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Louis Lortie - Liszt: The Complete Années de Pèlerinage (2011/2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Louis Lortie - Liszt: The Complete Années de Pèlerinage (2011/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 161:11 minutes | 2,4 GB
Classical | Label: Chandos Records, Official Digital Download

The virtuoso pianist and exclusive Chandos artist Louis Lortie here performs all three books, or ‘Years’, of Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage), a work rarely recorded in its entirety. Lortie has made more than thirty recordings for Chandos, covering a repertoire from Mozart to Stravinsky. His recording of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Variations won an Edison Award; his disc of works by Schumann and Brahms was judged one of the best CDs of the year by BBC Music, and his interpretations of Liszt’s complete works for piano and orchestra and of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas were both selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.
Louis Lortie - Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2003) 2CDs

Louis Lortie - Maurice Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2003) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 407 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 325 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN X10142(2) | Time: 02:20:44

By virtue of their diverse styles and extraordinary technical demands, Ravel's solo piano works present a daunting challenge to anyone who would record them as a complete set. From the sublime Pavane pour une infante défunte and the crystalline Sonatine, to the dazzling impressionism of Miroirs and the nightmarish intricacies of Gaspard de la nuit, Ravel's keyboard music reflects all aspects of his spontaneous imagination and his involved artistic development. Few performers have completely mastered this complex body of work and recorded it superbly, but versatile Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is in that select company.
Marie-Louise Duthoit, Le Concert Calotin, Fabien Armengaud - Louis-Antoine Dornel: Pieces de clavecin, airs et trios (2002)

Louis-Antoine Dornel: Pièces de clavecin, airs et trios (2002)
Marie-Louise Duthoit, soprano; Le Concert Calotin; Fabien Armengaud, clavecin & direction

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 327 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Arion | # ARN 68559 | Time: 01:00:37

Dornel’s imaginative and dynamic compositional style was perfectly suited to the lively and ever-changing musical environment of Paris in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The glorious years of Louis XIV’s reign were coming to a close, and with it the Sun King’s uncompromising grip on permitted musical taste was beginning to weaken. As musical life at the royal court began to decline so the hub of French musical life shifted from Versailles to Paris, and a strong sense of new found freedom prevailed in the city’s cultured circles. The relative merits of French and Italian musical styles were hotly debated, and works by the likes of Corelli and Vivaldi became well known and were eagerly consumed. In addition, a tradition of public concerts (including Philidor’s famous Concert Spirituel) began in Paris, giving visiting artists from far afield a chance to demonstrate their skills as well as giving composers a chance to air new works. Dornel’s Pièces de clavecin were published in 1731. His keyboard pieces were highly praised in the Mercure de France, and are notable for how little they owe to Rameau’s seminal 1724 collection. Instead the influence of François Couperin’s Ordres from fifteen years or so before is much more strongly discernible.

Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 7, 2022
Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)

Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 160 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 188 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:21:24
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, and the Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best-known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings, in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos.

Rinaldo Alessandrini - Louis Couperin: Suites (2019)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at May 22, 2023
Rinaldo Alessandrini - Louis Couperin: Suites (2019)

Rinaldo Alessandrini - Louis Couperin: Suites (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 502 Mb | Total time: 79:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP30577 | Recorded: 2018

At the harpsichord, Rinaldo Alessandrini creates several ‘suites de danse’ from the magnificent output of Louis Couperin.

John Kitchen - Music from the age of Louis XIV (2013)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Feb. 8, 2024
John Kitchen - Music from the age of Louis XIV (2013)

John Kitchen - Music from the age of Louis XIV (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 531 Mb | Total time: 77:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delphian | # DCD34109 | Recorded: 2010

John Kitchen continues his much-lauded series of recordings from the instruments of the world-famous Roger Mirrey collection of keyboard instruments. Recorded in St Cecilia's Hall, Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall, this programme is specifically designed to highlight the unique qualities of the 1755 double-manual harpsichord by Luigi Baillon. Built in Cyteux, Burgundy, it has a very different sound from Parisian instruments of the time; cleaner and brighter in tone, it is the perfect vehicle for Kitchen's subtly nuanced playing, which brings the sophistication of the period to new life.
Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Louis Lortie & Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 81:24 minutes | 1,05 GB
Classical | Label: Chandos Records, Official Digital Download

Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, and the Ballade slave).
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (2014)

Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.5 GB
11:08:36 | Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Vocal | Label: Mosaic Records

The Columbia/RCA live package includes nearly 163 tracks of Pops' most popular songs along with many that are far less familiar; 75 tracks are being released for the first time. The set begins with 20 tracks from Armstrong's1947 concert at New York's Town Hall with his small group dubbed the All Stars: Jack Teagarden on trombone, clarinetist Peanuts Hucko, pianist Dick Cary, bassist Bob Haggart and two alternating drummers, George Wettling and "Big" Sid Catlett. Also included is Armstrong's 1947 Carnegie Hall concert, which sat improperly labeled in RCA's vaults for over half a century and is issued here for the very first time. Some 90 minutes of material was preserved—18 tracks, also featuring Teagarden, Cary and Catlett, but this time with Barney Bigard on clarinet, bassist Arvell Shaw and the vocalist Velma Middleton.
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (2014)

Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.5 GB
11:08:36 | Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Vocal | Label: Mosaic Records

The Columbia/RCA live package includes nearly 163 tracks of Pops' most popular songs along with many that are far less familiar; 75 tracks are being released for the first time. The set begins with 20 tracks from Armstrong's1947 concert at New York's Town Hall with his small group dubbed the All Stars: Jack Teagarden on trombone, clarinetist Peanuts Hucko, pianist Dick Cary, bassist Bob Haggart and two alternating drummers, George Wettling and "Big" Sid Catlett. Also included is Armstrong's 1947 Carnegie Hall concert, which sat improperly labeled in RCA's vaults for over half a century and is issued here for the very first time. Some 90 minutes of material was preserved—18 tracks, also featuring Teagarden, Cary and Catlett, but this time with Barney Bigard on clarinet, bassist Arvell Shaw and the vocalist Velma Middleton.
Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau, Mauricio Buraglia, Pierre Trocellier - Marais: Six suites d'un goût français (1996)

Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau, Mauricio Buraglia, Pierre Trocellier - Marin Marais: Six suites d'un goût français (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 590 Mb | Total time: 53:01+53:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pierre Verany | # PV796012/13 | Recorded: 1994

"On peut dire que Marais a porté la Viole à son plus haut degré de perfection , et qu'il est le premier qui en a fait connoître toute l'étendue et toute les beautés par le grand nombre d'excellentes pièces qu'il a composées pour cet Instrument, et par la manière admirable dont il les exécutoît", écrivait Evrard Titon du Tillet dans ses "Vies des Musiciens (..) du règne de Louis le Grand"(1), avant de rappeler que Sainte Colombe, Maître de Marais, ne manquait pas de "rendre toujours justice [à son élève] sur le progrès étonnant qu'il avoit fait sur la Viole ; et étant un jour dans une compagnie où Marais jouoit de la Viole, ayant été interrogé par des personnes de distinction sur ce qu'il pensoit de sa manière de jouer, il leur répondit qu'il y avoit des Elèves qui pouvoient surpasser leur Maître, mais que le jeune Marais n'en trouverais jamais qui le surpassât. Pour rendre la Viole plus sonore Marais est le premier qui ait imaginé de faire filer en laiton les trois dernières cordes des Basses."