Various Composers - Soleils de septembre (L'Achéron)

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1. Nadia Boulanger - Trois pièces pour orgue: No. 1, Prélude (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
2. Astor Piazzolla - Preparense (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
3. Alberto Ginastera - Doce preludios americanos for Piano, Op. 12: No. 4, Vidala (arr. by François Joubert-Caillet)
4. Lili Boulanger - Soleils de Septembre (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
5. Nadia Boulanger - Trois pièces pour orgue: No. 2, Petit canon (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
6. Astor Piazzolla - Rio Sena (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
7. Nadia Boulanger - Pièce sur des airs populaires flamands (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
8. Astor Piazzolla - Chau Paris (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
9. Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
10. Astor Piazzolla - Sens unique (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
11. Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Orgel-Büchlein: No. 24, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
12. Astor Piazzolla - Luz y sombra (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
13. Alberto Ginastera - Doce preludios americanos, Op. 12: No. 2, Triste (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
14. Carlos Gardel - El dìa que me quieras (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
15. Igor Stravinsky - Tango, CC 82 (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
16. Astor Piazzolla - Bando (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
17. Nadia Boulanger - Trois pièces pour orgue: No. 3, Improvisation (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
18. Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Op. 50 (arr. François Joubert-Caillet)
19. Astor Piazzolla - Fracanapa (arr. Jean-Baptiste Henry)
20. Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion (arr. by Jean-Baptiste Henry)

L'Achéron

    François Joubert-Caillet, treble viol & musical direction

    Julie Dessaint, tenor viol

    Aude-Marie Piloz, bass viols

    Sarah van Oudenhove, bass viols

    Jean-Baptiste Henry, bandoneon

Date: 2026

Label: Fuga Libera

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When Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla studied with Nadia Boulanger in Fontainebleau during his early thirties, her guidance profoundly transformed his artistic direction. Rather than allowing him to abandon his heritage for traditional classical composition, Boulanger famously urged Piazzolla to elevate his tango roots. This project celebrates their extraordinary, magical exchange by weaving together their distinct musical worlds. It places Piazzolla’s Argentine influences, like Carlos Gardel and Alberto Ginastera, alongside Boulanger’s French lineage—including Gabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger, and early music consort pieces—creating a unique, cross-cultural dialogue between classical repertoire and Piazzolla’s transformative Paris-era works.

Named after the mythical underworld river, the ensemble L'Achéron was founded in 2009 by François Joubert-Caillet to bridge the past and present. The group aims to make Renaissance and Baroque music accessible by exploring diverse period instruments and cross-genre collaborations, ranging from Ottoman music to electronic projects. Regularly performing at prestigious European festivals and venues, L'Achéron records for the Ricercar label. Their award-winning discography features acclaimed releases by Samuel Scheidt and Johann Bernhard Bach, alongside Joubert-Caillet’s ongoing, critically lauded monumental project to record the complete Pièces de Viole by Marin Marais, most recently issuing the Fourth Book.