Louis

Biographie de Louis XVI, dernier monarque de l'Ancien Régime. L'historienne interroge son rôle dans les bouleversements politiques vécus par la France au cours du dernier quart du XVIIIe siècle. Elle montre qu'il partageait la vision des patriotes américains et qu'il avait adopté certaines idées républicaines et tenté de combattre l'aristocratie ainsi que l'influence de la cour. …

The St. Louis Symphony and their music director Stéphane Denève present a wonderful program featuring two of the most accomplished American composers in history: Leonard Bernstein with his Serenade and John Williams with his Concerto for violin and orchestra, both performed by star James Ehnes, one of the most exceptional North American violinists. John Williams himself was present at the recording of his violin concerto, working together with the St. Louis Symphony, Denève, and Ehnes.

Recorded in 1957, Ella & Louis Again re-teams Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong after the success of their first album and a popular series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl the previous year. Stylistically, Fitzgerald and Armstrong had very different histories; he started out in Dixieland before branching out into classic jazz and swing, whereas Fitzgerald started out as a swing-oriented big-band vocalist before becoming an expert bebopper…

Lilith is the 2003 release by France's most creative singer-songwriter. With 23 songs this double CD has plenty of space to hit on many styles and feelings. Less "poppy" than his pre-Mustango albums. Lilith continues Murat's trend toward simpler arrangements that will remind English speaking audiences of the Velvet Underground(Emotion), Matthew Sweet(Le Cri du Papillon), and of course Neil Young and Leonard Cohen.