48 Chefs-d'oeuvre D'amerique Latine 1930-1962 - "These 48 masterpieces from Latin America provide an immersion in the musical diversity of the continent that is South America. Habanera, danzn, choro, samba, tango, rumba, mambo and cha-cha-cha illustrate Latin Americas creativity in it's music, notably thanks to the richness of popular Creole music forms, and together they represent a true national identity through music.

Apres ses debuts remarques dans le jazz, Alexandre Sacha Distel, neveu du celebre chef d'orchestre Ray Ventura, s'oriente vers la chanson. Son charme et sa voix seduisent rapidement le public. en 1958, son tube Scoubidou le propulse au sommet des charts. de 1959 a 1962, Distel enchaine les succes. Il remporte le Grand Prix de l'Academie Charles-Cros en 1959, chante avec Maurice Chevalier, compose pour le grand ecran et devient une ic�ne de la chanson francaise, alliant talent musical et elegance naturelle. Patrick FReMEAUX After a stunning debut as a jazz guitarist, Alexandre "Sacha" Distel, the nephew of famous French bandleader Ray Ventura, turned to the world of songs, where his voice and good looks quickly attracted a large audience. In 1958 he had an enormous hit with the song "Scoubidou" that catapulted him to the top of the charts. In 1959 he won the "Grand Prix de l'Academie Charles-Cros", and for the next three years he enjoyed one hit after another. He would sing with Maurice Chevalier and compose songs for films before becoming an icon in popular music with a unique combination of musical talent and natural elegance. Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 (1957-1959) : Sacha Distel CHANTE : TOUT BAS (SPEAK LOW) - CHEVEUX DANS LE VENT - QUAND J'Y PENSE - LA FIN D'UN ROMAN D'AMOUR - MA CHeRIE SI JOLIE (TAMMY) - MALADIE D'AMOUR - INSENSIBLEMENT - FASCINATION - ROSE D'OR - LE TOUR DU MONDE (AROUND THE WORLD) - QUAND TU VIENS CHEZ MOI... MON COEUR - QUELQUE CHOSE EN TOI - L'eTANG - TIENS ! TIENS ! TIENS ! - UN AMOUR COMME LE N�TRE - QUE RESTE-T-IL DE NOS AMOURS ? - PARLEZ-MOI D'AMOUR - SI PETITE O MON AMOUR - GARDE cA POUR TOI (CATCH A FALLING STAR) - LE MUR - La, PReS DE LA FENeTRE (IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS) - DORS MON AMOUR - BRIGITTE - a JAMAIS - BONJOUR CHeRIE. BANDE ORIGINALE DU FILM GIGI : C'EST LA BARBE (AVEC MAURICE CHEVALIER) - TOUT cA N'EST PAS POUR MOI - CEUX QUI INVENTeRENT LE CHAMPAGNE (AVEC MARIE FRANCE GIGI ET JANE MARKEN) - GIGI. CD2 (1959-1961) : Sacha Distel EN PERSONNE : SCOUBIDOU - POMMES ET POIRES - OH ! QUELLE NUIT (LONESOME ME) - QUAND ON S'EST CONNU - CE SERAIT DOMMAGE... (IMPATIENT LOVER) - OUI, OUI, OUI, OUI (GRAND PRIX DE LA CHANSON R.T.F. 1959) - DIS ! O DIS ! (EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER) - ET QUE cA DURE - JE N'AVAIS PAS COMPRIS. COQ D'OR DE LA CHANSON 1959 : SOPHIE. Sacha Distel N�2 : MON BEAU CHAPEAU - La, PReS DE LA FENeTRE (IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS) - LES CeLIBATAIRES - OUAH ! OUAH ! OUAH ! OUAH ! - PERSONNALITeS - ELLE A LE... ELLE A LA... ELLE A LES... - DITES a L'ORCHESTRE (LA... LA... LA...) - MONSIEUR L'BARON - TOUT cA DEVAIT ARRIVER (EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME) - DR�LE DE ReVE (THE PREACHER) - ALLEZ ! VA ! (MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK). Sacha Distel N�3 : 20 MADAM' MADAM' - CALIN CALINETTE - LES CARIOCAS, ELLES SONT SI BELLES LES CARIOCAS - OUI, DEVANT DIEU (LA NOVIA) - LE BOOGIE DU BeBe (BABY SITTIN' BOOGIE) - ON DIT, ON DIT, ON DIT - cA C'EST DU POULET - a CAUSE DE TOI (I DON't KNOW WHY) - BYE BYE BABY (BYE BYE BLACKBIRD) - TROIS FOIS LA FRANCE. CD3 (1961-1962) : OUI ET NON - C'EST TOUT, C'EST TOUT (THAT'S ALL) - CATERINA - C'eTAIT PLUS FORT QUE TOUT (I CAN't STOP LOVING YOU) - J'AI UN RENDEZ-VOUS (I WANNA THANK YOU) - SANS TOI - QUE C'EST BON (WELCOME HOME TO MY HEART) - CHANSON SUR UNE SEULE NOTE (SAMBA DE UMA NOTA SO) - GUITARE ET COPAINS (A STEEL GUITAR AND A GLASS OF WINE) - DIS-MOI BARMAN - LES FILLES... MOI J'AIME cA - BON VENT MA JOLIE - PAILLASSE - RIEN DANS LA NUIT. SACHA BOSSA NOVA : ESO BESO - DESAFINADO - VIENS DANSER LA BOSSA NOVA (TING TOUNG) - LOIN DE TOI (RECADO). EVERYBODY LOVES THE LOVER : LET ME LOVE YOU - WHY DON't WE DO THIS MORE OFTEN - MY HEART STOOD STILL - ONCE IN EVERY LIFETIME - I'm IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE - THE LOVER - IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME - EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER - YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME - I CAN't GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE - ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : OLIVIER JULIEN

