Jean Soler

Malgré mes réticences à me tourner vers le passé, je me suis résolu à mettre par écrit des moments de ma vie pour deux raisons. Cet exercice m'a d'abord permis d'éclairer, à l'intention des lecteurs qui me suivent, l'arrière-plan de mes essais sur Dieu. Il n'y a pas d'un côté ma vie et de l'autre mes idées. Ma vie et mes idées forment un écheveau indémêlable.
Ce livre de souvenirs m'a fourni aussi l'occasion de porter témoignage sur ce qu'a pu connaître de marquant, en France et dans plusieurs pays où j'ai vécu, un homme de ma génération. …

When musicians of our generation seek to provide musical depictions of the pilgrimages to St. James of Compostela, they turn most frequently to the Middle Ages. The La Fenice ensemble, however, has chosen a different approach by taking a map of the Camino Francès (1648) as its inspiration. Here they bring formal as well as popular repertoire of the time back to life with songs both sacred and secular, combining these with the joyfully festive music that accompanied the travellers from France to Galicia via Languedoc, Aragon and Castile.

Martin Stadtfeld's new double album "Baroque Colours" presents a colorful sound panorama of the Baroque - with original works from Bach to Rameau as well as his own arrangements of well-known Baroque hits and unknown musical gems.

To celebrate their 60 years of activity, Harmonia Mundi has released 2 commemorative CD boxsets to showcase classical artists and composers. This first volume invites you to relive the highlights of the first 30 years of the label and pays tribute to the artists who built Harmonia Mundi on the heights of Saint-Michel-de-Provence, leading with a passionate quest for excellence a real revolution in the world of early music.