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Sonatas & Suites - works by Bréville, Koechlin; Tournemire / Steven Dann, viola; James Parker, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Pierre de Breville: Sonata for viola & piano; Charles Koechlin: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 53; Charles Tournemire: Suite in three parts, for viola & piano, Op. 11
Performers: Dann, Steven; Parker, James [Piano]

It wasn't until 1894, 99 years after the violin and cello were allowed into the Paris Conservatory, that the institution's great doors were opened for...continue...
Recording information: Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall, Domaine Forget, Saint-Ir (05/2011)....continue...

Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music vol. 2: Quartet & Quintet with Piano; String Trio / Louise Bessette, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-01-29

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor (after Mahler); Trio for violin, viola & cello; Quintet for Piano and Strings
Performers: Bednarz, Frederick; Bessette, Louise; Bouvrette, Pierre-Alain; Lambert, Frederic; Ranzenhofer, Olga; Swoboda, Marcin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Molinari

Internationally acclaimed by the public and the critics since its foundation in 1997, the Molinari Quartet has established a mandate to perform works from the...continue...
Recording information: Salle de concert du Conservatoire de musique de Montréa (06/2010/04/2012); Salle Pierre-Mercure Du Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréa (06/2010/04/2012)....continue...

Levant - Chamber music by Glazunov, Prokofiev, Gurdjieff, Hartmann, Tajcevic et al. / Amici Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-10-30

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Pieces (2) for orchestra, Op. 14; Sergey Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano in C minor, Op. 34; Georges I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann: C...
Performers: Bowman, Benjamin; Dann, Steven; Hetherington, David; Kradjian, Serouj; Sitarski, Stephen; Valdepeñas, Joaquin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Amici Chamber Ensemble

The mystifying sounds of Levant, the "region of the rising Sun", are the focus of Amici Ensemble's latest recording. With music inspired by the Near...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toron (04/2001)....continue...

Francois Devienne: Six Trios, Op. 17 / Mathieu Lussier, bassoon; Pascale Giguere, violin; Benoit Loiselle, cello

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-09-25

Works: François Devienne: Trios (6) for bassoon, violin & cello, Op. 17; Les Visitandines, opera
Performers: Blouin, Jean Louis; Giguère, Pascale; Loiselle, Benoît; Lussier, Mathieu

Devienne was a major figure in the Parisian musical world and a founder of the Conservatoire de Paris. The six trios opus 17 included here...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (03/2010)....continue...

Guillaume Lekeu: Trio for Piano and Strings; Quartet for Piano and Strings / Trio Hochelaga, Teng Li, viola

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-06-26

Works: Guillaume Lekeu: Trio for piano, violin & cello in C minor; Quartet for piano & strings (unfinished)
Performers: Li, Teng
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Hochelaga

Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu had a tragically short life, but, as composer Paul Dukas noted, in these few brief years Lekeu developed "an extraordinary maturity...continue...
Recording information: Salle Françoys-Bernier, Domaine Forget, Saint-Irénée (Q (03/2011)....continue...

Senza Continuo: Bassano, Hume, Marais, Etc.

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-03-30

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Préludes (3) in D minor, for viola da gamba; Machy: Suite for viola da gamba no 4 in G major; Aurelio Virgilliano: Ricercata per viola bastarda; Giovanni Bassano: Ricerca...
Performers: Little, Margaret

A chamber musician at heart, this is Margaret Little's first adventure in recording solo repertoire. To bring out all the rich sonorities of her beautiful...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (03/02/2009-03/04/2009)....continue...

Sor, Giuliani / Roland Dyens, Quatuor Arthur, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-09-25

Works: Fernando Sor: Leçons progressives (24), Op. 31; Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 14 "Grand Solo"; Etude for guitar in D minor (Segovia Edition no 13), Op. 6/9; E...
Performers: Dyens, Roland; Kobayashi, Hideko; Molzan, Brett; Molzan, Ryan; Plourde, Jean-Luc

The French-born guitarist Roland Dyens began studying his instrument at the age of nine. By age 33, he was listed as one of the world's...continue...

Théodore Dubois, Vol 2 / Trio Hochelaga

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-04-01

Works: Théodore Dubois: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor; Quintet for piano, oboe, violin, viola & cello
Performers: Lemelin, Stéphane; Magnan, Philippe; Marleyn, Paul; Plourde, Jean-Luc; Robert, Anne
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Ensemble: Trio Hochelaga

This recording is the second in a critically-acclaimed series entitled Decouvertes 1890-1939 featuring pianist Stephane Lemelin and his colleagues Anne Robert and Paul Marleyn, who...continue...

Mendelssohn: String Quartets, etc / Alcan String Quartet

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-02-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80; Pieces (4) for string quartet, Op. 81; Quintet for Strings no 2 in B flat major, Op. 87
Performers: Dann, Steven

On this disc the Alcan Quartet performs the f-minor quartet along with such lighter works as the excerpts from the Four Pieces, Op. 81, assembled...continue...

Brahms: Viola Works / Dann, Orkis, Platts

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Dann, Steven; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Platts, Susan

Released earlier this summer in Canada, just in time for the 34th International Viola Congress (June 7-11) in Montreal, is this marvelous all-Brahms, all-viola CD....continue...

