Grimbert-Romuald Barre * Saint-George & Pecou: Violin Concertos [New CD] 2016-02-26 Velour Thoughts

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Grimbert-Romuald Barre * Saint-George & Pecou: Violin Concertos [New CD] 2016-02-26 Velour ThoughtsThe Chevalier de Saint George is in many respects an exceptional figure. Born in Guadeloupe in the eighteenth century to an aristocrat and an enslaved woman, he received in Paris the education of a court gentleman: violinist, fencer, Freemason, participant in the Revolution, and conductor, he was also a composer. It is naturally to the violin that he dedicated his finest works, among which the concertos, marked by a virtuosity that is both unbridled