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Orchestre de Picardie – Jules Matton, Livre 2: Œuvres Orchestrales (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:47 minutes | 471 MB | Genre: Classical
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Jules Matton, a young rising star of the new generation of French composers, was welcomed in residence by the Orchestre de Picardie for two seasons. Three orchestral works resulting from this creative work were recorded by the Orchestre de Picardie under the direction of Arie van Beek, with soprano Marlène Assayag, harpsichordist Justin Taylor and the solo double bassist of the Orchestre de Picardie, Olivier Talpaert.
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Orchestre de Picardie & Arie van Beek – Brahms · Transcriptions (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:31 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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The history of Brahms’ Op. 34 is quite remarkable. The piece was originally composed in 1863 for a string quintet with two cellos. However, after a few rehearsals and a disappointing private concert, he decided to rework it as a sonata for two pianos…
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Orchestre de Picardie & Arie van Beek – Andriessen, Fauré, Ravel (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:46 minutes | 499 MB | Genre: Classical
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The goal of this recording is to celebrate French music through its past: its antique dances, its pastoral ambiences, its atmospheres of legend… starting with a homage to François Couperin. Often considered as the very quintessence of French musical art, this very great composer and harpsichordist succeeded in charming musicians from all times and places, even far removed from his personal universe. We know, for example, that Brahms held him in high esteem. Nearer to our own time, Hendrik Andriessen (1982-1981) – a major figure in Dutch music – borrowed a lovely melody from our composer (from La Basque, in the Second Book of Harpsichord Pieces), as the theme for a set of variations composed in 1944. Led by a tender and agile flute, accompanied by a harp and strings, the work discreetly evokes the rhythms of the
antique dances (the Sicilienne, the Chaconne, the Gavotte…) and also contains a ‘scholastic’ fugato; other more lyrical or meditative moments confer an intensity and even a nobility of expression on these charming ‘concert variations’ that make one regret the little reaction that Andriessen’s music has suscitated outside of his own country.