Marie van Rhijn, Samuel Mariño, Filippo Mineccia, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal – Pergolèse & Vivaldi: Stabat Mater pour deux castrats (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:17:31 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Classical
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These Stabat maters represent a deep-rooted exploration of the solemnity of the sacred and the operatic aspect of musical writing, both in the sombre and plaintive tonality of F minor. Comparing these masterpieces, that of Antonio Vivaldi (1712) and that of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1736), allowing them to resonate in the acoustics of the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles, just as they could have been heard in the 18th century, inspires and awakens a desire for balance between internalised faith – spirituality, and externalised faith – splendour. Pergolesi’s work was very popular in France. Given on the occasion of the feast of the Virgin, the Stabat mater dolorosa is based on a 13th century liturgical text by Jacopone da Todi, reintroduced by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727.
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Marie Van Rhijn – Marais: Dans les jardins d’Eurytus (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:42 minutes | 896 MB | Genre: Classical
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Works by Marin Marais (1656-1728) « set for the harpsichord ». For her first solo disc, Marie van Rhijn brings together several of her passions : the French vocal repertoire of the « tragédie lyrique » and the music for the viola da gamba. This CD allows to enter in the colors of the music for King Louis XIV, sometimes orchestral and at other times intimate, at the keyboard of a rare harpsichord from 1679, with a deep sonority, never recorded nor edited before.
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Marie van Rhijn – Jacquet de La Guerre: L’inconstante (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:47 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre has no reason to be ashamed to finally find herself alongside Chambonnières and Couperin in the discography devoted to the 17th century harpsichord. This is what the scholarly booklet of this new album tells us. Almost unknown today, yet she enjoyed a great reputation during her lifetime. And for good reason. Her inspired compositions exploit all the registers of the harpsichord, giving generosity and brightness to her works.
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