“The manner of Bill Evans is no volatile substance: it is ventilated, ethereal. It is not vapid, but exquisite. Not precious, but refined. Cerebral? No! Meditative. Evanescent? On the con trary: what is insinuated by it leaves a lasting imprint on our awareness.” Alain GERBER

2-CD set contains 38 comic songs by Mary Buldoc, whose works are now studied in universities. Indeed, historians prefer her version of everyday life to that described in the press of the period. However, Mary was simply describing what she saw around her, without premise and unaffected by her reputation.

In this 2 CD course, Michel Onfray, the great French philosopher, deals with Don Quixote, Cervantes'famous character who desires to become a knight and fights windmills. Using the depiction of the concept of denial at the rot of political and religious indoctrination. In French

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“Emy Dragoï’s Etno-Fonia project delves into the heritage of Romanian folk music which he re-interprets using the language of jazz – surrounded by an almost symphonic band. The encounter of these popular and knowing cultures produce an explosive Balkan cocktail, strongly evoking the exuberance of Kusturica’s movies, the virtuosity of Tzigane music and the lyricism of jazz. This new depiction boasts talent and portrays the vitality of the heritage of traditional music given an astonishingly modern treatment.” Benjamin Goldenstein & Patrick Fremeaux

This CD introduces the religious aspect of Tibetan music as an artistic illustration of Buddhism, and it also represents the popular culture through folk songs that are part of daily life. This musical document is a witness to the splendor of this ancient civilization. Features a reading of the sacred texts by the Lamas of the main Tibetan in Dharamshala, a temple ceremony of the Drugpa-ka-gyu sect, a Khampa folk dance and patriotic song, conch shell blowing and much more.

The Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this biography of Cleopatra, by Christian-Georges Schwentzel, specialist in the Hellenistic and Roman Middle East. Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt (69-30 BC), is an exception in the history of mankind: she is one of the few women to have achieved political power. According to ancient texts, it owes it's success to it's irresistible charm: it seduces Julius Caesar then Marc Antoine, successive masters of the Roman world. But she is also a political leader who manages to conquer her subjects through daring economic reforms, in favor of the poorest, and through a religious ecumenism which leads her to present herself as a living goddess speaking to all peoples. Here, Christian-Georges Schwentzel deconstructs the fantasies she has been subjected to since Antiquity and tells us the story of the queen-goddess who won immortality by transforming herself into a myth.

This CD of a new kind allows the listener to listen to the Voices of the Ocean. Over 58 minutes you will hear the songs and calls, indeed, the language of 5 species of Cetacea. Jean C. Roche realized this recording thanks to the Marine Mammal Fund in San Francisco and it's director, Mr Stan Minasian, who supplied him with rare and beautiful sounds. With the sounds of: Killer Whale, Beluga Whale, Narwhal Whale, Humpback, Bowhead Whale and Bearded Seals.

Marcel Conche is a important French philosopher specialist in metaphysics and in philosophy of nature. This 5 CD boxset feature a 5 hours interview between Marcel Conche and his former disciples, such as Andre Comte-Sponville, Jean-Philippe Catonne or Yvon Quiniou. In French.

"The birds of France are either sedentary or migrant. The climate comprises a variety of soundscapes fashioned with a great diversity of bird songs. This sound guide features recordings compiled by Jean C. Roche and enables the listener to identify the various common species in France. Its 24-page booklet (with both French and English notes) presents all of the 99 species. To fully appreciate nature one must listen to it." Patrick Fremeaux

In this 4 CD interview, Michel Rocard, former French Prime Minister, and a major figure of the reformative left-wing policy in France, comes back on all the milestones of his political life and struggles. In French.

Cynthia Fleury, philosopher and psychoanalyst, clears new avenues of reflection on the courage and the experience of discouragement. As a psychoanalyst, she observes the intimate discouragement of her patients, and observes the perverse effects of the organization of the world of work and of political space on the psyche of individuals. Convening in turn, Victor Hugo, Diogenes, Jankelevitch, Amartya Sen, and Cynthia Fleury question the links between the personal experience of discouragement and society. From the individual register it broadens its reflection to the collective and political domain. One discovers then how courage as a surpassing of self is also a regulating element of democracy, while the philosopher traces in parallel an ethic of courage, an eminently political project. It is at the heart of discouragement that courage arises and that the possibility of anew beginning comes. In a clear and precise language, Cynthia Fleury takes us to the reconquest of courage, to new possibilities.

There is no way around true jazz legend Alain Jean-Marie. A pianist gifted with a rare sensitivity and a sincere virtuosity, he is held in high esteem by jazz fans and jazz musicians alike. Biguine reflections is the works of a lifetime. It was produced by great French-Caribbean producers Arthur Apatout in turn with Erick Siar and stands as a 21-year long adventure (1992 to 2013), issued on five sides and gathered here in a complete, 4-disc set for the first time. In this tremendous, polyptich work the pianist bridges biguine and jazz, two creole musics which emerged out of the same cultural sphere: The Caribbean Sea. He strived to pursue and update the works of wabap biguine founders Al Lirvat and Robert Mavounzy. In bringing his own reinterpretation to it, Alain Jean-Marie takes Caribbean jazz to new heights. A monument.

“Choc ‘n soul” – The title composed by Manu Dibango in 1978 is a veritable manifesto of the good word preached by Manu in his orchestral elucubrations, demonstrating the shock of the fusion between original Africa and musicgenres of Afro-America – soul, jazz, disco – which came between Manu Dibango’s success with his “Soul Makossa”, his journey to Kingston, and his Parisian recordings at the end of the Eighties. Here Manu Dibango proposes a return to 12 of his best titles released between 1978 and 1989. Soul and shock indeed." Benjamin Goldenstein & Patrick Fremeaux

“Jazz is our contribution to the world and us Afro-Americans, even if this world prefers to ignore it and always tries to make it the product of something else.” Art BLAKEY 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 present a selection of the best recordings by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers between 1947 and 1959.