Classique du Thé

Juno Award-winning ensemble Les Violons du Roy reveals its astonishing breadth with a new CD release, Bartók, under the baton of Associate Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni. Best known for interpretations of baroque and classical masterpieces, Les Violons tackle Bartók’s Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta with conviction and verve. Bartók’s music was deeply influenced by Hungarian, Slovakian and Romanian folk music. His Romanian Folk Dances, composed in 1915, have remained his most popular work. Premiered two decades later in 1937, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is the culmination of Bartók’s long search to forge a language for art music that integrates the characteristics of the folk music of the countries of eastern Europe.

ATMA Classique presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations in an arrangement for strings and continuo by Bernard Labadie, performed by Les Violons du Roy under Labadie’s baton. This recording was originally released on the Dorian label in 2000.

Alexandre Tharaud follows his dazzling album of Scarlatti sonatas with another fusion of modern and historically informed performance styles. Joining him in this new collection of Bach keyboard concertos is the dynamic period-instrument ensemble Les Violons du Roy, under its director Bernard Labadie.

Cellist Cameron Crozman returns with a new recording of Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 and Jacques Hétu’s Rondo for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 9. He joins Les Violons du Roy conducted by Nicolas Ellis.

Huit nouvelles écrites à la première personne et mettant en scène des narrateurs vieillissants qui redécouvrent leur jeunesse et les rencontres qui les ont marqués. …

Un recueil de 17 nouvelles qui offrent un panorama de l'univers de U.K. Le Guin : des voyages temporels à partir d'une chambre de bonne du IVe arrondissement de Paris, le cruel devenir du seul survivant d'une colonie de dix individus ou encore le bonheur d'une ville intimement lié au malheur d'une seule personne. …

Hugo Reyne décide, en 1987, de fonder un ensemble dont la vocation est la redécouverte du patrimoine musical français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Le nom qu´il lui choisit réunit le mot simphonie, synonyme à cette époque d´ensemble instrumental, et le Marais, l´un des plus beaux quartiers de Paris, représentatif de la période baroque.