Georges Moustaki – Les Amis De Georges (1974) (24/96 Vinyl Rip)

Bordonove a été un écrivain prolifique qui a donné au grand public aussi bien des romans historiques que des récits historiques. Ses biographies, comme celles des rois de France, se caractérisent par des chapitres courts, denses, riches en détails, comprenant une accumulation de noms qui peut dérouter ainsi que des conversations parfois en vieux français (avec des traductions), mais montrant une sympathie évidente pour le sujet, un désir de donner une image complète de sa vie et de sa pensée, accompagnés d’un humour astucieux. …

The musically similar follow-up to the commercial breakthrough of Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe (') became Frank Zappa's second gold and only Top Ten album with the help of the "doggy wee-wee" jokes of "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow," Zappa's first chart single (a longer, edited version that used portions of other songs on the LP)…

This is one of the first Symphonic albums to come out of Germany. And it's nothing like TRIUMVIRAT or even NOVALIS for that matter.This is melancholic and plodding with plenty of synths and mellotron. There are basically two side long suites with the first side being divided into two parts…

Bizet is more than Carmen. In his opera Les pêcheurs de perles you find melodies to die for and not only the vocal music is beautiful, but also the orchestral and ballet pieces too. The opera includes “Warhorse” romance in every tenor’s repertoire: “Je crois entendre encore”, the tenor-baritone duet “Au fond du temple saint”. The tenor “has the most beautiful romances, some of which are nothing less than exceptional, and able to ensure Bizet’s eternal fame.”

En trente ans de chansons, Georges Brassens a légué à ses millions d'admirateurs un monde poétique tour à tour drôle et émouvant, truculent et pittoresque, plein de personnages inoubliables - l'oncle Archibald, Jeanne, Pauvre Martin - et de couplets aussi célèbres que les plus belles pages de La Fontaine ou de Villon : " Le Parapluie ", " La Non-Demande en mariage ", " Le Grand Chêne "…

Johann Theile - Secular Arias & Canzonettas 1667 - Les Amis de Philippe
Classical, Baroque | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC, CUE, LOG | Scans | 361 MB | RS
Recorded: 19-21 June 2003, Sendesaal Radio Bremen
Released: 2005 | Label: cpo 777002 | TT: 76:10
Schirin Partowi - canto | Werner Buchin - alto | Henning Kaiser - tenore
Matthias Vieweg - basso | Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Rémy

The performances are unflaggingly first-rate. All four singers command period style with notable ease, and with their lithe and flexible voices imbue the songs with ornamental grace and character. The instrumentalists of Les Amis [de] Philippe make a substantial contribution here with richly textured, contoured playing. (Steven Plank, operatoday.com)

L’Univers De La Mer was entirely composed by Guiot using a Mellotron, a Minimoog, a clavinet, organ and guitar. Its twelve tracks “navigate from scenic meditation pieces (‘Wind Surf Ballad’), to medieval electronica (‘Une Ballade Pour Une Goélette’), spacey smooth jazz (‘Les Deux Poissons’), funked out fantasy folk (‘L’Univers De La Mer’), and even incredible Sega Mega-CD vibes (‘La Danse Des Méduses’) – altogether painting a fascinating world of eerie magic and subaquatic sensuality”.

Rush is a Canadian rock band composed of Geddy Lee (bass, lead vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars, backing vocals) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyrics). Forming in 1968, the band went through several configurations until arriving at its current line-up when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first United States tour…