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Bob van Asperen's recording of Handel's Organ Concertos Op.7 is the newest addition to the Veritas x2 series. Veritas x2 is a series from Virgin Classics devoted to landmark recordings of early Baroque music. Handel's Organ Concertos contain six organ concertos for organ and orchestra. They were written for performance during Handel's oratorios and contain almost entirely original material. Bob van Asperen leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in this recording.

'Ad Hoc' is the new album by Sting s long time collaborator and guitarist Dominic Miller. A musician that Sting has long called his right and left hand. The album is recorded in Germany and featuring special guest the inspirational Eda Zari, is Dominic Miller s most impressive work to date. Zari's contribution to the anthemic Exiting Purgatory is a perfect compliment to the searing cello solos by Sweden's Lars Daniellson and forms the climax sound to an album whose textures and ambiences are as eclectic as Miller's life itself.

Des millions d'anonymes sont oubliés par l'écriture classique de l'histoire. Or, nombre d'entre eux ont adressé aux puissants de ce monde des lettres, suppliques, demandes de grâces ou de subsides. A ces courriers de la dernière chance expédiés aux souverains puis aux présidents de la République sont venues s'ajouter, dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, de nouvelles démarches relayées par les ondes radiophoniques et la télévision. …