Les Miserablez

The album "INTEGRAL LES McCANN 1959 - 1962" is a collection that highlights some of the best works from jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann during the early years of his career. This remastered release from 2024 features McCann's soulful and groove-based style, combining elements of jazz, blues, and gospel, which helped him gain widespread recognition in the jazz scene of the 1960s.

Budapest's Orfeo Orchestra is a period instruments ensemble that has performed at concerts and festivals across Hungary. Formed by conductor György Vashegyi, the orchestra consists of 15 to 45 players, and has toured Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, Israel, and South America, appearing at many music festivals. The Orfeo Orchestra was formed in 1991 to perform Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo, and continued to give concerts with Vashegyi's handpicked vocal ensemble, the Purcell Choir, in repertoire that ranged from Gesualdo to Brahms. The orchestra regularly performs at the Hungarian Haydn Society's Haydn Festival, held at the Esterházy Palace at Fertöd, and the Toujours Mozart Festival in Salzburg and Vienna.

Dès leur création en 1723, Les Fêtes grecques et romaines, premier opéra de Colin de Blamont connut un succès retentissant. Synthèse entre la noblesse de la tragédie lyrique créée par Lully et le ton plus badin, avec ses divertissements chorégraphiques, de l’opéra-ballet créé par Campra, son livret redonne vie aux fêtes les plus connues de l’Histoire antique. L’éloquent Alcibiade se distingue lors des Jeux olympiques, Marc Antoine et Cléopâtre célèbrent les enivrantes Bacchanales & le poète Tibulle courtise avec fougue sa chère Délie à l’occasion des Saturnales… Valentin Tournet nous fait redécouvrir cette œuvre phare du Siècle des Lumières laissée bien trop longtemps dans l’ombre de ses fameux contemporains.

Les Fetes grecques et romaines, Colin de Blamont's first opera, was a resounding success from the moment it premiered in 1723. A synthesis between the nobility of the tragedie lyrique created by Lully and the more playful tone, with its choreographed divertissements, of the opera-ballet created by Campra, its libretto brings to life the best-known festivals of ancient History. The eloquent Alcibiades distinguishes himself at the Olympic Games, Mark Antony and Cleopatra celebrate the intoxicating Bacchanalia, and the poet Tibullus passionately courts his beloved Delia at the Saturnalia… Valentin Tournet helps us rediscover this masterpiece of the Age of Enlightenment, which for far too long has been overshadowed by its famous contemporaries.

Dès leur création en 1723, Les Fêtes grecques et romaines, premier opéra de Colin de Blamont connut un succès retentissant. Synthèse entre la noblesse de la tragédie lyrique créée par Lully et le ton plus badin, avec ses divertissements chorégraphiques, de l’opéra-ballet créé par Campra, son livret redonne vie aux fêtes les plus connues de l’Histoire antique. L’éloquent Alcibiade se distingue lors des Jeux olympiques, Marc Antoine et Cléopâtre célèbrent les enivrantes Bacchanales & le poète Tibulle courtise avec fougue sa chère Délie à l’occasion des Saturnales… Valentin Tournet nous fait redécouvrir cette œuvre phare du Siècle des Lumières laissée bien trop longtemps dans l’ombre de ses fameux contemporains.

Les Fetes grecques et romaines, Colin de Blamont's first opera, was a resounding success from the moment it premiered in 1723. A synthesis between the nobility of the tragedie lyrique created by Lully and the more playful tone, with its choreographed divertissements, of the opera-ballet created by Campra, its libretto brings to life the best-known festivals of ancient History. The eloquent Alcibiades distinguishes himself at the Olympic Games, Mark Antony and Cleopatra celebrate the intoxicating Bacchanalia, and the poet Tibullus passionately courts his beloved Delia at the Saturnalia… Valentin Tournet helps us rediscover this masterpiece of the Age of Enlightenment, which for far too long has been overshadowed by its famous contemporaries.

The album "INTEGRAL LES McCANN 1959 - 1962" is a collection that highlights some of the best works from jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann during the early years of his career. This remastered release from 2024 features McCann's soulful and groove-based style, combining elements of jazz, blues, and gospel, which helped him gain widespread recognition in the jazz scene of the 1960s.

“Rameau is one of the universal geniuses in European musical history, on the same level as Bach, Mozart and Haydn”, asserts conductor György Vashegyi.

Started in 2014 as part of the anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau with the recording of the Fêtes de Polymnie, the partnership between the Baroque Music Center of Versailles and the ensembles of Hungarian conductor György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, ends with the recording of another opera by Rameau, Les Boréades, in which the talented Sabine Devieilhe and Reinoud Van Mechelen take part.

Les Claypool's 'Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years' Box Set is available for pre-order. This 5 album set spans Les' solo career over the course of various projects, encompassing the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and The Fancy Band. Enjoy 'Live Frogs Sets 1 & 2', the long out of print 'Purple Onion', 'Of Whales & Woe', & 'Of Fungi & Foe', LPs, and for the first time ever, 'The Big Eyeball In the Sky' with entirely remastered audio on limited edition, colored 180 gram vinyl.