Compendium DU Catechisme DE L'eglise Catholique

Premier volume d'une trilogie consacrée à la Ligue et aux guerres de Religion. En 1585, trois hommes se disputent le royaume de France. Le roi Henri III veut conserver son trône mais n'a pas d'héritier. Son successeur, Henri de Navarre veut faire valoir ses droits tandis qu'Henri de Guise cherche à imposer le cardinal de Bourbon qui ne serait qu'une marionnette entre ses mains. …

That globetrotting composer Camille Saint-Saëns wrote La Princesse jaune in 1872, exemplifying the current craze for all things Japanese. Kornélis, played by the tenor Mathias Vidal, dreams only of the Land of the Rising Sun. Under the influence of a hallucinogenic potion, he becomes infatuated with Ming, a fantasy princess. His cousin Léna – the soprano Judith van Wanroij – despairs of this passion and does not dare to confess her own feelings to Kornélis, who eventually comes to his senses. The running time of this opera enables us to offer a coupling in the shape of a previously unrecorded version of Saint-Saëns’s six Mélodies persanes, thus extending the guiding thread of a yearning for exotic horizons in another direction. Leo Hussain conducts the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in both works.

On parle beaucoup de crise de la quarantaine, de la cinquantaine, du milieu de vie. En réalité, il s'agit le plus souvent d'une transition qui n'est pas nécessairement critique.
Afin de l'envisager sereinement et de mieux la vivre, il est important d ebien comprendre ce qui se passe entre 45 et 55 ans. Or, pudeur, doutes, peures…

On-going discography of French recordings by maestro Michel Plasson, who will turn ninety on October 2nd (expect a digital surprise to celebrate his birthday). Here is his complete Debussy legacy with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, including the most popular pieces from the composer’s catalogue (La mer, Nocturnes, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune…) and featuring François-René Duchâble at the piano in the Fantaisie.

For all its exotically tinged, trademark Orientalism, so fashionable in late-19th-century France, Delibe's opera Lakmé is at heart a simple story of tragically misplaced love. This marvelous and sensitively wrought interpretation renders the intensity of that love story with a surprising emotional credibility. Conductor Michel Plasson allows the music's arching melodies to breathe and unfold leisurely, like a lovingly cultivated floral display; he even discovers hidden nuances within the formulaic fluff that pads Delibe's score. And his vision is shared by the outstanding principals here. As the titular Hindu princess, Natalie Dessay gives a jewel-like performance, full of stunningly shaped phrases and tapered notes that sound like spun silk (and one that can favorably compare with Joan Sutherland's account on London).

Naïve Records has announced a September 29 release for Julien Martineau's new recording, O sole mio: Mandolin Concertos & Songs. On the project Martineau is joined by the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Wilson Ng. Guests performers include Florian Sempey, Anna Schivazappa, Yann Dubost, Philippe Mouratoglou and Eric Franceries.