Les Fêtes Galantes The Lace Wars (1965) René Clair, Jean Pierre Cassel, Philippe Avron, Marie Dubois, Comedy, History, War

This album pays tribute to the transmission of Italian baroque singing, evoking the depths of the relationship between teachers and students, tracing a musical journey through the stylistic evolutions from the 17th to the 18th century.

In January we celebrate the centenary of the greatest flautist in history, Jean-Pierre Rampal. The 1960s and 1970s mark the high point of Rampal’s collaboration with Erato with an outstanding series of landmark recordings, each of which being more beautiful than the other. In particular, two memorable baroque monographies are published.
One contains a large part of Handel’s flute sonatas (from the Op. 1 to the spurious Halle Sonatas) recorded with long-time keyboard accompanist Robert Veyron-Lacroix and was awarded a Grand Prix du disque. The other contains all the Vivaldi concertos with flute, including uncomplete ones then recorded for the first time ever! It also marks the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership with conductor Claudio Scimone.