Mythes And Legendes

On a beaucoup écrit sur les fleuves, qui ignorent les frontières, brassent cultures et marchandises, créent des civilisations - mais on ignore le vent. Et pourtant ! Sans lui il n'y aurait sur Terre aucune vie, l'humidité stagnerait sur les océans, les plaines seraient des déserts de feu ou gèleraient, et faute de pollinisation tout deviendrait stérile. …

Mark Twain, le rappeur Jay Z, Marion Zimmer Bradley, George Romero, Robert Taylor, Alexandre Astier, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jack Kirby, Lawrence d'Arabie, John Boorman, les Kinks, les Who, Jackie Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, John Steinbeck, Terry Gilliam, Winston Churchill, Éric Rohmer ou encore Alan Stivell, tous ont en commun d'avoir été influencés par la légende du roi Arthur. …

Evadez-vous pour un voyage musical inédit dans l’univers du fantastique. Pour la 1ère fois réunis dans un luxueux coffret 3CD à petit prix, découvrez les plus célèbres et merveilleux contes et mythes ayant inspirés les plus grands compositeurs : Mozart et la Flûte enchantée, Tchaïkovski et le Lac des Cygnes, Wagner sublimant Tristan et Isolde ainsi que les tubes Carmina Burana de Carl Orff, Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra de Richard Strauss, Roméo et Juliette de Prokofiev…

Led by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, the Paris-based Magma have been, in their way, perhaps the ultimate progressive rock group; while other artists have achieved greater commercial success and critical acclaim, Magma have typified the many ambitions and excesses of the genre that won them as many detractors as fans, even going so far as to invent their own lyrical and musical language in order to bring their unique vision to life…

Led by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, the Paris-based Magma have been, in their way, perhaps the ultimate progressive rock group; while other artists have achieved greater commercial success and critical acclaim, Magma have typified the many ambitions and excesses of the genre that won them as many detractors as fans, even going so far as to invent their own lyrical and musical language in order to bring their unique vision to life…

This is an absolute gem of a live album, a crystal clear direct-to- digital recording from a 1992 jazz festival. As the title and line up suggests, the emphasis here is on Christian Vander's brilliant vocal compositions and arrangements, and the instrumental backing is generally minimal…