Niquet Le Concert Spirituel - Armide 1778Armide, premiered in 1686, was the last joint work of Lully and the poet Philippe Quinault. It immediately became a pillar of the Opra's repertory, which it finally left only in 1766, when it was removed to make room for a new wave of composers, Philidor, Grtry, Gossec and soon Gluck. A few attempts to restore former tastes still allowed audiences to hear such works as Perse, revived in 1770 (and recorded in that version by Herv Niquet, ALPHA967). But

This is one of the last recordings made by the late Charles Mingus

not otherwise released on singles

Champion and Decca labels from the 1930s

Shirley Caesar

so at least there are some perks to becoming a MUSHIBUGYO

Mary Lou Williams and Big Joe Turner

Ono originally self-released the music in an edition of 300 tapes

the overdubbed 'People

The ensemble also was selected as one of the "Promising Young Ensembles" of the International Young Artist's Presentation (IYAP) at the Laus Poliphoniae Festival in Antwerp and won the prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music at the Antón García Abril Competition in Baza in 2017

they bear witness to the composer's remarkable stylistic evolution

RIYL: Colin Stetson

Live unpublished and newly restored broadcasts