The Paris Pieces

The Rubinstein Collection Volume 43 - Music of France Music

Posted by wursthans at June 8, 2009

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Aeolian Quartet - Arriaga: The 3 String Quartets (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 7, 2020

Aeolian Quartet - Arriaga: The 3 String Quartets (2020)
FLAC tracks | 69:51 | 166 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label:

The composer Juan Arriaga was born in Bilbao on 27 January 1806. He studied and worked in Paris from his mid-teens, and died there just short of his 20th birthday. According to his father Arriaga composed his first piece at the age of 11, and his Op. 1 an Overture was written in 1818, scored for a wind and string nonet. In 1819 Arriagas opera Los esclavos felices appeared, of which only fragments remain. There were additionally some piano pieces, motets and patriotic hymns, amounting to about 20 works by 1821. In September of that year Arriaga left Spain. He met the Spanish ambassador in Paris, and the composer Cherubini, at that time one of the inspectors of the Paris Conservatoire. There he was admitted to the counterpoint class of a newly appointed professor Francois-Joseph Fétis (1784-1871), and to the violin class of Pierre Baillot. His Conservatoire prizes included those for counterpoint and fugue in both 1823 and 1824 the year that Fétistook him as a teaching assistant. During these years Arriaga revised, and perhaps destroyed, several earlier works as well as producing a regular flow of new compositions. The three string quartets, probably written before 1822, were published in 1824. This exploration of his works was recorded in 1954 by The Aeolian Quartet.

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Jean-Francois Paillard - Concert francais. Pièces de Couperin, Aubert & Dauvergne (Remastered) (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 19, 2020

Jean-Francois Paillard - Concert francais. Pièces de Couperin, Aubert & Dauvergne (Remastered) (2020)
FLAC tracks | 46:08 | 258 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Warner Classics

Conductor and musicologist Jean-François Paillard was one of the most visible French exponents of Baroque music from the 1960s onward. Paillard earned a degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne, but he turned to music soon after. He attended the Paris Conservatory as a musicology student, where he won first prize in music history; he later studied conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Igor Markevitch. He formed the Ensemble Jean-Marie Leclair in 1952, which was renamed the Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra the following year. Comprised of a dozen string players and a harpsichord, the group paralleled such small-scale English ensembles as the Boyd Neel Orchestra in performing Baroque-era works – especially those from France – as well as contemporary works for string orchestra.

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VA - Classical for the Brain: Satie (2022) Music

Posted by at Aug. 22, 2024

VA - Classical for the Brain: Satie (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.01 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 914 MB
6:33:43 | Classical | Label: UMG

Erik Satie was an important French composer from the generation of Debussy. Best remembered for several groups of piano pieces, including Trois Gymnopédies (1888), Trois Sarabandes (1887) and Trois Gnossiennes (1890), he was championed by Jean Cocteau and helped create the famous group of French composers, Les Six, which was fashioned after his artistic ideal of simplicity in the extreme. Some have viewed certain of his stylistic traits as components of Impressionism, but his harmonies and melodies have relatively little in common with the characteristics of that school.

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The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century France: (London Baroque) (2005) Music

Posted by Ebisu at Nov. 15, 2013

The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century France: Lully, Geoffroy, L. Couperin, F. Couperin, Le Roux, Clerambault, Marais, Rebel (London Baroque) (2005)
Classical | Eac. Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 440.52 MB
Label: BIS | TT: 69:56

This is the second of a planned series of eight discs promising to trace the development of the trio sonata, the archetypal Baroque chamber form. The first, devoted to music from London Baroque’s home country, was reviewed in Fanfare 28:3 with considerable enthusiasm by Laura Rónai, and by myself elsewhere in a review that largely mirrored my colleague’s findings. Now London Baroque has turned its attention to what was happening during the same period across the English Channel, with equally commendable results.
FANFARE: Brian Robins

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«The Animal Gazer» by Edgardo Franzosini eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at Dec. 12, 2019

«The Animal Gazer» by Edgardo Franzosini
English | ISBN: 9781788549387 | EPUB | 1.1 MB

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Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music [BOX SET] Music

Posted by kukekene at Oct. 23, 2008

Erik Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Jean-Yves Thibaudet [BOX SET]
MP3 | 320 kbps | Box Set: 5 CDs | 710 MB

Release Date: Jun 10, 2003
Recording Time: 6:23

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Anne Queffélec - Liszt: Piano Pieces (1975/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at June 25, 2020

Anne Queffélec - Liszt: Piano Pieces (1975/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 52:40 minutes | 827 MB
Classical | Label: Erato Records, Official Digital Download

Anne Queffélec attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. She started playing piano at the age of five. In 1964, she enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire. She won the first prize for piano in 1965 and the first prize for chamber music in 1966. She continued her education with Paul Badura-Skoda and Jörg Demus. She won the first prize at the Munich competition in 1968. Since then she continued her career playing at the international centres.

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VA - Chopin: The Essentials (2016) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 22, 2020

VA - Chopin: The Essentials (2016)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | 01:52:35 | 446 Mb
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

From the Minute Waltz to the Military Polonaise these 25 tracks display the inimitable master composer for the piano at his best in performances from some of the greatest Chopin interpreters: Martha Argerich, Emil Gilels, Maria João Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Yundi and more.

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AC/DC - The Complete Soundboard Collection With Bon Scott 1976 - 1979 (2011) [Limited Edition, 13 CD & 1 DVD Box Set] Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Sept. 7, 2014

Bon Scott , the charismatic and now legendary front man for AC/DC who died on the eve of superstardom and who left a incredible musical legacy, the man who gave us such memorable quotes as “people ask me if i’m AC or DC, neither I’m the lightning in the middle” is the subject, or catalyst, for this exciting new release. Without alot of hoopla along comes this box set that presents all of the soundboard live recordings that feature Bon Scott on vocals. Since the band was in their formative years and were a touring band they used radio as a means to get their music out to people to be heard, the majority of this set is culled from these radio broadcasts. They are not only among the best in quality but also performance.

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