Bien qu'Erik Satie soit principalement reconnu pour son oeuvre de compositeur et pianiste, ses ecrits poetiques sont a l'image de sa musique : souvent courts, empreints d'un humour absurde et d'une grande sensibilite melancolique. La voix profonde et le timbre captivant de Francois Marthouret, se mele ici aux harmonies delicates du piano de Christiane Gugger. La complicite sensible entre l'acteur et la pianiste, souligne toute la musicalite et l'inattendu de ces ecrits iconoclastes signes par l'un des plus grands precurseurs de son epoque Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX Although Erik Satie is primarily known for his work as a composer and pianist, his poetic writings reflect the same qualities as his music: often brief, tinged with absurd humor and deep melancholic sensitivity. The deep voice and captivating tone of Francois Marthouret blend here with the delicate harmonies of Christiane Gugger's piano. The sensitive rapport between the actor and the pianist highlights the musicality and unpredictability of these iconoclastic writings by one of the greatest pioneers of his time. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX GNOSSIENNE N�2 ET JE SUIS Ne a HONFLEUR - GNOSSIENNE N�4 - JE REGRETTE - GNOSSIENNE N�3 - LA JOURNeE D'UN MUSICIEN - VALSE-BALLET. SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS - CHORAL INAPPeTISSANT - LA BALANcOIRE - LA CHASSE - LA COMeDIE ITALIENNE - LE ReVEIL DE LA MARIeE - COLIN MAILLARD - LA PeCHE - LE YACHTING - LE BAIN DE MER - LE CARNAVAL - LE GOLF - LA PIEUVRE - LES COURSES - LES QUATRE COINS - LE PICNIC - LE WATER-CHUTE - LE TANGO - LE TRAiNEAU - LE FLIRT - LE FEU D'ARTIFICE - LE TENNIS. MUSIQUE SUR L'EAU - FANTAISIE-VALSE - ECHANGE D'IDeE - OGIVE N�1 - LES PeRIMeS - GNOSSIENNE N�5 - LE VERTIGE - SEUL a LA MAISON. LETTRE a DEBUSSY - 20 JUILLET 1903 - 14 AO�T 1903 - 17 AO�T 1903. AVANT-DERNIeRES PENSeES - IDYLLE a DEBUSSY - AUBADE a PAUL DUCAS - MeDITATION a ALBERT ROUSSEL. MICHELET ET LES ANIMAUX - PIeCE FROIDE N�2 - L'ARTISTE ET L'ENNUI - GNOSSIENNE N�1 - MESDAMES MESDEMOISELLES MESSIEURS - JE TE VEUX LETTRE a SUZANNE VALADON 11 MARS 1893 - SON BINOCLE.

