Ombre Est Lumiére [Import]

Track Listings

1. Ombre Est Lumiere

2. Le Feu [Prodigal Mix Edit]

3. Cosmos

4. Le Dragon Sommeille

5. Contrat de Conscience

6. Le DeRnier Empereur

7. Aimant

8. Attentat, Pt. 2

9. Sachet Blanc

10. Le Soldat

11. Reste Underground

12. Harley Davidson

13. J'Aurais Pu Croire

14. Je Danse le Mia [le Terrible Funk Remix]

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Excellent 1953 version emphasizes musicality over drama

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles

Manufacturer: Opera D'oro
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Léopold Simoneau: Opera Arias & Duets

ASIN: B0006VXLOK
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Introduction - Orchestra Des Concerts Lamoureux
Sur La Greve Un Feu - Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Amis, Interrompez Voz Danses
Demeure Parmi Nous, Nadir
C'est Toi
Au Fond Du Temple Saint
Que Vois-Je?
Sois Le Bienvenue - Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Seule Au Milieu De Nous... Brahma, Divin Brahma
A Cette Voix
Ke Crois Entendre Encore
Le Ciel Est Bleu
O Dieu Brahma... Dans Le Ciel Sans Voile

Tracks:

L'ombre Descend Des Cieux - Xavier Depraz
Me Voila Seule Dans La Nuit... Comme Autrefois - Pierette Alaire
De Mon Amie
Leila, Leila!... Dieu Puissant... Ton Coeur N'a Pas Compris Le Mien
Ah! Revenez A La Raison... O Nuit D'epouvante
L'orage S'est Calme... O Nadir, Tendre Ami De Mon Jeune Age - Rene Bianco
Qu'ai-je Vu?... Je Fremis, Je Chancelle - Pierette Alarie
Entends Au Loin Ce Bruit De Fete - Pierette Alarie
Des Que Le Soleil - Elisabeth Brasseur Choir
Sombres Divinites
O Lumiere Sainte
Ce Sont Eux, Les Voici... Plus De Crainte

Customer Reviews:

Excellent 1953 version emphasizes musicality over drama.......2005-08-08

Source: Studio recording made in October 1953.

Sound: Generally good 1950s mono. (Opera d'Oro issues are always iffy on matters of sound, ranging from very good to appallingly bad. They are generally much safer bets when based on studio recordings, as is the case here, than on live performances.)

Text: Standard text adopted with the first revivals of the opera, some years after Bizet's death.

Cast: Nadir - Leopold Simoneau; Zurga - Rene Bianco; Leila - Pierette Alarie; Nourabad - Xavier Depraz. Conductor: Jean Fournet.

Documentation: No libretto. Short plot summary. Track list.

This performance provided my first recording of "Les Pecheurs de perles," acquired more than forty-five years ago on Lp from some obscure European publisher. Having stumbled upon a CD version of the old warhorse, I was greatly pleased to find that it is as good as I had remembered it to be.

By 1863, the 25 year-old Bizet had already set his hand to incidental music to "L'Arlesienne," the requisite Sir Walter Scott opera, "La jolie fille de Perth" and an oriental opera, "Djamileh." He had not yet wrung the hankering for exoticism out of his system, so he embarked on a new opera to be set in pre-Columbian Mexico. With youthful folly, he began writing the music before his two hack librettists, Michel Carre and Eugene Cormon, had figured out a finish for the play. Even before the lack of a finale became a crisis, a major change had to be incorporated. It seems that the "Pearlfishers" team had been beaten in the race to put on an Aztec play in Paris. Since Carre and Cormon had probably known nothing at all about Meso-American empires, it is likely they had no qualms about shifting their story to another place they knew nothing about, Ceylon. Carré and Cormon never did come up with a logical finish, so they just set things on fire and let the doomed lovers depart into the sunset, providing a dramatic arc to "The Pearlfishers" that makes "Il trovatore" look like a textbook example of a well-made play.

I had remembered the star of the recording to be the tenor, Leopold Simoneau, and so he is. Simoneau had a voice of no great size but of surpassing sweetness and elegance. I have seen him described as a latter day Tito Schipa. To some extent he was, but Simoneau was a true vocal technician, far more skillful than that charming old con man, Schipa. Simoneau's Nadir is more focused on the beauty of the musical line than on drama. In this most lyrical of Bizet's operas, it works.

What I had not remembered about this recording was Pierette Alarie. Alarie was a formidable lieder singer who was married to Simoneau and who made many recordings with him. By operatic standards, her voice was small, but it was beautifully pure, precisely focused and amazingly agile, a sort of Francophone Roberta Peters. (For those familiar with Webber's "Phantom of the Opera," Alarie was precisely the type of singer for the role of the Phantom's young protegee.) All those years ago, I was busy being bowled over by Milanov, Tebaldi, Nilsson and Sutherland, so I foolishly discounted Alarie's smaller voice. While I still hold those ladies in highest esteem, this time, when I bought the CD, I actually listened to Alarie and I was amazed. This was particularly true of the closing number of the First Act, "O dieu Brahma." In every other performance that I have seen or heard, heavier-voiced sopranos make this prayer pleasant enough but nothing to compete with the acknowledged big numbers of the act, "Au fond du temple saint," and "Je crois entendre encore." Alarie's version is a revelation. With her lieder singer's discrimination and her phenomenal vocal agility, Alarie offers up a bel canto-like gem.

The Zurga of this set, while good, was simply not in the class of Simoneau and Alarie. René Bianco had a baritone voice that was pleasant but not at all commanding, not the best thing for portraying a character who is all assertiveness. The slight fuzziness of his vocal production kept Bianco from being an equal with the super-focused Simoneau and Alarie in the ensembles.

Nourabad is a thankless part, placed in the opera merely to keep the plot ticking. I remember nothing about any Nourabad I have seen or heard in the past. I remember nothing about Xavier Depraz beyond the obvious fact that he was not bad enough to make me remember him for that reason.

The first time I listened to these CDs, I found myself puzzled by the conducting. Jean Fournet was a big name in the French repertory in the years straddling World War II. As I had been particularly impressed by his dramatic "Samson et Dalila," the comparative looseness of dramatic tension here seemed odd. After comparing his version of "The Pearlfishers" with those of Rosenthal, Dervaux and Pretre, I think it probable that there was mutual agreement among Fournet, Simoneau and Alarie to downplay melodrama in favor of musicality, to take a miniaturist, even lieder-like approach. Of the four conductors, Fournet is the most precise and the most French. "The Pearlfishers" may take place on exotic Ceylon, but Jean Fournet's Ceylon is firmly anchored in the Seine, not many meters downstream from the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

This is an excellent "Pearlfishers." This version and the excellent 1959 live version conducted by Manuel Rosenthal (Gala GL 100.504), which emphasizes the drama of the opera, should be in any serious collection.

Five stars.

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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles
My review
middle of the road performance
Opera to love
Wonderful piece of work

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs des perles; Ivan IV

Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000002SFC
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Les Pechuers De Perles: Prld - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Choeur: Sur la greve en feu - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Scene et choeur: Amis, interrompez vos danses - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.1. Recit et reprise du choeur danse: Demeure parmi nous, Nadir - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Recit: Cest toi qu'enfin je revois - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.2. Duo: Au fond du temple saint - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Recit: Que vois-je? - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Choeur: Elle vient... Sois la bienvenue - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.3. Scene et choeur: Seule au milieu de nous - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Recit: A cette voix - Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.4. Romance: Je crois encore entendre - Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Scene et choeur:Le ciel est bleu - Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act I, No.5. Air et choeur: O Dieu Brahma! - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.6. Entracte, scene et choeur: L'ombre descend des cieux - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.7. Recit et cavatine: Me voila seule dans la nuit - Janine Micheau
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.8. Chanson: De mon amie - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.9. Duo: Leila! Dieu puissant - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act II, No.10. Final: Ah! Revenez a la raison - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars

