Thierry Becourt

Swiss pianist Thierry Lang has always admired Toots Thielemans with great affection and sincerity. Thus it was only a matter of time for the two to work together. This happened when, in 1989, Toots Thielemans and the Thierry Lang Trio got together for a great concert at Cully Jazz Festival. The result was so special that the promoter of Cully Jazz Festival decided to repeat the experience the following year, something quite rare in the programming of any festival. This never-released-before-material was recorded by Radio Suisse Romande (now the RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse) and contains tracks from both events.

Mostly jazz, with a couple of fusiony numbers. Maillard is a fine French pianist and here he enlists John Patitucci and Dennis Chambers to help him express his music…

Precursor in electronic music, he was known in the beginning of the 80s, mainly in the Geneva area, between the french alps and the Jura, and Switzerland.
Thierry Fervant built his career as a composer, publisher and record producer in 1964 after completing his piano, higher solfege, harmony and counterpoint classes in Geneva. At the same time, he worked for 10 years as press secretary for the record label Barclay Records…

Thierry Amiel has finally returned after an absence of 4 years preparing his third album which consists of acoustic versions of songs by Sarah McLachlan, of whom he is a fan. The silken voice, as smooth as honey, is as pure and true as when he made his first appearance on the French Show, "In Search of a New Star". With an incredible range, the singer reaches the highest notes with ease and fills each song with pure emotion.

Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La Madeleine in Paris at the age of twenty-four.

The prospect of a little-known Saint-Saëns orchestral work might not set the heart racing, but just wait until you hear ‘La foi’. Ample amends for a century’s unaccountable neglect are made with this magnificent new recording—so much more than a prelude to the ‘organ’ symphony.

Honegger’s Une Cantate de Noël is a Christmas number with a difference. His last work and one of his most popular compositions, it was written for the Basle Chamber Choir and Orchestra in 1953. The text of the cantata is derived from liturgical and popular texts— including Psalms and part of the Latin Gloria. A notable feature is the intertwining of traditional carols in French and German: appropriate for multilingual Switzerland and also perhaps symbolizing peace among nations seven years after the conclusion of World War II. Honegger scored the cantata for solo baritone, mixed chorus, children’s choir and an orchestra including organ. The combination of the different texts and forms creates a wonderfully uplifting effect.