The mestiza music (mixed-blood music) of the Mexican countryside is of a wealth that often amazes the European listener more accustomed to poor commercial success. It moves by its irresistible vitality and joyful force. This music, so deeply Mexican that it could not be confused with any other, however arose from the (forced?) union between three very distant cultures: Amerindian, African and European. The Huasteco “son”, presented in this CD, recorded in the sixties and seventies by musicologist Serge Roterman, is of a singular refinement. Patrick FReMEAUX

A 2 CD audiobook by French philosopher Pascal Bruckner. "How do love, which attaches, can accomodates freedom, which separates ?" This audiobook deals with an analysis of the love relationship in the modern society. In French

This 4 CD box set delivers an philosophical analysis of Hegel theories by one of the greatest philosopher of our times: Luc Ferry. Mainly known for his political commitment (he was the minister for Education between 2002 and 2004, Luc Ferry has a great career as a writer and as a teacher. These skills enable him to deliver an amazingly clear-to-understand speech (exclusively recorded in studio for Fremeaux & Associes) about one of the most important philosopher of the 19th Century with a remarkable analysis on his works. In French.

After the success of the first record of his answers during the conferences he made (FA5165), Hubert Reeves proves once again the appetite for knowledge of the widest and non-scientific public. Hubert Reeves offers a clear, responsible and pedagogic answer to the great problem of our society and meets the question of the ecology for the future of mankind. In French.

This 2CD set presents “L’Aiglon” by Edmond Rostand - a theater play created in 1900 by famed Sarah Bernhardt. The recordings have been produced by Moshe Naim, while Pierre Vaneck's interpretation has been celebrated by the critics as “the best of all times”. In French.

“With this disc, Francois Jouffa offers a sound exploration of the musical and artistic heritage from Vietnam. First, popular songs from Hanoi are accompanied by the Water Puppet Theatre Company; then the royal music from Huê - the former imperial capital of Vietnam - are played by a group of traditional musicians. This collection of ethnomusical pieces which is dedicated to world cultures and recorded in situ by a specialist in sound capture is also meant to preserve whole sections of popular and artistic traditions.” Benjamin Goldenstein & Patrick Fremeaux

"This 2CD boxset delivers the recording of a Forum organized by one of the major newspaper in France: Liberation, with the objective of letting two major characters of the subject treated discuss in public. This discussion between Daniel Cohn-Bendit (leader of the student protesters during the May 1968 and currently co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament) and Georges-Marc Benamou (one of the main members of Nicolas Sarkozy's staff as Advisors to the Presidency) was focused on the subject: “Liquider 68 ?” (Liquidate 1968 ?). In French." Patrick Fremeaux

(4-CD set) This 4 CD boxset features 16 conferences by 16 contemporary philosophers about the notion of vices and virtues and therefore entitled in French "Vices ou Vertus ?". a modern reflection about the moral judgments in our 21st century's societies. In French.

“In the early fifties, Charles Aznavour, already recognised as a singer, became regarded by the greatest stars who solicited the lyrics of his hits. Featuring his duo with Pierre Roche, his friendship with Edith Piaf and his songs borrowed by Eddie Constantine, Lucienne Delyle, Georges Ulmer, Gilbert Becaud and many others, Andre Bernard, assisted by Gerard Davoust, take us back to the origins of the Aznavour legend in these two CDs accompanied by a remarkably illustrated booklet of liner notes.” Claude Colombini Fremeaux

“The space adventure” features more than 80 reports and excerpts from archive material charting the history of France and Europe’s space programme in the 20th century. CNES’s Space Observatory and INA, France’s national audiovisual institute, co-produced this anthology of sound recordings inspired by three guiding themes: political and symbolic; strategic and economic; and scientific. The radio archive excerpts on this audio CD will therefore contribute to future efforts to write the cultural history of space.. Gerard Azoulay (CNES) & Marie-Claire AMBLARD (INA)

This 4 CD box set features a reflection about the act of believing through the spoken contributions of 16 philosophers. In French

“Mahalia Jackson’s triumphal European tour in 1961 resulted in her being recognised universally as one of the greatest singers in the world, in whatever musical genre.” Jean BUZELIN The complete Mahalia Jackson recordings (presented chronologically as in the Sister Rosetta Tharpe series) reveal a personality who will remain one of the greatest-ever Gospel artists, a singer who filled 20th century Afro-American culture with inspiration. The source of this vital music is the collection of Jean Buzelin, the author of this anthology, together with the aid of collectors of Mahalia Jackson's work; all these recordings have been restored with the best analog transfers and most sophisticated technology available, to avoid any alteration of the original sound.

Abbe Pierre is France's most popular defender of the poor and often revered as the conscience of the nation. On this 49 track CD, the elderly Roman Catholic priest gathers with various musicians in the name of peace. Each music piece begins with the spoken words of Abbe Pierre and then the music follows, mostly played solo on atmospheric, ethereal electric and acoustic piano.

In the tradition of Miles Davis, Weather Report and others taking jazz to new shores in the early Seventies, Troc was a legendary yet short-lived quintet whose only album was issued in 1972 - a rough diamond from the seams of jazz/rock and other hallucinatory experiments. Drummer Andre Ceccarelli recently reformed the band to record Troc 2011 for Universal and it's success prompted this reissue by Fremeaux of the band's epic first album - now available for the first time on CD - together with two bonus titles recorded at that same historic session.

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