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Giya Kancheli, born August 10, 1935 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian contemporary classical composer resident in Belgium.

This celebration of the glories of the French baroque and especially works composed in memory of Jean-Baptiste Lully explores the gamut from glorious pomp, melancholy softness, to refined mystery on the Isnard organ (1774) at Saint Maximin with the fine playing of Philippe Bardon. The works by Charles Piroye (1668?-1712?), a student of Lully and lifelong organist, are his complete output for organ, including works recently located by Paul Bardon.

Un enregistrement du grand-orgue historique Isnard de Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (1772). Miraculeusement préservé, cet instrument possède des flûtes ainsi qu'un plein jeu au charme inégalé. Ses trompettes en chamade donnent au grand jeu une majesté et un éclat d'une très grande noblesse. Ses jeux d'anches merveilleux - Cromorne et Voix humaine, Hautbois et Trompettes, Clairons et Bombarde - l'ont fait rayonner dans le monde entier.

With a phenomenal blend of knowledge, passion, humour, and memory, the great Hungarian pianist analyzes for his audiience in Wigmore Hall, London, all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. These lectures are fascinating and indispensable for those who seek a better understanding of these works. But be warned: after you hear his lecture on Op.27, nº2 ("Moonlight") the music will never be the same again

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magic images.") Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, the musical triptych that also includes the cantata Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The best-known movement is "O Fortuna" that opens and closes the piece.