Rencontre means encounter. In the context of this album, it is a meeting of different eras, different styles and composers, a meeting of two performers with Music, which has resulted in a new perspective on well-known and lesser-known works. The former certainly include compositions by Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656), Nicholas Carleton (Carlton or Carlston, ca. 1570–1630) and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795). However, it is very interesting to encounter the work of Louis-Charles Ragué (ca. 1760–1793), whose compositions are rarely performed today. Recorded for the first time in version for two harpsichords, Trois Duo, Op. 8 evokes the unique atmosphere of Parisian salons at the end of the 18th century. Dagmara Tyrcha – a harpsichordist and chamber musician, a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in the class of Prof. Maria Banaszkiewicz-Bryła. She also pursued her knowledge and skills abroad at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, studying harpsichord under Prof. Imbi Tarum, as well as at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she studied harpsichord with Prof. Gordon Murray and basso continuo with Prof. Augusta Campagne. Currently, she is associated with the Academy of Music in Poznań, where she works as a lecturer conducting classes for students in the Department of Historical Performance Practices. Besides, she performs as a member of basso continuo group with Arte dei Suonatori and other early music ensembles. Natalia Hyżak - a harpsichordist and chamber musician, a graduate of the Mieczysław Karłowicz Secondary School of Music in Poznań in the class of Prof. Aleksandra Utrecht (piano), a graduate of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in the class of Prof. Maria Banaszkiewicz-Bryła (harpsichord) and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. She also honed her skills at the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva in the class of Prof. Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (Maestro al cembalo) and Prof. Marcelo Giannini (organ). Since 2012, she has been coordinating the cooperation between the Academy of Music in Poznań and the International Institute of Early Music in Vannes (France), led by Prof. Bruno Cocset. She currently works at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.