Recordings

Recordings

Les Sauvages

Les Sauvages transports us above and beyond this dull world to the heavenly realms of an oriental dream depicted in Indian ink. For her first solo album, Béatrice Martin chose one of the most prestigious of the famous Ruckers-Couchet Antwerp harpsichords, which had never previously been recorded.

Béatrice Martin uses her own particular alchemy of the ineffable to mingle the passion and delicacy of the French Clavecin School’s greatest masters : exploring beyond those much-loved French baroque hits Les Sauvages, L’Egyptienne, and the Passacaglia from Armide, this recording is an absolute dream.
Redolent of the exoticism we associate with Rameau, Couperin and Fouqueray, but also with Royer and d’Anglebert, this recording sheds a ray of French Enlightenment on the Orient, source of so many fantasies, brought to life here by the touch of one of the best harpsichord players of our time.

Les Sauvages

Les Sauvages transports us above and beyond this dull world to the heavenly realms of an oriental dream depicted in Indian ink. For her first solo album, Béatrice Martin chose one of the most prestigious of the famous Ruckers-Couchet Antwerp harpsichords, which had never previously been recorded.

Béatrice Martin uses her own particular alchemy of the ineffable to mingle the passion and delicacy of the French Clavecin School’s greatest masters : exploring beyond those much-loved French baroque hits Les Sauvages, L’Egyptienne, and the Passacaglia from Armide, this recording is an absolute dream.
Redolent of the exoticism we associate with Rameau, Couperin and Fouqueray, but also with Royer and d’Anglebert, this recording sheds a ray of French Enlightenment on the Orient, source of so many fantasies, brought to life here by the touch of one of the best harpsichord players of our time.

Harpsichord concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord
Les Folies Françoises | directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

  • Concerto in A major BWV 1055
  • Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
  • Concerto in F minor BWV 1056
  • Concerto in E major BWV 1053

CD available from Cyprès
Excerpts and downloads on iTunes

Harpsichord concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord
Les Folies Françoises | directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

  • Concerto in A major BWV 1055
  • Concerto in D minor BWV 1052
  • Concerto in F minor BWV 1056
  • Concerto in E major BWV 1053

CD available from Cyprès
Excerpts and downloads on iTunes

Les Apothéoses

Les Apothéoses / François Couperin

  • Olivier Baumont
  • Béatrice Martin

Happy Birthday, François Couperin !

Recorded on historical harpsichords at the Château de Versailles by Olivier Baumont and Béatrice as part of the celebrations for the 350th anniversary of Couperin’s birth, this programme spans Frence and Italy with these two famous Apothéoses composed in honour of the fabulous talent of Lully and Corelli. In this allegory of the Goûts Réunis – French and Italian styles united – Couperin imagines the two extraordinary composers meeting on Mount Parnassus, campaigning for Peace among the Nations.

Les Apothéoses

Les Apothéoses / François Couperin

  • Olivier Baumont
  • Béatrice Martin

Happy Birthday, François Couperin !

Recorded on historical harpsichords at the Château de Versailles by Olivier Baumont and Béatrice as part of the celebrations for the 350th anniversary of Couperin’s birth, this programme spans Frence and Italy with these two famous Apothéoses composed in honour of the fabulous talent of Lully and Corelli. In this allegory of the Goûts Réunis – French and Italian styles united – Couperin imagines the two extraordinary composers meeting on Mount Parnassus, campaigning for Peace among the Nations.

Interwoven cameos

François Couperin / Interwoven cameos

Les Folies Françoises

  • Patrick Cohën-Akenine
  • Béatrice Martin

Les Folies Françoises pay hommage to one of the greatest composers of the Sun King’s court.

François Couperin defined himself as a musical portrait painter, as witnessed by the eloquent and frequently exotic titles of many of his works, from Les Nations to Goûts Réunis, as well of course as his Concerts Royaux and his harpsichord repertoire.

Interwoven cameos

François Couperin / Interwoven cameos

Les Folies Françoises

  • Patrick Cohën-Akenine
  • Béatrice Martin

Les Folies Françoises pay hommage to one of the greatest composers of the Sun King’s court.

François Couperin defined himself as a musical portrait painter, as witnessed by the eloquent and frequently exotic titles of many of his works, from Les Nations to Goûts Réunis, as well of course as his Concerts Royaux and his harpsichord repertoire.

Harpsichord and flute Suites / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Suites for harpsichord and flute.

Harpsichord and flute Suites / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Suites for harpsichord and flute.

Bach Sonatas, Volume 1

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin BWV 1014, 1015 & 1016
Sonatas for violin and continuo BWV 1021 & 1023

Patrick Cohën-Akenine | Violin
François Poly | Cello
Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord

 

Fontmorigny

Bach Sonatas, Volume 1

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin BWV 1014, 1015 & 1016
Sonatas for violin and continuo BWV 1021 & 1023

Patrick Cohën-Akenine | Violin
François Poly | Cello
Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord

Fontmorigny

Bach Sonatas, Volume 2

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin BWV 1017, 1018 & 1019

Patrick Cohën-Akenine | Violin
Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord

 

Fontmorigny

Bach Sonatas, Volume 2

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin BWV 1017, 1018 & 1019

Patrick Cohën-Akenine | Violin
Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord

Fontmorigny

Couperin, Les Concerts Royaux

François Couperin | 1668-1733

Set of short works in four concerts.

Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Les Folies françoises

Couperin, Les Concerts Royaux

François Couperin | 1668-1733

Set of short works in four concerts.

Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Les Folies françoises

NYMPHES

Virgine Thomas

«…a program that invites us to revisit seventeen French lyric tragedies, with instrumental interludes by Couperin and Rameau masterfully played on the harpsichord by Beatrice Martin. The latter also provides continuo for an instrumental ensemble of a dozen musicians, gathered around the first violin of Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, a true Lully orchestra of great magnitude. »

 

Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord
Emmanuel Resche-Caserta | First violin

NYMPHES

Virgine Thomas

«…a program that invites us to revisit seventeen French lyric tragedies, with instrumental interludes by Couperin and Rameau masterfully played on the harpsichord by Beatrice Martin. The latter also provides continuo for an instrumental ensemble of a dozen musicians, gathered around the first violin of Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, a true Lully orchestra of great magnitude. »

 

Béatrice Martin | Harpsichord
Emmanuel Resche-Caserta | First violin

Concerto in dialogo

Le tombeau de Leclair

Les nuits de Sceaux

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Excerpts and downloads on iTunes

Cyprès

Jean-Marie Leclair | 1697-1764

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Alpha

Nicolas Bernier | 1664-1734

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Alpha

French baroque arias

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Extracts and downloads on iTunes

Virgin Veritas (5 45481 2)

40 years of Les Arts Florissants

Music for Queen Caroline (Les Arts Florissants)

Belshazzar (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

Handel Arias (Les Arts Florissants, Danielle de Niese)

Grands Motets (Les Arts Florissants)

Les Divertissements de Versailles (Les Arts Florissants)

Theodora (Les Arts Florissants)

Zoroastre (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

Zoroastre, tragédie en musique, by Jean-Philippe Rameau

CD – Les arts florissants

Theodora (Les Arts Florissants)

Maître à danser (Les Arts Florissants)

David & Jonathas (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

DVD – Les arts florissants

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

DVD – Les arts florissants

Armide (Les Arts Florissants)

Atys (Les Arts Florissants)

L'Amour médecin / Le Sicilien (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

DVD – Les arts florissants

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

DVD – Les arts florissants

MOLIERE (or Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER / Jean-Baptiste LULLY)

DVD – Les arts florissants

Il Ritorno di Ulisse in patria (Les Arts Florissants)

In Convertendo (Les Arts Florissants)

Les Paladins (Les Arts Florissants)

Claudio MONTEVERDI

DVD – Les arts florissants

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Les Boréades (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Missa Azolina / Magnificat / Dixit Dominus (Le Concert Spirituel)

Ballets de village (Le Concert Spirituel)

Orazio BENOVOLO

CD – Edition Naxos

Joseph BODIN DE BOISMORTIER

CD – Edition Naxos

Concerto in dialogo

Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750

Excerpts and downloads on iTunes

Cyprès

Le tombeau de Leclair

Jean-Marie Leclair | 1697-1764

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Alpha

Les nuits de Sceaux

Nicolas Bernier | 1664-1734

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Alpha

French baroque arias

Les Folies Françoises Orchestra
Directed by Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Extracts and downloads on iTunes

Virgin Veritas (5 45481 2)

40 years of Les Arts Florissants

Music for Queen Caroline (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

Belshazzar (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

Handel Arias (Les Arts Florissants, Danielle de Niese)

Grands Motets (Les Arts Florissants)

Les Divertissements de Versailles (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

CD – Les arts florissants

Theodora (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

CD – Les arts florissants

Zoroastre (Les Arts Florissants)

Zoroastre, tragédie en musique by Jean-Philippe Rameau

CD – Les arts florissants

Theodora (Les Arts Florissants)

George Frideric HANDEL

DVD – Les arts florissants

Maître à danser (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

David & Jonathas (Les Arts Florissants)

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

DVD – Les arts florissants

Armide (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

DVD – Les arts florissants

Atys (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

DVD – Les arts florissants

L'Amour médecin / Le Sicilien (Les Arts Florissants)

MOLIERE (or Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER / Jean-Baptiste LULLY)

DVD – Les arts florissants

Il Ritorno di Ulisse in patria (Les Arts Florissants)

Claudio MONTEVERDI

DVD – Les arts florissants

In Convertendo (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Les Paladins (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Les Boréades (Les Arts Florissants)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

DVD – Les arts florissants

Missa Azolina / Magnificat / Dixit Dominus (Le Concert Spirituel)

Orazio BENOVOLO

CD – Edition Naxos

Ballets de village (Le Concert Spirituel)

Joseph BODIN DE BOISMORTIER

CD – Edition Naxos