BIRDS in Baroque Music

The first album of soprano Dorothee Mields and the South African recorder player Stefan Temmingh titled Inspired by Song was equally and highly praised by audiences and critics alike and convinced with "considerable artistic value". Bird voices in the Baroque music are the focal point of the new common CD. With works by Couperin, Fedeli, Rameau, Keiser, and famous Concerto "Il Gardel Lino" (The Goldfinch), Mields together with Temmingh, the gentleman's band, and musicians of the La Folia magnificent Baroque Orchestra produce stunning musical bird songs of a nightingale, goldfinch, cuckoo, chickens, pigeons and various other birds.

Release date: 6th Nov 2015

RAMEAU Yesterday and Today

This recording, a hommage to Jean-Philippe Rameau, is the fruit of an original project, premiered on the 15th of october 2014 at the Opéra de Lille for the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. This project, the result of a commission for five composers, aims to stand face-to-face the works of this eighteenth-century composer with contemporary compositions, in order to underline the universality of a music which continues to be relevant to this day.

Adapted in recent times for piano, harp or for accordion, these traditional dances and character pieces which make up the repertoire for harpsichord by Rameau, often need no modification in the writing in order to be performed by these polyphonic instruments, therefore enjoying a new lease of life.

Vincent Lhermet wants to thank the composers Tomas Bordalejo, Philippe Hersant, Martin Iddon, Florent Motsch and Mikel Urquiza for their enthusiasm in writing these five new works which will enrich our instrument's repertoire.
This project would not have been possible without the expert advice of Martine Tremblay and the generous support of the Fondation d'entreprise Banque Populaire.