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Mes Fantaisies

Shy'm

Miscellaneous - Released October 23, 2006 | K-Pone Inc

French R&B singer Shy'm released her debut album, Mes Fantaisies, in 2006. Written, composed and produced by Montreal-based singer/producer/rapper K-Maro, the album hit number six on the French charts on the strength of the singles “Histoire de Luv” and “Femme de Couleur.” © James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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So Romantique !

Cyrille Dubois

Classical - Released March 10, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Un camino de Santiago (Un chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle)

Arianna Savall

Classical - Released April 14, 2011 | Ricercar

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Modern travelers who make their pilgrimages to the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, think of the origins of the practice as medieval. But in fact the pilgrimage has been an unbroken tradition ever since the legend grew (even the Catholic Encyclopedia admits that there are factual problems with it) that the remains of St. James were buried there. This release from soprano and harpist Arianna Savall with the Belgian historical-instrument group La Fenice is illustrated handsomely with a map of the roads leading from various parts of France to Compostela. It's quite detailed, almost a Rand McNally road map of its time, and this in the year 1648, the year the Thirty Years' War ended. Director Jean Tubéry, who also plays the flutes in the wind-heavy arrangements, points out that he's not trying to create a historical reconstruction of music that French pilgrims of 1648 would have heard; some of it is chronologically or geographically wrong. The association is looser, with a program of music somehow connected with St. James or with stops along the way (the Rhône region, Languedoc and Gascony, Aragon and Castile, and finally the gates of Santiago). Many of the sections are introduced by church bells, but both sacred and secular pieces are included, with a few instrumental dances and plenty of the percussion that's still missing from a great many albums of music of this period. The program's place on the continuum running from historical to speculative is a bit slippery, and there's no real indication of why some of the music was included. But Savall is in fine voice; much of the music, especially the pieces in the French and Spanish regional languages, is both unfamiliar and attractive; and the sense of a musical journey comes through. Recommended, especially for listeners making any version of the France-to-Spain pilgrimage.© TiVo
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Fantaisie Militaire

Alain Bashung

French Music - Released January 1, 1998 | Universal Music Division Barclay

Distinctions Victoire de la musique - The Qobuz Ideal Discography
Fantaisie Militaire (Military Fantasy) was Alain Bashung's last album of the '90s; it was also his most popular both critically and commercially. He received numerous awards for it, including album of the year and video of the year for the single "La Nuit de Mens" (At Night I Lie). Bashung surrounded himself with a slew of co-writers and musicians for the album, including Édith Fambuena and Jean-Louis Pierot of Les Valentins, Rodolphe Burger of Kat Onoma, Joseph Racaille, and Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley.© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Josquin : Adieu mes amours

Dulces Exuviae

Classical - Released June 21, 2019 | Ricercar

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A composer admired by his contemporaries, Josquin Desprez (ca 1450-1521) was a solitary artist who sublimated in his chansons the melancholy character and the elegance emblematic of the Renaissance. For their first recording, Dulces Exuviae explore the intimacy of these chansons in a fresh light: the sweet melodies are embellished by ornaments and accompanied on the lute, leaving ample room for improvisation, and thus allowing music to come out all the more alive, delicate and filled with emotion. © Ricercar
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Josquin Desprez: Chansons

Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse

Classical - Released July 31, 2007 | harmonia mundi

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In the Garden of Polyphony

Israel Golani

Classical - Released November 5, 2021 | Solaire Records

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