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J.S. Bach: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin & Harpsichord / Francois Fernandez, violin; Benjamin Alard, cembalo

2 CD / Flora / 2013-06-11

John Jenkins: The Pleasing Slumber, Aires for a treble, lyra, bass and harpsichord / Sophie Gent, Philippe Pierlot, Romina Lischka, François Guerrier

1 CD / Flora / 2013-05-14

John Jenkins died at the age of 86. During his long career, he was appreciated both for his musical and human qualities. This recording explores...continue...

Mozart: Piano Quartets K.478 & 498 / Boyan Vodenitcharov, piano; Ryo Terakado, violin; François Fernandez, viola; Rainer Zipperling, cello

1 CD / Flora / 2013-05-14

This CD is the group's attempt to recreate the atmosphere of "late Mozart," performed on original instruments from the 18th century. Each CD production is...continue...

Marin Marais: Charivary - Suites for viol in D, C & A / Philippe Pierlot, Rainer Zipperling: bass viol; Maude Gratton: harpsichord; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo, guitar

1 CD / Flora / 2013-04-09

Marin Marais' Third Book of Viol Pieces is an important milestone in his production: the suites are perfectly well ordered and the art of the...continue...

Liquide Perle - Works by Frescobaldi and Anonymous composers for harp and theorbo / Giovanna Pessi: harp; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo, guitar

1 CD / Flora / 2013-04-09

A compilation of toccatas, dances, improvisations, and variations on popular tunes composed by Frescobaldi and Anonymous composers, written for the harp and theorbo.

The pieces

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Le Jazz et la Pavane - jazz and early music meet / Les Sacqueboutiers

1 CD / Flora / 2013-03-12

Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

Le Jazz et la Pavane reveals the happy marriage of two effervescent traditions: jazz and early music. Although belonging to ages long apart, and with...continue...

Marin Marais: Folie - Suites for violin and basso continuo / Philippe Pierlot: bass viol; Rainer Zipperling: bass viol; François Guerrier: harpsichord; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo

1 CD / Flora / 2013-01-08

Works: Marin Marais: Suite en ré; Suite en La; Suite en Mi
Performers: Egüez, Eduardo; Guerrier, François

In the year 1700, Corelli published his Violin Sonatas Op. 5, without doubt the most important collection of instrumental music of the beginning of the...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise de Basse-Bodeux (10/2011)....continue...

William Lawes: The Passion of Musicke / Sophie Gent: violin; Giovanna Pessi: triple harp; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo; Philippe Pierlot: viol

1 CD / Flora / 2013-01-08

Works: William Lawes: Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 1 in G minor; Corant for lyra viol (VdGS no 431); Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 4 in D minor; Divisions on a Pavan i...
Performers: Eguez, Eduardo; Gent, Sophie; Pessi, Giovanna; Pierlot, Philippe

On the death of William Lawes, King James I - who called him "The Father of Music" - observed several weeks of mourning. Lawes is...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (08/2006)....continue...

Celine Scheen: Amarante / Eduardo Eguez; Philippe Pierlot

1 CD / Flora / 2012-11-13

Works: Nicolas Vallet: Prélude, for lute; La Mendiante fantaysye, for lute; Passemeze en b mol, for lute; Jean-Baptiste Besard: Ou luis tu soleil de mon ame, for voice & lute; Beaux yeux qui voyes cl...
Performers: Egüez, Eduardo; Scheen, Celine

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...I didn't need to know what Ms. Scheen was singing to thoroughly enjoy her program of melancholy...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (05/2010)....continue...

J.S. Bach: sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1003 / François Fernandez: violin

1 CD / Flora / 2012-10-09

Recording these works alone, François Fernandez used an experimental approach to the reading of these pieces. Fernandez's intention is to glorify Bach more than the...continue...

J.S. Bach: sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1004-1006 / François Fernandez: violin

1 CD / Flora / 2012-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

The second part of this series includes Fernandez's interpretations of Bach's compositions for solo violin. Almost all of the recordings were made in the peaceful...continue...
Recording information: L'Église de Basse-Bodeux, Belgique (07/2002)....continue...

