Au lendemain de Pearl Harbor, les Japonais envahissent les îles et s'apprêtent à conquérir la Birmanie. Les Etats-Unis décident de faire appel aux Elfes, qui ne sont plus très nombreux et vivent au Sylvaniel, dernière réserve sur le territoire américain. Les Elfes acceptent d'envoyer cinq des leurs à condition d'emmener avec eux un Anglais spécialiste de l'elfique, un professeur nommé Tolkien.
Atlantique Nord, 14 avril 2012. Cent ans jour pour jour après le naufrage du Titanic, on inaugure un complexe sous-marin construit autour de l'épave restaurée du paquebot, à 3800 mètres de fond. Budget énorme, technonlogies de pointe, sécurité maximale, contrôles tatillons, tout va bien se passer. Pourtant un doute subsiste : va-t-on réussir à conjurer la malédiction du Titanic?
This 20cd box set dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the music of versailles. The box set is beautifully packaged with complete english translations featuring distinguished baroque artists such as les arts florissant's with william christie, les musiciens du louvre with marc minkowski, les talens lyriques with christophe rousset, paul agnew, bernarda fink, veronique gens, patricia petibon and many more. The majority of these recordings have been recorded live during the festival at versailles palace and have never been commercially available. Approximately 5% has been licensed from warners and glossa. It is manufactured in france and put out by the centre of baroque music in versailles.
This album gathers highlights from Montserrat Figueras career for the Astrée, DHM, EMI and Alia Vox labels. 5 of the 35 tracks have already been reissued in a portrait album released in the 1990s by Astrée, La 'Voix de l Emotion'. Jordi Savall wanted to keep the same title for this much more comprehensive double album, in tribute to the late Montserrat Figueras, his wife and collaborator of 43 years. 35 year-career: 35 tracks a dazzlingly clear soprano voice, a line of the purest silk, as strong as it was delicate.
In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary, they now present the release of a 20-CD box with numerous musical highlights, both of the anniversary concerts as well as releases from the previous 20 years. Thanks to this jubilee box, you can now witness this landmark of French Baroque music.