Dr Sophie Mort

A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists were eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great ‘colourist’ and father of modern music.

On this record, the Quatuor Puccini presents a delightful program of French master composers Claude Debussy and André Caplet.

'Loving this already. Clear, accessible wise advice for modern minds.' Matt Haig

A musical trip within the comic French cinema of the 60s & 70s. Featuring the music of Georges Delerue, Michel Magné, Raymond Lefevre, D'Henri Bourtayre, & more. 24 bit remastered. The digipak's booklet (in french) features rare photos.

ATMA Classique and the Classica Festival are very pleased to present the most important lyrical project ever realized in Canada: a box set of 13 CDs of the complete melodies for voice and piano by the prolific French composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912).

In 1986, despite his good fortune in Hollywood, Georges Delerue would never turn his back to French cinema. Two years after Le Bon Plaisir, he responded to the film director Francis Girod's call for Descente aux Enfers (Descent Into Hell), a psychological thriller set under the sun and heat of the Caribbean and dealing with a married couple at the breaking point - an alcoholic husband (Claude Brasseur) and his 20 years younger wife (Sophie Marceau) - who will unexpectedly manage to get reunited through tragedies and secrets, despite the guilt and sorrow involved.

Mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, who has signed up with Alpha for several recordings, is one of the most prominent vocal artists of her generation. She was chosen as ‘Révélation lyrique’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2018, and elected the same year a Laureate of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Competition. She has participated in the “Jardin des Voix” of les Arts Florissants under William Christie, also regularly collaborates with Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre – but her constant accompanist is the harpsichordist Justin Taylor.