Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien stand apart from other early music groups in their focus on song and dance repertories, mostly those transmitted via oral tradition. They have focused on French music but have also played music from other countries.
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien were founded in 2006 by flutist François Lazarevitch, who also plays the bagpipes and has performed on that instrument frequently with the group. He took the name from that of St. Julien of Mans, the patron saint of a group of medieval fiddlers; the name, in the group's own words, "symbolizes a desire to give life to a direct and simple music, in connection with oral traditions, in a search for the spirit of the dance, natural musical phrasing and instrumental colors." As of 2019, the group had eight members. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien quickly attracted attention and performed in significant French venues including the Salle Cortot, the house of the French Senate at the Luxembourg Palace, and the Chabotterie at Saint-Sulpice in Montréverd. They have also performed abroad at the Maison Française in Washington, D.C., the Ciclo de Música Antigua in Mexico, as well as holding residencies at the Bach Academy of Arques-la-Bataille and the Baroque Festival of Pontoise. In 2018, they began a two-year residency at the Festival de Lanvellec.
The group's recordings for the Alpha label have been central to their reputation. Many of the label's releases have focused on music in social context, and it was thus a natural home for Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. The series began shortly after the group's formation with the album Danses des Bergers, Danses des Loups, and has continued to explore French vernacular traditions, sometimes encompassing music of other countries as well as on 2016's The High Road to Kilkenny. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien have also explored the connections between popular dance music and concert traditions, issuing an album of Vivaldi concertos in 2017 and Purcell: Songs & Dances in 2019.
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15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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For Ever Fortune. Scottish Music in the 18th Century
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Robert Getchell
Celtique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 5 mars 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beauté barbare
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 17 mars 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Doux silence
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Julie Roset, Lucile Richardot
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 19 avr. 2024
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni, La tempesta di mare, Il gardellino & La notte
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 25 août 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Purcell: Songs & Dances
Tim Mead, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 12 oct. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The High Road to Kilkenny : Gaelic Songs & Dances of C17-18
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Celtique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 1 mars 2016
Choc de Classica24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Noël baroque
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 14 oct. 2016
4F de Télérama5 de Diapason24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Queen's Delight
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Fiona McGown, Enea Sorini
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 25 sept. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The High Road to Kilkenny: Gaelic Songs and Dances of the 17th & 18th Centuries
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 1 mars 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Le berger poète: Suites & sonates pour flûte et musette
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 4 juin 2009
4 étoiles Classica16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Et la fleur vole. Airs de cour & à danser v. 1600
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 23 sept. 2010
Choc de ClassicaDiapason d'or16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Polyphonies & danses autour de 1400 (Je voy le bon tens venir)
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 12 mars 2013
Diapason d'or24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Danses des Bergers, danses des Loups (Musiques traditionnelles du cœur de la France)
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 1 janv. 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
À l'ombre d'un ormeau
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 1 janv. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Airs populaires harmonisés, de Chopin à Canteloube
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Françoise Masset, François Lazarevitch
Classique - Paru chez Alpha Classics le 21 janv. 2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo