Le dictionnaire est sans doute l'un des livres les plus familiersqui soient. Mais c'est un " illustre inconnu ". Ce dictionnaire-ci aété imaginé en hommage à diverses traditions culturelles et à desauteurs, célèbres ou ignorés, qui ont ainsi rendu service à leurslangues et aux mots. Ces aventuriers des manières de dire (dictiones),ces virtuoses du " prêt-à-parler " sont ici mis en scène avec leursprouesses et leurs secrets. Chaque grand dictionnaire cache uneaventure passionnée, qui mérite d'être relevée. …
Ever since his brilliant first appearance in Munich with the Requiem, he is still a regular guest at the BR. Riccardo Muti is currently regarded as a mature representative of the great Italian tradition. This CD release therefore has to be seen as a “classically polished gem” – a gem that shines and flashes as beautifully and as brilliantly as ever!
A l'issue de la Première Guerre mondiale, des femmes politiquement engagées demandent qu'une délégation féminine soit admise à la table des négociations, en vain. Elles s'organisent alors pour exiger l'égalité des sexes, tandis que la Conférence de la paix tenue à Paris, suscite un élan sans précédent dans l'histoire du militantisme féminin. L'auteure retrace l'histoire et la lutte de ces femmes. …
Thomas Siffling was one of the first German trumpet players who used electronic devices for extending his sound on the trumpet. For many years, he belongs to the pioneers of electronic influence in jazz…
Between 1803 and 1968, the Grand Prix de Rome marked the zenith of composition studies at the Paris Conservatoire. In Maurice Ravel’s time the competition included an elimination round (a fugue and a choral piece) followed by a cantata in the form of an operatic scena. The entries were judged by a jury which generally favoured expertise and conformity more than originality and Ravel’s growing reputation as a member of the avant-garde was therefore hardly to his advantage, and may explain why he never won the coveted Premier Grand Prix, and the three-year stay at Rome’s Villa Medici that went with it.
Pour les étudiants de mathématiques fondamentales qui veulent approfondir leurs connaissances en algèbre. Présentation des concepts fondamentaux de la théorie des groupes, des anneaux et des corps commutatifs, avec de nombreux exemples et des applications issus de la géométrie ou de l'arithmétique, ainsi que la théorie de Galois. …
Journeyman vocalist Michael Des Barres had a life-changing experience when asked to fill-in for Robert Palmer on the Power Station's tour in 1985. Des Barres – a gifted performer and rock veteran – was finally seeing the fruits of his labors turn into success. It's obvious in the grooves that he was enthusiastic about his present and future when cutting his second solo album, Somebody Up There Likes Me. A crack session group (featuring Andy Taylor, Steve Jones, Jim Keltner, and the Tower of Power horns) was assembled, and the LP was produced to sound like a Rod Stewart platter from the era. In fact, Des Barres – who has a similar, ragged tone – sounds more like Stewart here than on previous releases (emulating some of his vocal mannerisms, and even going so far as to include two members of Stewart's backing band). The man seemed keenly aware that this was the moment, turning in a strong mix of rockers and ballads. The elements were in place for a hit.
With the present disc, Pascal Rophé and his Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire pay tribute to their great countryman, Claude Debussy – but not with the standard orchestral fare. Debussy Orchestrated paints a portrait of a light-hearted composer, seen through the eyes of two of his collaborators, Henri Büsser and André Caplet, who transferred the works recorded here from the keyboard to the orchestra. In Petite Suite, composed for piano four hands in 1899, Debussy makes allusions to Fêtes galantes by Paul Verlaine, the poet who so often inspired him.
Marais's Alcione is the last great 'tragedy' in music from the reign of Louis XIV. It is a total spectacle at the crossroads of the 17th and 18th centuries, from which it takes the mythological source, it's praise of the sovereign's glory and the literary requirement to combine choreography and stage movements. Jordi Savall rediscovered this work and brought it back to life for the first stage production in Paris since 1771.
Un panorama des luttes féministes dans le monde, nourri d'entretiens et de tableaux récapitulatifs. Il met en exergue les luttes mobilisatrices comme l'écoféminisme. …