Chaque album du trio Kuhn/Humair/Jenny-Clark est une promesse de perfection. Enregistre au cours de la tournee internationale 1992-1993, ce live est un temoin inespere de l'apogee de ce trio legendaire et de l'alchimie incandescente qui unissait ces trois maitres. La virtuosite est organique, la puissance inalterable et l'elegance regne en majeste. L'age d'or du jazz en Europe. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX Each album by the trio Kuhn/Humair/Jenny-Clark already promises perfection. And this unexpected live recording made in the course of an international tour in 1992-1993 proves at least three things: the trio was at it's zenith; it had already become a legend; and the alchemy that bound these three masters together was incandescent. Here their virtuosity is no less than organic, the trio's power is unshakeable, and the elegance that reigns throughout is majestic. This is a demonstration of the Golden Age of jazz in Europe. Augustin Bondoux / Patrick Fremeaux INDIA (JOHN COLTRANE) - HEAVY HANGING (Joachim Kuhn) - GUYLeNE (DANIEL HUMAIR / Joachim Kuhn) - FROM TIME TO TIME FREE (DANIEL HUMAIR / Joachim Kuhn) - SUMMERTIME (GEORGES GERSHWIN). Joachim Kuhn PIANO - DANIEL HUMAIR DRUMS - JEAN-FRANcOIS JENNY-CLARK BASS

Fruit d'une rencontre musicale exceptionnelle entre le pianiste de jazz francais Olivier Hutman et le joueur de kora senegalais Lamine Cissokho, Double Skyline fusionne avec brio les traditions musicales ouest africaines, particulierement mandingues et le jazz. Sorti initialement sur le label Cristal Records, cet album d'une rare fraicheur, nous embarque dans un voyage sonore qui mele quietude et ravissement, tout en ouvrant vers de nouveaux horizons. Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FReMEAUX Accords, modes, timbres, rythmes, deux continents, une seule histoire : le pianiste Olivier Hutman et le joueur de kora Lamine Cissokho proposent un magnifique echange de vues avec Double Skyline. Francis MARMANDE - LE MONDE "Double Skyline" is the result of an exceptional encounter in music between French jazz pianist Olivier Hutman and Senegalese kora player Lamine Cissokho. With brio, their album provides a fusion of West African traditions, particularly Mandinka music and jazz. Initially released on the label Cristal Records, this album has a rare freshness that takes us on a voyage in sound that mingles tranquility and delight while opening out onto new horizons. Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FReMEAUX OLIVIER HUTMAN - PIANO - LAMINE CISSOKHO - KORA NUMERO UNO* - FOLON* - FIVE IN BLUE* - CONTREVENT* - SUNUJAZZ* - SOPHIE TUCKER'S FAVORITE DREAM* - FASSOULO* - CAPO VERDE* - MODESTY*. COMPOSED BY LAMINE CISSOKHO. COMPOSED BY OLIVIER HUTMAN.

Pour le premier album de son Klezmer Ensemble, Marc Crofts reunit des musiciens de tous horizons (Suisse, France, Pologne ou Bulgarie) qui ont chacun des influences musicales differentes : musiques klezmer, balkaniques ou tziganes, mais aussi jazz et classique. Le violoniste a puise dans un repertoire folklorique perdu, qu'il a rearrange de facon totalement inedite en faisant dialoguer les codes traditionnels avec ses propres experiences musicales et celles de chacun de ses acolytes. Entre tradition et modernite, Urban Myths propose une relecture subtile et jubilatoire de la musique klezmer, interpretee par des musiciens virtuoses qui communiquent une precieuse complicite. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX For his first Klezmer album, Marc Crofts has gathered musicians from many horizons (Switzerland, France, Poland, Bulgaria). Each of them brings in a different musical influence, whether from Klezmer, the Balkans or gypsy traditions, but also jazz and classical music. The violinist draws from a lost folk repertoire which he has rearranged in a totally novel way, constructing a dialogue between traditional codes and personal musical experiences that belong only to his companions and himself. Navigating old traditions and inventive modernity, "Urban Myths" offers a jubilant and subtle new interpretation of klezmer music played by virtuoso musicians who share a precious and communicative complicity. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX UKRAINIAN MEDLEY - FARMER'S ZOK - BELORUSSIAN SKOTCHNE - VEN IKH ZOL HOBN - VOLEKH - VOLYNSK NIGN - THE POET'S NIGUN - PAPIR IZ VAYS - ROZMARIN NIGN - WEAVER FROM JELAL - ANONYMOUS NIGN - ZAY GEZUNT - PERELMAN'S TISH-NIGN - SAKHINOVSKI SKOTCHNE. MARC CROFTS : VIOLON, VOIX & ARRANGEMENTS - ATANAS MARINOV : CLARINETTE - SERAPHIM VON WERRA : ACCORDeON - PIOTR WEGROWSKI : CONTREBASSE. PRODUCTION : NOMADIM PROD.