Tracks:

Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.10. Final: Arretez! C'est a moi d'ordonner - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.11. Entracte, recit et air L'orages'est calme...o Nadir - Ernest Blanc
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Recit: Qu'ai-je vu? - Ernest Blanc/Janine Micheau
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Duo: Jefremis, je chancelle - Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.12. Scene:Entends au loin... - Jaques Mars/Janine Micheau/Ernest Blanc
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.13. Choeur danse:Des que le soleil - Comic Opr Nat Theatre Orch/Pierre Dervaux
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.14. Scene et choeur: Sombres divinites - Jaques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux/Ernest Blanc
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.15. Trio: O lumiere sainte - Janine Micheau/Nicolai Gedda/Ernest Blanc
Les Pechuers De Perles: Act III, No.16. Final: Cesont eux, les voici - Ernest Blanc/Nicolai Gedda/Janine Micheau/Jacques Mars/Comic Opr Nat Theatre Chor/Pierre Dervaux
Ivan IV: Act I, Duo: Puisses-tu voir longtemps encore - Janine Micheau/Michel Senechal
Ivan IV: Act I, Final du premier tableau: Victoire! Victorie! Chantez! - Pierre Savignol/Henre Legay/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
Ivan IV: Act I, Serenade: Ouvre ton coeur a l'amour qui m'enflamme - Michel Senechal
Ivan IV: Act I, Recit et chand du Cosak: Et c'est un chant de femmes... - Michel Roux/Louis Noguera/Nat Chor de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
Ivan IV: Act II, Choeur danse: Sous nos pas resonnent... - Nat Orch de la R.T.F./Georges Tzipine
Ivan IV: Act III, Air de Mare: II me semble parfois que mavie est un songe - Janine Micheau
Ivan IV: Act III, Recit et air d'Igor: La vengeance va donc etre enfin satisfaite...Pourquoi me verr - Henri Legay
Ivan IV: Act III, Duo: Marie ! Igor! - Henri Legay/Janine Micheau
Ivan IV: Act III, Final: Voyez! Ah! Mon epouse... - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...
Ivan IV: Act IV, Final: A mort! A mort! - Janine Micheau/Henri Legay/Michel Senechal/Michel Roux/Pierre Savignol/Louis Noguera...

Customer Reviews:

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs De Perles.......2004-02-03

Advice for the San Diego gentleman: listen to the recording first before sending in your comments. It's laughable to blindly defend Nicolai Gedda's singing in Nadir's role without even listening to the recording!

While I gave this recording five stars for its glorious sound and very good performance from all stars including Mr. Nicolai Gedda, he does indeed sound a bit strained in the romance "Je crois encore entendre". This is not surprising since Bizet wrote this passage in extremely high notes!

I highly recommend this recording to all Bizet fans.

My review.......2003-02-17

Nicolai Gedda is my favorite tenor in the non-Italian repertory. He excelled in French, German, and operetta roles, both French and Viennese. Even though I have not listened to this recording yet, I am sure that he does a good job in this recording of Bizet's second most popular opera after the ubiquitous "Carmen". He was a great Don José, the best non-French one who ever recorded the role (no offense to Corelli, Domingo, and Vickers). It is fair to assume that he does a good job with the demanding role of Nadir. To say that he sometimes sounds a bit strained in this role is blasphemous. He excelled in roles that had high tessituras. He had great success in "Le Postillon de Lonjumeau", "Oberon", and "Benvenuto Cellini". This recording was made in October 1960. Gedda was only at the beginning of his glorious prime. Do not believe the person who said he sounds strained in this role. He is biased against Gedda, who happens to be one of his fellow countrymen. Gedda also was very committed dramatically to each and every role that he sung. To say that he sings Nadir's aria without any emotions is false exaggeration in the greatest sense. Gedda was a superb interpreter of French roles and it can be assumed, on my part that is, that he gives an above-average performance in this opera. Remember, I have not listened to this recording yet.

middle of the road performance.......2001-11-06

This is a perfect example of studio recordings with opera stars that ought to be very good, but somehow fails. There is nothing obviously 'wrong' with this recording, but it surely doesn't engage either.

