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Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 3
Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Saint-Ouen, Rouen
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 197 MB | Full Artwork: 124 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 0953-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2001
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 3
Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Saint-Ouen, Rouen
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 197 MB | Full Artwork: 124 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 0953-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2001
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

"…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…" ~wikipedia

Firmly established as one of the world's greatest violinists, Renaud Capucon's career both on the stage and as a recording artist has spanned a wide gamut of concerto repertoire, chamber music and recitals. He has a reputation for impeccable performances and fine interpretations of classics and lesser-known repertoire, from his most recent albums with critically-acclaimed readings of the Bach Violin Concertos and the Vasks Violin Concerto, and a recital disc with Khatia Buniatishvili, to the Beethoven / Korngold and Brahms/Berg concertos, Renaud has become known for the breadth of his repertoire, his world-class chamber music partners, and the quality of is playing.

New Naïve signing baritone Stéphane Degout has already featured as soloist with the internationally renowned choral group Accentus on Brahms' German Requiem and Fauré's Requiem. The programme on his solo debut CD is a selection of mélodies by various French composers, Debussy, Ravel, Duparc, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, and Reynaldo Hahn. Stéphane Degout first met pianist Hélène Lucas when he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon in 1995.

Stéphane Lucas - Sur les Elles de Gainsbourg (2009)
French Pop/Rock | MP3@320kbps | 39:01 | 90 MB

Onze chansons de Serge Gainsbourg refont surface au Québec sous forme de duos et pourraient même mener à un spectacle inspiré par l'oeuvre de l'enfant terrible de la musique française. Question de souligner le fait que Gainsbourg aurait franchi le cap des 80 ans s'il était encore vivant, le groupe Avec Musique a lancé l'idée d'un album de duos formés du chanteur d'origine française Stéphane Lucas et de 10 québécoises connues, chanteuses professionnelles ou non. Les interprètes Marie Carmen, Patsy Gallant, Caroline Néron, Mélanie Renaud et Julie Salvador, ont accepté de revisiter des incontournables de Gainsbourg, des chansons du début des années 1960.

Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is one of the most inventive oratorios ever composed, constantly flitting between styles and colours. It follows the historic French heroine in the hours leading up to her execution. Indeed, the run-up to her death sentence is reconstructed as if in a crime novel. Paul Claudel's lively libretto contrasts Jeanne with an assorted lot of strange and wonderful characters. More than enough reason for Honegger to open up a colourful paintbox: the work features a succession of choral passages infused with spirituality, cubist-like blocks of sound and even bits of material reminiscent of the music hall. This is grist to conductor Stéphane Denève's mill, who is a leading authority on French music and a regular guest with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; together with two choirs and a variety of soloists and actors, he realized a compelling and moving Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher.

Written in an extremely personal musical language combining medieval polyphony with Debussy's tone colors, Migot's œuvre is an expression of rigorous, humane, and profound thought. In Le zodiaque, one of the great works for piano of the 20th century, this consummately French composer searches to express the spiritual rather than the merely esoteric.