of the new monarch and the whole of France. This recording was meticulously carried out under the best possible conditions, thanks to the patience and tact of Diego Fasolis. Organist, conductor and choirmaster, this Swiss musician from Lugano has specialised in the interpreatation of baroque music for years, both in his home town and throughout the rest of Europe. He’s made numerous landmark recordings with Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky and even Max Emanuel Cencic. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Rameau: Suite d'orchestre de Dardanus

English Baroque Soloists

Classical - Released December 9, 2022 | Warner Classics

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Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouvertures

Patrick Peire

Classical - Released July 1, 2012 | Brilliant Classics

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