The Al-Kindi instrumental ensemble was founded in 1983 by French musician, musicologist and qanun virtuoso Julien Jâlal Eddine Weiss, who died prematurely in 2015. Along with his fellow musicians they made Al-Kindi one of the finest musical ensembles, known for the rigour of its work and the excellence of its interpretation of the Arab classical repertoire. For more than...

For this project, Ilda Simonian has arranged twelve traditional Armenian songs composed by Soghomon Soghomonyan (1869-1936), also known as Komitas Vartabed, for a string quartet and recorded with the duduk (an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood) and voice. The album features joyful yet melancholic songs of homesickness. The arrangements and...

Diese Aufnahmen, die François Jouffa und Susie Jung-hee Jouffa zwischen 1989 und 1998 vor Ort auf der Insel Koh Samui, der Perle des Golfs von Siam, gemacht haben, ermöglichen es uns, die authentische Musik dieses paradiesischen Ortes zu hören, bevor der Touristenansturm Anfang der 2000er Jahre einsetzte. Hier kann man eine unglaubliche Vielfalt an Instrumenten ,...

PoiL Ueda is the result of a collaboration between Junko Ueda, a vocalist and satsuma-biwa player from Japan, and PoiL, a French rock/contemporary music band. The creation is based on the 13th-century Japanese epic tale "Heike-Monogatari". The composition is based on traditional epic singing accompanied by the satsuma-biwa and Buddhist Shomyo chant. Fusing an ancient...

PoiL Ueda is the result of a collaboration between Junko Ueda, a vocalist and satsuma-biwa player from Japan, and PoiL, a French rock/contemporary music band. The creation is based on the 13th-century Japanese epic tale "Heike-Monogatari". The composition is based on traditional epic singing accompanied by the satsuma-biwa and Buddhist Shomyo chant. Fusing an ancient...

Try Paradise is a trip to an imaginary India, where the Kashmir santoor expresses itself with sweetness and power through universal melodies with oriental fragrances. A unique musical marriage, combining Indian and Caribbean sounds with the steeldrum. Fretless bass and dohola bring a particular color and energy. This set serves Tamil Nadu Umadevi Nageswara Rao’s sumptuous...