French Harpsichord Music

Matthias Weckman (1616-1674) - Complete Works (2016) {5CD Ricercar-Outhere Music Digital Download RIC 369}
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© 2016 Ricercar / Outhere Music | RIC 369
Classical / Baroque / Chamber Music / Vocal Music / Organ

Matthias Weckmann is doubtless the most fascinating Hamburg composer of the mid-17th century. A disciple of Schütz, nurtured on Italian music and, in particular, that of Claudio Monteverdi, he shone in all genres, achieving an impressive blending of these two worlds. His concerts spirituels are characterised by the important role they give to the instruments, veritable accomplices of the singers.

SEON (Studio Erichson) is a period music label by the legendary producer Wolf Erichson. Erichson founded the label in 1969 as one of the first labels dedicated only to authentic music. The recordings were made with the best available recording techniques of the time and still deliver a high quality product in line with today's standards. This special boxset offers all SEON CD reissues from the late 90s on 85 CDs in a limited edition boxset.

SEON (Studio Erichson) is a period music label by the legendary producer Wolf Erichson. Erichson founded the label in 1969 as one of the first labels dedicated only to authentic music. The recordings were made with the best available recording techniques of the time and still deliver a high quality product in line with today's standards. This special boxset offers all SEON CD reissues from the late 90s on 85 CDs in a limited edition boxset.

Il Giardino Armonico Deux - Music of the French Baroque
Including works by Rameau, Marais & Telemann
DVD 16:9 | Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo | Full Artwork: 105 MB
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Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque

Baroque virtuosi Il Giardino Armonico prove how exciting original instruments can be by clearing out the intellectual and sensuous ballast that a work accumulates over the centuries to allow it to sparkle in its genuine colours. With wide screen picture format (16:9) and digital surround sound audio quality, this film not only proves the quality and versatility of the ensemble, but also manages to serve baroque music to a 21st century audience using state-of-the-art video technology.

For their third disc, Les Timbres return to French chamber music (after Pieces of Harpsichord in Concerts by Rameau-Flora, Diapason d'Or in 2014). In great company, the ensemble offers a version particularly rich in colors of this opus that Couperin publishes in 1722 following his Third Book of harpsichord pieces. He gives four suites of dances for several instruments, typically French, destined for small concerts for the aging king who loves to hear these dances that have given him so many pleasures in his youth. From the intimacy of one or two instrumentalists to the greatness of ten musicians, this is a festival of …. timbres (!) That invites you to this new recording of this splendid work by Francois Couperin.