L'Archet d'Or
Coup d'Archet proudly presents L'Archet d'Or, the imprint for the true connoisseur
L'Archet d'Or issues are limited to 250 numbered copies, on LP only, presented in hand made jackets, silk-screen printed with original designs and including informative notes and photographs (where possible).
These recordings are licensed exclusively to Coup d'Archet and have never before been issued. All are copyright approved by MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ltd.) - these are NOT pirate recordings. We continue our practice of 100% analogue mastering on lacquer, and manufacturing to the highest standards available.
L'Archet d'Or Series III
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OR IX - Agnelle Bundervoët Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin (Six pieces pour piano) / Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1964/68) |
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OR X - Germaine Thyssens-Valentin & Loewenguth Qtt Fauré, Piano Quintet No 2 op 115 in C Minor for Piano and Strings / Fantasy for Flute and Piano (with Michel Debost, flute)(1961) |
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OR XI - André Levy J.S. Bach - Suites for Unaccompanied Violoncello. Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008 / Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (1962/1961) |
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OR XII - Le Trio de France (Jeanne Gautier, Geneviève Joy, André Levy) Joachin Turiña, Piano Trio No 1, op 35 / Ravel, Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle (1960/1958) |
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ORSP02 - Special Pressings 12" 45s ORSP 02 - Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Pierre Mollet (baritone) |
L'Archet d'Or Series II - 2003
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OR V - Marcelle Meyer Mozart, Piano Sonatas K498a, K332/Fantasy K396/Adagio K 540 (1953/56) |
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OR VI - Jeanne Gautier/Nadine Desouches - Jeanne Gautier/Lelia Gousseau Stravinsky (four pieces)/Ravel/Martinu (1.1.56) Roussel, Sonata No.2 (13.4.57) |
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OR VII - Maurice Maréchal/Cecile Ousset Beethoven, op 5.2, Brahms, op 38, Cello Sonatas (1.1.58/13.10.59) |
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OR VIII - Agnelle Bundervoët Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit/ Debussy, Images Book 1(1959) |
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ORSP01 - Special Pressings 12" 45s Maurice Maréchal, Odette Pigault (piano) |
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L'Archet d'Or Series I - 2002
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OR I - Jeanne Gautier/Yvonne Lefébure - Jeanne Gautier/Aimee Van De Wiele Mozart Sonata for Violin and Piano K379 (31.5.59) / Bach Sonata No.5 in F minor for Violin and Harpsichord (24.5.59) |
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OR II - Jeanne Gautier/André Levy Ravel Duo for Violin and 'Cello (27.5.61) |
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OR III - Jacqueline Eymar Mozart K332/Chopin Funeral Sonata (10.02.62). |
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OR IV - Camilla Wicks Encore Pieces (12.2.51 |
Reviews and Awards
- Read the HiFi Plus review of AOI here
- Read the HiFi Plus review of AOII here
- Read the HiFi Plus review of AOIII here
- Hifi+ Record of the Year award 2007
Jacket Design
Anyone who has any interest in the jacket art design should know that it was achieved without recourse to any digital technology. All the drawing was done by hand, the film was produced photographically, each colour screen printed by hand and the jackets constructed by hand.
For more information about the making of the jackets click here.
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