Avec son look à la Gavroche et son phrasé typique, Gauvain Sers a connu l'un des succès surprises de 2017. Découvert en première partie de la tournée de Renaud, le chanteur de 29 ans a profité de cette exposition pour vendre plus de 100.000 exemplaires de son premier album "Pourvu", défendu par un morceau-titre diffusé en boucle sur les ondes. Un an et demi après ce premier essai concluant, soutenu par une série de concerts passée notamment par l'Olympia, Gauvain Sers signe son retour avec "Les oubliés".

Alexander Borodin composed one of the most popular successful pieces in the romantic quartet repertoire, probably because it is a sort of love letter dedicated to Borodin's wife Ekaterina. Dmitri Shostakovich composed an autobiography in music: after twenty-five years of 'inner emigration' he allowed himself once more to be personal, even if only in words to the wise. And the third composer on this recording was considered a well-kept secret of the Soviet Union for long for the western world: Moisei Vainberg, or (likewise in Russian) Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

“We did the first record in early ’73 under the name of Ice, Each Man Makes His Own Destiny, which didn’t sell at all,” says French producer Pierre Jaubert, referring to the group of six American musicians in Paris. After recording an album with the Bobby Boyd Congress—and singer Boyd returned home to America—the band stuck around and tried to figure out what to do next.

The Lafayette Afro Rock Band's music is the stuff of legend to beatheads. Though the septet disbanded in 1978, their tracks have provided countless samples for a range of artists: LL Cool J, Biz Markie, the Beatnuts, Public Enemy, Janet Jackson, Wreckx-N-Effect, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, Flying Lotus, and more. There have been several good compilations, but none as comprehensive as Afro Funk Explosion. Containing 28 cuts on two discs, it's the first to showcase the band's depth and startling musical development between 1973 and 1977, with whomping soulful funk, soul, jazz, disco, and African and Latin grooves. It also contains sides recorded under their aliases, Crispy & Co. and Captain Dax.

Legendary funk album with loads of great tracks and much sampled breaks, recorded by a group of American musicians living in Paris in the early 1970's.

The Lafayette Afro Rock Band, aka Ice, were an American funk band formed in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York and relocated to Paris, France in 1970 where they recorded with legendary French producer Pierre Jaubert. Almost unknown in their native United States during their recording career, they have since become a huge cult sensation and are now universally celebrated as one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s.

After winning the Prix de Rome for his cantata Fernand in 1839 and spending two years in Rome, Gounod should have gone on to study in Germany, but he managed in 1842 to persuade the authorities that he should remain in Rome to work on a symphony.

Sendecki is considered one of the most powerful and creative soloists in the European jazz scene. The Süddeutsche Zeitung praised him as a "master of Emotion, creating a poignant musical virtuosity.

Founded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multi-award-winning Doric String Quartet describes recording Britten’s quartets as a significant milestone: ‘In our recording we have endeavoured to tread a line that brings out the humanity in these works but also recognises the need for distance and fragility. This is very personal and intimate music, yet also world-encompassing and timeless.’ The Quartet continues: ‘Another feature of this recording is that Hélène Clément, our violist, is playing on Benjamin Britten’s own viola. This instrument (on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation) was made in 1843 in Milan by Francesco Guissani.

Bennett had a gift for human relationships – family, partners, friends, and fellow artists. Occasionally, his personal loyalty could become an obstacle to his creativity but overwhelmingly, his relationships were an inspiration.

Modern: Designating the most innovative forms of art in a given period, particularly those of the 20th century. This definition from the French Larousse Dictionary explains the performers’ choice of title – Modernistes – for this new anthology of music for wind instruments: what draws the attention in these works – in different ways at different times and in different fields – are their innovative, progressive and adventurous qualities.

Frescobaldi brilliantly combines improvisation and architecture. These qualities resonate with the discography of harpsichordist Christophe Rousset, whose choice of repertoire and interpretation are adventurous and serious at the same time.

LoCash's Chris Lucas says for him, "Kissing a Girl" is the most personal song on the duo's new Brothers album. He doesn't quite well up talking about the circle-of-life ballad, but it's clear those tears are there.

TINA - THE Tina TURNER MUSICAL (Original London Cast Recording) is now available for pre-order and is scheduled to be released for digital download and streaming on Friday, March 29.

As Anneleen Lenaerts proves, Nino Rota brought the same gifts to his music for harp as he did to such unforgettable film scores as The Godfather, La dolce vita and Romeo and Juliet.