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Marais - Pièces de viole
Marin Marais (1656-1728)Pièces de viole - Four SuitesJérome Hantaï - viola da gambaPierre Hantaï - harpsichordAlix Verzier - viola da gambaRecorded April 1996Label Virgin Veritas 545266 2Download 1fichier pixel workupload
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-12-19 16:22:40
Locke’s List for 2023: Notable Operatic Recordings Plus
[…] a serious English opera of the period, Matthew Locke’s Psyche, was musically marvelous but utterly undone for me by the mispronunciations of the libretto by the all-Francophone cast. No such problems occurred with Jean-Marie Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus, gorgeously performed and exquisitely pronounced. The work has the further advantage of reminding us that Leclair, though long known primarily for his violin works, was a fine all-around composer. Much the same can be said of Marin Marais’s Ariane et Bacchus, since that composer, too, is normally known for his instrumental music (and/or as the character played by Gérard Depardieu in the beloved film Tous les matins du monde). Another French composer from the same era is even less well known today, Desmarest, whose Circé got a stupendous recording featuring Véronique Gens. This is the same opera that the Boston Early Music Festival performed to great acclaim in Jordan Hall (see the […]
2023-10-07 09:09:00
Astonishing that no-one has heard or heard of the work: Ella Marchment on directing Camille Erlanger's L'Aube rouge at Wexford
[…] conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire, and I caught up with Ella, in the midst of rehearsals, to talk about Erlanger and his opera.Ella MarchmentCamille Erlanger (1863-1919) studied the Paris Conservatory under Léo Delibes, won the Prix de Rome in 1888 and wrote nine operas including the five-act music drama Le Fils de l’étoile, written for the Paris Opéra, where it enjoyed success. Erlanger was Jewish and served as choirmaster of the Synagogue des Tournelles in the Marais district of Paris. He is perhaps best remembered now (if at all) for his opera Le Juif polonais, a more enduring success in its day. L'Aube rouge premiered in Rouen in 1911, it inhabits a similar world to Giordano’s Fedora, with Nihilistic plots forming the backdrop. But since Erlanger's death, his operas have almost dropped off the radar.[Note: Camille Erlanger should not be confused with his contemporary, the Anglo-French composer Baron Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (1868 – […]
2023-07-07 16:53:00
All you need is love and music
[…] the soprano Montserrat Figueras in 1974, and has made more than one hundred highly acclaimed recordings. In 1998 he founded his own record label Alia Vox which has gone on to pioneer new methods of presentating CDs to fight back against the record industry move to file downloads. Jordi Savall is also well-known for his work in the cinema, and his soundtrack for the film Tous les matins du monde featuring the music of Marin Marais and Sainte Colombe has sold more than a million copies. Although known as an early music specialist, Jordi Savall's music making ranges far, and his latest recording includes music by the contemporary composer Arvo Pärt. If that was the whole story, Jordi Savall would be a name to rank alongside other leading musicians who have used early music as a springboard to reach a wide audience. But what makes Jordi Savall truly […]
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