Anne Bertin Hugault, Marianne Croux Rita Strohl Douze Chants de Bilitis

Little is known of the life of Paschal de L'Estocart, the French composer of the late Renaissance who was roughly a contemporary of Claude Le Jeune (1528 -1600). He seems to have been sympathetic to the Protestant Reformers – he spent considerable time in Germany and his music was published in Geneva – but later in life he applied unsuccessfully to the French King for a position at an abbey. His collection of psalms and motets, Sacrae Cantiones, 16 of which are recorded here, are mostly in French, along with several in Latin, and was dedicated to Calvinist Count Palatine Johann Casimir in 1582. This collection also includes his Ode in 12 parts, set to religious texts in French. L'Estocart's music is typical of late Renaissance polyphony, eclectic in its use of a cantus firmus, imitative counterpoint, and homophonic writing, with an unusually free use of dissonance. The French mixed a cappella ensemble Ludus Modalis, led by Bruno Boterf, specializes in music of this era and sings with passion and authority. Intonation is immaculate and tone quality is pure and unforced. The recorded sound is clean, but spacious and warm.

Marianne Crebassa's new album celebrates her French-Spanish roots. Centered around French composers taking inspiration from Spain and Spanish composers, Séguedilles is a mix of opera arias and songs from composers Bizet, Massenet, de Falla, Mompou, Offenbach, Guridi, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns. It features hits such as the "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen and Falla's "Vivan los que rien" from La Vida breve. Crebassa portrays 5 strong female characters Carmen, Dulcinée, Concepcion, Périchole, and Salud. She recorded the album with the Choeur & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Ben Glassberg.

Des comptines, des berceuses et des chansons douces, chantées par Marlène Jobert, pour les tout-petits loups, de 0 à 3 ans.Au nombre de douze, les chansons associent des textes de Marlène Jobert et des compositions musicales originales de Jean-François Leroux. Proches de l’univers de la petite enfance, les thèmes seront facilement compris par les enfants de la première tranche d’âge : la relation maman-bébé, la tendresse des câlins et des bisous, l’importance du doudou, la peur de la nuit…

Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance. This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer’s music still more vividly to life.

Voici rassemblé dans un pack 914 romans et récits sur l'histoire de l'humanité, qui connus de nombreuses péripéties et drames historiques avant d'arriver au temps présent.

"Hors de notre espace et hors de notre temps connu, il existe des êtres qui vivent intensément. …

Toulouse, le 26 avril 1988. Déguisés en gendarmes, une improbable équipe de braqueurs – punks, anarchistes et toxicomanes – dévalisent les coffres de la Brink's. Butin : 11,7 millions de francs, sans un coup de feu. La plupart des malfaiteurs seront interpellés et condamnés, sauf Gilles Bertin, chanteur de Camera Silens, groupe phare de la scène punk-rock française du début des années 1980. Espagne, Portugal, sa cavale va durer trente ans…