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Jean-Martin Charcot, fondateur de la neurologie moderne, explorateur de l’âme, exerça comme médecin chef à la Salpêtrière à Paris. Son fils, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, rêva dès l’enfance d’être marin ; il arpenta les pôles, et mourut en 1936 dans le naufrage de son bateau, le Pourquoi-Pas ? IV, au large de Reykjavik.
Prenons une carte simplifiée de l’Islande, retournons-la sur elle-même, et nous avons le dessin d’un cerveau. Et vice versa : un cerveau, rotation, et voici l’Islande. Tel père, tel fils. …

Cet ouvrage regroupe les différentes versions de l'histoire de Gondolin, relatant le destin de cette cité construite par les elfes afin d'échapper au dieu Morgoth. …

Aidan Fox est un auteur et dessinateur de fantasy. Sa plume fluide s'inspire de celle de Pierre Bottero et mêle des influences aussi diverses que Tolkien, Moorcock ou même Alain Damasio. Passionné de mondes imaginaires, il a construit un vaste univers, dans lequel il a déjà placé trois séries : les Murmures du Shar, une aventure de fantasy épique dans un monde souterrain sur le thème de la magie noire…

Between 1803 and 1968, the Grand Prix de Rome marked the zenith of composition studies at the Paris Conservatoire. In Maurice Ravel’s time the competition included an elimination round (a fugue and a choral piece) followed by a cantata in the form of an operatic scena. The entries were judged by a jury which generally favoured expertise and conformity more than originality and Ravel’s growing reputation as a member of the avant-garde was therefore hardly to his advantage, and may explain why he never won the coveted Premier Grand Prix, and the three-year stay at Rome’s Villa Medici that went with it.

28th December 2012 marks the 75th Anniversary of the death of Maurice Ravel, the great French composer, best-known for his beautiful melodies, orchestral & instrumental textures and mesmeric compositional effects.
Many consumers will know Ravel through his masterpieces, such as: Boléro, Pavane pour une infant défunte, Rapsodie espagnole, Gaspard de la nuit, Ma Mère l’oye, Daphnis et Chloë, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse.

Maurice Ravel's music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive identity, expressed through craftsmanship of the utmost finesse and beauty: deeply sensitive and balancing sincerity, irony and a touch of provocation. An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. There are even contributions from the composer himself, as conductor, pianist (on piano rolls) and artistic supervisor.

Maurice Ravel's music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive identity, expressed through craftsmanship of the utmost finesse and beauty: deeply sensitive and balancing sincerity, irony and a touch of provocation. An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. There are even contributions from the composer himself, as conductor, pianist (on piano rolls) and artistic supervisor.