Recueil Des Coursvolume 170 (1981 I)

Tout le monde en a discuté. À tort et à travers, parce que personne, jusqu'ici, ne s'est donné la peine de mener une enquête serrée afin de savoir si les OVNIs, les « soucoupes volantes », existaient vraiment. Après avoir tracé l'historique de la « guerre des soucoupes » parmi les hommes (Le Livre noir des soucoupes volantes), Henry Durrant nous fait participer ici à son enquête journalistique, investigation qui s'est vite transformée en véritable étude, précise et minutieuse. …

On the occasion of the 85th birthday of Arvo Pärt (September 2020) and the 75th anniversary of the Bavarian Radio Chorus (May 2021). The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, born in 1935, has succeeded in bringing sacred music back to a broader audience, and away from the confines of the church service, more than almost any other contemporary composer. The meditative character of his works, and his return to the simplest and most basic musical forms, convey moments of intense spirituality. Before his emigration from the Soviet Union, Pärt had already invented what he termed the tintinnabuli style of composition (from the Latin word for a bell). He produced an early and important example of this expressive style in 1977 with his “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten”, scored for string orchestra and bell. It is also a key feature of the choral and instrumental works presented by BR-KLASSIK on this new CD: five works for choir as well as two for instrumental ensemble, covering all of the composer’s creative epochs between 1986 and 2019.

Now, here's a star-crossed album. Polydor rejected the first version of it, produced by Glyn Johns, and Eric Clapton was forced to cut it all over again with Tom Dowd. Then, a few dates into a U.S. promotional tour coinciding with its release, Clapton collapsed and was found to be near death from ulcers due to his alcoholism. Finally, it turned out to be the final record of his 15-year association with Polydor, which therefore had no reason to promote it. Nevertheless, the album made the Top Ten, went gold, and spawned a Top Ten single in "I Can't Stand It." And the rest of it wasn't too shabby, either.

Ce recueil de cinq nouvelles s’adresse à des lecteurs avertis. …

Recueil des interventions médiatiques de l'historien, depuis les années 1980, dans lesquelles il aborde la Révolution française et son influence sur la société contemporaine. …