Various - Aimer a Loisir - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sandrine Piau's first recital for the ALPHA tag, with Susan Manoff, proved an enormous hit (Diapason d'Or of the year, Choc of the year, and Gramophone Editor's Choice). Her new project is a recital with orchestra celebrating French songs from the period when they moved from the private salon to the concert hall. Planned in partnership with the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this programme evokes anticipation, desire, pleasure, memory, in short all the vagaries of love experienced by a romantic heroine. To verses of the poets Hugo, Lamartine, Gautier, and Verlaine, Sandrine Piau has selected song settings by Saint-Saëns ('L'attente', 'Papillons'), Massenet ('Extase', 'Aimons-nous'), and Vierne, as well as by the rarely-heard Dubois, Guilmant, and Bordes. Julien Chauvin and his period instrument ensemble combine these songs with orchestral pieces (the 'Pavane de la belle au bois dormant' from Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, and Debussy's 'Danse profane' for harp and orchestra). The album also presents excerpts from Nuits d'Été by Berlioz, and ends with the famous classic 'Plaisir d'amour' by Martini.

Nate Amos has always charted his own path. Whether it's the candid charm of This Is Lorelei or the idiosyncratic chic of Water From Your Eyes, the New York City-based singer-songwriter has a knack for contorting the familiar into something new. But guitar pop isn't the only thing he's refashioned in his own image. After the breakout indie success of Box for Buddy, Box for Star, his quasi-debut album as This Is Lorelei, Amos rethought the typical album altogether. The result is This Is Lorelei's sort-of-second sort-of-album, Holo Boy-neither a retrospective compilation, nor a traditionally new LP, but an undeniable reaffirmation of Amos' past and present talents.Heartening, tuneful, and playful as ever, Holo Boy's songs were sourced from This Is Lorelei's sprawling back catalog and re-recorded in May 2025. With more ears on his work now, Amos was excited by the idea of a that would encourage new fans to delve deeper into his discography and allow him to revisit past songs of personal significance. It's mellifluous acoustic strums and breezy, thrumming electric guitar lines exude a summery, carefree glow and anchor a rather ambitious tracklist. Holo Boy features 10 re-recorded versions of songs written from 2014 to 2021, collected from nine different This Is Lorelei releases. With hundreds of tracks to choose from, Amos elected not to treat this LP as a best-of, or to spend hours listening back, but instead to pick interesting songs from a long span that are special to him. The album was sequenced intentionally and conceptualized as it's own distinct work, but it was recorded quickly and instinctively to honor the straight-to-Bandcamp spirit of the original songs and to have an accurate document of This Is Lorelei in 2025. Album Tracks 1. I Can't Fall 2. But You Just Woke Me Up 3. Dreams Away 4. SF & GG 5. My Friend 2 6. Name the Band 7. This I

'But what are we going to do with all these pleasures?' A question sung tête-à-tête by the Princess and the Prince in Jacques Demy's film Peau d'âne (Donkey Skin), and a more bothersome question for harpsichordists drawn to the age of Louis XV. What to do with all the pleasures that the composers of the time distributed so extravagantly, how to live today in this 'kingdom of the pleasant'? The usual option is to stick to the most perfectionist of these masters (Couperin), the most ambitious (Rameau) or the most adventurous (Forqueray) in programs focusing on one of them at time. But that means setting aside a whole swathe of the repertory, which Céline Frisch here restores to the limelight, following an original method. From Couperin's Le Réveil-matin to Corrette's Les Étoiles, she retraces a day at the court of Louis XV, making full use of the sound palette offered by an exceptional harpsichord, a replica by Andrea Restelli of an instrument by Goujon. Album Tracks 1. Le Début de la Journée Et la Messe 2. Le Réveil-Matin 3. Allemande InchLa CouronneInch 4. Courante 5. Sarabande InchLa MagnifiqueInch 6. Carillon Ou Cloches 7. Les Plaisir de la Chasse 8. L'appel Des Chasseurs - Fanfare en Rondeau 9. Marche 10. L'appel Des Chiens 11. La Prise Du Cerf 12. La Curée - Fanfare 13. Réjouissance Des Chasseurs 14. Promenade Amoureuse Et Bucolique 15. Le Gazoüillement 16. Les Tendres Sentiments 17. L'aimable 18. Le Rossignol-En-Amour 19. Les Jeux Et Le Divertissement de la Cour 20. Les Amusemens 21. Le Colin-Maillard 22. Suite de Pygmalion Par M. Rameau Ouverture, Gavotte Gracieuse, Pantomime, Gigue 23. Le Coucher Du Roi 24. Les Étoiles