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Messiaen : L'œuvre pour orgue, Vol. 3

Louis Thiry

Classical - Released March 1, 1972 | La Dolce Volta

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Le Manifeste (Vol. 1 Mon Européenne, Vol. 2 Lulu, Vol. 3 Les bords de Seine)

Saez

French Music - Released March 10, 2017 | Wagram Music - Cinq 7

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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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Jeanne Leleu, une consécration éclatante, Vol. 1: Musique de chambre et mélodies

Marie-Laure Garnier

Chamber Music - Released January 26, 2024 | La Boîte à Pépites

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The small label La boîte à pépites investigates the music of women composers, all of them so far from France. Introduced by appealing cover drawings, they explore a single composer in depth, often devoting more than one volume to the same figure. Here, Jeanne Leleu is featured on the first volume of what is to become a multi-volume series. The songs and chamber music here are early works, but they already reveal a distinctive voice from Leleu, who, as a child piano prodigy, gave the world premiere of Ravel's Ma mère l'oye and won the Prix de Rome in 1923 for her cantata Béatrix. There is little evidence of contemporary trends, but neither is Leleu's music derivative of anyone else's. The opening Quartet for violin, viola, cello, and piano has a lovely quiet and lyrical tone sustained over its three movements. Perhaps the highlights are the Six Sonnets de Michel-Ange ("Six Sonnets of Michelangelo"), which also exist in an orchestral version; they receive standout performances from soprano Marie-Laure Garnier, who is agile in catching the turns Leleu brings to the sonnet form. The finale En Italie piano pieces are colorful programmatic works, never obvious. Pianist Célia Oneto Bensaid and the other performers deliver clean readings, keeping in mind the label's goal of putting the composer at the center of each release. One anxiously awaits further volumes devoted to Leleu, who wrote a good deal of music in larger forms.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Dussek: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3

Miriam Altmann

Classical - Released November 27, 2023 | Brilliant Classics

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The Forquerays, or the Torments of the Soul, Vol. 2

Michèle Dévérité

Chamber Music - Released January 5, 2018 | harmonia mundi

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Bach-Abel Society

Les Ombres

Chamber Music - Released September 30, 2022 | Mirare

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In 1765, Johann Christian Bach, who had settled in London, established with his friend Carl Friedrich Abel the prestigious "Bach Abel Concerts". Surrounded by some of the most talented artists of their generation, Margaux Blanchard and Sylvain Sartre invite us to rediscover the music that enlivened the luxurious London salons of the late 18th century. A chance to be admitted, for a moment's listening, into the very select Bach Abel Society. © Mirare
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Henri Dès, Vol. 1: Cache-cache

Henri Dès

Children - Released July 18, 1977 | PRODUCTIONS MARY JOSEE

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Les Trois Accords

French Music - Released October 21, 2022 | La Tribu

Raretés & inédits, Vol. 2

Georges Moustaki

French Music - Released May 3, 2023 | Parlophone (France)

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Musique pour violon et piano (Volume 3)

Tianwa Yang

Chamber Music - Released February 27, 2012 | Naxos

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Une mort mythique (Les musiciens et la Grande Guerre, Vol. 1)

Alain Meunier

Classical - Released June 1, 2014 | HORTUS

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Panique celtique, Vol. 3

Manau

Pop - Released November 3, 2020 | Tricoche Martial

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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 & Lieder (Les indispensables de Diapason)

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Music - Released June 30, 2023 | Les Indispensables de Diapason

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Vierne: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

Sergio Monteiro

Classical - Released October 22, 2021 | Naxos

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Louis Vierne is renowned as one of the most brilliant of all French organ composers. His piano works are little known despite their colourful, imaginative and inspiring treatment of the instrument. The early Deux Pièces owe their lyrical style to Mendelssohn, while the Suite bourguignonne exudes an atmosphere of joie de vivre and romantic contentment. Impressionism can be heard in the Trois Nocturnes, the third of which is considered one of Vierne’s masterpieces with its evocative use of birdsong, while the shadows of war echo in the solemn Poème des cloches funèbres. This is the first of two albums covering repertoire that deserves a place in the pantheon of French piano music. © Naxos
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Art Choral Vol. 3: Baroque II

Ensemble ArtChoral

Classical - Released February 17, 2023 | Les Disques ATMA Inc.

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Four Elements, Vol. 3: Wind

Yu Kosuge

Classical - Released March 5, 2021 | Orchid Classics

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Acclaimed Japanese pianist Yu Kosuge unveils "Wind", the third in her series of four Orchid Classics albums related to the four elements (Water, Fire, Wind, Earth). Kosuge’s inspiration for these releases stems from her relationship with the music of Beethoven, who was drawn to Greek legends. This led Kosuge to the Greek concept of the four elements as the basis of these albums. Beethoven is one of a varied selection of composers featured on "Wind". Yu Kosuge performs his blustery Piano Sonata Op. 31, No. 2, known as "The Tempest". There are evocative pieces from the French Baroque, by Couperin, Rameau and Daquin, and from the world of French Impressionism with three of Debussy’s fleet-footed Préludes. The release is completed with a piece by contemporary Japanese composer Akira Nishimura, and the atmospheric In the Mists by Janácek. “Apart from technical perfection, which is not that unusual today, [Yu Kosuge] possesses a stunning palette of expression and an exquisite and pearly touch”. (Piano News) © Orchid Classics
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Chroniques de Mars, Vol. 3

Chroniques de Mars 3

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released October 13, 2023 | BMG Rights Mgmt France SARL

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Beethoven: Les quatuors, Vol. 3

Quatuor Végh

Chamber Music - Released January 1, 1987 | naïve classique

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Pièces de clavecin, Vol. 1

Blandine Verlet

Classical - Released January 1, 1980 | naïve classique