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Les suites sont extraites du premier livre de sonates composées et publiées par François Duval (1672-1728), compositeur et violoniste baroque français. Certaines de ces suites comportent une partie de basse (probablement pour la basse de viole) écrite en forme de véritable dialogue avec la partie de dessus. Discover them here.

Le dernier chapitre de la série London par l'ensemble La Rêveuse vient de paraître. London, 1760. Handel had just died and George III acceded to the throne. During the reign of this monarch and his queen Charlotte, both discerning musicians, musical life in the British capital was to enjoy an exceptional revival. Virtuosos and composers from all over Europe flocked there, vying with each other in originality and modernity. Now La Rêveuse invites us to sample the creative whirlwind of the age, spinning from viol concertos to airs for musical glasses… Listen here.

L'amour piqué par une abeille : cantate française à voix seule pour soprano accompagnée d'une belle partie pour la basse de viole - French cantata for solo high voice accompanied by a beautiful part for bass viol. Parallèlement à sa carrière de musicien religieux, Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) en mena une autre, celle de compositeur de cantates, qui lui apporta une brillante renommée.

Marin Marais, Gerald Stempfel, Thorsten Bleich · Improvisations sur les suites de Marin Marais (Improvisations after Marin Marais' Pièces de viole) · Song · 2016

Le second volume de la musique de table composée par Samuel Capricornus est maintenant restauré et disponible à l’Atelier Philidor : Like Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665) was s…

EMA is pivoting to a mostly virtual Summit for 2025, to be held online October 17-19. More information, here.

The second book of Intabolatura de Lauto composed by Francesco da Milano “Il Divino” is now restored and available at Atelier Philidor, here. Les deux livres de tablature de luth de Fra…

The companion book of the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England, Parthenia or the Maydenhead is now restored and available at Atelier Philidor. Parthenia Inviolata, or Mayden-Mu…

Listen to Vox Feminae by Les Kapsber'girls.

At 80, Ton Koopman remains one of the leading figures in early music, constantly on the move – and brimming with ideas and new projects!

23 Pièces pour la basse de viole composées par Marin Marais et dont la plupart ne figurent pas dans les cinq livres gravés. 23 Pieces for bass viol composed by Marin Marais, most of them not published in the five engraven books.

Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…

Premiere recording of 6 Sonatas, Op. 63, by Dialogue Viols, Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Peter Wendland Pardessus de viole. (modern edition published by Atelier Philidor). The compositions originally published in 1737 are exquisite and expressive and have not been heard since the mid-18th century since the engraved score has only recently been discovered (Atelier Philidor owns the only copy of this work considered as lost to date, and has restored it.)

A total of 10 new facsimiles in ten weeks have been released from the beginning of 2025. New music for lute (Le Secret des Muses, Suites by Sylvius Leopold Weiss); New music for early keyboards (Parthenia and a special focus on Orlando Gibbons who is celebrated this year); A new restoration of Jacques Morel's Livre de pièces de viole; the last book of…

Georg Böhm, a prominent German baroque composer, is celebrated for his organ and harpsichord works, particularly the chorale partita. His compositions demonstrate flexibility and improvisational st…