c. j. Vincent

Philippe Sarde is one of the greatest composers of film music ever. Even if his work has been mainly concentrated on French and European films, his reputation has spread around the world. With more than 350 soundtracks in 50 years, no one could escape his compositions. He has collaborated with the greatest French and European directors: Claude Sautet, Roger Vadim, Costa-Gavras, Marco Ferreri, Roman Polanski, Jean-Jacques Annaud, the list is endless. And to dress his music, he systematically surrounded himself with the greatest. In the course of the titles, we meet the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Paris, violinists Stéphane Grappelli or Ivry Gitlis, clarinetist and arranger Hubert Rostaing, saxophone virtuosos Stan Getz or Wayne Shorter and other jazz legends such as Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Kenny Clarke… The music selection has been supervised by PHILIPPE SARDE himself. The boxset includes a 36-page booklet with an original portrait (in French and English) written by the world specialist of Film Soundtracks STÉPHANE LEROUGE, and rare or unpublished photos, and a dedication by the star of the Big Screen ALAIN DELON. “Philippe Sarde, even before composition, is first of all Imagination.” Declared Georges Lautner. A point of view confirmed by this imposing anthology, indispensable, which draws the contours of a contemporary but already classic work.

Alpha invites you to prolong the pleasure of your visit to Versailles with this recording of the music you heard in the gardens : A selection of great works played by some of the finest musicians of today. Almost two centuries of music, reviving the fabulous history of the palace up to mid-eighteen century and representing opera, ballet, the air de cour and other genres, are performed here by Le Poème Harmonique (conductor Vincent Dumestre), Pygmalion (conductor Raphaël Pichon), Le Concert Spirituel (conductor Hervé Niquet), Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra (conductor Skip Sempé), les Nouveaux Caractères (conductor Sébastien d Hérin, l Orchestre des Temps présents (conductor Olivier Schneebeli). You'll also discover some excerpts from Campra's Tancrède and Leclair's Scylla & Glaucus.

Une génération sépare Vincent et Daniel. Pourtant, ces deux ingénieurs ont subi le même traumatisme : une mise au placard brutale et inexpliquée. Oublié lors du déménagement de son service pour l'un, relégué dans un bureau lugubre pour l'autre, ils ont été victimes, comme nombre de leurs collègues, du durcissement des méthodes managériales. Symptomatique de cette tendance, le plan d'économie Next a consisté, entre 2004 et 2007, à obliger le personnel visé à quitter l'entreprise. Mutations arbitraires, congés maladie forcés et stratégies de déstabilisation ont alors été utilisés sans aucune considération pour l'humain…