France

Fernand Halphen – Melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music

Pupil of Gabriel Fauré and Jules Massenet, laureate of the Second Grand Prize of Rome in 1896, Fernand Halphen (1872-1917) is the author of numerous melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music. This album received the Orphée d'or 2007 from the Académie du Disque Lyrique. …

The Judeo-Portuguese musical traditions in France

The history of the "Marranos" communities of south-west France has been the subject of various studies, but their musical traditions have never been studied exhaustively …

Jewish music sources in France

Hervé Roten - Proceedings of the 19th AIBM Congress - July 2001 and presentation of his research work …

Shalom Berlinski – The voice of fervor

A rare and beautiful anthology of the French Ashkenazi liturgy sung by Shalom Berlinski, cantor at the Synagogue de la Victoire (Paris) from 1948 to 1979, with Jean Bonfils (organ/piano), the Colonne Orchestra and a mixed choir of 32 singers …