SACD, Rameau (composer)
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a live recording of an excellent programme with the theme of musical ‘tone painting'...I enjoyed the discs very much. —
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Le Concert Spirituel
At the time of Louis XV
Jordi Savall (bass viola da gamba & direction)
Le Concert des Nations
Savall reaches out to explore the expressive extremes. Corelli's textures are dense and complex, three solo strings set against, here, ten more strings, playing immaculately. SACD helps greatly... —
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Apart from his nimble dexterity, Freeman-Attwood's playing is just as striking for the beauty of his lyrical phrasing and his richness of colour, so well demonstrated by Saint-Saëns's "Romanza",... —
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Rameau - Opera Transcriptions
Yves Rechsteiner (Cintegabelle organ) & Henri-Charles Caget (percussion)