Classical music
JORDI SAVALL: ROYAL FANTASIES at the time of the wars of the three kingdoms
As part of the 9th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, Hespérion XXI, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, performs "Royal Fantasies in the Time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms", a string ensemble on the 30 years of conflicts which marked the English court in the 17th century.
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JORDI SAVALL: Southern Europe 1541-1614
The 9th Fontfroide Festival directed by Jordi Savall at the Abbaye de Fontfroide ,“Music and History for an Intercultural Dialogue”. Exceptional concerts and privileged moments of emotion and conversation with musicians from all around the world.
SOUTHERN EUROPE 1541-1614 , Concert recorded...
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book VI in Venice
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book VII
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Mozart, concertos for violin N°1, N°2, N°3, N°4, N°5
Passionate about freedom and sharing and eschewing conservatism, Les Dissonances brings the freshness back to Mozart’s five violin concertos. Led by David Grimal's Stradivarius, the twenty-six-piece ensemble reveals the luminosity and virtuosity of these works.
Composed in his youth, the violin conc...
Renaud Capuçon : Beethoven Korngold (Artistic confessions)
Violinist Renaud CAPUCON and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yannick NEZET SEGUIN record works by KORNGOLD and BEETHOVEN. Interview with Renaud CAPUÇON and Yannick NEZET SEGUIN. Excerpt Beethoven Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major opus 6Excerpt Beethoven Concert...
Renaud et Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Quatuor Ebène : Fauré Chamber music (Artistic Confessions)
On the occasion of the recording of a disc… Interviews : Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Michel Dalberto, Raphael Merlin, Pierre Colombet, Matthieu Herzog and Gabriel Le Magadure of the Eben quartet, Excerpt Fauré Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello in C minor opus 15Excerpt ...
Schubert, string quartet N° 15 in G Major D.887, op. 161
This string Quartet, written by Franz Schubert in ten days in June 1826, is the fifth and final composed for this kind of ensemble. This quartet is characterized by its polyphonic extent, its contrasts and structural complexity. It includes four movements : Allegro molto moderato, Andante un poco mo...
The French National Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi & Fazil Say
Recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in paris, october 2014
Creation or performance, Fazil Say masters the art of taking the public’s breath away. His virtuosity allows him to use a stunning spontaneity during his concerts. Concerts he is performing here under the direction of Kristjan Järvi with the...
VENETIAN SPLENDOURS: André Campra, Antonio Vivaldi
As part of the 32nd Lyon Baroque Music Festival, the Concert spirituel, under the direction of Hervé NIQUET, performs works by André Campra and Antonio Vivaldi.
Hervé Niquet decided to compare Vivaldi’s world famous work with André Campra’s fascinating Mass Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, disti...
