Louis vi

Compositeur, pédagogue et joueur de basse de viole à la cour, Marin Marais haussa le jeu de la viole soliste au plus haut niveau de raffinement. Il composa plus de cinq cents pièces, toutes annotées avec précision, sur lesquelles se mesurèrent tous les joueurs de viole de l’époque. Il publia cinq livres pour cet instrument dont certains en duo ou trio.

This is a beautiful example of long-gone style, panache, elan - old cliches in writing about classical music…but damned if they aren't fully appropriate here. The Massenet and Charpentier played by the Opera-Comique orchestra and Dervaux, in addition, provide that uniquely French tone color that has just about disappeared from the world long ago, a real treat for those who can appreciate it. The more internationally bland basic sound of the Birmingham group is transcended by the stylish and vigorous leadership of conductor Fremaux. It's been said that no recording of the Le Cid music has bettered it since, and having heard this recording once again after some years, I couldn't agree more. Beautiful stuff, beautifully remastered.

Mari bafoué, gouvernant immature et dépourvu de toute envergure dont le règne n'aurait été qu'une longue suite d'erreurs et d'humiliations: le Louis VII dépeint par l'historiographie traditionnelle manque singulièrement de grandeur, et sa faiblesse offre un saisissant contraste avec la vigueur de son père, Louis VI, ou le génie politique de son fils, Philippe Auguste. …

Although similar in appearance, the viola da gamba and the cello are actually members of two distinct families of stringed instruments. Both coexisted since the early Renaissance, but it was not until the first half of the eighteenth century that the tide shifted, with the cello achieving dominance and the viol gradually fading into obscurity. This recording featuring gambist Jean-Louis Charbonnier and cellist Claire Giardelli explores this transition with solo works written for both instruments by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

With the Mass op. 54 for five solo voices and two five-part choirs and the Three Psalms op. 85, we present Spohr's sacred a cappella choral music. Spohr has also achieved something new and extraordinary in this field In the 1821 mass, for example, there are echoes of the Russian Orthodox liturgy which Spohr had become acquainted with during an early trip to Russia. Nothing academic adheres to the works collected here; it is rather expressive music of the highest content, and only Mendelssohn and Brahms were later to write choral music of similar perfection It is sung by the Rundfunkchor Berlin under the direction of Michael Glaeser and Dietrich Knothe.

Ivan Gobry, professeur à l'Université de Reims pendant 27 ans, a aussi été membre du conseil scientifique de l'Université de la Citoyenneté européenne (Conseil de l'Europe), professeur à l'Institut catholique de Paris et a écrit une centaine d'ouvrages sur l'histoire et le Moyen Âge, des ouvrages philosophiques et religieux, des essais, ainsi que des livres d'aventure pour enfants : Saint François d'Assise, Saint Bernard, Martin Luther, Clovis le Grand, Les Moines en Occident, Le Procès des Templiers, Charlemagne, Clotaire Ier, Pépin le Bref, Louis Ier, Philippe Ier, Louis VI et Louis VII, etc.