Cliv Griffi

" Tu m'avais fait la promesse de ne jamais mourir… Tu ne l'as pas tenue. Tu ne m'as laissé que notre histoire. "
La mort ne prévient jamais. Lorsque Griffi n apprend la disparition brutale de Theo, son premier amour, son univers vole en éclats. Bien que Theo ait déménagé en Californie pour ses études et ait commencé à fréquenter Jackson, Griffi n n'a jamais douté qu'il reviendrait un jour vers lui. À présent, l'avenir qu'il s'imaginait a changé du tout au tout et le vide laissé par Theo demande à être comblé…

This landmark set gathers all seven volumes of Pieter-Jan Belder’s exhaustive exploration of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in recordings spanning the current decade.

Although not as satisfying in terms of overall content as the individual soundtracks, this concert recording of Ennio Morricone film music with the composer leading the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has its virtues. Among the latter are the superb musicianship of a full-blown classical orchestra and chorus and the exceptionally clean sound, although this also has its flaws – the quality of the recording is impeccable, although there is a certain lack of presence; producer David Mottley and recording engineer Mike Sheady could have tried for a closer, more intimate sound, although the performance's wit and charm come through along with the virtuosity of the players.

"We are only at the very beginning of the immense task of understanding the vocal, instrumental, and choreographic practices of late sixteenth century France," writes this disc's annotator. It's Italy and its gigantic wedding spectacles that get all the attention at the end of the sixteenth century. (Imagine if Jenna Bush married the son of the president of Exxon Mobil and the White House enlisted hundreds of artists and musicians to build the ceremony.) This disc is, perhaps, for specialists, but it's a lot of fun for anybody.