Oldelaf Babylone

Sans remonter à la glorieuse progéniture de Manuel Garcia (père de Pauline Viardot et Maria Malibran), l’Espagne a souvent offert à notre pays ses plus belles voix. Ainsi, toute planétaire fût-elle, la carrière de Teresa Berganza passa d’abord par la France. C’est à Aix-en-Provence qu’eut lieu la consécration, à l’été 1957, dans un Così fan tutte d’illustre mémoire où une Dorabella de vingt-quatre ans (!) volait la vedette à ses partenaires. Quelques mois plus tard, cette artiste à peine sortie de l’adolescence, mais douée déjà de la technique la plus aguerrie (merci Lola Rodriguez Aragon, son professeur), s’envolait pour Dallas. Dans le tout nouvel Opéra de la cité texane, elle fut non seulement Isabella dans L’Italienne à Alger, mais aussi Néris dans Medea, face à une certaine Maria Callas qui prit aussitôt la petite Espagnole sous son aile, subjuguée par sa maturité musicale et le fini quasi instrumental qu’elle déployait dans sa grande scène avec basson obligé.

This box set is the first overview of a life, a dream that is already an oeuvre: the dream of a singer who wanted only to be a voice in the service of the Lord, and who in spite of herself has become a star in the eyes of men and women.
Over the course of the three albums included here, the listener will follow the ascension of an artist in the years when she asserted herself as one of the great interpreters of traditional spirituals and gospel songs. This is a repertoire whose masterpieces date mostly from the 19th century, that period when Liz Mc Comb’s ancestors freed themselves from the chains of slavery through hope and through faith. In the last few years, without distancing herself from her roots, Liz Mc Comb has proven herself to be an enlightened composer, and her fourth album, "Time Is Now", is an indispensible addition to this trilogy.

The Headbangers” as their name implies, shake up ideas, their groove inciting insuppressible head thrashing. Trumpet player Nicolas Gardel’s new sextet thwarts division by artfully combining vintage and modern; opening dialogue between Funk, Pop, Jazz and Electronic. By entering these realms of music, the group successfully opens perspectives with a singular, powerful and elegant sound, graced with ravishing creative energy.

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE was an English actress, singer, songwriter, and model. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema.