c. j. Vincent

Hammu-Rabi est l'une des rares figures de l'histoire ancienne préclassique qui soit connue du grand public, par le hasard d'une découverte - celle de son "Code" par une mission française à Suse - mais aussi en raison de l'importance de son long règne, qui compta quarante-trois ans (1792-1750 av. J.-C.). Curieusement, la bibliographie en langue française ne comporte aucun titre consacré à ce souverain mésopotamien prestigieux …

The least one can say, is that he leaves no one indifferent. If "La France profonde" identifies totally with the views in his songs, the intelligentsia has found him an ideal scapegoat. Courageous for some, demagogic for others, nothing can detract from his talent as a singer. His sales and sell-out shows speak for themselves. Judge for yourself.

The Masterworks Heritage series, issued in the Mid 90's, received outstanding critical acclaim for the choice of repertoire and recordings, for the editorial /packaging and the splendid remastering of early mono and stereo tape masters. This excellent value, budget-priced, 28-CD-box set contains 20 of the best Masterworks Heritage releases. The CDs are in paper-sleeves with the original artwork of the former CD/LP. The booklet with tracklisting and the original liner notes in in English, all presented in special 2-part-box with slider. Featured artists: Claudio Arrau, Gregor Piatigorsky, Eugène Ysaÿe, Budapest String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich, Robert Casadesus, Leon Fleisher, Martina Arroyo, Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Leopold Stokowski, Bruno Walter, George Szell, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Thomas Schippers, Fritz Reiner, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The EVA labels were a group of sisterlabels made for compilations and Best-Of albums released as joint ventures between the national divisions of EMI, Virgin and Ariola. The label became active in 1984 but is now defunct in all countries. Early EVA albums were released with the logos of the three individual labels. Sometimes the label name EVA was not mentioned on those releases.

The EVA labels were a group of sisterlabels made for compilations and Best-Of albums released as joint ventures between the national divisions of EMI, Virgin and Ariola. The label became active in 1984 but is now defunct in all countries. Early EVA albums were released with the logos of the three individual labels. Sometimes the label name EVA was not mentioned on those releases.