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For this second collaboration with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine and Zig-Zag Territoires, two major Russian works were chosen. Both make the orchestra sound sumptuous with the complicity of that fantastic colorist and orchestrator Maurice Ravel, and the skill of a composer nicknamed 'the magician of the orchestra.' Emmanuel Krivine excels in these demanding works that necessitate as much commitment as perspicacity from the conductor, at the service of scores magnifying the fantastic musical instrument that is the modern symphony orchestra.

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The desire to come as close as possible to the sound aesthetic of composers at the time of the first performance of their works, along with the simple pleasure of the sound of period instruments, guides Jos van Immerseel in his approach.One of the finest performers of French music, this recording, celebrating Mr. Immerseel’s 70th birthday, offers a panorama of French music for clarinet and piano from the early 20th c.Mr. van Immerseel has chosen to play an 1870 Bechstein piano, and Lisa Schklyaver a Dolnet Lefevre & Pigis clarinet from 1930, in representing the sonority and poetry of the era.

On the occasion of C.P.E. Bach’s 300th birthday, Zig-Zag Territoires brings together in a 7-CD set the principal recordings from its catalogue of chamber works and concertos by C.P.E. Bach and his father, Johann Sebastian. + By the father, we can hear, in particular, the Sonatas for violin and harpsichord, the Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord and the Violin Concertos. + Representing C.P.E. Bach are the Trio Sonatas for two flutes and continuo and the Sonatas for violin and pianoforte. + W.F. Bach is also represented by a single work, the Sonata in D Major for two flutes and continuo Fv. 47.

• The careers of Marianne Muller and Françoise Lengellé have constantly been that of performers having a great love of discoveries as well as of in-depth work, now performing at the peak of their art. Their approach to these great Bach works comes from complicity, but even more from enlightened, generous rigour, as close as possible to the work's spirit.

Yury Martynov here plays the same 1867 Blüthner piano chosen for the prior volume in this series as he moves on to Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth symphonies in their transcriptions by Franz Liszt.Since 1989 Yury Martynov has been performing as a soloist and a chamber ensemble member in the finest concert halls of Russia, Europe, United States and Japan.Mr. Martynov was the first musician in Russia to perform Bach’s entire Well-Tempered Clavier on harpsichord; he has also presented a wide range of solo and chamber works by Renaissance, Baroque and Early Classical composers to the Russian public.

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This program gives full justice to the modernity of Carlo Gesualdo, covering both his sacred music and his madrigals. It reproduces all the subtlety and chromaticism of his music, strictly respecting the temperament used in the composer's time. An added attraction is the music of his contemporary Ascanio Maione, scored for harp, harpsichord and organ.

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