Bebop Riddle V is by turns sprightly, spry, energetic, and spirited. In this work, Thomas crafted animated, travelling, flexible, versatile, changing, fluid, and buoyant sonic adventures, a bit like two hummingbirds darting around a field of wildflowers. Iridescent, bold, and scintillating, the carefully sculpted and fashioned musical materials of Bebop Riddle V are agile and vivacious, and their flexibility allows pathways to braid harmonic, rhythmic, and contrapuntal elements that are constantly transformed - variously whimsical, jazzy and bebop-like, layered, and reverberating, with lyrical resonance, pirouettes, fulcrum points, and vitality. The two equally virtuosic parts - requiring highly characterized dynamics and articulations, as well as fast fingering changes - sparkle forth for 8 minutes, unfolding fourteen continuously developing phrases, each lasting between 15 and 50 seconds. The music is organic and concerned with transformations and connections at every level. Poetically speaking, this composition has a kind of fractal quality to it - each part has a similar flair, twirl, whirl, pivot, and character as the whole. There are seven additional alternative instrumentation versions for Bebop Riddle V which can be purchased separately.
Bebop Riddle V is by turns sprightly, spry, energetic, and spirited. In this work, Thomas crafted animated, travelling, flexible, versatile, changing, fluid, and buoyant sonic adventures, a bit like two hummingbirds darting around a field of wildflowers. Iridescent, bold, and scintillating, the carefully sculpted and fashioned musical materials of Bebop Riddle V are agile and vivacious, and their flexibility allows pathways to braid harmonic, rhythmic, and contrapuntal elements that are constantly transformed - variously whimsical, jazzy and bebop-like, layered, and reverberating, with lyrical resonance, pirouettes, fulcrum points, and vitality. The two equally virtuosic parts - requiring highly characterized dynamics and articulations, as well as fast fingering changes - sparkle forth for 8 minutes, unfolding fourteen continuously developing phrases, each lasting between 15 and 50 seconds. The music is organic and concerned with transformations and connections at every level. Poetically speaking, this composition has a kind of fractal quality to it - each part has a similar flair, twirl, whirl, pivot, and character as the whole. There are seven additional alternative instrumentation versions for Bebop Riddle V which can be purchased separately.
Segurant, le Chevalier au dragon - Le roman arthurien retrou
Frémeaux
CD
$32.99Oct 06, 2023
It took medievalist Emanuele Arioli ten long years of persistent research across Europe to unearth and reconstruct the story of the Knight of the Dragon. An authentic medieval marvel, this forgotten Arthurian novel recounts Segurant's adventures, from his childhood lion hunt on the island of Non Sachante, to his knighthood, his first battles and the great tournament at Winchester, where he meets King Arthur and challenges the greatest knights of his time, as well as his bewitchment by the fairy Morgana... Daniel Mesguich skilfully recounts the adventures of this forgotten Knight of the Round Table. He reveals the epic breath and hidden meaning of this resurrected novel. A true discovery of our literary heritage! Audiobook. In French. Claude COLOMBINI FRÉMEAUX
Although biographical details of his life remain sketchy, Luys Milán’s Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El Maestro is certainly the oldest surviving printed collection of vihuela music. Tuned like the contemporary Renaissance lute, the Spanish vihuela is a guitar-shaped instrument and for it Milán wrote a series of compelling works including fantasias and pavans that maturely fused improvisatory and polyphonic elements. This recording presents all the solo vihuela pieces from the first book of El Maestro in the order in which they appear.
The Story of Classical Music / Darren Henley (unabridged) [4 CDs]
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$25.98Jul 01, 2004
This exclusive 6-disc collection from the BR Klassik label features legendary voices in previous unreleased recordings from the archives of Bavarian Broadcasting in Munich. The "Munich Sunday Concerts" series of live radio shows began in 1952 (and continue to the present day) with an international cast appearing with the Munich Radio Orchestra. This "best-of " compilation features classic voices like Margaret Price, Hermann Prey, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Grummer, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Mirella Freni. 6 top notch live recordings together in one set, and each one a gem
Relatively speaking, bassoon concerti are rare. CARNIVAL shows off different attributes of the instrument and soloist with inventive music that seamlessly embraces lyrical, jazzy, spirited, stately, expressive, and many other qualities. This music is fun to play because it is engaging to bring to life Thomas' distinctive, personal, clever sonic-storytelling.
Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin’s cryptic character and his unusual philosophy providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way. The novel has been hailed as an influence on such writers as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov, and is a striking take on Lord Byron’s ‘superfluous man’; it hearkens back to the teaching of Machiavelli, while anticipating the future work of Nietzsche. Nicholas Boulton’s remarkable fluency and beauty of tone defy the listener to take a break from this unique story. Hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as one of the greatest Russian novels, the book has been referenced in novels by Albert Camus and Ian Fleming, and films by Ingmat Berman.
Augusta Read Thomas: Upon Wings of Words for light lyric sop
Nimbus
Book
$129.99Jan 02, 2026
Upon Wings of Words is a setting of Emily Dickinson for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. Dickinson continues to inspire composers over 130 years since her death, and here it is the tense, springy rhythms of her poems that Read Thomas responds to.
This is music that is always in motion, as if coming perpetually out of a magician's hat. It leads but doesn't direct, and is playful and subtle, dancing on light feet. It is music that conjures. [The Huffington Post] I think of myself, and have been described as, a poet-composer. I sculpt my music akin to how poets create, refine, and Polish their poems. - Augusta Read Thomas
This CD has been specially conceived for children. It enables them to discover Antiquity through one of its most exiting narratives, and one of the most beautiful examples of heroic behaviour: Ulysses. This is an adaptation of Homer’s work read by the actor Jean-Pierre Cassel with a musical composition by Jean-Francois Alexandre. In French.
George Sand et la nature - Lettres, contes, pensees
Frémeaux
CD
$32.99Jan 23, 2026
Ce recueil de textes sur la nature de George Sand, interpretes avec finesse par Marie-Christine Barrault, met en lumiere l'alliage harmonieux entre la nature, l'engagement ecologique et la modernite intemporelle de l'ecrivaine. a travers la diversite des sujets abordes et la richesse des styles, il devoile des facettes meconnues de son oeuvre prolifique. Ses ecrits sur la botanique temoignent d'une erudition remarquable en sciences naturelles, ou l'observation precise de la flore se mele a des reflexions metaphysiques empreintes de poesie. Voyageuse infatigable, elle relate ses explorations avec une curiosite profonde et un respect des ecosystemes qui traversent son ecriture. Son style litteraire, d'une elegance rare, capte les beautes de la nature et invite a une admiration emerveillee, revelant l'ame poetique d'une femme en resonance avec les enjeux de notre epoque. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX This collection of George Sand's texts on nature, interpreted with finesse by Marie-Christine Barrault, highlights the writer's harmonious blend of nature, ecological commitment and timeless modernity. Through the diversity of her subjects and the richness of her styles, it reveals little-known facets of her prolific oeuvre. Her writings on botany bear witness to a remarkable erudition in the natural sciences, where precise observation of flora blends with metaphysical reflections imbued with poetry. A tireless traveler, she recounts her explorations with a deep curiosity and respect for ecosystems that run through her writing. Her literary style, with it's rare elegance, captures the beauty of nature and invites us to admire it in wonder, revealing the poetic soul of a woman in tune with the issues of our time. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX SeLECTION DES TEXTES ET MISE EN MUSIQUE PAR PATRICK SCHEYDER DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : CLAUDE COLOMBINI
Les Penseurs de l’islam - Avicenne; Al-ghazali; Averroes; Ib
Frémeaux
CD
$32.99Jan 16, 2026
