United by a solid friendship and a great passion for chamber music, four clarinettists took the decision in 2002 to pool their talents and founded the Quatuor Vendôme. Eager to merit this noble title, to gain a musical legitimacy and high quality repertoire for this hither-to unknown ensemble, ...
Composer: Nicolas Bacri (1961), Karol Beffa (1973), Guillaume Connesson (1970), Thierry Escaich (1965), Bruno Mantovani (1974)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
"The French-Argentinian composer is portrayed on this CD with vocal works which are not only varied but also highly original. Although modern, they are easily accessible due to their lyric poetry and their amazing colours." (Norbert Tischer, pizzicato.lu)
Composer: Gabriel Sivak (1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
An Einsamer Quelle - A une source solitaire
The "An einsamer Quelle" project is the sequel to the "Sublime Idylle" CD which was released in 2018 by Klarthe. The project was dedicated to the works of Clara and Robert Schumann and already underlined the lyricism of the piano, notably with the op.39 lieder by Robert, adapted for the piano by Clara. ...
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Plunge into the depths of the most emblematic duos in the repertoire with two fantastic singers, Karine Deshayes and Delphine Haidan, accompanied by the pianist Johan Farjot. Winners of multiple awards at the Victoires de la Musique and presented on the most prestigious international ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893), Frederick Delius (1862-1934), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, twice winner at the Victoires de la Musique, takes us on a marvellous voyage around the most emblematic airs of the french operatic repertoire... a release by Klarthe not to be missed! ...
Composer: Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Jacques Fromental Halévy, Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
After "Ginastera" (2016) and "Debussy/Tôn Thât-Tiêt" (2018), PRAELUDIO is the third opus - the first as a soloist- that Patrick Langot has recorded with Klarthe Records. Founder of the Syntonia Quintet, soloist and chamber musician with a much praised discography (Chocolate Classical, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Benoît Menut
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Schubert: Schwanengesang - Le Chant Du Cygne
The encounter between French baritone Thomas Dolié and Quebec pianist Olivier Godin gave rise to a magnificent collaboration around Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang cycle. First given in recital at the Bourgie Hall in Montreal in 2016 and then recorded in the same hall a year later. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
A virtuoso saxophonist, winner of the prestigious international prize at the ARD in Munich, Alexandre Doisy shares with us his musical hit list. These major elements of the repertoire were solicited, in the most part, by the American philanthropist and ...
Composer: André Caplet (1878-1925), Vincent d'Indy, Georges Sporck, Jules Massenet, Claude Debussy 1862-1918), Florent Schmitt (1870 –1958), Darius Milhaud, Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Escaich, Hasse & Haendel: Terra Desolata
The ensemble Zoroastre, led by Savitri de Rochefort and the composer Thierry Escaich, present us here with powerful works which are more than ever topical. We become aware of the role of the divine during the darkest hours of humanity, both in the 18th century and today...
Composer: Thierry Escaich (1965)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Purcell, Byrd, Scarlatti, Lotti & Allegri: Via Dolorosa
A remarkable synthesis of the Renaissance and Baroque, the Stabat Mater for ten solo voices is the central link of Via Dolorosa. The programme for this disc is a meditative journey through the suffering of the Virgin Mary. Based around the Stabat Mater, different European masterpieces ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Clara & Robert Schumann: Sublime Idylle
Robert and Clara, two names in the history of music. A recording dedicated to them under the name "Sublime Idylle". Robert’s Intermezzi op. 4 and Posthumous Variations op.13, Clara’s Romances op.21, some Lieder op.39 adapted to the piano by the latter. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1840-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Two common themes run through this recording. Two interwoven themes. The one is French, the other Jewish: both are fused to bring about a new reality, the shimmering, variegated, new chapter of a century whose music we believed ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Age of Enlightenment has never ceased to fascinate. The philosophical ideas and esthetics it sparked are an unending source for inspiration and artistic research. Decades of tradition stir passionate debates around the ideal interpretation for music of this ...
Composer: Johann Ernst Eberlin, Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Alessandro Besozzi, Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
La Société Anonyme des Messieurs Prudents
«L’histoire d’une cocotte qui est... trop chère... ou trop chérie!» Quatre messieurs de trente, quarante, soixante et quatre-vingts ans se pressent sur le palier d’une cocotte, se mesurent, s’affrontent puis refusent de se battre pour finalement ...
Composer: Louis Beydts (1895-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
With NOWHERE, Ouriel Ellert gives us, at last, his own music, both electric and subtle. Here is a trio that oscillates between modern jazz, improvisation and grooves and moods influenced by rock and electro. He is accompanied by his gifted companions and friends ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Moussorgski: Tableaux d'une exposition - Chostakovitch: Jazz Suite
True to their mission to expand the repertoire for wind quintet, the Quintet Moraguès performs here masterpieces by two great Russian composers in new transcriptions for wind quintet and piano. As on all their recordings, the artists premiere arrangements written exclusively ...
Composer: Modeste Moussorgski (1839-1881), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
If we were to categorise this traditional tango, we would have to talk about this spontaneous improvisation, this dialogue between the instrumentalists within a harmonic and melodic tapestry. Because it is indeed this art of dialogue that the Fukui-Jallu duet initiated. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
After winning the Monde de la Musique "Choc" award for his first solo album, then the Jazz Magazine "Choc" award in 2016 for his noted interpretation of Andy Emler's concerto "Ciel de Sable" with the Orchestre Victor Hugo, Yvan Robillard is back, solo, ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Musique Française pour hautbois
If this album of iconic pieces for oboe has been a long-standing project for Hélène Devilleneuve - super soliste de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France - it is because of the particularly strong ties that she has with each one of them. From Bozza and his shimmering harmonies to the ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
