"Rarely heard, Sergei Prokofiev’s own transcriptions for solo piano reveal a fascinating new perspective on his orchestral imagination. This collection brings together rare piano versions of symphonic and ballet works, including several world premiere recordings. Far from simple reductions, these transcriptions transform works such as the “Classical” Symphony, Le pas d’acier or L’Enfant prodigue into dazzling and highly personal creations. Performed by Alexey Zuev, a specialist of Russian twentieth-century repertoire, and enriched by the research of leading Prokofiev scholar Marina Raku, this album sheds fresh light on a little-known but essential facet of Prokofiev’s creative world."

This second volume of The Complete Alkan Organ Works presents Joseph Nolan’s recording of Charles-Valentin Alkan’s major works for organ and pedal-piano, performed on the restored Stahlhuth–Jann organ of St Martin’s Church, Dudelange. The release includes the 13 Prières, Op. 64 and the first six of the 12 Études pour les pieds seulement. The booklet outlines Alkan’s background, his distinctive position in 19th-century French music, and the technical demands of these rarely recorded pieces.

With Oltremare, acclaimed harpist Danielle Riegel offers a deeply personal tribute to the music of Ludovico Einaudi, reimagining some of his most beloved works through the intimate voice of the Celtic harp. Inspired by the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean and a shared artistic journey toward simplicity, presence, and emotional honesty, Riegel transforms Einaudi’s timeless melodies into luminous, meditative soundscapes that invite reflection and deep listening. From the flowing waves of the title work Oltremare to the quiet beauty of Nuvole Bianche, I Giorni, and selections from Einaudi’s album 'Underwater', this recording explores music as a space of connection - between performer and listener, nature and emotion, stillness and imagination. Spacious, organic, and profoundly expressive, Oltremare is an immersive listening experience that carries familiar music beyond the horizon, revealing new colours, depth, and serenity.

L’album qui fascine bien au-delà des frontières de la Gaule. Les années passent et cette Melody Nelson ne cesse donc d’imposer ses formes. Celles de ses mots. Celles de ses mélodies aussi. Cet album-concept, Serge Gainsbourg ne l’a pas enfanté seul mais avec Jean-Claude Vannier qui en a signé les arrangements. Comme il est aussi étroitement lié à la personnalité de sa femme d’alors, Jane Birkin, dont l’androgynie a inspiré ce personnage de Melody Nelson dont le disque narre les pérégrinations. Avec cet opus qui parait en mars 1971, le chant de Gainsbourg devient le parlé de Gainsbourg. Une narration qui s’abandonne dans l’orchestration du disque, ses cordes somptueuses et ses chœurs oniriques. Une sorte de long rêve éveillé qui se déroule sur la toile tendue d’un patchwork musical assez novateur pour l’époque. A noter que cette Deluxe Edition comprend neuf titres en bonus (démos, versions instrumentales, etc.).

Time really flies! Twenty years can go by in the blink of an eye. They say you see the passing of time by looking at your children. And yes, children grow up so fast, I can say that when I look at my own children. Sometimes us artists say that our albums are like our babies. It’s a labour of love to make each album and then release them, let them grow and find their own path.

Un autoportrait insolite entre inédits et standardsPublication phare de la collection Ecoutez le cinéma ! en 2001 le long-box Le Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg trouve une nouvelle jeunesse avec ce nouveau coffret : une déclinaison revue, augmentée et enrichie de deux CDs additionnels. Plus complet, plus précis, il offre un panorama élargi, renouvelé des rapports entre Gainsbourg et l'écriture pour le cinéma. Intégrant notamment des extraits de bandes masters fraîchement exhumées : Manon 70, Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil, Le Pacha, L'Une et l'autre, Les Chemins de Katmandou, La Horse, Slogan… et même Equateur et Mode en France, spécialement remixées pour l'occasion.Plongez avec délectation dans ce nouveau Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg !6h de musique et une évidence : le grand Serge était aussi un compositeur pour l'image.

"The Essential Henry Mancini" (2010) is a comprehensive two-disc collection of the best works by the legendary American composer, conductor, and arranger Henry Mancini, released by RCA/Legacy Recordings. The album features 36 iconic tracks, totaling approximately an hour and a half, spanning his most celebrated film and television works.Mancini revolutionized film music by infusing Hollywood orchestrations with elements of jazz and swing. This compilation features his most recognizable masterpieces.This collection is ideal for both longtime admirers of the composer's work and those just beginning to explore the classic legacy of cinema's golden age.

Just two years after the group was playing simple three-chord punk rock, the Clash created one of the greatest rock album of all time-the complex, diverse, and musically omnivorous London Calling. On this near-perfect 1979 album, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, and Topper Headon were at their creative peak. Taking their cues from pop ("Lost in the Supermarket"), dub ("Rudie Can't Fail," "The Guns of Brixton"), and everything else they could get their ears around, the quartet creates punk-rock magic. There's still an edge to the title track, "Death or Glory," and "Clampdown," but the real fun happens when the group breaks new ground and melds genres, as on "I'm Not Down," "Spanish Bombs," and the massive hit "Train in Vain."

