Following the first three CDs in the Bock reads Bruckner series, which were dedicated to the composer's period in Upper Austria, his existence as a perpetual bachelor on the lookout for a wife, and his veneration of Richard Wagner, this fourth of five readings with music now turns it's focus-again with a cast of readers-to the relationship between Bruckner and the sharp-tongued yet stylistically brilliant critic Eduard Hanslick. Through letters and reviews, it highlights how Hanslick's writings in the second half of the 19th century exerted a dominant influence on the entire Viennese musical world. However, six of his own songs, interwoven into the performance, also reveal him as a composer in his own right. In this fourth instalment of the series, Wolfgang Bock and Thomas Thieme, recitation, Elisabeth Wimmer, soprano, and Daniel Linton-France, piano, transport the audience into the fascinating world of Anton Bruckner in an incomparably authentic manner.

From Colette to Sacha Guitry, the greatest writers of the twentieth century reveal themselves through the incomparable emotion of their own voices. Distinctive timbres, meaningful silences, and the breath of history-the box set La Voix Des Auteurs, produced by Olivier Julien, offers an intimate and heritage-rich experience of embodied literature. A landmark audio collection in which literature becomes presence. 2 CD audiobook, in French.

In this poignant and personal work, Benjamin Stora traces the history of Algeria, blending grand history with personal memories: stories of his childhood in Constantine, his family's exile in 1962, and his long quest for a shared truth about colonization and the war of independence. Both witness and historian, he sheds light on the conflicts of memory-Pieds-Noirs, Harkis, immigrants, Algerian Jews-and shows how these wounds still shape Algerian and French societies. The tone alternates between autobiographical testimony, rigorous historical investigation, and a plea for reconciliation through knowledge. Written by an "actor-researcher," it is aimed at both the general public and specialists: an invitation to understand Algeria through a life story that speaks to both sides of the Mediterranean. By addressing hybrid identities, paths to assimilation, and quests for self, his narrative takes on a dimension that is both intimate and universal. Claude Colombini Frémeaux

The Second World War remains the largest and most devastating armed conflict of the twentieth century. By it's intensity, it's excess, and it's global scale, it profoundly upheaved the world order. A total war extending to the four corners of the globe, it remains without equal in the number of victims and in the scale of the atrocities committed. It raises fundamental questions about human relations and the philosophical and political foundations of modern societies: totalitarianism and democracy, colonialism, and the right of peoples to self-determination. Produced by Jean-Baptiste Mersiol, this anthology offers a chronological journey through a selection of the most striking Sound Archives of the war: radio broadcasts, news bulletins, reports, programs, and official communiqués. Sources in foreign languages have been translated into French and are performed by Sarah Eddy. The conflict unfolds through the speeches of the major figures of the time - Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt - but also through the prism of contemporary news reports. A powerful immersion at the heart of history, revealing both the intensity of the conflict and the moral and metaphysical rupture engendered by it's atrocities. Patrick Frémeaux

What started as a college project for young actor Hal Holbrook went on to become THE archetypal one-man show. Three Columbia LPs emerged from that Broadway hit, and though those albums were acclaimed bestsellers, they've never appeared on CD 'til now! Enjoy the wit of Twain and the brilliance of Holbrook as you hear 10 of the best tracks from those 1959-1967 LPs. a treasure!

Region by region, Fremeaux & Associes Geographic constructs a geography of sounds. It presents the listener with a series of authentic, unaltered landscapes without reconstruction or addition. The approach focuses on natural and technological soundscapes and the way these change with each passing hour or season or as the heavens open. Fremeaux & Associes Geographic baut eine Geographie der Töne auf, deren Region die Werkeinheit ist. Die CD bietet dem Gehör eine Folge von authentischen Landschaften, ohne Umwandlung, ohne Rekonstruktion und ohne Hinzufügung. Der Ansatz interessiert sich für unser Besitztum und ist auf natürliche und technologische Tonlandschaften orientiert, ihre Entwicklungen je nach Uhrzeit, Jahreszeit, die Niederschläge… Fremeaux & Associes Geographic construye una geografía de sonidos, donde la región constituye la unidad de la obra. El disco propone escuchar una serie de paisajes autenticos, sin transformaciones, sin reconstrucciones ni anadidos. El enfoque pretende destacar el patrimonio y está orientado hacia los paisajes sonoros naturales y tecnológicos, y su evolución segun la hora, la estación, la climatología… Fremeaux & Associes Geographic costruisce una geografia dei suoni, la cui regione e l’unitA d’opera. Il disco propone all’ascolto una serie di paesaggi autentici, senza trasformazione, ricostruzione o aggiunta. In questi paesaggi... L’approccio e patrimoniale e si orienta verso paesaggi sonori naturali e tecnologici, verso le loro evoluzioni a seconda dell’ora, della stagione, delle precipitazioni atmosferiche... Fremeaux & Associes Geographic stelt een geografie van geluiden op, waarbij de streek een deel van het oeuvre vormt. Fremeaux & Associes Geographic brengt een opeenvolging van authentieke landschappen ten gehore, zonder vervorming, reconstructie of toevoegingen. De benadering is patrimoniaal en is gericht op natuurlijke en technologische geluidslandschappen, en hun ontwikkeling die afhangt van de tijd, het seizoen, de neerslag…