L'autoroute du Millionnaire

Eustache du Caurroy is one of the unacknowledged masters of French Renaissaice polyphony whose works are rarely performed, due in part to the general lack of accessible or reliable editions. The majority of his compositions were for liturgical use - probably at the French Royal Court during the reigns of the successive monarchs Charles IX, Henri III and Henri IV. The motets recorded here illustrate two contrasting styles of vocal writing: imitative polyphony and 'musique mesurée', the former equating to the familiar, pan-European idiom of Palestrina and his later Renaissance contemporaries, the latter outlining protracted chord-against chord movement reflecting the natural stress-patterns of the words. The Missa pro Defunctis, the major work on this disc, was first performed at the funeral of Henri IV and remained for many years the official requiem sung at funerals of French monarchs.

Oublions les westerns. Durant trois siècles, l'Amérique du Nord a été sillonnée, à l'échelle continentale, par des aventuriers de langue française. Coureurs de bois, trappeurs, interprètes, ces hommes, en quête de fourrures, se sont constamment mêlés aux Amérindiens. En partant sur la piste de dix voyageurs, natifs de la France ou du Canada, Gilles Havard fait surgir des scènes saisissantes …

Before you play the first track of this disc, make sure you're in quiet surroundings and ready to listen closely. You'll hear a pure yet sensuous soprano voice slip gently out of the silence and sing a melody that manages to be haunting and virtuosic at the same time–only to be followed by a similar voice doing the same thing. The two voices coil around each other (with some gleaming suspensions) for a full minute before instruments join them. And that's just the beginning of this marvelous disc of motets by François Couperin, a composer better known for his keyboard and chamber music. Most of these pieces were written to accompany the Elevation of the Host (the most solemn moment of the Roman Catholic liturgy), so you won't hear much exuberance.

Les Violons du Roy. Chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, composed of 15 permanent musicians, founded in 1984 by principal conductor Bernard Labadie. Its name comes from that of the court orchestra of the Bourbon kings of France in the 17th and 18th centuries.

When Richard Wagner failed to have his one-act version of Der fliegende Holländer staged at the Paris Opera, the cash-strapped composer sold a synopsis of the plot, written in broken French. This was fashioned into a proper libretto, which was then set to music by Pierre-Louis Dietsch, who enjoyed 11 performances of Le Vasseau fantôme before it was pulled from the repertoire in 1843. Ironically, Wagner's success with Der fliegende Holländer in Dresden happened shortly after that, and the expanded three-act version has remained an essential part of Wagner's canon.

This is an untouchably great performance of one of Handel's most interesting oratorios: its examination of jealousy is on a par with what can be found in Otello and Pelléas. There's drama galore–in fact, during its first run it was referred to as a "musical drama" (rather than an oratorio), and Handel and his librettist, Thomas Broughton, always referred to its "acts" rather than "parts", as sections of oratorios were commonly known.

Hugo Reyne décide, en 1987, de fonder un ensemble dont la vocation est la redécouverte du patrimoine musical français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Le nom qu´il lui choisit réunit le mot simphonie, synonyme à cette époque d´ensemble instrumental, et le Marais, l´un des plus beaux quartiers de Paris, représentatif de la période baroque.

Rue Du Soleil consists of Dragan Jakovljevic, Yavuz Uslu , Alfonso Bianco, Claudio Montuori. These four friends formed Rue Du Soleil in 1999 by pooling their equipment and building a studio. Until now they have spent most of their time creating and searching for new sounds and grooves. Their creative capacity is so spectacular that Cafe del Mar Music proposed a recording contract to them. "Emotions" is their 3rd album.

Les hordes de Trollocs débarquent de la Flétrissure, les combats se multiplient et les sceaux de la geôle du Ténébreux menacent de rompre. Perrin est prisonnier des fantômes de son passé mais doit dominer le loup qui sommeille en lui. Mat et ses alliés se rapprochent de la tour de Ghenjei. …

A Winnipeg en 1967, Janet Reimer accouche de vrais jumeaux : Bruce et Brian. À la suite d'une erreur chirurgicale survenue à la circoncision, Bruce perd son pénis.
Désespérés, ses parents mettent le sort de leur fils entre les mains du Dr Money, un psychologue qui fait autorité en matière de sexualité. Celui-ci les convainc de transformer le petit Bruce en fille. Bruce devient Brenda. …