The voices are generally good - Gedda's Nadir is smooth and beautiful, idiomatic in style, if sometimes a little strained under pressure - and that's not strange - Nadir's writing is very high. The romance 'je crois entendre encore' is however a wonder of precision and smoothness, technically perfect indeed, but it's rather hard to imagine that he sings a romance when there's no trace of feelings there. Janine Micheau on the other side is as always rather dry in tone, but perfectly french in style, and her vibrato is not as wide as it sometimes could be - and her performance is, I think, the most 'felt' of the three main roles. Ernest Blanc as Zurga is also rather unengaged, although with a firm and effective voice. The conducting is also rather uninspired, and perhaps that's the main problem, cause an uninspired conductor can damage a whole performance.

There are at least three better recordings according to my taste, and one of them stand clearly ahead of the other: the live recording from 1959 with Vanzo/Micheau/Baquier and Rosenthal as conductor, available here on Amazon.com. A typically french performance with all the positive effects of a live recording captured in good sound and hardly none of the negative ones, combined with wonderful singers in their prime. Vanzo, as Nadir, is alone worth the purchase (it's also budget priced!). Thereafter I think the two mono recordings from Philips (Simoneau/Alarie/Bianco/Fournet) and EMI (Legay/Angelici/Dens/Cluytens) are good. There are studio recording with more modern sound, but they all let you down in one way or the other - you might as well go for this one in comparission to them.

Compared to other more modern stereo versions, this one has the great advantage of giving us highlights from the very rare Bizet opera 'Ivan IV' with an other conductor and different cast. For the real Bizet fans this alone might be worth the purchase, but if you just want a good version of this lovely opera, go for one of the three I've mentioned above.

Opera to love.......2000-04-19

Bizet wrote some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music, and this opera abounds with some of his best. Filled with breathtaking arias, the exotic setting of Ceylon and glorious poetry, The Pearl Fishers is more lush and visceral than Carmen. James Michener's The Drifters was my introduction to this opera; in the Winona Ryder version of Little Women, Gabriel Byrne as Professor Baehr takes Jo to a production of Les Pecheurs de Perles. This is a wonderful recording of a very accessible piece of music.

Wonderful piece of work.......1998-12-07

This wonderful piece of work by Bizet is not as popular as Carmen, and this is a pity, for the melodies and voice registers used by the composers are really talking to the soul. This version, although not recent, is the best I know by the quality of performers and sound recording. Definitely worth buying.

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Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B00002456O
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Prelude
No.1: Introduction: Choeur: 'Sur La Greve En Feu'
No.1: Introduction: Scene Et Choeur: 'Amis, Interrompez Vos Danses'
No.1: Introduction: Recit et Reprise Du Choeur Danse: 'Demeure Parmi Nous, Nadir'
No.2: Recit Et Duo: Recit: 'C'Est Toi, Toi Qu'Enfin Je Revois!'
No.2: Recit Et Duo: Duo: 'Au Fond Du Temple Saint'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Recit: 'Que Vois-Je?'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Choeur: 'Sois La Bienvenue'
No.3 Recit, Choeur Et Scene: Scene Et Choeur: 'Seule Au Milieu De Nous'
No.4: Recit Et Romance: Recit: 'A Cette Voix'
No.4: Recit Et Romance: Romance: 'Je Crois Entendre Encore'
No.5: Finale: Scene Et Choeur: 'Le Ciel Est Bleu'
No.5: Finale: Air Et Choeur: 'O Dieu Brahma'

