Nymphs is not just an invitation to embark on a journey into the wonderful world of the supernatural characters who populate French Baroque opera, it is also a trip through the history of the genre from around 1670 to 1750, in other words from the culmination of the Grand Siècle of Louis XIV to the full flowering of the Enlightenment under Louis XV.

Exciting, unpredictable, fascinating and brilliant, Murat is an artist in the 'noble' sense of the term. Bringing together all his emblematic titles, from the youthful seed until today where the Murat style reached its peak with songs that reach here peaks of emotions - the mark of the "greats". Jean-Louis Murat is now in the position of an artist who has reached a form of evidence that allows him all the audacity of a "Best Of" album which is already unanimous. A little magical masterpiece with a rebellious pen that fits perfectly with the times. We reach music lovers all over the world.

This album compares hits from the Renaissance (by Rore, Lasso, Arcadelt and others) with their instrumental ornamented arrangement published in 1591 by Venetian Giovanni Bassano, author of a reference treatise on arrangement. It also includes some Paladino transcriptions for solo lute, performed by Anthony Bailes.

For most music lovers and musicians, the name André Caplet conjures up images of a great conductor with an international career, and an outstanding orchestrator who orchestrated several works by Claude Debussy. But when we talk about the composer André Caplet, many seem to be unaware of the rich catalogue of works he was able to write despite his premature death at the age of 46.

It's been only about six months since La Femme released their Spanish language album Teatro Lucido, and the Parisian band are already back with another new LP, Paris-Hawaï, which will be out May 19 via Disque Pointu.

At Capolinea is an album by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, recorded in Milan and originally on the Italian Jii label as Al Capolinea before being more widely released by Red Records.

À l’occasion des 10 ans de la mort de Georges Moustaki, Cyril Mokaiesh décide de rendre hommage au célèbre chanteur et voyageur italo-grecque, en réinterprétant 12 de ses plus grandes chansons. C’est avec son ami et producteur Romain Humeau (Eiffel, Bernard Lavilliers…) qu’il se lance dans cette aventure en honneur à cet esprit libre. « J'avais envie d'interpréter ces mots, ces voyages, ces cris d’amour contenus qui résonnent plus que jamais avec notre époque. »

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"Percé jusques au fond du coeur" ("Pierced to my heart's depths") is a tragic proclamation of Le Cid's voice, at last put to music by "Mr Charpentier, famed for a thousand works that charmed all of France". This collection of courtly arias, serious songs and drinking songs, played both at the Court of Louis XV and in the inner circles of the French bourgeoisie, is a marvellous maze on the Map of Tendre developed by Charpentier, a poet-musician whose sophistication vies with an irresistible sense of theatricality! Under the direction of Stéphane Fuget, the cream of French vocalists restores the original aura of these gems, with glittering ornamentation.

This double album from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti was recorded live in September 2010 at Orchestra Hall and produced by Grammy winner David Frost. The Berlioz programme includes the "Symphonie fantastique" and its rarely-recorded sequel, "Lélio", narrated here by French actor Gérard Depardieu, also featuring tenor Mario Zeffiri and bass baritone Kyle Ketelsen.

Comprised of vocalist Petra Magoni and bassist Ferruccio Spinetti, Musica Nuda are an Italian vocal jazz-pop duo whose popularity carried over to neighboring countries, especially France, during the mid-2000s.

Teodora Gheorghiu's second album for Aparte is 'Art Nouveau': the core is Richard Strauss' Op. 22 and 67, framed by a selection of songs from different cultural groups, linguistically and aesthetically. Gheorghiu's homage to 18th-century soprano Anna de Amicis included mostly premiere recordings of arias by Mozart, Gluck, Borghi, Cafaro and Myslivecek and was named Disc of the Month by International Record Review, by Opera magazine, and was BBC Radio Three’s Disc of the Week.

GRAMMY-winner Dobet Gnahoré is one of Africa's hottest and most beloved talents. With her amazing voice, incredible dance moves, powerful presence, and colorful style sense, Dobet Gnahoré appeals to fans of Angelique Kidjo, Yemi Alade, Fatoumata Diawara and other divas of African music. Dobet’s electrifying new album Couleur was recorded in Africa during the pandemic, and celebrates local talent, women’s rights, creativity and positivity in spite of challenging times.

Jane Birkin has released an album featuring symphony versions of songs by her late collaborator Serge Gainsbourg. It’s called "Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique". Arranged by Japanese composer Nobuyuki Nakajima and recorded by Gainsbourg producer Philippe Lerichomme, the album features new symphonic arrangements performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

German based group Masaa is set to release their fourth album titled “Beit” on April 28th on Traumton Records. For a number of years now the group has been compelling audiences in both the East (from Tunisia to Azerbaijan and Turkey) and the West (from Spain to Germany and Great Britain).