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Offenbach: Fables de la Fontaine

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie

Classical - Released October 4, 2019 | Alpha Classics

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A grasshopper, a milkmaid’s pail, a shepherd, a fox, a country mouse, a cobbler... These are just some of the diverse and varied characters from the famous Fables that Jacques Offenbach decided to set to music in 1842, some 150 years after they were written by Jean de La Fontaine. With their vivid texts featuring talking animals and stock characters, the Fables offered an allegorical and didactic way of alluding to the court and the mores of the time. Offenbach chose six of the 240 Fables of La Fontaine to set as mélodies. Here the conductor Jean-Pierre Haeck presents them in his own orchestration performed by the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen and the mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, who excels in this repertory. To complete the programme, the singer performs numbers from Offenbach’s opéra-bouffe Boule-de-neige and the orchestra plays movements from the ballet Le Papillon, offering listeners a recording as refined as it is witty. © Alpha Classics

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Camille

French Music - Released June 2, 2017 | Balulalo

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The Fil [The Thread] – hers – is still there. Intact. Unadulterated. It is the thread that she spun twelve years ago, and which saw her pulled into the public eye. The world of Chanson Française, which hasn't known such popularity for years, was left gobsmacked at this extraterrestrial's way of stretching and reshaping the language, its sounds and rhythms, as no-one else could. A strong personality which could not but cause a clash between adoring fans and overweening enemies on the scale of the Battle of Hernani... With her fifth album, Camille is holding on tight to her Fil. Written near to Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon, Ouï is a seed planted in a rhythmic furrow. It grows outward from a rhythm like a heartbeat, gradually unfurling its song and sounds. Because what you get from Camille's singing is both form and content. She has a way of making her work unique and setting herself apart from her predecessors, and even of her contemporaries. The rhythm at the heart of her songs is fed by many roots. Above all, the acrobatics in her voice are fuelled by folklore and traditional music (starkness, simplicity, austerity). Her voice walks. Then jumps. Then flies. Then stretches out. And starts again. The intense high-wire act plays itself out in every song. Sous le sable which opens this magnificent record perfectly reflects each unique aspect of Camille's work, in all its specificity, and it showcases her overall approach brilliantly. But above all, Ouï evokes a strong, physical sensation. And that is something quite rare in modern music. © MD/Qobuz

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Camille

French Music - Released November 24, 2017 | Balulalo

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Louis Beydts: Mélodies & Songs

Cyrille Dubois

Mélodies - Released March 15, 2024 | Aparté

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The aged Fauré and Reynaldo Hahn took the French Romantic mélodie into the 20th century, and Louis Beydts, who studied with Hahn, took it even further; three of the song cycles here date from after World War II. Beydts was mostly known as a composer of film music, and the songs on this release by tenor Cyrille Dubois and pianist Tristan Raës are all but unknown; three of the cycles receive their world premieres here. The music may seem to evoke a vanished world, but it is often engaging. Beydts distills the Fauré style down to essences, and most of the songs are quite short. The texts are by a variety of French poets of the day, and physical album buyers will get good translations in the hefty booklet. The Cinq Humoresques are sharp little character studies, and in many of the songs, there is a measure of wit (sample "Mademoiselle Rose"). The songs often take the conversational tone of Fauré's songs and dial it down several notches. Dubois has a nicely controlled tone in very quiet material (which describes many of the songs), letting the vibrato drain from his voice but not going flat. Hear "Adonis" for a good example of his comfort with the musical language. The Chansons pour les oiseaux are delightful and could easily be programmed with other works about animals. These are subtle little pieces, but they are immensely appealing, and it is no surprise that the album made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Pokhara

Yannick Noah

French Music - Released August 25, 2003 | SME Strategic Marketing Group

MANSETLANDIA - Le crabe aux pinces d'homme

Manset

French Music - Released September 9, 2022 | Parlophone (France)

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Trois poètes - Brel, Brassens, Ferré

Jacques Brel

French Music - Released March 5, 2021 | UME - Global Clearing House

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Le Fils Du Commissaire

James Deano

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 10, 2007 | Because Music

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Forêts Futures

Ben Lupus

French Music - Released April 5, 2024 | Kidderminster

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Chansons d’avant le déluge (Collection Jacques Canetti)

Brigitte Fontaine

French Music - Released January 1, 1966 | Jacques Canetti Productions

Distinctions The Qobuz Ideal Discography
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Late Night Ride

KoxinHell

Dance - Released February 29, 2024 | 6492132 Records DK

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One Last Try

Zernell Fontaine

Soul - Released February 9, 2024 | Zernell Fontaine Music

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Columbo's Dream EP

Doobie Fontaine

Alternative & Indie - Released October 16, 2022 | Lucky Last

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Miles Away (feat. LOVECHILD)

HYDRO FONTAINE

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released June 24, 2022 | Sipping Water Records, Last Summer Club Records

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Lil WhiteJ

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 1, 2021 | Lil WhiteJ

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It's not too late

QDEE

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 9, 2022 | 1964523 Records DK

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Consumer Reports

Yung Swagga

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released May 20, 2021 | Swagga Ent Studios

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The Life Of J.R. EwinGGG City Of Oil(Screw Version)

Hoggg-Father

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 1, 2019 | Heavy on Game Entertainment

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Dowland: Lute Songs

Alfred Deller

Classical - Released June 12, 2012 | harmonia mundi