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LE BERGER POETE
Le Berger Poète: Suites Et Sonates Pour Flute Et Musette Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch [ Alpha / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A l'ombre d'un ormeau Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien / François Lazarevitch [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] |
MARIN MARAIS
Voix humaines. Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Lucile Boulanger, Éric Bellocq [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] While Marin Marais is best known for his works for viola da gamba, he also composed for the flute; Michael Lynn's recent rediscovery of manuscripts containing pieces for flute and basso continuo as well as duets caught the attention of François... |
CLAUDE LE JEUNE
Lejeune: Motets pour le culte catholique et psaumes protestants Les Pages & Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles; Olivier Schneebeli [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Claude Lejeune, who moved in Protestant circles but was also in the service of the royal court, composed both Huguenot polyphonic psalms in French and Catholic liturgical pieces in Latin. The genres are juxtaposed in this recording by Olivier... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Tyrannic Love Les Surprises [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Until the late 1680s, Henry Purcell composed almost exclusively for the royal court. But when the monarchy decided to reduce its expenditure on music in 1690, he joined the United Company, a London theatre company, and devoted himself to composing... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Les Indes Galantes BLU-RAY Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) & Olivier Simonnet (director) [ Alpha BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Particularly rich both on the musical level and in atmosphere, scrutinizing love 'in far-off lands' (Turkey, Peru, Persia and America), it responds to the infatuation with exoticism that tinged all the arts of the century. |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) & Olivier Simonnet (director) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Particularly rich both on the musical level and in atmosphere, scrutinizing love 'in far-off lands' (Turkey, Peru, Persia and America), it responds to the infatuation with exoticism that tinged all the arts of the century. |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) & Olivier Simonnet (director) [ Alpha DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "The performers have enormous fun with Boismortier's opera." (BBC Music Opera Choice April 2016) |
BIBER
Mysterien Sonaten: The Rosary Sonatas Les Veilleurs de Nuit / Alice Pierot (direction & violin), [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Les Veilleurs de Nuit: Alice Piérot (direction & violin), Pascal Monteilhet (théorbe), Marianne Muller (viola de gamba), Elisabeth Geiger (claviorganum) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No.1, 10 & 5 'Spring' Lorenzo Gatto (violin) Julien Libeer (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Building on the success of their first disc of Beethoven violin sonatas (Alpha 240), which won a Diapason d'Or of the year (the magazine hailed 'the birth of a great duo') and 'Choc' de Classica, Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer continue their... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos.3, 6, 7 & 8 Lorenzo Gattp (violin) Julien Libeer (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Building on the success of the first two instalments of their cycle devoted to Beethoven's sonatas for piano and violin (Alpha 240, Diapason d'Or of the year, and Alpha 407), Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer conclude this complete series by recording... |
ROSSI / MAZZOCCHI / CARISSIMI
Il Tormento E’Lestasi Los Musicos de Su Alteza [ Alpha / CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "The instrumental playing, in both the sacred works and Marini's famous Passacaglia is very assured" (International Record Review) |
JOSEPH RUIZ SAMANIEGRO
La vida es sueno... Los Musicos se Su Alteza / Luis Antonio Gonzales [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] We know very little about Ruiz Samaniego, Kapellmeister in Saragossa during the second half of the 18th-century. However, he left an abundant music production, including some villancicos. These polyphonic vocal works of theatrical origin have been... |
JACQUES CHAMPION de CHAMBONNIERES
Chambonnières Overseas Louise Acabo (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] "This beautifully realised debut album plus other performances viewed online suggests that in Acabo we are meeting a serene new talent." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Instrumental |
J. S. BACH / CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Bach & Abel: Solo Lucile Boulanger (viola da gamba) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] This is Lucile Boulanger's first solo recital. The French gambist, universally praised for her natural and moving playing - BBC Music Magazine even described her as 'the Jacqueline du Pré of the viola da gamba' - juxtaposes Bach with Carl F. Abel. |
Lucile Boulanger
La messagère: XVII-XXIe siècles, un portrait de la viole de gambe [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] After the immense success of her Bach-Abel album (ALPHA783), Lucile Boulanger celebrates the French viol through the centuries: 'This transchronological dialogue traces the history of a dynasty of composers in a subjective, even emotional way', from... |
JOSEPH BODIN de BOISMORTIER
The Golden Hour Lucile Boulanger; Simon Pierre; Olivier Fortin [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Characterful music demands characterful playing, of course, and that is what it gets from these talented and experienced chamber musicians, who throughout avoid any sense of the routine. - Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Comédie Humaine: Chansons balzaciennes Lucile Richardot (soloist), Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Jérôme Varnier (soloist), Arnaud Marzorati (soloist) Les Lunaisiens, Arnaud Marzorati [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Arnaud Marzorati and his singers, 'Les Lunaisiens', are unrivalled specialists in the popular French songs of the past centuries. Here they tackle two great monuments of 19th-century France: the writer Honoré de Balzac, and songwriter Pierre-Jean de... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin, Piano & Flute Concertos Ludvig Gudim (violin), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Josephine Olech (flute) / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] The Orpheum Foundation, which has been supporting young musicians for over thirty years, has joined forces with Alpha Classics for a series of recordings devoted to Mozart's concertos, regardless of instrument. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 (Original Version) & Preludes Op. 32 Lukas Geniušas (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] :"Comparisons are odious in this instance. Anyone with more than just a passing interest in Rachmaninov will need to have this excellently recorded disc on their real or virtual shelves." Gramophone Editors Choice Dec 2023 |
