Credits:

Les Timbres

Description:

[Musical Portraits of the Four Greats of 18th-Century France, Presented by an Ensemble at the Forefront of the French Music Scene]Couperin, Forqueray, Marais, and Rameau. This album brings together a collection of works that can be described as musical portraits, featuring these four particularly important composers active in France during the first half of the 18th century, performed through various combinations of the violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, as well as in solo settings. In addition to pieces they published under their own names or those of others, the album also includes works by contemporary French composers such as Le Ber, Dornel, and Dajancourt that were inspired by these four figures. The performances are by Les Tambours, an ensemble comprising three virtuosos active at the forefront of the French and Belgian music scenes. Having already demonstrated their unpa

Credits:

Les Timbres

Description:

[Musical Portraits of the Four Greats of 18th-Century France, Presented by an Ensemble at the Forefront of the French Music Scene]Couperin, Forqueray, Marais, and Rameau. This album brings together a collection of works that can be described as musical portraits, featuring these four particularly important composers active in France during the first half of the 18th century, performed through various combinations of the violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, as well as in solo settings. In addition to pieces they published under their own names or those of others, the album also includes works by contemporary French composers such as Le Ber, Dornel, and Dajancourt that were inspired by these four figures. The performances are by Les Tambours, an ensemble comprising three virtuosos active at the forefront of the French and Belgian music scenes. Having already demonstrated their unpa