Mon Ami (2012)

There aren't too many bands out there that can say they have been around for a decade, let alone a quarter of a century. For those few that manage to hit the twenty five year mark, some sort of celebration is usually in order. Some might go on a world tour and appeal to their aging fanbase, while others may record an album or release a collection of shelved demo tracks for the diehard followers to eat up. Of course, Therion have never been known to follow in the footsteps of others. Although the operatic symphonic metal style is all-too common in current metal culture, Therion carved out their own niche, unshackling from their death metal roots and taking a more sophisticated and experimental approach to the symphonic style. With that in mind, it's no surprise that Therion didn't decide to celebrate things the regular way; instead, they went ahead and did an album of 1960's French pop song covers…

Cette nouvelle intégrale retrace la fructueuse carrière de Dalida. Elle reprend sa discographie française originale depuis les tout premiers enregistrements de 1956 jusqu'aux derniers grands succès parus en 1987, sans oublier des titres live, moments forts de l'artiste sur scène. Et pour la première fois, elle offre des interviews rares où la voix de Dalida nous parvient sincère et touchante. L'intégrale "Les Diamants Sont Eternels" est présentée dans un luxueux écrin.

«Sur les 23 000 "Justes parmi les nations", il n'y a pas un seul Arabe et pas un musulman de France ou du Maghreb. C'est étonnant quand on connaît les liens séculaires qui ont uni les communautés juive et musulmane. Alors, j'ai décidé de chercher. Pendant deux ans et demi, j'ai défriché des documents, suivi toutes les pistes possibles, tenté de recueillir des témoignages. On m'a souvent répété : "Mais les témoins sont morts aujourd'hui." J'ai exhumé des archives, écouté des souvenirs, même imprécis, et retrouvé de vraies histoires …

This 1972 studio recording is the ultimate Tales Of Hoffman. The recording was originally an LP on the ABC label in the Westminster Legacy issues, but digitally remastered and edited for cd by Deutsche Grammophon. Deutsche Grammophone cd labels are famous for remastering legendary and classic recordings of classical music and opera and they have outdone themselves again with this one. It features virtuoso singers at the top of their game and the orchestra is directed under the baton of the seasoned conductor Julius Rudel.

Sylvain Cambreling is one of the leading French operatic conductors. He is known for his often startling innovations in many opera productions: in a performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the 2001 Salzburg Festival he employed a synthesizer to deliver recitative accompaniments, and at a performance of Janácek's Katya Kabanova, he used some of the composer's songs as transitional material between acts.

Ce coffret de trois disques (et soixante chansons) permet de rappeler, à fin d’inventaire, l’invraisemblable quantité de tubes enchaînée par Richard Anthony durant sa prolifique carrière.