Generation Harmonia Mundi: The Age of Revolutions 1958-1988 - Various Artists (16 CDs)

harmonia mundi was born in 1958: sixty years and several thousand recordings later, the company continues to affirm its identity and its singularity with insolent vitality! Anniversaries also offer an opportunity to reflect on the distance travelled. This first volume invites you to relive the highlights of the label’s first thirty years and pays tribute to the artists who built harmonia mundi on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Provence, in a passionate quest for excellence that caused a genuine revolution in the world of early music. (to be continued)

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Philippe Herreweghe, Chiara Banchini, Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic, Francis Chapelet, Djamchid Chemirani, Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs Deller Consort, Alfred Deller, Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès, Kenneth Gilbert, Claude Helffer, Konrad Junghänel, Sœur Marie Keyrouz, Peter Kooy, London Baroque, London Oboe Band, Paul Goodwin, Felicity Lott, Agnès Mellon, Gregorio Paniagua, Régis et Bruno Pasquier, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Roland Pidoux, Georges Pludermacher, Iegor Reznikoff, René Saorgin, La Symphonie du Marais, Hugo Reyne, Helmut Winter…

Disc 1

1La ruée vers l'orgue / A passion for the organ (I)77'03

Disc 2

1La ruée vers l'orgue / A passion for the organ (II)70'35

Disc 3

1La découverte de l'ancien monde / The discovery of the Old World79'58

Disc 4

1De la Renaissance au Baroque / From Renaissance to Baroque76'51

Disc 5

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (I)78'21

Disc 6

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (II)56'43

Disc 7

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (III)79'18

Disc 8

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (IV)73'02

Disc 9

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (V)73'27

Disc 10

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (VI)82'38

Disc 11

1La révolution baroque / The Baroque revolution (VII)80'01

Disc 12

1Un nouveau regard sur la partition / A fresh look at the score (I)75'27

Disc 13

1Un nouveau regard sur la partition / A fresh look at the score (II)71'39

Disc 14

1Un nouveau regard sur la partition / A fresh look at the score (III)67'04

Disc 15

1Le XXe siècle / The twentieth century78'09

Disc 16

1Fenêtre ouverte sur le monde / A window on the world71'09