Alphonse DAUDET spent the end of his life in an almost legendary part of France: the sunny and singing Provence. "Les Lettres de mon moulin" is probably his most famous work: a selection of novels with the action based in Provence and its traditions. The charm of Provence is brought to life, with its fragrances and atmosphere, its colourful characters, its rhythm of life… Recommended for children as from the age of 7 / 8 – in French.

"Boby Lapointe was a free man and in consequence, only got on with free men. I therefore had no problem in entering his universe, in his bucolic environment, in his bars and neighbourhoods, where dreams mingle with life and love with laughter, in order to create music in his image", explained Rene BOTTLANG. Leaving alchemy to one side, the rest, of course, is a matter of writing, which is not always simple. It is effectively difficult to be inspired by the music itself, which is often reduced to its most simple form of expression. "I’ve used the words like music, that’s why I called for Phil Minton, who doesn’t speak French and proceeds onomatopoeically".

“Selected from the catalogue of the São Paulo independent label CPC UMES, this anthology features the best of contemporary Brazilian North-East music, from Coma dre Florzinha to Cesar do Acordeon, from Gereba to Mafuá. An overall view of a living music that still retains echoes of its historical roots. Whether through Saturday night forros or nostalgic ballads it continues to provide a link between North-Easterners who have never left their birthplace and those who have migrated to Southern Brazil.” Teca Calazans & Patrick Fremeaux

Fremeaux & Associes present, for the first time ever, under the direction of the well-known bio acoustician ornithologist J.C.Roche, the first sound guide allowing the listener to recognise 198 species of common Asian continent birds from their voices. Songs and common calls are included for each species.

It is only natural that Claude Bolling, one of the greatest representatives of European jazz, and who fused jazz and classics to create crossover music, gives tribute to the heritage of French song, an internationally-known repertoire, which his Big Band plays generously and good-heartedly. First released for Milan/Universal in 2000, this disc is of double historical interest as the greatest European Big Band of the 20th century pays homage to the French repertory.

"He still seemed to be 17 when he was 77. He wanted to tell us that the preconceit of passing time is false and that we should be more optimistic. Time doesn't pass - it stays." Jean Curtelin, co-author of Henri Salvador's autobiography This 2 CD box features the 3rd volume of Henri Salvador's complete CD edition realised by Daniel Nevers for Fremeaux & Associes, with the agreement of regretted Henri Salvador and the support of Catherine Tosca Salvador.

This 4 CD box set dictionary features the 100 major performers of French songs during the first half of 20th century. Each artist is presented through his major success of the time and inside the 80 pages booklet included in the box set. A hundred successes to illustrate 50 years of French song from 1905 to 1955.

Philipe Sollers tells in this CD the importance of China in is novels. This recording delivers long readings, by Philippe Sollers himself, of the following novels: "L'Etoile des Amants", "Le Secret", "Studio", "Passion Fixe" (© Gallimard) and Paradis (© Editions du Seuil 1981). Audiobook in French.

This CD features famous and beautiful Ludivine Sagnier reading Andersen's tale La Petite sirene (The little Mermaid). The delicacy and intensity of Andersen's reading is surrounded with a musical creation by Pierre-Adrien Charpy. Read in french for children from the age of 6.

One of those absorbing conversations including paroxysms, allusions and situations. If the word lively didn't exist, it would have to be invented for this album.

“This CD is the result of many years of observation and recording in the “Troncais forest” (middle France), so reknown for its Red deer rut. Together, the author, Olivier Dumas, and Jean-Louis Chaudeaux who provided the illustrations for the booklet, propose a succession of famous rutting cries and, at the end of the CD, a small “dictionary” of the different rutting calls.” Jean C. Roche & Patrick Fremeaux

In this 2 CD audio book, the famous philosopher Michel Onfray draws a parallel between 9/11 and the terrorist attacks that hit the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Faced with terror and death, what are the governments to do ? In French.

This triple album set contains a series of concerts recorded at the Paris Olympia between 1957 and 1962 by one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. Under the wing of distin guis hed manager/producer Norman Granz, Ella Fitzgerald was then at the peak of her artistic career after recording the Songbook series of titles by George Gershwin (with Louis Armstrong), Cole Porter and Harold Arlen. It was also her outstanding concert-period, and her version of “Mack the Knife” in 1960 in Berlin was one of her biggest hits. In a state of grace, Ella sings jazz for an audience literally transported by the First Lady of Song. Patrick FReMEAUX The Live in Paris collection by Michel Brillie allows listeners to hear previously-unreleased recordings (made at concerts and private- or radio-sessions) by the great 20th stars in jazz, rock & roll and song. These “live” takes, and the artists’ rapport with their audiences, gives these performances an additional soul and sensibility in counterpoint to the rigorous demands of studio recordings. Particular care was taken when restoring the sound of these tapes in order to meet CD standards while preserving the original colours of the period. Patrick FReMEAUX & Gilles PeTARD

This CD of more than 66 minutes are recordings of the fascinating world of sounds of the Jura forests, realm of the Lynx, which participates in these winter concerts. The listener is taken, during the different seasons, into different places such as: impenetrable or open forests, narrow gorges, and even into a bat filled cave.

This is the fifth volume of Fremeaux's new collection, about the History of French Literature. Directed by Alain Viala, an esteemed historian and College Professor, in coedition with editor "Presses Universitaires de France" (PUF), this collection proposes to stress the history of French Literature during the 19th century. A 5 CD audiobook, in French.