Corette: Les Délices de la solitude / Les Voix Humaine

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-02-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Little, Margaret; Lussier, Mathieu; Orden, Kate van
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Michel Corrette was born in Rouen on April 10, 1707. His father, Gaspard, began his education. Though holding many posts as an organist for 50...continue...

Rachel Laurin: Festivals / Anne Robert, Veronique Potvin

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Rachel Laurin: Festivals, for violin & piano, Op. 27; Fables, for voice & piano, Op. 9; Sonate for flute & piano, Op. 29; Le Bestiaire, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Trio for flute, viola & piano, Op. 17
Performers: Bellavance, Michel; Bourdeau, Marc; Martel, Agathe; Potvin, Véronique; Robert, Anne

Rachel Laurin leads a brilliant dual career as an organist and composer. The music on this disc will come as a pleasant surprise to many....continue...

Feux d'Artifice-Fireworks / Montréal Baroque Festival, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Orazio Vecchi: Le Veglie di siena; François Devienne: Les Visitandines, opera; Nino Rota: Harp Concerto in G major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantat...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Destrube, Marc; Fialkowska, Janina [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Kulan, Aline; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Loiselle, Benoit; Lussier, Mathieu; Moisan, Andre; Plourde, Jean-Luc; ...
Conductors: ; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Boréades de Montréal ; Les Violons du Roy; Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music; Toronto Consort

'Music for the Royal Fireworks' (1749) had originally been composed, as instructed by King George II, for a large complement of "martial instruments only:" nine...continue...

François Devienne - Le Mozart française / Lussier, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-02-01

Works: François Devienne: Quartets (3) for bassoon & strings, Op.73; Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major; Les Visitandines, opera
Performers: Loiselle, Benoit; Lussier, Mathieu; Plourde, Jean-Luc; Thouin, Olivier

For a bassoonist in his formative years, the music of Francois Devienne is almost a must. The many works of this virtuoso bassoonist and flutist...continue...

Marcello: Salmi di Davide / Rinat Shaham, Fuoco e Cenere

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-11-01

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51; Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2); Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B...
Performers: Fentross, Mike; Johannel, Francoise; Maurette, Arianne; Napper, Susan; Sempe, Skip; Shaham, Rinat

CPE Bach: Chamber Music / Les Boreades

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-11-01

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Quartet for flute, viola, cello & keyboard in D major, H. 538, Wq. 94; Trio sonata for viola, bass recorder & harpsichord in F major, H. 588, Wq. 163; Sonata; Quartet for f...
Performers: Colpron, Francis; Plouffe, Helene; Valetti, Pablo; Weimann, Alexander
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Ensemble: Les Boréades de Montréal

"These are quite lovely and relaxed performances of the early music persuasion of some enjoyable chamber music by JS Bach's most famous son. The trio...continue...

Pärt: Stabat Mater, etc / Daniel Taylor, Christopher Jackson

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-03-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Psalom, for string quartet; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; Fratres; Es sang vor langen Jahren, for counter-tenor or alto with violin & viola; Summa, for violin, 2 violas & cello;...
Performers: Houle, Jacques-Andre; MacMillan, Betsy; Plouffe, Helene; Soderstrom, Elin; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher
Ensemble: Montreal Studio for Ancient Music Choir; Montreal Studio for Ancient Music Orchestra

Handel: Acis and Galatea / Les Boréades Montreal

1 CD / ATMA / 2003-10-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Bid the virtues; Lost is my quiet for ever, Z 502; The Virtuous Wife, or, Good Luck at Last, incidental music, Z. 611; Welcome t...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Butterfield, Adrian; Christopher Jackson [Keyboards/Conductor]; Lariviere, Sophie; Little, Margaret; Maute, Matthias; Napper, Susan; North, Nigel [Lute]; Plouffe, Helene; Taylor, Dani...

Handel, Vivaldi: Gloria / LeBlanc, Weimann, Montréal Baroque

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, Op. 5/2, HWV 397; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Der ...
Performers: Lariviere, Sophie; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Mahler, Christina; McClain, Washington; Milnes, Eric; Plouffe, Helene; Verrette, Christopher; Weimann, Alexander

Musique de Chambre - Schickele, etc / Allegra Chamber Music

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-10-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Musique de Chambre no 1 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp & piano, H. 376; Peter Schickele: Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Aaron Copland: Piano Quartet; Sergey ...
Performers: Aldrich, Simon; Beaudry, Pascale; Fieldman-Fraiberg, Dorothy; Foster, Martin; Francavilla, Nadia; Lupien, Francine; Skorzewska, Katherina; Swartz, Jennifer

Daniel Taylor - Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; H...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Haynes, Bruce; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Me...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...Taylor has made several solo recodings and this appealingly assembled disc contains items from four of them. All but one of the pieces belong to...continue...

Bach - Arias & Oboe d'amore / Taylor, Haynes, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Cantata no 116, "Du Freidefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 116; Cantata no 165, "O heilges Geis...
Performers: Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Hayes, Bruce; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Metcalfe [Violin/Viola]; Taylor, Daniel