K617


K617 is a French classical music record label based in Metz and founded by Alain Pacquier, music author and creator of the Festival de Saintes at the Abbaye aux Dames in Charente-Maritime, and the Festival de Sarrebourg.

Recording

les Chemins du Baroque

The activity for which the label was initially most noted relates to a project of Pacquier's, les Chemins du Baroque, exploration of Latin-America's baroque musical heritage. Pacquier's second book Le retour des caravelles recounts the story of 20 years of exploration of Latin-American baroque music.

Mémoire musicale de Lorraine

A second strand of K617's activity relates to music of Lorraine. This series has recovered various forgotten works of Théodore Gouvy : Requiem, Stabat Mater, dramatic cantatas and chamber music.

Other early music

The label has also branched out in a variety of more and less conventional early music and classical recordings. The "travels" of K617 extend to Poland, Marcin Mielczewski, and Jesuit missions in China, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot.

Artists