Scott Ross Scarlatti Intégrale Des Essercizi

«Les six quatuors de Bartok représentent non seulement un sommet dans le genre du quatuor à cordes, mais aussi un panorama extraordinaire de l'évolution politique et artistique de la 1ère moitié du 20ème siècle. Un sommet du genre par la qualité de ses quatuors, qui ont complètement renouvelé le genre, inventant nombre de nouveaux procédés d'écriture (le pizzicato "Bartok"), repensant totalement le type de dialogues des quatre instruments, lui imposant de nouvelles règles; cette intégrale dialogue avec l'autre géant de l'histoire du quatuor à cordes, Beethoven. Pour une formation comme le quatuor Diotima, engagé dans la création, ce corpus unique et magnifique est une sorte de "bible", de référence de tous les instants.

Norman Lebrecht, a famous British commentator on music, said that "Barbara is all about the unsaid; she's a Freudian enigma at the heart of France". She was part of the legendary club formed by her friends Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Léo Ferré, and Edith Piaf. One of the most tender and expressive female voices of the french song, Barbara, remained unforgettable for her melancholic ballads like "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour c'est vous", "L'aigle noir", "Nantes", "La solitude", "Göttingen", "Une petite cantate" and more. This monumental Box-Set contains all the 11 studio albums she released in the period 1964-1996 plus a bonus CD with rare recordings. The front covers are replicas of the original albums. A must-have for all french chanson lovers.

Jean Ferrat was one of the most important french singers and songwriters. The most creative years of his career he recorded under the DECCA label (1961-1963) and then under the famous label of Eddie Barclay until 1972 when he stopped his public performances with a "good-bye" concert at the "Palais des Sports de Paris". This wonderful 13 CD Box-set contains all the 12 albums that he has recorded with these labels, plus a bonus CD with the songs on 45 rpm records. The original recordings are fully remastered and the song quality is excellent. The 12 CD have covers which are small replicas of the original LP. Enjoy a nostalgic 6 hours journey to the music, songs and poems of the unforgettable Jean Ferrat.

Joseph Jongen is universally considered one of the major Belgian composers of the 20th century. The 150th anniversary of his birth, celebrated in 2023, is the occasion for the rediscovery of an oeuvre that remains, for the most part, oddly underrated. Following on Entrevisions (Musique en Wallonie, MEW 1993, 2019), this CD of Fetes rouges now concludes the first complete recording of his melodies (art songs) for voice and piano. The melodie genre occupies a special place within the chamber music repertoire. Numerous composers contemporary with Jongen, both male and female, tried their hand at it, but few succeeded in raising it to emblematic status to stand comparison with Faure, Debussy or indeed Ravel. In his letters and notebooks Jongen mentions his vocal works only briefly. But listening to the complete corpus of these works, and the stylistic evolution that becomes evident, reveals the enjoyment and obvious care which Jongen brought to each of these miniatures. Carrying on from Entrevisions, the double album of Fetes rouges offers a musical overview of the composer's various "periods": French romanticism, post-Wagnerism and Debussy-ism, and a Jongenian synthesis. Each CD focuses on one of his three great song cycles: opus 25 (Entrevisions, MEW 1993, 2019), here we have opus 29 and opus 57.

Joseph Jongen is universally considered one of the major Belgian composers of the 20th century. The 150th anniversary of his birth, celebrated in 2023, is the occasion for the rediscovery of an oeuvre that remains, for the most part, oddly underrated. Following on Entrevisions (Musique en Wallonie, MEW 1993, 2019), this CD of Fetes rouges now concludes the first complete recording of his melodies (art songs) for voice and piano. The melodie genre occupies a special place within the chamber music repertoire. Numerous composers contemporary with Jongen, both male and female, tried their hand at it, but few succeeded in raising it to emblematic status to stand comparison with Faure, Debussy or indeed Ravel. In his letters and notebooks Jongen mentions his vocal works only briefly. But listening to the complete corpus of these works, and the stylistic evolution that becomes evident, reveals the enjoyment and obvious care which Jongen brought to each of these miniatures. Carrying on from Entrevisions, the double album of Fetes rouges offers a musical overview of the composer's various "periods": French romanticism, post-Wagnerism and Debussy-ism, and a Jongenian synthesis. Each CD focuses on one of his three great song cycles: opus 25 (Entrevisions, MEW 1993, 2019), here we have opus 29 and opus 57.