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  • Breval: Six Sonatas Op. 12 For Cello Or Violin And Basso Continuo / Amosov, Kurbatov

    Breval: Six Sonatas Op. 12 For Cello Or Violin And Basso Continuo / Amosov, Kurbatov

    Centaur Records May 2012
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    • Gravier: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin
    Brilliant Classics

    Gravier: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin

    CD · 1 disc

    $12.99
    Composer
    Jean-Baptiste Gravier
    Artist
    Fernando De Luca
    Released
    Mar 20, 2026
    Jean-Baptiste Gravier, known as l'abbé Gravier, was a French Catholic priest, composer and organist. Born on 21 April 1723 in Lombez, he died on 22 November 1799 in Saintes. He lived and worked throughout his life in the Occitan region. From the few biographical notes available, we know that Gravier perfected his studies in Toulouse with the organist Jean-Charles Desforats (1690-1762) and was employed in various locations from 1741 to 1790 as organist in Auch, Bordeaux and Saintes. The brief interlude he spent in Paris in 1759 must have been important for his artistic career. The Six Sonates pour le Clavecin (1759) by Abbé Jean-Baptiste Gravier are among his most remarkable works and demonstrate his talent for the harpsichord. The sonatas are composed of several movements, typically three or four, alternating between fast and slow tempos. They show an openness to Italian music, with clear melodic lines and rich harmonies. Gravier was able to incorporate elements of virtuosity and personal expression into his compositions, making them both technically demanding and emotionally captivating. This is another enterprising recording by Fernando de Luca, who has done a great deal to revive forgotten names from 18th-century music with complete surveys of their music on Brilliant Classics, among them Dufour, Foucquet, Jollage and Siret. '[De Luca] thinks outside of the box, and he clearly is a man with discerning tastes. These extend to his playing, which is clear-headed and disciplined, but never rigid. "Charm" is such an overused word, but I cannot think of a better one to describe this music and these performances.' (Fanfare on the Jollage album, January 2024). Fernando de Luca plays a French harpsichord after Blanchet (1754).
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  • Gravier: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin

    Gravier: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin

    Brilliant Classics Mar 2026
    1 disc
    CD
    $12.99
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    • Cello Viruosi in France, 1730-1790
    Urania Records

    Cello Viruosi in France, 1730-1790

    CD · 3 discs

    $42.99
    Composer
    Various
    Artist
    Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza
    Released
    Jul 12, 2024
    Twelfth title of our series entirely dedicated to the solo cello in the XVIIIth century, combined with the precedents with the sonatas by Lanzetti, Janson, Duport and Spourni, this collection investigates the fascinating path of the Neapolitan cello school in France and, in parallel, the developments of the musical styles towards the birth of new European music in Classicism. From the bewitching, hypnotic atmospheres of the French Arias to the lively theatricality of the Italian musical imagination, throughout the sixty years preceding the Revolution the cello was certainly one of the most authentic protagonists.
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  • Cello Viruosi in France, 1730-1790

    Cello Viruosi in France, 1730-1790

    Urania Records Jul 2024
    3 discs
    CD
    $42.99