Membre du Big Band de Claude Bolling depuis 1978, le talentueux saxophoniste et clarinettiste Claude Tissendier a ete un temoin privilegie de la carriere du pianiste et chef d'orchestre. Ces annees de collaboration et une connaissance intime du repertoire bollingien, conferent a son hommage une authenticite rare. Avec Swingin' Bolling Tissendier s'affirme comme un passeur de memoire, un gardien du temple swing, qui perpetue a merveille l'esprit et la lettre de l'oeuvre du chef. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX The talented saxophonist/clarinet-player Claude Tissendier has been a member of the Claude Bolling Big Band since 1978, and so a privileged witness to his leader's career as a pianist and conductor. During those years of collaboration, Tissendier has gained an intimate knowledge of the band's repertoire that lends rare authenticity to his tribute here. With "Swingin' Bolling", Tissendier shows himself to be a perfect messenger filled with memories and also one of the best guardians of the temple of Swing. This record wonderfully perpetuates the spirit and the letter of the works of "the Chief." Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX BOWLING GREEN - LET'S SWING IT - TRADE MARK - BIG GOLDEN PIPE RHAPSODY - THE KEY - SAX SPECIALTIES (SAX SPECIAL TISS) - GENTLE GIRL - FEED THE CATS - MAIN DE FER ET GANT DE VELOURS - LA COMPLAINTE DES APACHES - PARIS EN BOUTEILLE - SOFT CALL - KEEP SMILING - CITY LIFE. CLAUDE TISSENDIER SAXPHONE ALTO, ARRANGEMENTS eRIC LEVRARD SAXPHONE BARYTON PHILIPPE MILANTA PIANO PIERRE MAINGOURD CONTREBASSE ALAIN CHAUDRON BATTERIE FABY MeDINA CHANT (5 &10) TOUTES LES COMPOSITIONS SONT DE CLAUDE BOLLING

It is through a double CD that Musique en Wallonie is honoring the Belgian composer Lucie Vellere. When, in 1957, the jury (entirely male) of the International Composition Contest for Women Composers, organised by Grace Spofford and the American division of the Conseil international de femmes, awarded her a first prize, Lucie Vellere found herself, for the first in her life, in the public eye. She who had always cultivated discretion now aroused curiosity. Throughout her fifty-year compositional career, Vellere cultivated an art of the melodic line that one could liken to the curves of Art nouveau, which left their mark on many composers, among them the early Debussy of the Arabesques. While Franck and Faure are often cited as her aesthetic influences, the mature Debussy appears only as filtered through Jongen. Many of the references of pictorial, poetic and musical impressionism were adopted by the composer: the elements (earth, air, fire, water), landscapes, times and seasons (evening, moonlight, autumn), evocations of temporal or spatial distance (an indeterminate past, Antiquity, the Orient). Vellere strove also for a classical sobriety and sense of proportion. This recording highlights the composer's eclectic compositions, mixing work for voice and piano, string quartets and octets, women's choir and even piano music, a panorama of her compositions that will reveal several facets of her personality.

