Alpha Classics proudly presents "Baroque Stories", a new recording series dedicated to young early music talents. The first recording introduces Louise Acabo, a French harpsichordist and winner of several international competitions, who lives between Paris and Basel. She dedicates her debut recording to Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres (ca. 1601-1672), the composer of over 150 harpsichord pieces and the first French musician of the 17th century to publish volumes of works for harpsichord. "Once you have heard the harpsichord of the Sieur de Chambonnieres, you need hear nothing else," it says in the Harmonie universelle of 1636. It was this unique relationship with sound that appealed to Louise Acabo: "His compositions, which are decidedly vocal, require the player to overcome the mechanical aspect of the instrument and approach its strength and fragility with suppleness." Although Chambonnieres never left France, his work crossed borders and influenced composers abroad, particularly those in England. Louise Acabo has compiled her own list of works from available sources, alternating works by Chambonnieres with compositions by Locke, Preston and Bryne.
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