François Gresle

A l'occasion du Jubilé de l'espoir, le pape François livre son autobiographie et confie ses réflexions sur l'état du monde, les guerres, la crise climatique, le drame des migrants, le gouffre des inégalités, entre autres. Il dévoile les coulisses du Vatican face aux difficultés affrontées par l'Eglise, et évoque également ses passions, ses doutes ou encore ses échecs. …

La quatrième révolution industrielle nous a précipités dans une époque envahie par le numérique. D'abord outil d'usage marginal, il conditionne aujourd'hui nos relations humaines, nos modes de gouvernance et nos représentations du monde. …

Antoine Doinel est un personnage cinématographique de fiction, apparaissant dans six films écrits et réalisés par François Truffaut et tous interprétés par Jean-Pierre Léaud. …

What is it that makes this 1992 recording of François Couperin's Les Nations by the Kuijken Ensemble so special? In a word, brotherhood. You see, the Kuijken Ensemble has the brothers Barthold, Sigiswald, and Wieland on transverse flute, violin, and viola da gamba and they play together with a combination of affection, aggression, appreciation, and wholehearted love that makes the ensemble like no other. Each brother a master of his instrument, and they understand Baroque music with a combination of intellect, emotion, and musicality that few other period instrument players can match.

The true value of François Couperin's accomplishments, as told by Shinichiro Nakano, who has been working in the world of music for 35 years. The emotional world of these unique and varied works is presented with depth and freshness through his fluid and mature expression and occasional glimpses of playfulness. In his 35th year on the musical stage, Shinichiro Nakano will tell the story of the true value of François Couperin's accomplishments. Shin'ichiro Nakano, harpsichordist, was born in Kyoto in 1964 and graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music in 1986. Performed in the Coupland Cycle of the Festival des Antiquaires in Versailles, France.

This release, part of harmonia mundi's series celebrating the Beethoven year, pairs the composer's iconic and much-loved Symphony No.5 with the far less well-known Symphony In 17 Parts by Francois-Joseph Gossec. The dramatic power and intensity of Beethoven stands in sharp contrast to to the cheerful and gallant music of Gossec. Les Siècles, led by François-Xavier Roth, apply their usual virtuosity and keen insight to both works in performances that are sure to delight.

Compiled from pieces that were clearly composed much earlier as well as from more recent works, the Deuxième Livre pays homage to its two masters and calls for tonalities that it had not yet employed; it evokes the past and the great lutenists of that time with the Pavane and yet also contains important innovations. It is truly a transitional work: published at the very dawn of the century, it opened the doors to the important stylistic changes that French music would undergo during the Age of Enlightenment.

Des chansons qui nous poursuivent. Une figure qu'on dirait inaltérable. Et derrière le portrait de légende, un homme complexe, hésitant parfois, plutôt contradictoire. On connaît les grandes étapes : naissance à Duluth, au pays des mines de fer, père petit commerçant, enfance banale et groupes de rock amateurs. Puis l'épopée du folk, la découverte de Woody Guthrie, le départ pour New York …