“A captain who never had the occasion to drop anchor.” Alain GERBER Fremeaux & Associes’ « Quintessence » products have undergone an analogical and digital restoration process which is recognized throughout the world. Each 2 CD set edition includes liner notes in English as well as a guarantee. This 2 CD set presents a selection of the best recordings by John Coltrane between 1956 and 1962.

“This disc, presented by Jean-Luc Herelle was recorded by Remy Bruckert in the jungles Sulawesi. The natural concerts from this part of the world, a tropical region still very much forested, offer an astonishing variety of melodies, tones and rhythms. By listening to the 66 minutes natural concerts, the listener will thus discover unknown sounds of our planet.” Jean-Claude ROCHe

On this recording are the songs of more than 60 species of Crickets, Cicadas and other singing insects, as well as insects from very different parts of the world. The listener will discover the incredible variety of rhythm and tone given by these small animals during their "courtship songs". Male insects have indeed developed, during their evolution, fantastic communications through sound intended to seduce and win females, more than 70 minutes of recordings on this CD. Replaces STT300392.

“Rodolphe Raffalli, a master of swinging arrangements for hit songs, pays tribute to his Corsican origins with great panache. As Django’s equal and a disciple of Crolla, Raffalli, in his Romany-swing waltzes and ballads, has succeeded in perfectly blending Mediterranean melodies with jazz from the gypsy school.” Benjamin Goldenstein

Here's a conducted and commented tour of a natural space to allow the younger generation to discover the beauty of nature in it's sound dimension. This CD presents life on the farm - cocks, chickens, Guinea fowl, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys, pigs, cows, dogs and, of course, cats! It's like being on a farm! The narration text between the animal sounds is in French.

“An exploration of sounds during a special hour in nature’s cycle: the natural world awakening. This sound CD (more than 50 minutes playing time) allows the listener to discover the intensity of natural sounds at dawn on different biotopes in both Northern and Southern America. Jean-Claude Roche has recorded the natural soundscapes of dawn in Canada, Martinique, Venezuela and Costa Rica.“ Patrick FReMEAUX

“Sounds of natural landscapes at dawn and dusk are modified and have a particular quality. Pierre Huguet had recorded this phenomenon in various West European natural habitats; thunderstorm in the Ried part of Alsace and an evening in a Vosges forest, both in north-east France, a dawn chorus in an Alpine forest (at 1,100 metres altitude), the atmosphere at dusk in a lagoon reedbed in the Guadalquivir delta in Andalusia (south-west Spain), an evening in a Camargue marsh (southern France), dawn in the Black forest (Germany). Patrick FReMEAUX

"Fremeaux & Associes present, for the first time ever, under the direction of the well-knows bio acoustician ornithologist J.C. Roche, the first sound guide allowing the listener to recognise 62 species of common North-American continent birds from their voices. Songs and common calls are included for each species and described in a 16 pages English booklet." Patrick Fremeaux

When modern jazz arrived after the war, the swing bands allowed young people to continue dancing to the sounds of jazz before they’d ever heard of Rock & Roll! Thanks to Pierre Carlu's choice of hits from the best of these bands, listeners can now enjoy the furious experience of those Swing “surprise-parties” for themselves. Patrick FReMEAUX

June 1942, a small book was published: “L’Etranger” (The stranger). The unknown author was a 28 years old who was to soon modify the history of both literature and philosophy of th 20th century, expressing the absurdity of the human destiny. This man is Albert CAMUS, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1957. On April 7, 8 and 9 1954, Albert CAMUS recorded the integrality of his most famous work “L’Etranger” for the National Radio. This 3-CD set offers a restored edition of this reading by Albert Camus himself (in French) of “L’Etranger”. Includes a 16 pages booklet written by Roger Grenier, who Camus helped to become a journalist for “Combat”, and who wrote a intellectual biography on Albert Camus.

Jean-Pierre Rampal may never get down and dirty on this album, considered "his first jazz recording," but the music is nonetheless infectious, breezy, playful, and crystal clear. The legendary flutist is so technically accomplished that anything too "swinging" from him seems a bit stiff, but this is where drummer Marcel Sabiani, bassist Mel Young, and legendary jazz pianist (and friend of Duke Ellington) Claude Bolling take over, all making these compositions seem jazzier than they are on paper.

