Since you are interested in Les folies d'Espagne, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
LULLY / COUPERIN / MARAIS / etc
Tous les Matins du Monde (10th Anniversary Edition) Original Soundtrack [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Jan/2002 ] More than 1,000,000 copies sold worldwide! |
MARIN MARAIS
Suite d'un Gout Etranger (Pieces de viole du IV Livre 1717) Jordi Savall (viol) / Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) / Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Pedro Estevan (percussion) [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best Chamber Recording) 'Jordi Savall's pioneering musical and scholarly contributions culminate in this disc. His performance suggests a spiritual connection with Marin Marais. Savall animates the poetry of... |
REBEL / MARAIS / COUPERIN / LULLY / GEOFFROY / CLERAMBAULT
French 17th-Century Trio Sonatas London Baroque [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] "Baroque players provide us with a delightful survey of this early music. Thanks all round." (Gramophone) |
MARIN MARAIS
Piaces de viole Markku Luolajan-Mikkola and Varpu Haavisto (viola da gamba) / Eero Palviainen (lute) / Elina Mustonen (harpsichord) [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] "As an introduction to Marais's art this is hard to fault - a real treat." Gramophone |
Mieneke van der Velden-viola da gamba, Glen Wilson-clavecimbel
Marin Marais-PiAces de Viole (with music by Couperin) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 12/Jun/2001 ] the pinnacle of the solo literature for Viole |
MARAIS / REBEL
Les Elemens Pamela Thorby (recorders) Rudolfo Richter (violin) / Palladian Ensemble [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "one of the best chamber ensembles baroque or otherwise currently in business" GRAMOPHONE |
GEMINIANI
La Folia, and other concertos & sonatas The Purcell Quartet / The Purcell Band [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'The Purcell Quartet play with dedication and spirit' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |