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Repast Baroque Ensemble

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Elisabeth Jaquet was born in Paris to a family of instrumentalists and gained a reputation as a clavecin prodigy, as well as a successful female composer, a rarity at the time. She later married another keyboardist, Marin de la Guerre. In 1707, at a time when Louis XIV was promoting French music and Italian music was being persecuted, she had the audacity to perform this collection of Italianate sonatas in front of the king, who is said to have greatly admired the result. The ensemble is composed of many master musicians, including Blandine Lannoux on keyboard, who has made many famous recordings for Zig-Zag Territoires, and Balestracci, who is also active in Alpha, on gamba... Florence Margoire portrays the work with deep sympathy. (C)RS