Riccardo Cocciante

Notre Dame de Paris is a French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo. The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante (also known as Richard Cocciante) and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon. Since its debut, it has played in Canada, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, South Korea and Taiwan. A shorter version in English was performed in 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) and a full-length London production, also in English, ran for seventeen months. Popular songs from the show, such as Belle and Le temps des cathedrales have also been translated into Belarusian, Catalan, Czech, German, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian and English. “Notre Dame de Paris”, according to the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful first year of any musical ever.

3 CD con 45 brani della straordinaria carriera di Adriano e 3 inediti, scritti da Riccardo Cocciante e Pasquale Panella (Mai nella vita), Giuliano Sangiorgi (Io non ricordo (da quel giorno tu)) e da Adriano Celentano stesso (Ti fai del male). Troviamo anche un quarto CD tratto dai due clamorosi concerti all'Arena di Verona dello scorso ottobre, a 18 anni di distanza dall'ultima sua esibizione live, che hanno scatenato l'entusiasmo dei fan con ascolti record per la messa in onda televisiva, ottenendo 20 milioni di spettatori per le due serate. 3 CDs with 45 songs in the extraordinary career of Adriano and 3 unpublished, written by Riccardo Cocciante and Pasquale Panella (Mai nella vita), Giuliano Sangiorgi (Io non ricordo (da quel giorno tu)) and Adriano Celentano itself (Ti fai del male). We find also fourth CD taken from two high profile concerts at the Arena in Verona last October, 18 years after his last live performance, which triggered the enthusiasm of the fans with record audiences for broadcast television, getting 20 million viewers for the two evenings.

Diane Schuur, one of the greatest entertainers in the world, makes her Concord Jazz debut with Friends for Schuur and it is remarkable. Her multifaceted vocal artistry is featured in great company on 11 sensational songs including two "live" concerts that feature Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. There is even a digitally reintroduced version of "Easy Living," featuring the great Stan Getz. Diane Schuur is regal and she's soulful, passionate, and playful and her avid listeners know immediately that her voice has all the right qualities: technique, range, and adaptability to pop, jazz, gospel, and blues. "I'd Fly" is a definite smooth jazz hit. She sings its sexy, but beautifully contoured melody, romantic lyrics with such yearning and passion that this late-night romantic ballad should land solidly on the charts…

PERIGEO was a musical project born in 1971 from Giovanni Tommaso. The original lineup included five members, Tommaso himself at the bass, Bruno Biriaco on drums, Claudio Fasoli at sax, Tony Sidney at guitar and Franco D'Andrea on piano, the band released seven studio albums 'till his definitive breakup in 1981. The band offers a sort of jazz-rock sound inspired by Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew". This early form of fusion initially meets the resistance of so-called "purists" of jazz, but soon attract the sympathy of many fans, earning invitations to major national festivals, but also a series of concerts in Europe, especially in England and France.