Mozart: Violin Sonatas / Francois Fernandez, violin; Boyan Vodenitcharov, keyboard

1 CD / Flora / 2012-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 303 (293c); Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a); Variations (6) for Violin and Piano in G minor on "Hélas,...
Performers: Fernandez, Francois; Vodenitcharov, Boyan [Fortepiano]

The sonatas gathered here are from Mozart's youth, composed from the ages of 13 to 20. Between Paris - which he left after his mother's...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (06/2006)....continue...

Rabelais: Fay what thou wilt - 15 selections of Early Music by Josquin, Janequin, Lejeune, and more

1 CD / Flora / 2012-07-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Vive le roy, instrumental piece for 4 parts; Claude Le Jeune: Je boy à toy mon compagnon, chanson; Clément Janequin: Or vien ca, vien, m'amye, chanson for 4 voices, M. ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

Cheerful and nostalgic pieces, bawdy and poetic, mark the track of Gargantua, the gentle giant, from his birth to the founding of the Abbey of...continue...
Recording information: L'auditorium Nicolas Dalayrac de Muret (11/2009).

Includes adieu aux dames de la cour (marot) / la guerre (ja by various composers.

Includes je vis, je meurs (lab&...continue...

Abel in Norway / Traditional Norwegian folk music, Abel, Giardini, Mattheson, Robinson, Fischer, Brade / Nils Økland, Hardanger fiddle; Elisabeth Seitz, drum; Philippe Pierlot, bass viol

1 CD / Flora / 2012-07-10

Works: Thomas Robinson: Twenty waies; Anonymous, Norwegian: Bruremarsj (Wedding March), for traditional ensemble (attrib. de Beiarn); Norringen, for traditional ensemble (attrib. Voss); Fanitullen, for trad...
Performers: Seitz, Elisabeth

Carl Friedrich Abel goes to Norway, where the famous bass viol virtuoso meets a player of the Hardanger fiddle (a violin fitted with sympathetic strings...continue...
Recording information: Church of Bra-sur-Lienne, Belgium (09/2007)....continue...

Tuba Mirum - works by Schutz, Gabrieli, Dowland, Brade et al. / Sacqueboutiers, Renaud Delaigue, bass

1 CD / Flora / 2012-06-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Attendite, popule meus, motet for bass, 2 trombones or violins, 2 trombones & continuo, SWV 270 (Op.; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Bo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

Tuba Mirum consists of works from the most beautiful original pieces devoted to the sackbut. Alongside Daniel Lasalle, the album features international soloists like Michel...continue...
Recording information: L'Auditorium du Musée du Puano, Limoux, Aude (04/2011)....continue...

A Concert For Madame de Sévigné: works by Lully, Marais, Hotteterre et al. / Hantai, Barthel, Eguez, Pierlot

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Trios pour le coucher du Roi; Le Triomphe de l'Amour; Persée; Amadis; Pierre Gautier de Marseille: Suite en trio in D minor; Les Plaisirs, for keyboard; Jacques Hotteterre: ...
Performers: Barthel, Georges; Eguez, Eduardo; Hantai, Marc

This recording presents a revival of a concert attended by Madame de Sévigné in February 1696, where the flute players Descotaux and Philbert were accompanied...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise de Basse-Bodeux (09/2009)....continue...

La Sacqueboute: works by Castello, Ortiz, Falconiero, Morales, Schein, Scheidt et al. performed on period brass

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Canzon Bergamasca, for brass quintet; Dario Castello: Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo no 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; So...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

This program consists of the most representative and virtuoso works of the golden age of the sackbut. The gesture of the musician, who draws ("sacquer")...continue...
Recording information: Aureville, France (08/2002)....continue...

Monteverdi: Il Combatimentto di Tancredi & Clorinda / Les Sacqueboutiers

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Alexander Goehr: Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal 'Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' by Monteverdi, for cla; Paolo Quagliati: Carro di fedelta d'amore
Performers: Fernandez, Adriana; Sancho, Juan [Vocals]; Verdier, Jean-Francois; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

At the junction of madrigal, opera, and intermezzo, Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda marks a clear milestone in the evolution of Monteverdi's full attention...continue...
Recording information: La chapelle Saint Romain de Moirans-en-Montagne, Franch....continue...