Meurtes au Potageur du Roy

Antonio Salieri’s Falstaff is not Verdi’s and never will be. That out of the way, it’s a charming evening’s entertainment, occasionally quite funny, with nicely characterized roles, swell, brief melodies, excellent, spicy wind writing (vividly played here on period instruments and recorded in such a way that the sonics favor them), and nice forward propulsion. The action moves quickly and pointedly, the dry recitatives are frequent but never too long, and when they do go on, the cast here is clever and involved enough to make them dramatically viable.

The importance of Venice in the history of music needs no introduction. We know the reputation the doge's Chapel had acquired through the concerts and celebrations in the St Mark's basilica, and also the exceptions quality of the concerts that were given in the four charitable institutions of the city, known as 'ospedali', where young orphaned girls were given a musical education at state expense. Music lovers, whether from Venice or simply visitors, would eagerly make for the most reputed of these hospices, the Ospedale della Pietà, on Sunday mornings, after mass, and in lete afternoon, for vespers; religious and instrumental music were skilfully associated.

In some respects, Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607) is to the history of Italian opera what Dante's Divine Comedy is to the history of Italian literature: a masterpiece that stands at the very beginning of the journey. With Orfeo and the operas that followed it, Monteverdi had the substantial merit of immediately demonstrating the infinite possibilities of this new genre, which would leave an imprint on three centuries of European culture. In the present edition the French conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire is at the head of a cast of Baroque opera specialists.

…Süssmayr, of course, was not the only, or even the first, person engaged by Constanza Mozart to work on her late husband’s unfinished masterpiece. Her first choice was Josef Eybler, another of Mozart’s students, and the one that Mozart had considered more capable. Eybler worked on the orchestration of the portions of the score for which Mozart had written vocal parts and a continuo bass line, but balked at providing original music for the missing sections of the Requiem. Süssmayr then took over, enjoying the advantage of having discussed Mozart’s intentions for the completion of the score with him. It’s entirely possible that the young assistant had a second advantage, namely that he was not sufficiently aware of the implications of the monumental task that Eybler had abandoned and that he was undertaking. There’s an unresolved dispute over his decision to bring the score to a close by repeating the music of the first fugue.

Le néo-libéralisme achève sa course en misère croissante pour le plus grand nombre, en dissolution des solidarités civiques, en militarisation universelle, en désastre écologique. La course des grands monopoles au profit immédiat a sapé les espoirs de rattrapage au sein du système capitaliste. Les alternatives conçues au XXe siècle sont désormais inopérantes. Le projet sociétaire d'avenir ici présenté cherche à unir les peuples du centre et ceux des périphéries dans la construction d'un monde unifié. …

Alwane - Lila Derdeba, Beyond the Ritual (au-Delà du Rituel) (2015) [CD+DVD] {IMA-Harmonia Mundi}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 509 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 180 Mb | Artwork | 5% repair rar
DVD9 -> 6.32 Gb | All Regions | PAL 16:9 | Dolby AC3, 2 ch | ~ 67m | ISO Image| Subs: English, Français
© 2015 Institut du Monde Arabe / Harmonia Mundi | HM 321.087
World / Jazz / Classical / International / Morocco / Gnawa / Fusion / North African

The Gnawa is a popular Sufi brotherhood that expresses their faith through music and dance, culminating in a trance state. It is on the lila derdeba (trance nights) than Gnawas manifest their exceptional gifts as exorcists and healers, treating patients with physical or psychological suffering. On this album, the group Alwan explores the connections between Gnawa and jazz. The concept was born following Alwan's meeting with the Mad Nomad Quartet and Dar Gnawa and is inspired by the musical repertoire of lila derdeba. A bonus DVD documentary explores the mystical world of the Gnawa using audiovisual documents gathered by Jacques Willemont over 40 years and features insights from anthropologist Viviana Easter.

L'histoire du quartier maghrébin de Jérusalem, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à sa destruction pendant la guerre des Six-Jours. L'auteur décrit la vie quotidienne dans ce quartier situé au pied du Mur des lamentations et aborde également les particularités de cette ville sainte, les pèlerinages musulmans, la colonisation française au Maghreb ou encore le conflit israélo-palestinien. …

Inspirée par ses nombreux voyages et par ce qui a façonné les racines du Québec, Louise Caron boucle habilement cette histoire déchirante dans laquelle les personnages, dépeints avec charme et authenticité, donnent raison de croire au triomphe de l'amour sur les pires adversités. …