Taxe d'immoralite, condamne et censure, Baudelaire est, contre son temps, celui que Rimbaud definissait comme le premier voyant, roi des poetes, un vrai Dieu et don't l'influence perdure jusque chez nos artistes contemporains. Des Fleurs du Mal, son oeuvre maitresse, aux extraits de ses journaux intimes ou de Lettre a sa mere, les comediens tels que Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Desailly et Pierre Blanchar redonnent vie a cet albatros le temps de quelques vers. Coralie IMMACOLATO & Patrick FReMEAUX Taxed with immorality, condemned and censored, Baudelaire was, against his time, the man Rimbaud defined as "the first seer, king of poets, a true God", whose influence endures even among our contemporary artists. From Fleurs du Mal, his masterwork, to excerpts from his diaries and Lettre a sa mere, actors such as Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Desailly and Pierre Blanchar bring this albatross to life for the space of a few verses. Coralie IMMACOLATO & Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 : JEAN DESAILLY : L'ENNEMI - LES BIJOUX - LA CHEVELURE - LE BEAU NAVIRE - L'AMOUR DU MENSONGE - LA MORT DES AMANTS - ALAIN CUNY : LE SERPENT QUI DANSE - AVEC SES VeTEMENTS - ReVERSIBILITe - a UNE PASSANTE - SEMPER EADEM - LE MORT JOYEUX - JEAN MARCHAT : CORRESPONDANCES - PAYSAGE - LE CYGNE - LE VOYAGE - JEAN YONNEL : CHANT D'AUTOMNE - LA MUSIQUE - HARMONIE DU SOIR - LA BEAUTe - ANDRe FALCON : LE CHAT - PIERRE BLANCHAR : LE VIN DES AMANTS - SYMPT�MES DE RUINES - CONFITEOR DE L'ARTISTE - LA CHAMBRE DOUBLE - LE CRePUSCULE DU SOIR - LES FENeTRES - LE RENIEMENT DE SAINT-PIERRE. CD2 : ALEXANDRE RIGNAULT : LES CHATS - LE GUIGNON - L'ALBATROS - TU METTRAIS L'UNIVERS ENTIER DANS TA RUELLE - LE VAMPIRE - DANIEL LECOURTOIS : PARFUM EXOTIQUE - DON JUAN AUX ENFERS - eLeVATION - LE FLACON - LE JEU - SPLEEN I - SPLEEN II - SPLEEN III - JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT : L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE - LE JET D'EAU - HENRI DOUBLIER : ePIGRAPHE POUR UN LIVRE CONDAMNe - a UNE MADONE - LA VIE ANTeRIEURE - LES PETITES VIEILLES - L'HORLOGE - UNE CHAROGNE - PIERRE BLANCHAR : MON COEUR MIS a NU - AU LECTEUR - LA FIN DE LA JOURNeE - LETTRE a SA MeRE - ANYWHERE OUT OF THE WORLD - FUSeES - MARIA CASAReS : RECUEILLEMENT. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : JEAN-BAPTISTE MERSIOL

On the snow-swept island of Skiathos, a miraculous Christmas Eve unfolds. Weaving together spoken word with song, this recording brings to life To Christ, at the Castle by the Dostoevsky of Greece, Alexandros Papadiamantis. Papa Frangouli and his flock brave treacherous seas and cliffs to reach a neglected sanctuary, where they kindle fires that illuminate ancient frescoes. But as the Divine Liturgy begins, shipwrecked sailors cry for rescue, demanding another act of courage. Composed by Kyriakos Kalaitzidis following the eight modes of Byzantine chant and sung in rhyming, fifteen-syllable Greek verse by author Vasiliki Nevrokopli, Christmas at the Castle tells an epic story: how a broken promise and unexpected adversity lead to redemption and celebrations of unforeseen grandeur on Christmas Eve.

Terra Nova, the second opus in the Poema series, explores themes of the search for meaning and the human experience. Alexander Shelley offers an interpretation of Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra that highlights the fragile balance between light and darkness, knowledge and mystery, inspired by Nietzsche's eponymous book. Canadian composer Ian Cusson's work, 1Q84: Sinfonietta Metamoderna, resonates with Strauss' work by drawing parallels between the world views of the German author and Japanese author Haruki Murakami, writer of the novel 1Q84. The National Arts Centre Orchestra delivers a performance that transcends music to reflect on our humanity.

