le Deuxième Droite

Known as the ‘First Lady of the organ’, Marie-Claire Alain was a strikingly mature, creative and intuitive artist. Spanning four centuries of music, from Baroque masterpieces by the likes of Couperin and Grigny, through cornerstones of the French organ repertoire by Widor, Vierne and Messiaen, to two discs of works by her brother Jehan, this collection is testament to her vast and impressively wide-ranging recording legacy.

La première partie de ce volume contient une série de conférences sur la question de l'existence réelle d'une quatrième dimension. Il est ensuite question de la géométrie des corps à quatre dimensions. …

The “Péchés de vieillesse” composed by Gioacchino Rossini exclusively for private use during the final years of his life in Paris (1857-68) bring together thirteen volumes of vocal, choral, and chamber music as well as more than a hundred piano pieces that he termed “semi-comic” and dedicated to “fourth-class pianists.” The wit and humor of Rossini’s piano music make it unique in the history of music. Of great virtuosity, pervaded by the ideal of Italian song, playing with influences from the opera, the salon, and the cabaret, and taking boundless delight in brilliantly wild ideas and waggish parodies, it remains a very personal bequeathal full of profound seriousness and playful irony, movingly intimate, and merciless toward the composer’s own weaknesses.

Stanislas, un bibliophile passionné, fait une escale à Charleroi et se retrouve mêlé à la mort d'un juge d'instruction à la drôle de réputation…
Bibliophile passionné, Stanislas Barberian parcourt la France et la Belgique à la recherche de pièces rares. En visite à Charleroi, au cœur du Pays noir où il est né, il se trouve mêlé à la mort accidentelle d’un juge d’instruction à la réputation sulfureuse. Accidentelle ? Voire…