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Today almost ignored by musicologists and performers, and totally unknown to music-lovers, Johann Paul von Westhoff [1656-1705] was nonetheless an outstanding figure in late seventeenth-century musical life. He is one of those composers with an endearing personality who achieved a synthesis of the multiple trends in European music. He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, including the Sun King himself, before whom he appeared in 1682.

For her ninth recording project on Glossa, the Berlin-based American harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson is joined by her Finnish colleagues Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin) and Lauri Pulakka (cello). With this same setup which they are keen to call the Jones Band they have previously unearthed works for the label by Richard Jones and Giovanni Battista Somis. The new recording is centred on François Francur, a celebrated member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi and of Le Concert Spirituel in France, and co- director, later in his career, with François Rebel, of the Paris Opéra. The ten violin sonatas on the present double album represent the complete Premier Livre de sonates à violon seul et basse continue, published in Paris in 1720.

Over the past 20 years, The New Pornographers have proven themselves one of themost excellent bands in indie rock. The group’s ninth album and first for Mergeestablishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunkwhen it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them sospecial in the first place. A dazzling and intriguing collection of songs, Continue asa Guest finds bandleader A.C. Newman and his compatriots Neko Case, Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey, and Joe Seiders exploring fresh territory and shattering the barriers of their collective comfort zone.

Acclaimed for their interpretation of Vivaldi and Barriere's sonatas, Bruno Cocset's Les Basses Reunies return to Italian 18th century music in this fantastic new recording. The programmed, comprising sonatas by Francesco Geminiani, calls upon a distinguished guest: theorist and lutist Luca Pianca. Also featured under Cocset is Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord), Mathurin Martharel (cello), and Richard Myron (double bass).

Charles (ou François) Dieupart est un musicien (claveciniste et violoniste) d'origine française, né probablement à Paris, vers 1667 et mort à Londres vers 1740.
On ne connaît pas les détails de la jeunesse et de la formation de Dieupart, ni la raison de son émigration en Angleterre où il est présent en 1704. Connaisseur de la musique italienne et admirateur de Corelli, il a été en Angleterre un musicien apprécié de la haute société, notamment comme violoniste, et a participé au développement et à la diffusion de la musique et de l'opéra italien dans ce pays. Il a connu, à la fin de sa vie, l'indigence et une certaine déchéance sociale.

"…[The] 'Serenata a tre'…is brimming with energy and melodic invention, every aria a delight. The three singers give sparkling performances and London Baroque dispatches the brightly variegated score with much aplomb…"

–BBC Music

This present CD recording of 12 Motets for 1, 2 & 3 Men’s Voices and Basso continuo of Giacomo Carissimi? might be best considered an oddity as much as an attempt to satisfy a curiosity. Since there are no existing autograph Motet manuscripts of Giacomo Carissimi, all manuscripts that have been transcribed by Consortium Carissimi are transcriptions themselves of Carissimi’s contemporaries. These transcriptions of both sacred and secular music come from Library Manuscripts or Early Printed Editions, consequently much if not all of this music has not been performed and heard since.

The son of a double bass-player in the 24 Violons du Roi, François Francoeur was born on September 21, 1698. His prodigious early talent as a violinist gained him a place in the Opéra orchestra at the age of either 12 (New Grove Opera) or 15 (the notes for the present disc), where he was joined by the equally youthful François Rebel, the son of the more famous Jean-Ferry Rebel. The two youngsters formed what was destined to be a lifetime of collaboration, being known throughout their lifetime as “les petits violons.”

This bargain box contains recordings made between 1988 and 1999 accompanied by extensive introductory material. Alongside five CDs devoted exclusively to Telemann, and almost every work for recorder that he composed, are one of music for French horn and another of music for the rarer instruments of the baroque flute family. Works by composers contemporary with the Hamburg Kapellmeister have also been included in this new selection of re-releases from the Ricercar back catalogue.