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Antoine Tamestit, Markus Hadulla, Frankfurt RSO, Paavo Järvi - Paul Hindemith: Bratsche! Viola Works (2013)

Antoine Tamestit, Markus Hadulla, Frankfurt RSO, Paavo Järvi - Hindemith: Bratsche! (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 296 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Naive | # V5329 | Time: 01:07:12

Bratsche! It’s not often that the German word for ‘viola’ comes with an exclamation mark attached, but the cover of Antoine Tamestit’s new release heralds something worth celebrating. Among the latest of the new star violists to record Hindemith, Tamestit brings his wonderful musical intelligence to bear on some of the greatest music written for the instrument. Tamestit has selected four contrasting works that reflect that composer’s expressive range: one of the solo sonatas, one of the sonatas with piano, and two very different works for viola and orchestra.
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1995)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 56:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | 0630-11913-2 | Recorded: 1995

The myth of Orpheus–the divine musician who went to Hades to rescue his bride Eurydice from the dead and whose song actually persuaded Pluto to release her–has been irresistible to operatic composers from Monteverdi to Offenbach. One of the happiest rediscoveries of the Baroque revival is this lovely one-act chamber opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, which combines the gentle lilt typical of French Baroque music with the beautiful melodies and delicious suspensions in which Charpentier excelled. Charpentier diverged from the myth in one important respect: he omitted the tragic ending in which Orpheus loses Eurydice a second time, instead allowing the couple to live happily ever after.
Jean-Marc Andrieu, Orchestre Les Passions - Antoine-Esprit Blanchard: Magnificat à la Chapelle Royale (2016)

Jean-Marc Andrieu, Orchestre Les Passions - Antoine-Esprit Blanchard: Magnificat à la Chapelle Royale (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 377 Mb | Total time: 76:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ligia | # 0202313-16 | Recorded: 2016

Ce CD fait découvrir trois motets à grand choeur du compositeur méridionnal Antoine-Esprit Blanchard, dont deux en première mondiale. Ces grandes pièces, tout à la fois empreintes de noblesse et de théâtralité, alternant faste des chœurs et intimité des récits, donnent un aperçu fidèle de la musique pratiquée et appréciée à la chapelle de Louis XV, dans la tradition du grand motet français instaurée par Louis XIV.
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust & Antoine Tamestit - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (2021)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust & Antoine Tamestit - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 480 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 202 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:27:35
Classical | Label: harmonia mundi

Johann Sebastian Bach and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin go back a long way together! This recording, made with the welcome participation of Isabelle Faust and Antoine Tamestit, follows the complete violin concertos (2019), which left a lasting impression. Returning regularly to the inexhaustible source of the Brandenburgs ever since a memorable first recording in the late 1990s, the Berlin musicians have achieved a sovereign mastery of what is not a single work, but six, which, under their fingers, are successive episodes of a piece of musical theatre in love with dance, transparent sound and freedom. An exhilarating experience!
Christophe Rousset, Herve Niquet, Jordi Savall, Fabio Biondi - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, un automne musical à Versailles (2005)

Christophe Rousset, Herve Niquet, Jordi Savall, Fabio Biondi, Gérard Lesne, Christina Pluhar - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, un automne musical à Versailles (2005)
PAL 16:9 (720x576) | Français | (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 150 min | 7,74 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Armide | Sub: English, Français, Deutsch | Recorded: 2003

Studio Armide represents magnificent documentary film Olivier Simonnet «Marc-Antoine Charpentier, un automne musical à Versailles». Marc-Antoine Charpentier never had an official function at the court of Louis XIV. In 2004 Versailles finally opened its doors to him for the tercentennial commemorations of his death. The finest performers of baroque music, from Jordi Savall to Christophe Rousset, played the most important works of the time in the Royal Chapel opera house, as well as in the chateau salons and galleries: from instrumental music (Lully’s Alceste) to vocal music (Actéon), from lyric tragedy (Médée) to sacred music (Missa assumpta est Maria). The life of this collaborator of Molière’s and cultural life under Louis XIV are enriched by the participation of conductors and musicians.

Antoine Berjeaut - On the Line Ost (2022)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Dec. 16, 2022
Antoine Berjeaut - On the Line Ost (2022)

Antoine Berjeaut - On the Line Ost (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 190 MB | Cover | 45:19 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 105 MB
Jazz, Soundtrack | Label: I See Colors

French trumpet/flugelhorn player, composer and producer, Antoine Berjeaut is a stalmart of the European jazz and electronic scene. A key member of sought-after big band Surnatural Orchestra and spiritual soul/jazz collective Tribe From The Ashes, Berjeaut had released a handful of albums as a leader including Wasteland with US indie rap/spoken word royalty Mike Ladd and library-music inspired project Primitive London (with saxophonist Robin Fincker). He writes scores for films and TV – lately for multi-award winning documentary On The Line, broadcast on national TV France 2.
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.

Antoine Dufour - Development (2006) {Candyrat}  Music

Posted by TestTickles at Sept. 30, 2020
Antoine Dufour - Development (2006) {Candyrat}

Antoine Dufour - Development (2006) {Candyrat}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 289 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 100 mb
Genre: folk

Development is a 2006 folk album by Canadian artist Antoine Dufour. Candyrat Records made this for all.

Thalia Ensemble - Antoine Reicha: Wind Quintets (2015)  Music

Posted by Designol at July 19, 2022
Thalia Ensemble - Antoine Reicha: Wind Quintets (2015)

Thalia Ensemble - Antoine Reicha: Wind Quintets (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 284 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Linn Records | # CKD 471 | Time: 01:07:20

The young Thalia Ensemble erupted into the public spotlight with their being chosen as winners at the prestigious biennial York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. Their debut release spotlights the compositions of Antoine Reicha. Regarded as a pre-eminent composer for winds, Reicha , a flautist had an uncanny gift of melding the various wind instruments into a rich sonic tapestry in his compositions and the Thalia Ensemble’s inspired and dynamic playing proves to be a perfect match with the lively Wind Quintets.
Sebastien Dauce, Ensemble Correspondances - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Histoires Sacrees (2019)

Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Histoires Sacrées (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 848 Mb | Total time: 82:38+77:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMM 902280.81 | Recorded: 2016

Marc-Antoine Charpentier is the only composer of the age of Louis XIV to have distinguished himself so remarkably in the genre of the ‘sacred history’: he wrote more than thirty such works, all composed after his residence in Italy.
Sébastien Daucé and the Ensemble Correspondances have carefully extracted from this outstanding corpus a number of gems that reflect both his experience in Rome (probably studying with Carissimi, the master of the oratorio) and the humanist concerns of an entire period.