Vous partez en voyage, vous avez besoin de parler portugais dans votre vie pro ou perso, et vous n’avez plus aucun souvenir de vos cours ? Vous n’avez pas le temps ni le budget pour vous inscrire à une formation ? …
Vous partez en voyage, vous avez besoin de parler japonais dans votre vie pro ou perso, et vous n’avez plus aucun souvenir de vos cours ? Vous n’avez pas le temps ni le budget pour vous inscrire à une formation ? …
Kurt Weill's ballet with songs is one of this century's greatest theatrical works. It has all the wit and melodic appeal of The Threepenny Opera and social conscience of Mahagonny, but more warmth and musical sophistication than either. It's also all over with in about 40 minutes. Some critics believe the piece was intended as a sort of love poem to Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; given the tenderness of much of the music, it's hard to disagree. Lenya herself recorded the piece in the 1950s (a recording recently reissued by Sony) and this very much newer performance is welcome particularly for Anne Sofie von Otter's highly intelligent and musical way with the text. The other songs, from both Weill's Berlin and Broadway periods, make the perfect filler.
The third in a trilogy of legendary Iron Maiden albums, Powerslave is frequently ranked as the fan favorite of the bunch, capping off a stellar run that sealed the band's genre-defining status. If The Number of the Beast was the all-time metal landmark, Powerslave is perhaps the quintessential Maiden album, capturing all the signature elements of the band's definitive era in one place…