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Enjoy this grand collection that commeroates the glorious early events of the French Revolution with works conducted by Michel Plasson with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Complete with the French national anthem La Marseillaise orchestrated by Hector Berlioz and additional works by great composers such as Mehul and Gossec!

The first recording of Rameau's sublime masterwork on CD for more than 20 years: Hugo Reyne and La Simphonie du Marais present this full and original version based on souces in the library of the Paris Opera. Hugo Reyne, Nicolas Sceaux and La Simphonie du Marais have made their own edition of this seminal work, recorded in concert and rehearsal in the Vienna Konzerthaus at the Rexonzanzen Festival in January 2013.

Her story is one of the most legendary of all twentieth century musicians' stories, and also, one of the most tragic. Cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, born on January 26, 1945, in Oxford, England, to Derek and Iris Du Pré. (Despite the family name, Derek Du Pré was not French, but rather of British Channel Island ancestry; he could trace his lineage back to the Norman Conquest).

Many Italian composers of the 17th century went abroad to look for a job. Most of them travelled to Austria or Germany, but some took another direction. The best-known of them was Giovanni Battista Lulli, who as Jean-Baptiste Lully dominated musical life in France in the second half of the 17th century. Another one was Pietro Antonio Fiocco, who stayed the largest part of his life in the Southern Netherlands.

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), romancier du Sud, fut longtemps le grand rival de Faulkner. Les Fous du roi (prix Pulitzer 1946), sans doute son plus grand livre, nous fait assister au douteux combat qu'un homme peut-être sincèrement épris de justice entend livrer – seul d’abord ou presque – contre les forces de la corruption et du mensonge. Nous sommes dans l’Amérique profonde du début des années 30, mais en territoire plutôt familier …

Les Pages and les Chantres celebrate 20 years of the teaching and musical direction of Olivier Schneebeli. He has brought together children's and adult voices in new ways to celebrate the traditions of the Royal Chapel of Versailles, a vital component in the French repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. This exceptional box invites the listener on a journey through the masterpieces of sacred composers from the reign of Henry IV and highlights the birth of the musical genre emblematic of the Chapel Royal: the grand motet.

Ce Dictionnaire amoureux contient à la fois de l'amour, des souvenirs, des admirations et des regrets. Il est la mémoire de ceux qui s'intéressent au football, et l'attendent tous les 4 ans, comme de ceux qui ne s'y intéressent pas, mais se souviennent être descendus dans la rue. Parce que la Coupe du monde est ce qu'il restera de ce jeu quand nous aurons oublié tout le reste. …