Alexis Tadié, J.a. Mangan

La mattina del 16 agosto una giovane fedele siede su un banco della cattedrale di Notre-Dame, a Parigi, davanti alla Madonna del Pilastro. Indossa un abito bianco molto succinto e sembra assorta in preghiera, ma quando una turista americana le si avvicina, la ragazza si accascia a terra priva di vita. L'immensa chiesa viene svuotata dalle orde di visitatori che ogni giorno la invadono e tutto il personale viene interrogato, dai guardiani al rettore, dai sagrestani ai religiosi. In molti ricordano di aver visto la ragazza il giorno prima, durante la processione dell'Assunta: impossibile non notarla. Un giovane biondo dal viso angelico le aveva rivolto parole pesanti, e ora è il primo sospettato dell'omicidio..

Dr. J.A. Kawarsky (b. 1959) is Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton in New Jersey.

18th-century sonatas by a pair of musical brothers, in stylish historically informed performances from 1994.Very little music by the brothers Groneman is known in modern times beyond the pieces on this album, which have survived simply because of their popularity with flautists of their day. Pleasing both to hear and to play, these sonatas exert an additional fascination today for the insights they give into the taste and technique of the 18th-century flautist.

18th-century sonatas by a pair of musical brothers, in stylish historically informed performances from 1994.Very little music by the brothers Groneman is known in modern times beyond the pieces on this album, which have survived simply because of their popularity with flautists of their day. Pleasing both to hear and to play, these sonatas exert an additional fascination today for the insights they give into the taste and technique of the 18th-century flautist.