Credits:

Olivier Fortin; Emmanuel Frankenberg

Description:

[A Dazzling Harmony of Beautiful Sounds! The Splendor of French Baroque Brought to Life by Two Plucked Instruments]This album features a carefully curated selection of operas, chamber music, and solo keyboard pieces beloved in 17th- and 18th-century France, arranged for two clavecins (harpsichords) in accordance with the performance practices of the era. When two instruments play together, the possibilities expand so much that it feels as if there were four clavichords, says performer Olivier Fortin. Emmanuel Frankenberg, who frequently performs with Fortinhaving gained years of experience as a collaborator with the virtuoso Skip Semp before becoming the director of Ensemble Masqueagrees: Even solo pieces that are thoroughly captivating when performed as written become even richer in a duet. If you compare these pieces to the two performed on a single instrum