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J'écoute Bach et Haendel avec ma maman

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released December 3, 2012 | Mirare

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Passions de l'âme et du cœur

Ricercar Consort

Classical - Released January 12, 2015 | Mirare

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Dandrieu Offertoires

Jean-Baptiste Robin

Classical - Released September 10, 2021 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Vivaldi

Les Violons du Roy

Classical - Released March 1, 2016 | ATMA Classique

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This album from the Quebec City Baroque group Les Violons du Roy is titled simply Vivaldi. You don't get quite the range implied; the program consists mostly of concertos with one instrumental sinfonia from an opera. But it is a delightfully diverse set, including big Handelian outdoor-oriented pieces with horns; pastoral concertos for multiple winds; and intricate, multiple-violin pieces including a lithe reading of the familiar Concerto for four violins, strings, and continuo, Op. 3, No. 10 (RV 580). Les Violons du Roy, under their longtime assistant conductor Mathieu Lussier, eschew the high-octane approach of contemporary Italian groups, and one can wish for the syncopations to rock a bit more when they are essential to the structure of a movement. But the group is quick and holds together well. Sample the little-played, three-movement Sinfonia from the opera La verità in cimento (tracks 17-19): the opening movement is a study in register and dynamics of which the total serialists would have been proud; the slow movement opens like a flower; and the miniature finale is over before you know it. The orchestra's energy never flags here or anywhere else, and the result is a very fresh album of Vivaldi concertos that will appeal even to those with lots of shelf or hard drive space already allotted to the composer.© TiVo
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Alexander Scriabin : Intégrale des Etudes pour piano

Andrei Korobeinikov

Solo Piano - Released October 6, 2014 | Mirare

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Chopin, Schubert & Prokofiev

Yulianna Avdeeva

Classical - Released September 8, 2014 | Mirare

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Johann Christian Bach: Sonates pour clavier Op. 5 & Op. 17

Johann Christian Bach

Classical - Released May 17, 2010 | Saphir Productions

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Fauré: Intégrale de l'œuvre pour piano, Vol. 1 (Ballade, Mazurka op.62, Quatre Valses-Caprices, Préludes Op.103

Jean-Claude Pennetier

Classical - Released May 12, 2009 | Mirare

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Though Fauré was assuredly his own man as a composer, in these performances of his piano music by Jean-Claude Pennetier, he is also surely the rightful heir of Chopin. The formal matter here is clearly Chopin's -- a ballade, a mazurka, four waltzes, and nine preludes -- and the stylistic manner is Chopin's as well -- the filigree and melody in the right hand and the left hand divided between counter-melody, chordal accompaniment and bass. This is meant as no slight to either Fauré or Pennetier. This is luscious music with toothsome melodies, succulent sonorities, and mouthwatering forms, and if these can be faulted for being too beautiful, it's a fault they should bear proudly. The performances are likewise exquisite. Pennetier has a fluent technique, a pearly tone, and an elegant way of phrasing a melody and shaping a form. But more than that, Pennetier has a real sympathy for Fauré's music and his interpretations are honest and heartfelt. Though the classic performances of these works are certainly worthy of admiration and love, Pennetier's are no less admirable and loveable and any listener interested in the composer or the period is urged to try this disc. Mirare's digital sound is clear, deep, and immediate. © TiVo
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Bach : Contemplation

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released January 8, 2009 | Mirare

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Fauré: Intégrale de l'œuvre pour piano, Vol. 4

Jean-Claude Pennetier

Classical - Released May 25, 2018 | Mirare

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Saint-Saëns: Études, Op. 52 & 111

François-René Duchable

Classical - Released January 1, 1981 | Warner Classics

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Joseph Haydn : Cello Concertos

Freiburger Barockorchester

Cello Concertos - Released March 27, 2003 | harmonia mundi

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This admirable Harmonia Mundi release presents Franz Josef Haydn's two cello concertos and the Cello Concerto in G minor by Georg Matthias Monn with the luster of period instruments; refined, idiomatic playing; and exceptional sound quality, with full resonance; and cellist Jean-Guihan Queyras and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Petra Müllejans, render these works with exquisite details and emotional depth. In a real sense, their performances are acts of rediscovery, for Haydn's cello concertos have become routine fare from too many modern renditions, and Monn's piece is unfamiliar from too few performances. Indeed, all three concertos have suffered the vagaries of preservation and interpretation. Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major was once considered lost until its discovery in 1961; the Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major suffered false attribution and its authorship was debated until the appearance of the manuscript in 1954; and Monn's concerto survived only in an arrangement for harpsichord and strings until Arnold Schoenberg edited it in 1912. To set the record straight, this disc presents the concertos intelligently refurbished, with appropriate eighteenth century style and color. Through their insightful scholarship and sensitive performances, Queyras and Müllejans have produced a fine alternative to the less authentic mainstream recordings.© TiVo
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Le Concert des Oiseaux. Vincent Bouchot: Le Carnaval des animaux en péril

La Rêveuse

Classical - Released February 10, 2023 | harmonia mundi

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Several famous pieces of music based on birdsong appeared in the 19th and 20th centuries; those by Saint-Saëns, Britten, and Ravel are here, although Messiaen is not. However, the affinity between music and birdsong had been explored for centuries before that, and the early music group La Rêveuse here provides some delightful examples. The always pictorial François Couperin is represented, as is Rameau, but other composers are less familiar but no less charming. Sample the works by Theodor Schwartzkopff, Michel Blavet, and especially Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667-1737), whose "Les Ramages" ("The Songs") names a group of birds and then illustrates their songs. Then there are historical-instrument versions of Saint-Saëns, Britten, and Ravel. One may accept this idea or not, but even in the latter case, they don't do much to dent the charm of the whole. The program ends with a work by contemporary composer Vincent Bouchot, Le Carnaval des animaux en péril, a kind of a take-off on Saint-Saëns for the Anthropocene era that also calls forth a striking variety of instruments from La Rêveuse. Another questionable idea is that, in keeping with the practices of this group, recorded birdsong is heard between some of the tracks. Whatever aspects of this release might be doubtful, it rarely fails to bring a smile. © James Manheim /TiVo
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Hélène de Mongeroult, portrait d'une compositrice visionnaire

Marcia Hadjimarkos

Classical - Released September 20, 2023 | iMD-Seulétoile

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Brahms: Liebeslieder, Walzer & Dix Danses Hongroises pour piano à quatre mains

Brigitte Engerer

Classical - Released September 6, 2011 | Mirare

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Chopin : Ballades et Impromptus

François Dumont

Classical - Released April 1, 2022 | La Musica

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Chopin & Brahms: Ballades

Cédric Tiberghien

Classical - Released November 14, 2006 | harmonia mundi

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Albinoni: Adagio en sol mineur & 3 Concerti a cinque, Op. 7

Tomaso Albinoni

Classical - Released July 2, 2012 | Saphir Productions

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Chopin: Complete Nocturnes

Brigitte Engerer

Classical - Released October 18, 1993 | harmonia mundi