Quentin Guérillot Lefébure Wély: Noël Sous L'empire (2023)

French organ music under Napoleon and the Restoration is an overlooked period in musical history, inheriting the glories of classical organ and heralding the great romantic organ music. This pivotal time, teeming with great performers - most of them improvisers - counted Isaac-Francois Lefebure-Wely among its masters, who presided over the prestigious Eglise Saint-Roch from 1805. In 1823 he published a collection of 34 Noels, inspired by those of his predecessors yet deeply rooted in their time, imbued with the memory of the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses. These extremely popular works for nativity ring out in true splendour from the organ of the Chapelle Royale, shimmering with the mysteries of Christmas through Quentin Guerillot's generous, familiar style.

ATMA Classique is delighted to present Anguille sous roche (Something fishy!), the first recording by the latest incarnation of renowned viol duo Les Voix humaines. The new pairing consists of Mélisande Corriveau, who succeeds the duo’s co-founder Margaret Little, and Susie Napper. Corriveau and Napper have performed together for two decades as members of Les Voix humaines Consort. Both play on historic viols by London luthier, Barak Norman.

Suite au succès de la première saison de Meurtres sous le gui, écrite par le lauréat de nombreux prix Écrans canadiens Ken Cuperus, Léane Labrèche-Dor (Les hommes de ma mère) reprend le rôle de la pétillante Émilie Lavoie. Avec Frédéric Pierre de Lakay Nou et Alertes, et une distribution exceptionnelle mettant en vedette Raymond Cloutier (STAT), Ève Lemieux (À cœur battant), et Guenièvre Sandré (Indéfendable). Préparez-vous pour une période des fêtes chaleureuse, et criminelle, avec cet Original d’Audible. …