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Musique Pour Mazarin!  | Coro COR16060

Musique Pour Mazarin!

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Label: Coro

Cat No: COR16060

Barcode: 0828021606021

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd June 2008

Contents

Artists

Elizabeth Dobbin (soprano)
David Blunden
Sofie Vanden Eynde
Romina Lischka
Marian Minnen
Le Jardin Secret

Artists

Elizabeth Dobbin (soprano)
David Blunden
Sofie Vanden Eynde
Romina Lischka
Marian Minnen
Le Jardin Secret

About

Continuing its work with young artists, Coro has the pleasure of announcing 'Musique Pour Mazarin!', the debut recording by Le Jardin Secret, winners of both the first prize and audience prize at the Early Music Network Young Artists Competition 2007.

This talented young ensemble consisting of soprano, harpsichord, theorbo, viola da gamba and baroque cello, present a delightfully varied programme featuring a diverse mixture of French and Italian music that would have been heard at the court of the flamboyant Cardinal Jules Mazarin.

The juxtaposition of French and Italian works on this disc shows clearly the rich selection of music heard at Mazarin’s court in the late 1600s. They demonstrate the stark contrast between the French and Italian styles of the period with the added ingredient of political and cultural rivalry and intrigue - the Italian born Cardinal importing Italian culture into a resistant French context - contributes a little "piquancy" to the mix!

On this disc, which includes chansons by Charpentier, extracts of operas by Lully and Cavalli and the delightful, if at times brutal, ‘Mazarinades’, Le Jardin Secret bring alive the emotive energy of the music, opening the door to the aesthetic world of this Baroque period in all its beguiling beauty.

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