Vivaldi: The Four Nations (Reconstructed) Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, director, recorder and traverso; Sophie Larivière, recorder and traverso ATMA Classique, 2025 The Four Nations (Reconstructed)…
Since its creation in 1989, Ensemble Caprice has lived several lives, crossed continents, and continually reached ever-greater heights, reaching the size of a large orchestra…
When Shunske Sato takes the stage, the audience steps into a whole new era. Far beyond playing music from the past, Sato is determined to…
Years ago, after a Paris performance of Shostakovich’s Fifth symphony, I heard the composer’s widow, comparing the work to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. “Because it’s always…
We’re setting our eyes (and ears) on albums and festivals that will blossom this spring.
GFN Productions and the FILMharmonic Orchestra present a Canada-US tour spanning 11 cities featuring a thrilling take on Vivaldi and Piazzola’s Four Seasons.
Violinist Isabella d’Éloize Perron could never have known, when she met conductor Francis Choinière in 2018, that just five years later the pair would be…
On Sunday afternoon, October 15, 2023, a packed Maison Symphonique welcomed Mathias Maute’s Ensemble Caprice in “Vivaldi’s Gloria”: a concert celebrating the reputable baroque ensemble’s…
Although Maestro Jacques Lacombe only became the artistic director and principal conductor of the Orchestre classique de Montréal in July 2023, his history with the…
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano; Clavecin en Concert; Luc Beauséjour Analekta AN2 8780, 59 min. Canadian singer Julie Boulianne has quickly become an international star. She performs…