A une epoque ou la plupart des saxophonistes se coulaient dans l'ombre de Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, fort de ses convictions, a su se tenir a distance et, irresistiblement, ouvrir les portes d'un univers musical d'une grande modernite en imposant une sonorite lisse et une grande intelligence melodique. Jean-Paul RICARD At a time when most saxophone players were slipping into Charlie Parker's shadows, Lee Konitz - a man of conviction - kept his distance and slowly, irresistibly, opened up the doors to a new universe of music: it was grand and modern, and Konitz imposed upon it a sound that had smoothness and showed great intelligence in it's melody. Jean-Paul RICARD CD 1 (1947-1954) : CLAUDE THORNHILL & HIS ORCHESTRA (Columbia 1947) : YARDBIRD SUITE - LEE KONITZ with LENNIE TRISTANO (Prestige 1949) : SUBCONSCIOUS-LEE - LENNIE TRISTANO SEXTET (Capitol 1949) : WOW - MARIONETTE - DIGRESSION - INTUITION - LEE KONITZ with LENNIE TRISTANO (Prestige 1949) : MARSHMALLOW - SOUND-LEE - MILES DAVIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (Capitol 1950) : MOON DREAMS - LEE KONITZ GROUPS (Prestige 1950) : REBECCA - YOU GO TO MY HEAD - ICE CREAM KONITZ - PALO ALTO - LEE KONITZ SEXTET (Prestige 1951) : YESTERDAYS - HI BECK - LEE KONITZ/BILLY BAUER DUO (Prestige 1951) : DUET FOR SAXOPHONE AND GUITAR - LEE KONITZ with GERRY MULLIGAN (Pacific Jazz 1953) : LADY BE GOOD - LOVER MAN - LEE KONITZ (Vogue 1953) : I'LL REMEMBER APRIL - LEE KONITZ QUARTET (Storyville 1954) : ABLUTION. CD2 (1954-1961) : STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRA (Capitol 1954) - IN A HIGHER VEIN - LEE KONITZ QUARTETS (Storyville 1954) - NURSERY RHYME - FOOLIN' MYSELF - LENNIE TRISTANO QUARTET (Atlantic 1955) : THESE FOOLISH THINGS - LEE KONITZ with WARNE MARSH (Atlantic 1955) : BACKGROUND MUSIC - LEE KONITZ (Atlantic 1956) : ALL OF ME - LEE KONITZ QUINTET (Atlantic 1957) : FOOLIN' MYSELF - LEE KONITZ QUINTET (Verve 1957) : BILLIE'S BOUNCE - LEE KONITZ QUARTET (Verve 1957) : THE NEARNESS OF YOU - GERRY MULLIGAN (Pacific Jazz 1957) : DISK JOCKEY JUMP - LEE KONITZ with STRINGS (Verve 1958) : WHAT'S NEW? - LEE KONITZ meets JIMMY GIUFFRE (Verve 1959) : CORK 'N' RIB - LEE KONITZ (Verve 1959) : YOU DON't KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - LEE KONITZ (Verve 1961) : I REMEMBER YOU. DIRECTION COLLECTION : ALAIN GERBER, TEXTE : JEAN-PAUL RICARD, PRODUCTION DeLeGUeE : JEAN BUZELIN

Third album of the Akhtamar Quartet with Cypres, Origins combines classical and folk heritage with contemporary creation, inviting everyone to explore shared stories and universal emotions. Since it's creation, the Akhtamar Quartet has enjoyed intertwining classical and folk music and exploring different cultures. This approach is evident on each of it's albums, while promoting a contemporary composer (Eugenie Alecian for Legende armenienne, Cypres - CYP1681, and Judith Adler de Oliveira for Enluminures, Cypres - CYP1684). From Antonin Dvorak to Jelena Dabic, a Serbian composer born in 1982, the music becomes eternal poetry and transports us through the ages. This is an essential recording for chamber music lovers. It celebrates both the romantic heritage, embodied by Dvorak's mature style, and the opening up to a new generation of female composers. With Anzhamanak by Jelena Dabic, this contemporary piece offers a unique sound experience with original timbres and reveals the full expressive power of the Akhtamar Quartet.

Featuring the first recording of BRITTEN's Les Illuminations, Op. 18 sung in English, from a brand new translation by Timothy Ades. Also includes the original French version. Coupled with Samuel BARBER's dramatic masterpiece Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, written just a few years after Les Illuminations. Among the most personal and powerful music ever written for the human voice, Britten and Barber's masterpiece settings of texts by Rimbaud and Agee continue to resonate intensely. Taken together, they form bookends to the cataclysms of the 20th century, with it's two life-shattering world wars. The colours, verbal and harmonic, of such human drama are a dazzling mix, running the gamut of life in dramatic flux. Mild mannered it is not, though parts are hauntingly beautiful.

Johann Sebastian Bach, though largely unaffected by the trends of his time, reimagined many older forms with striking originality, shaping the course of Western music. Among his innovations is the sonata for a melodic instrument (such as the viola da gamba) and obbligato harpsichord, where both parts engage in equal dialogue-a model later expanded by his sons and composers like Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Following their acclaimed first album dedicated to Corelli's Sonatas Op. 5, Teodoro Bau and Andrea Buccarella now present their second duo recording: the Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord by J.S. Bach, each revealing a unique stylistic approach within a unified form.