Baroque works by Pierre-Fracisque Caroubel, Eustache du Carroy, Henry du Mont, Marc Antoine Charpentier.

Premiere album, released on January 16th

This disc, released by BIS Records, was recorded by the Chelys Consort of Viols in collaboration with James Akers, a performer on Baroque guitar and theorbo. He studied in Edinburgh, then at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music in London, and currently teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has collaborated with the English National Opera and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as well as with other renowned ensembles, and is deeply passionate about early music.

Chelys Consort of Viols is a highly regarded ensemble from the United Kingdom that performs on various types of viols from the Baroque period. Its members are Ibrahim Aziz, Alison Kinder, Kate Conway, Jennifer Bullock, and Harry Buckoke, instrumentalists with rich concert activity, and teachers of viol and Baroque music at Morley College and the Royal Academy of Music in London. The interpretations of this instrumental group are impressive for being well documented and grounded in meticulous research in the field of Renaissance and pre Classical music. The British ensemble displays stylistic and timbral homogeneity, as well as a clear, dense, and expressive contrapuntal discourse.

The album Les âges du monde features French music from the 16th and 17th centuries suites, dances, and fantasies for viola da gamba ensembles. This instrument enjoyed extraordinary popularity during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, developed extensively, and generated a true family of instruments. Alongside the various types of viols, the lute, guitar, theorbo, and wind instruments emerged, forming richly colored chamber ensembles. These qualities are also highlighted in the recent recordings of the Chelys Consort of Viols.

The disc includes works by the composers Pierre-Francisque Caroubel, Didier Lupi, Louis Couperin, François Campion, Eustache du Caurroy, Henry du Mont, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Nicolas Métru, and Étienne Moulinié.