Lamomali Bel Ami

Whoever you are! I’m much closer to you than a stranger (Andrée Chedid) We are all connected. By atoms and stardust, hearts and minds and six degrees at most. By nature. The universe. Music. Take LAMOMALI, the new album by iconic French rocker, M. Recorded in collaboration with Toumani Diabaté, that Grammy-winning kora virtuoso from Mali, West Africa, and featuring a who’s who of singers and musicians from, well, everywhere, it’s both a mighty slice of African pop and a testament to music’s power to enchant, heal and unite.

Michael Jarys "Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh’n“ und "Davon geht die Welt nicht unter“, Theo Mackebens "Du hast Glück bei den Frau’n, Bel Ami!“, Lothar Brühnes "Ich brech’ die Herzen der stolzesten Frau’n“ oder Friedrich Schröders "Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein“ sind einige jener auch heute noch gern gehörten Tonfilmschlager, die von den Nationalsozialisten, wenn nicht bereits in Auftrag gegeben, so doch später auf perfide Weise zu Propagandazwecken missbraucht worden sind. Vokabeln wie "Propaganda-“ oder "Durchhaltefilm“ begleiten das auf diesem Album dargebotene Programm als hässliche Kehrseite mitunter genialer musikalischer Schöpfungen. Einzelne der Titel hat das 1952 gegründete Münchner Rundfunkorchester im Lauf seines 70jährigen Bestehens immer wieder gespielt, in ganz unterschiedlichen Besetzungen und Arrangements. Das vorliegende Album wurde im Oktober 2021 als Studioaufnahme produziert.

For her second album, Bel raggio, Aleksandra Kurzak focuses on the bel canto classics of Rossini; offering a beguiling mix of the virtuosic, the lyrical, and the comic. Joining her are Sinfonia Varsovia and Pier Giorgio Morandi.
‘A Commanding Vocal Presence' The Independent
‘Kurzak is a dazzling new star' The Sunday Times

Entitled Les Chansons Sous L’occupation, this brilliant Arkadia Chanson collection of classics and period pieces, sung by France’s greatest stars of the WWII era, brings together the best and most representative of the songs sung by the French to uplift their spirits during the dark days of World War II. First among these melodies is Maurice Chevalier’s rendition of the somewhat sardonic Ca sent si bon la France, which pays tribute to some of the country’s less obvious charms. Though Chevalier himself was accused (and acquitted) of collaborating with the Nazis, his dexterous performance reminded fellow citizens what it meant to be French. In a similar vein, Charles Trenet’s La romance de Paris allowed his audience to remember the good days and left them optimistic those days would soon return. Bel Ami, sung here by the incomparable Corsican balladeer Tino Rossi, was another popular wartime tune. Named for a novel by Guy de Maupassant, it is infused with the spirit of the beloved French countryside.

Udo Lindenbergs Tour "Alles unter einem Hut" erwies sich als gelungener Brückenschlag zwischen Alt und Neu, Panikorchester-Exzessen und konzertantem Belcanto zum Orchester Babelsberg mit zahlreichen, singenden Gästen. Das unterhaltsame Ergebnis ist die Doppel-CD Ich schwöre! mit 23 recht unterschiedlich arrangierten Stücken vom wilden "Exzessor" über das ewig junge "Mädchen aus Ostberlin" bis hin zum "Bel Ami" der Varieté-Bühne.

The VocaMe vocal ensemble has committed itself to presenting exceptional female figures in early music, and the four ladies have already attracted much attention with the songs of Hildegard and Kassia. The secret of their success lies in their special approach to interpretation: against a background of thorough understanding of historical performance practice, the four singers and their musical director and instrumentalist Michael Popp feel their way into the ancient sources, which usually leave much room for conjecture.

Als die Bilder tönen lernten und die stummen Mimen Stimmen bekamen, da entstanden die Filmschlager!

How about a trip back to the Annees Folles in the company of Sacha Guitry? With this musical comedy composed by Reynaldo Hahn, which was a triumph for Arletty, the Palazzetto Bru Zane reveals the hectic adventures of the hatter Prosper Aubertin. He dreams of extramarital adventures, but among the replies to the classified ad he places, how surprised he is to discover letters from his wife, his daughter and his maid! The piece was Guitrys second collaboration with Hahn. What [else] do you need to be happy? as the chambermaid asks in Act Three? Veronique Gens bubbling with mischief, and the Orchestre National dAvignon dynamised by the conducting of Samuel Jean.