« Escroc à la Shoah », « pleurnicheuse juive », « gangrène sioniste », « rabbin du PAF », depuis plusieurs mois, Frédéric Haziza est l’objet d’une campagne systématique de calomnie, d’injures et d’intimidation. Il a refusé de baisser les bras et a mené l’enquête pour comprendre les méthodes des nouvelles sectes politiques. …
Heitor Villa-Lobos is widely recognised as Brazil’s most important composer, whose style reflects his country and his era: rooted in 20-th century European modernism, he developed his own unique style, blending all colours, smells and sounds of his homeland into his rich, exuberant and vibrant music. Villa-Lobos wrote an immense oeuvre. An important place hold his guitar works, the perfect instrument to present his own style, fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more “learned” European forms, like Etudes and Preludes. The complete guitar works of Villa Lobos, played by one of the best classical guitarists of today, Frédéric Zigante.
Henri Dumont is an important figure in the French Baroque scene in that he was one of the pioneers in the development of the "grands motets" that saw such fruit in the works of Lully, Delaland, Campra, Charpentier, Rameau and others. From what I've heard of his music, it tends to be a bit more subdued and sombre that a lot of the festive and almost manic works from some of the others mentioned. This disc has four motets, one of which; Dialogus de anima, has been recorded before. I have the versions by Herreweghe and Rousset.
Brahms' only Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, had a turbulent history before finally taking its rightful place as one of the composer's most sublime chamber works. The quintet began its life as a string quintet; pressure coming from Brahms' friends eventually saw the string quintet's score destroyed in place of a sonata for two pianos. Though Brahms was fond of this version, further suggestions found hard at work on a third and final change in instrumentation, which resulted in the work we know today. At only 31 years of age, the sophistication found in this score is nothing short of profound. Brahms varies the voicing to achieve a nearly symphonic sound on one end and a tenderly intimate chamber feeling on the other.
Marie Stuart, Henri IV, Marie de Médicis, Jean Bart, Casanova… tous ces noms célèbres connurent l'enfermement et réussirent à s'en dégager, d'une manière ou d'une autre. L'auteur, journaliste, Frédéric Bernard, dévoile un pan de l'Histoire de France peu connu, à travers le récit d'une quarantaine de personnages historiques dont la détention a souvent dépendu du régime politique du moment. Classées chronologiquement depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu'au XIXe siècle, …
IIl arrive que l'histoire puisse s'écrire et se lire comme un roman. C'est tout le pari réussi de Frédéric Mounier, dépeignant à l'instar d'une grande fresque populaire ces jours de 1870 où, Paris encerclée, la France sembla condamnée à disparaître. Un immense récit. …
Heitor Villa-Lobos is widely recognised as Brazils most important composer, whose style reflects his country and his era: rooted in 20-th century European modernism, he developed his own unique style, blending all colours, smells and sounds of his homeland into his rich, exuberant and vibrant music. Villa-Lobos wrote an immense oeuvre. An important place hold his guitar works, the perfect instrument to present his own style, fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more learned European forms, like Etudes and Preludes. The complete guitar works of Villa Lobos, played by one of the best classical guitarists of today, Frédéric Zigante.