Opera meets Ambient and Pop! Danish singer Helene Horlyck is hailed among insiders as one of Europe's most interesting vocalists in the domain of pop/classic crossover. Especially in Great Britain producers highly value her vocal art, her versatility and her exquisite musical taste - and book her for sessions with a diversity of top acts like Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Jimmy Cliff, Chris de Burgh or Apollo 440. Her first merits in the ambient genre the classical trained singer has achieved through her participation in two projects of Danish producer and longtime Enigma-coproducer Jens Gad: the internationally acclaimed debut of his formation Achillea in 2005 and his solo-album “Le Spa Sonique”. But Helene's own solo-album was overdue: On “A Nordic Room” she presents a sensational combination of Opera, Pop and Ambient music, as it has never been heard before…
New Naïve signing baritone Stéphane Degout has already featured as soloist with the internationally renowned choral group Accentus on Brahms' German Requiem and Fauré's Requiem. The programme on his solo debut CD is a selection of mélodies by various French composers, Debussy, Ravel, Duparc, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, and Reynaldo Hahn. Stéphane Degout first met pianist Hélène Lucas when he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon in 1995.
Helene Bøksle (born April 1, 1981 in Mandal, Norway) is a singer and actress. Helene has performed with singers such as Bjørn Eidsvåg, David Urwitz and Eurovision 1995 winners Secret Garden. She entered the Melodi Grand Prix 2011 with the song "Vardlokk". She performs a mixture of traditional Norwegian folk music and popular music. Helene Bøksle is one of Norways big star singers in traditional music. In 2006 she released her debut album “Elverhøy”, which was nominated for Spellemannsprisen. In January 2009 she released the follow-up album "Morild" and in December of the same year the Christmas album “Det hev ei rose sprunge”, which has gone platinum. Helene is an experienced and competent live artist who has spellbound the Norwegian people with her particular and splendid voice.
Juliette Hurel and Hélène Couvert, who have long enjoyed a close rapport on the concert platform and on disc, here celebrate five French women composers at the turn of the twentieth century. Countess Clémence de Grandval was the composer of some sixty songs, of which Saint-Saëns said: ‘They would certainly be famous if their composer did not have what many people regard as the irremediable defect of being a woman.’
Helene Grimaud presents her first-ever Bach recording! Once again, charismatic Helene Grimaud presents an album with an individual concept. Bach vs. Bach Transcribed brings together original keyboard works by the master with works by Bach arranged (transcribed) for the piano by pianist-composers of later generations: Busoni, Liszt & Rachmaninov. This is the first time that Hélène Grimaud has recorded Bach - a challenge for any musician. The repertoire includes the famous Well-Tempered Clavier II and the Concerto no. 1 in D minor, the latter performed with Grimaud's regular collaborators, the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Bach "Transcribed" features the Bach/Busoni version of the Chaconne in D minor, the Violin Partita in E major arranged for piano by Rachmaninov, and Liszt's version of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor. A landmark project in Grimaud's successful career, this recording is bound to be a best-seller.
Memory Echo sees Nitin Sawhney return to music and ideas he began exploring in 2018 with Hélène Grimaud for her Memory album. For this new release Sawhney has woven together four of his original compositions – The Fourth Window, Picturebook, Time and Breathing Light (performed by Hélène Grimaud) – with haunting remixes of Satie’s Gnossienne No.1, Debussy’s Clair de lune and Rachmaninov’s Vocalise, Op.34 No.14. By refining the essence of his collaboration with the French pianist, he has created the seven-track Memory Echo, set for release in digital-only format on 25 October 2019.
"Mande Kulu", "The Mandé Mountain" is the title of the Kala Jula’s CD released on March 29, 2017 on Buda Musique (Paris). In this latest chapter of their musical ventures, Samba Diabaté and Vincent Zanetti are accompanied by two French musicians, major figures in European jazz and world music, the violinist Jacky Molard and bassist Hélène Labarrière.