The extraordinary series of 1998-2006 recordings of the nine published books of madrigals by Monteverdi, from Claudio Cavina and the Italian ensemble La Venexiana, is now available in limited-time and limited-number boxed set form from Glossa. This multi-award-winning cycle set new standards in textual declamation, rhetorical color and harmonic refinement. Also included is the Live in Corsica album of Monteverdi madrigals (2002) and a newly-written essay by original series essayist Stefano Russomanno of which all, along with full texts and translations in PDF form, are also included.
Rédigée sous couvert d'anonymat et publiée le 20 août 1662, cette nouvelle représente l'acte de naissance du genre défini par J. Segrais. Sur fond de guerre de religion, Mademoiselle de Mézières, qui ressent un amour partagé pour le duc de Guise, est mariée au prince de Montpensier. Le duc d'Anjou, ignorant l'inclination de la princesse, tombe amoureux et devient le rival du duc de Guise. …
More than 300 years after Antonio Vivaldi composed The Four Seasons , the most famous work in the history of music is still as lively and invigorating as ever. Now Le Concert de la Loge has recorded this Baroque treasure with its founder and director, the violinist Julien Chauvin, as soloist. For the occasion, the Château de Versailles has loaned him an exceptional instrument: a Neapolitan violin by Nicola Gagliano, adorned with fleur-de-lys and inlaid decorations. This instrument, which was played by Yehudi Menuhin in the 1970s, comes from the ‘collection de Madame Adélaïde’, named after one of Louis XV’s daughters. It has not left the Château for almost a century and is in a perfect state of preservation. The main work is complemented by Vivaldi’s no less celebrated ‘La Follia’ and an aria that is now famous in its own right, ‘Sovvente il sole’ from Andromeda liberata , the score of which was discovered in Venice in 2002. It is performed here by the countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian.
A partir de son expérience professionnelle et des difficultés rencontrées pour faire accepter les résultats de ses recherches par ses pairs, l'auteur propose une réflexion sur l'innovation, l'organisation de la recherche et la liberté accordée aux chercheurs. Il critique le conformisme du milieu et les hiérarchies instituées. …