Eloïse Bella Kohn – J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Eloïse Bella Kohn – J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:23 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © haenssler CLASSIC

After several decades of debate, it is now firmly established that The Art of Fugue was composed for harpsichord. The notation on four staves could lead to confusion and wrongly suggest that the work was intended for an ensemble of four instruments. But this scheme of notation for a keyboard instrument was not uncommon in the past (e.g. it was used by the Italian Girolamo Frescobaldi in his Fiori Musicali), as it facilitates the visualization and grasp of each individual voice’s progression and beauty.

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Accentus, Christophe Grapperon, Eloïse Bella Kohn – Saint-Saëns – Hahn: À la lumière (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Accentus, Christophe Grapperon, Eloïse Bella Kohn – Saint-Saëns – Hahn: À la lumière (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:21 minutes | 474 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Ever since its creation more than twenty-five years ago, the Accentus chamber choir has ardently championed the a cappella repertory: under its conductor and founder Laurence Equilbey, it has produced an impressive discography that sets the benchmark in this music. For this new recording, the first for Alpha, she hands over direction of the ensemble to Christophe Grapperon, its associate conductor since 2013: ‘It can never be said often enough: the a cappella repertory is a Holy Grail of vocal music! It is a sensory experience directly accessible to everyone, but demanding and often atypical for the listener.’ Hahn and Saint-Saëns are on the programme of this album in superb choral works combining simplicity and expressive power, some of which have never been recorded before.
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