The Clash was one of the first and most important British punk bands. In the 1970s, they were the Beatles to the Sex Pistols' Stones and went on to incorporate elements from all the roots music they loved – reggae, rockabilly, soul, blues – without ever straying too far from their punk roots and their political commitment. Their landmark 1979 double album, London Calling, stands as one of rock music's finest and most ambitious achievements. Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Joe Strummer all went on to other projects after the Clash (Big Audio Dynamite, Havana 3 AM, Strummer's solo albums). Plans to reunite for their induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were pre-empted by Strummer's death in December of 2002.For a band that constantly sang about revolution and the working class, the Clash had surprisingly traditional roots. Joe Strummer had spent most of his childhood in boarding school.

Time really flies! Twenty years can go by in the blink of an eye. They say you see the passing of time by looking at your children. And yes, children grow up so fast, I can say that when I look at my own children. Sometimes us artists say that our albums are like our babies. It’s a labour of love to make each album and then release them, let them grow and find their own path.

Prince No artist of the rock & roll era compares to singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. He was the rare combination of a visionary pop conceptualist and master musician who could capture the sounds he imagined. This quality fueled his remarkable success throughout the 1980s, a decade in which he authored a string of nine gold, platinum, or multi-platinum albums that included 1999 (1982), Purple Rain (1984), and Sign 'o' the Times (1987). Ideas came to Prince so quickly that they couldn't be contained on his own records. He masterminded albums by the Time and Sheila E. and gave away hit songs to the Bangles and Sheena Easton, shaping the sound of popular music in the process.

The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, also known as the MAV Symphony Orchestra (not to be confused with the former Budapest Symphony Orchestra, now the Hungarian State Radio and Television Orchestra), is one of Hungary's top orchestras, comprising 90 professional musicians. Its name in Hungarian is MÁV Szimfonikus Zenekar. The initials MAV stand for Magyar Államvasutak, or the Hungarian State Railway, which founded the orchestra in 1945. The group is central to Budapest's concert life, performing at the city's most historic halls, the Palace of Arts, and the concert hall of the Franz Liszt Academy. Their repertoire ranges from the Baroque to contemporary music. The orchestra has instituted a chamber music series and a series of youth concerts, and it performs each year at the prestigious Budapest Spring Festival. In 1999 the orchestra was among a select group that participated in realizations of the famed Three Tenors concerts, and it has appeared all over Europe and toured in Lebanon as well (where they have appeared at the Beiteddine Festival), Oman, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and the Far East, where they gave concerts in Tokyo's Suntory Hall and the Shanghai Asian Art Center. Guest conductors of the orchestra have included major international figures such as Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Hans Swarowsky, and Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro who, since 2014, has been the orchestra's permanent guest conductor. Since 2012, the orchestra's chief conductor and artistic director has been Péter Csaba. He has led the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV in a productive recording relationship with the Naxos label in the 2010s. Beginning with an album of works by Miklós Rózsa in 2011, they have recorded underexposed Hungarian music, including several world premieres. They have devoted several albums to composer Eugene Zádor, issuing his Fantasia Hungarica for double bass and orchestra with other works in 2018.

Bruce and the E Street Band kick off the 2026 tour with a 27-song set. It’s Springsteen’s first full concert of the year, and features guest Tom Morello on 11 songs.Tour premieres include “Streets of Minneapolis,” making its E Street Band debut; “War” (written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, recorded by The Temptations and Edwin Starr), its first performance since 2003. “Chimes of Freedom” (written and recorded by Bob Dylan) closes the show.“Out in the Street,” “American Skin (41 Shots),” “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” and “Purple Rain” (written and recorded by Prince, last performed in 2016) return to the set; “House of a Thousand Guitars” is performed solo acoustic.

My Morning Jacket A cheval entre indie-rock et country alternative, My Morning Jacket, formation américaine originaire du Kentucky, mêle sonorités rurales americana aux assauts d'une guitare et d'une batterie parfois teintés de textures héritées du mouvement Shoegazing. Avec sa voix plaintive à la Neil Young et armé d'un solide sens poétique, Jim James mène le groupe qui commence à générer un buzz dès son second effort, At Dawn avant de s'imposer à un public plus large avec It Still Moves en 2003 et de livrer l'un des disques les plus remarqués de la décennie avec Z en 2005, et son single "Off the Record".

The popularity of dance music and of clubbing in the 1980s exploded. With its roots in 60s R&B and 70s soul and disco, the new grooves were an eclectic mix of styles: house, jazz-funk, pop, hi-NRG, electro and rare soul classics being re-discovered for the 80s clubber, all of which are represented here. Includes legendary acts continuing to find dance floor success - Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Barry White and Aretha Franklin who all enjoyed huge hits in the 80s.