Cette selection de Jean-Baptiste Mersiol et livret de Stephanie Acquette reunit les enregistrements historiques des scenes marquantes du drame romantique Ruy Blas et de quelques poemes du prolifique Victor Hugo, declames par certains des plus grands comediens francais du XXe siecle entre 1958 et 1962. Les interpretations de Paul-emile Deiber, dans son premier grand role dramatique, Pierre Dux ou Jean Meyer, offrent une fen�tre sur l'ame du theatre francais de cette epoque. Temoignage unique sur l'art de la declamation propre au lyrisme de cette periode, ce coffret consacre celui qui selon Andre Gide etait � helas ! � le plus grand poete francais qu'il n'a, encore aujourd'hui, jamais cesse d'�tre. This selection by Jean-Baptiste Mersiol and booklet by Stephanie Acquette brings together historic recordings of key scenes from the from the Romantic drama Ruy Blas and a selection of poems by the prolific Victor Hugo, recited by some of France's by some of the greatest French actors of the 20th century between 1958 and 1962. Performances by Paul-emile Deiber, in his first major in his first major dramatic role, Pierre Dux and Jean Meyer, offer a window into the soul of French theater at the time. Period. A unique testimony to the art of declamation specific to the lyricism of this period, this boxed set celebrates the man who, according to Andre Gide, was "alas!" the greatest French poet he still is today. RUY BLAS : DON SALLUSTE - LA REINE D'ESPAGNE - RUY BLAS - DON CeSAR - LE TIGRE ET LE LION. PAR LES COMeDIENS DE LA COMeDIE FRANcAISE. POeSIES : JEAN DESCHAMPS : OCEANO NOX - LE MENDIANT - DEMAIN DeS L'AUBE - L'EXPIATION - SOLEILS COUCHANTS - TRISTESSE D'OLYMPIO � ANDRe FALCON : CE SIeCLE AVAIT DEUX ANS... - T'EN SOUVIENS-TU MON FReRE ? � MAURICE TEYNAC : VIEILLE CHANSON DU JEUNE TEMPS - LE SACRE DE LA FEMME - CHANT DU BOL DE PUNCH - a L'HOMME - PUISQUE MAI TOUT EN FLEUR - AVE, DEA, MORITURUS TE � GEORGES WILSON : APReS LA BATAILLE - JEANNE AU PAIN SEC � PAUL-eMILE DEIBER : LA ROSE DE L'INFANTE � GEORGES DESCRIeRES : VIENS, UNE FL�TE INVISIBLE - LA VACHE � JEAN DAVY : LA MORT D'UN CHIEN - SAISON DES SEMAILLES � GeRARD PHILIPE : BOOZ ENDORMI.

Noel Rosa creait la chanson populaire urbaine, le bahianais Dorival Caymmi imposait la magie afro-bresilienne et Vinicius de Moraes fut le poete par excellence de la bossa nova. Aux cotes de ces trois geants, l'anthologie ouvre aussi le spectre a la chanson romantique de Catulo da Paixao Cearense et de Candido das Neves ainsi qu'a quelques autres plumes de reference (comme Orestes Barbosa, Cartola, Ronaldo Boscoli, Humberto Teixeira...). Noirs, mulatres ou blancs, originaires de Rio de Janeiro ou du Nordeste, auteurs - compositeurs - interpretes comme Noel Rosa ou Caymmi ou seulement paroliers, ils epousent les evolutions stylistiques de la chanson populaire bresilienne sur un demisiecle et leur talent litteraire donne a leur versification un halo hautement poetique. Noel Rosa fathered popular urban songs. Dorival Caymmi breathed Afro-Brazilian magic into them, and Vinicius de Moraes was the poet par excellence of bossa nova. This collection also celebrates other in uential artists in Brazil, the likes of Catulo da Paixao Cearense, Candido das Neves, Orestes Barbosa, Cartola, Ronaldo Boscoli and Humberto Teixeira. Whether they were black, white or mulatto, from Rio de Janeiro or Nordeste, composer songwriters or lyricists, each of these artists contributed to the stylistic evolution of popular Brazilian songs for half a century. Their literary talents made their verse a thing of extraordinary poetry.

� Je me souviens de l'epoque o� Sacha Distel etait guitariste de jazz. � Georges PEREC, Je me souviens, Hachette, Paris, 1978. Alexandre "Sacha" Distel, neveu du celebre chef d'orchestre Ray Ventura, emerge comme une figure cle du jazz dans les annees 1950. Influence par son oncle et les musiciens qu'il cotoie, il apprend la guitare avec Henri Salvador. Considere comme l'un des meilleurs guitaristes francais des 1956, il collabore avec des geants du jazz tels que Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz et Lionel Hampton avant de connaitre le succes dans la chanson. Alexandre "Sacha" Distel, the nephew of famous French bandleader Ray Ventura, emerged as a key figure on the jazz scene in the early fifties. Under the influence of his uncle and the musicians alongside him, he learned to play the guitar with Henri Salvador and by 1956 he was considered one of the best guitarists in France. Before going on to become a successful singer, Sacha played with such jazz giants as Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz and Lionel Hampton.

Catherine ZARCATE is an important name in the revival of story-telling in France. The tale she interprets in this 2-CD set is entitled “Le Fils du vent”. She wrote it and presented it on stage, having worked for over ten years to reach such narrative perfection. In French.