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In an era flush with excellent Ravel recordings, it says a lot that Clément Lefebvre brings a fresh and personal voice to thrice familiar repertoire. Moreover, he does so without indulging in gimmicks or eccentricities. He scrupulously articulates the Sonatine’s outer movements, allowing the phrases room to speak and breathe. The central Menuet’s subtle rubato […]
2018-10-10 12:25:00
Jaques Brel - love, life and crimes against humanity
[…] France. In 1973 an accusation of crimes against humanity relating to the killing of seven Jewish hostages at Rillieux-la-Pape, near Lyon, in June 1944 was filed and Touvier went into hiding again. A warrant for his arrest was issued in 1981 but it was not until 1989 that Touvier, seen above at his televised trial in 1994, was arrested in the priory of Saint-Joseph de Nice run by followers of the right-wing cleric Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre. During his time in hiding Touvier stayed in a number of traditionalist monasteries with musical connections including Solesmes and Fontgombault.But I was most surprised to find another quite unexpected musical link to Paul Touvier. Several French sources on Touvier made opaque references to Jacques Brel. My interest was piqued by these, but the main online Brel biographies make no mention of Touvier and my search on the official Belgian Edition Jacques Brel website against […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-10-28 12:21:02
Pub landlord pays £6,600 for Churchill’s cigar-box violin
Gerry O’Brien, general manager of The Churchill Arms in Kensington, handed over six grand plus commission for a William Robinson violin made from Winston Churchill’s cigar boxes and once played by Yehudi Menuhin. The price was six times the top estimate. Maybe Gerry had a quick snifter before he bid. Other top prices at the Ingles&Hayday auction: · GB. Grancino II (violin) – Lot 190, £144,000 · Ferdinand Gagliano (violin) – Lot 24, £180,000 · Luigi Vistoli (violin) – Lot 189, £8,700 · Piero Parravicini (violin) – Lot 187, £15,000 · Carlo de March (violin) – Lot 176, £12,000 · William Robinson (violin) – Lot 139, £6,600 · Giovanni Dollenz (violin) – Lot 98, £28,800 · Domenico Pasta (violin) – Lot 91, £78,000 · Hendrick Willems (viola) […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-01-20 11:23:49
Michigan sends organist to Notre-Dame de Paris
Vincent Dubois, artist in resident at the University of Michigan, has been named organist of Notre-Dame in Paris, succeeding Jean-Pierre Leguay, who retired at the end of last year. Our chers confrères at resmusica note that Vincent, 35, will join Olivier Latry and Philippe Lefebvre at the seat of the grand orgue.
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