Dans cet ouvrage, l'islamologue Boumediene Benyahia nous presente la pensee de quatre figures majeures de l'histoire intellectuelle de l'islam : Avicenne, Al-Ghazali, Averroes et Ibn Arabi. Apres avoir retrace la genese de l'islam au VIIe siecle en Arabie et la formation des grandes ecoles de droit musulman aux VIIIe et IXe siecles, l'auteur met en lumiere l'influence de la philosophie grecque sur la pensee islamique et la maniere don't ces penseurs ont faconne un dialogue entre theologie, droit et metaphysique. À travers une analyse rigoureuse et accessible, il revisite les debats et controverses qui ont oppose ces figures intellectuelles et marque l'histoire de la pensee islamique. L'ouvrage souligne le rôle essentiel de ces penseurs dans la transmission et la circulation des idees entre l'Orient et l'Occident au Moyen Âge, temoignant de la richesse et de la complexite de cette tradition philosophique et spirituelle. Par cette approche historique et analytique, l'auteur offre aux lecteurs des cles pour mieux comprendre les dynamiques intellectuelles qui ont structure la pensee islamique et leur place dans l'histoire des idees. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX In this work, Islamologist Boumediene Benyahia presents the thinking of four major figures in the intellectual history of Islam: Avicenna, Al-Ghazali, Averroes and Ibn Arabi. After tracing the origins of Islam in 7th-century Arabia and the formation of the great schools of Muslim law in the 8th and 9th centuries, the author highlights the influence of Greek philosophy on Islamic thought and how these thinkers shaped a dialogue between theology, law and metaphysics. Through rigorous and accessible analysis, he revisits the debates and controversies that divided these intellectual figures and marked the history of Islamic thought. The book highlights the essential role of these thinkers in the transmission and circulation of ideas between East and West in the Middle Ages, testifying to the richness and complexity of this philosophical and spiritual tradition. Through this historical and analytical approach, the author offers readers keys to better understanding the intellectual dynamics that structured Islamic thought and their place in the history of ideas. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX CD1 - LA GENeSE DE L'ISLAM : MOTS ET CONCEPTS DE L'ISLAM - L'ARABIE ET LA MECQUE AU VIIE SIeCLE - L'ENFANCE DE MUHAMMAD - L'HeGIRE ET LA PRISE DE LA MECQUE - LES QUATRE eCOLES JURIDIQUES SUNNITES - DROIT ET eMERGENCE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE - LA FEMME ET L'ISLAM. CD 2 - AVICENNE, AL-GHAZALI ET IBN ARABI : LA VIE D'AVICENNE - AVICENNE ET L'APPROCHE RATIONNELLE DE L'ISLAM - AL-GHAZALI, PHILOSOPHE, THeOLOGIEN ET JURISTE PERSE MUSULMAN - AL-GHAZALI, IBN ARABI ET LA QUESTION DE LA ReSURRECTION DES ÂMES. CD3 : AVERROeS : SON OEUVRE - IBN ARABI : SA RENCONTRE AVEC AVERROeS - SUR LA QUESTION DE L'ÂME - LES DIMENSIONS DU NOBLE CORAN - SUR LA CROYANCE ET LA FOI - LE STATUT DE LA FEMME - LA RELIGION DE L'AMOUR - CONCLUSION : LE LEGS DES PENSEURS DE L'ISLAM. COLLECTION ISLAM DES LUMIeRES DIRECTION COLLECTION : CLAUDE COLOMBINI FReMEAUX EN PARTENARIAT AVEC LA GRANDE MOSQUeE DE PARIS
Augusta Read Thomas: Upon Wings of Words for light lyric mez
Nimbus
Book
$129.99Jan 02, 2026
Upon Wings of Words is a setting of Emily Dickinson for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. Dickinson continues to inspire composers over 130 years since her death, and here it is the tense, springy rhythms of her poems that Read Thomas responds to.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 4 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (unabridged) [3 CDs]
Naxos AudioBooks
CD
$25.98Mar 01, 2001
Four more stories from the master detective. The mystery of the missing suitor is solved and Sherlock Holmes raises his whip... an Indian pot stands in the shadows of a Colonel' death... serious affairs of state and international diplomacy are threatened by.
Now considered by many to be Charlotte Bronte's best novel, though unlikely to eclipse Jane Eyre in fame and popularity, Villette is largely concerned with the experiences of Lucy Snowe in a girl's boarding school in a fictionalized Belgium. Lucy flees unhappiness in England only to find more abroad. Her love for Dr John unrequited, she slowly realizes that a deeper attachment is growing between her and her irascible domineering mentor and colleague, M. Paul Emanuel.
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