Marches

Following marches, polkas, and waltzes by Benjamin Bilse, Richard Eilenberg, Josef Gung’l, and Carl Millöcker, this new release is now the fifth cpo album with the conductor Christian Simonis. This time he turns to two members of the Fahrbach family of musicians: to Philipp Fahrbach the Younger and Philipp Fahrbach the Elder. In mere numbers the members of the Fahrbach family by far surpassed the members of the Strauss family. Like the Strausses, the Fahrbachs also composed superb dances and marches.

Comprendre les conséquences de la crise, apprécier les bouleversements possibles et dresser les perspectives les plus probables sur les marchés financiers, l'économie et la société : tel est le dessein de ce livre. Parmi les bouleversements que la décennie à venir nous réserve, Thierry Béchu évoque notamment : …

German composer Carl Teike came into contact with military music at an early age, but with his modest temperament he never achieved a high rank during his time in the army. He resigned from his post after his bandmaster told him to burn Alte Kameraden , a piece that would become one of the most popular marches in the world. Teike’s marches are entirely original and significantly enrich the German concert repertoire with their inventiveness, musical charisma and colourful instrumentation. This programme includes his first march, the Prinz-Albrecht-Marsch , which he dedicated to the Prussian monarch who ‘graciously accepted the dedication’. This is the first of three volumes.

Londres, 1914. Richard Hannay, ex-ingénieur des Mines en Afrique du Sud et général de brigade, découvre un cadavre, un poignard planté en plein coeur, au beau milieu de son salon. Il s'avère qu'une organisation secrète ultrapuissante fomente un complot international aux objectifs les plus noirs. Richard mène l'enquête. …