For Guitare

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING The classical guitarist player, David Jacques, recorded several CDs for the XXI-21 label. He is garner of many nominations, prizes and distinctions. This Cd features several pieces composed and updated by the Sieur de la Grange, with the method of playing the basso continuo. Repertoire: A. Carré from Livre de pièces de guitarre et de musique. The only available copy, at the Bibliothèque de Paris, bears a handwritten date ca.1720. It was published in Paris and dedicated to Charlotte-Elisabeth of Bavaria, also called the Palatine Princess, second wife of Philippe de France, Duke of Orléans, and brother of Louis XIV (1652-1722). It is she who will say of Louis XIV that he played the guitar better than a master. The book s title suggests that Carré wasn t the only author of the works contained in this compendium. Certain pieces are associated to, among others, Francesco Corbetta the famous Italian guitarist and composer who dominated the guitar world during the 17th century.

Une intégrale de la musique pour guitare de Robert de Visée, par le guitariste canadien David Jacques, spécialiste en musique ancienne, sur une guitare cinq chœurs Claude Guibord, d’après un model Stradivarius de 1700.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Hector Berlioz, ATMA Classique and Festival Classica present the first complete recording of the composer's arrangements of romances for voice and guitar. Selected from The Recueil de romances avec accompagnement de guitare, most of these pieces are arrangements of popular tunes from the comic operas that were all the rage in Paris in Berlioz's time. Soprano Magali Simard-Galdes and tenor Antonio Figueroa are accompanied by David Jacques, who plays an 1829 Jean-Joseph Coffe guitar. The young Quebecoise soprano Magali Simard-Galdes has been acclaimed for her crystalline timbre, great musicality, and magnetic stage present. Recent debuts include the role of Sophie in Werther for Opera de Quebec, and Louisette in Bonsoir viosin at Opera Lafayette. Montreal native Antonio Figueroa began his career with the Opera de Montreal in their artist-in-residence program. He has won several awards, including the International Vocal Arts Institute's Silverman Prize for his performance as Belmonte. Guitarist and lutenist David Jacques has a Ph.D. in early music performance from the Universitie de Montreal. His discography consists of more than 50 recordings across several labels.

The first joint album from countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia, À sa guitare takes it's name from a song by the 20th century French composer Francis Poulenc. But it's frame of reference is extraordinarily wide - both culturally and stylistically. It's 22 tracks range across 400 years and music by composers and songwriters from France, Britain, Austria, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and the USA.