Belle April 2024

The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC) and Music Director Ludovic Morlot – renowned specialist in French repertoire with four Grammy awards – release the complete orchestral works of Maurice Ravel in six CDs between April 2024 and December 2026. The first volume of the collection, recorded at the Pau Casals Hall of L’Auditori with Mike George and Stephen Rinker – producer and sound engineer of the BBC and Chandos label – includes three iconic works by the composer from Ciboure (French Basque Country).

Michèle Torr is celebrating her 60 years of her career, the opportunity to rediscover the 50 most beautiful songs of this popular artist who knew how to conquer the hearts of the French.

Remix XL is the third remix album by French singer Mylène Farmer, released on 19 April 2024 (CD, LP, Digital) on Stuffed Monkey and Sony Music. The album includes remixes of some of Farmer's most popular songs from different periods of her career. DJs such as Feder, The Hacker, Cut Killer, Arnaud Rebotini and The Avener worked on the album. Farmer recorded new vocals for some of the older tracks, which were originally released from 1986 to 1995; this is likely due to the fact that Universal Music retains the rights to the original versions of these songs.

One would think that, with the current feelings about the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, there would be frequent stagings throughout the country of Kurt Weill's JOHNNY JOHNSON, his awe-inspiring anti-war "play with songs" and his first work for the American theater. (Not coincidentally, where are all productions of Joan Littlewoood's OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR and the Gershwin/Kaufman STRIKE UP THE BAND?)

Un récit haletant porté par la lecture enveloppante et dynamique de Sophie Frison …