Tracks:

No.6 Entr'Acte, Choeur Et Scene: 'L'Ombre Descend Des Cieux'
No.7: Recit Et Cavatine: 'Me Voila Seule Dans La Nuit'
No.8: Chanson: 'De Mon Amie, Fleur Endormie'
No.9: Duo: 'Leila! Leila!'/'Dieu Puissant'
No.10: Finale: 'Ah, Revenez A La Raison!'
No.11: Entr'Acte, Recit Et Air: 'L'Orage S'Est Calme'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Recit: 'Qu Ai-Je Vu?'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Duo: 'Je Fremis, Je Chancelle'
No.12: Scene Et Duo: Scene: 'Entends Au Looin Ce Bruit De Fete'
No.13: Choeur Danse: 'Des Que Le Soleil'
No.14: Scene Et Choeur: 'Sombres Divinites'
No.15: Trio: 'O Lumiere Sainte'
No.16: Finale: 'Ce Sont Eaux, Les Voici!'

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Ombre Est Lumiére
IAM
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B0009BOKOW
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Ombre Est Lumiere
Le Feu [Prodigal Mix Edit]
Cosmos
Le Dragon Sommeille
Contrat de Conscience
Le DeRnier Empereur
Aimant
Attentat, Pt. 2
Sachet Blanc
Le Soldat
Reste Underground
Harley Davidson
J'Aurais Pu Croire
Je Danse le Mia [le Terrible Funk Remix]

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Double CD Compilation of Greatest Hits Recorded by One of the Most Popular French Hip-hop Bands.

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ASIN: B00004S6K3
Release Date: 1998-12-18

Tracks:

Le Feu
Cosmos
Vos Dieux Ont Les Mains Sales
La Methode Marsimil
J'Aurais Pu Croire
Contrat De Conscience
Le Soldat
Le Retor De Malek Sultan
Un Jour Tu Pleures Un Jour Tu Ris
Le 7
Harley Davidson
La Mousse A Riton
Le Shit Squad
Une Femme Seule
Je Danse Le Mia
Alone Tout Seul Foever
Fugitif
L'Aimant
Mars Contre Attaque

Tracks:

Le Dragon Sommeille
Attentat II
Le Slow De Lai T'Es
Les Je Veux Etre
L'Echantillon
Affaire En Cours
Le Repos C'Est La Sante
Interview
Laissez-Nous Danser
Transekitchmegatron Hipnokor Space-Rave-Olitecy-Ize
Le Dernier Empereur
Je Lache La Meute
Achevez-Moi
Achevez-Les
Ou Sont Les Roses Intro
Ou Sont Les Roses
Bang Bang
RXN
Sachet Blanc
Pharaon Reviens

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French Rap is blowin up

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ASIN: B00000710F
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

Ombre Est Lumiere
Le Feu Prodigal Mix Edit
Cosmos
Le Dernier Empereur
Contrat De Conscience
Une Femme Seule
L'Aimant
Le Repos C'Est La Sante
Sachet Blanc Remix
Le Shit Squad
Le Soldat
Reste Underground
Harley Davidson
J'Aurais Pu Croire
Je Danse Le Mia Le Terrible Funk Remix Radio Edit

Album Details

1993 Second Album from French Biggestselling Hip-hop Band from Marseille. Includes the Radio Hit: 'je Danse Le Mia'.

Customer Reviews:

French Rap is blowin up.......2000-07-17

This album has got it all, great beats and awesome lyrics, every song is great my favs are Le Feu and the last one. Pick this album up, and there other 2 albums too they are all good. I do't understand a word of french but it dont' matter cuz it sounds awesome!

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yeah
Must Have French Hip-Hop
A MASTERFUL AND COMMUNICATIVE WORK!
ca va plus ou moins..
Genial!

Ombre Est Lumiére
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ASIN: B00000AYCZ
Release Date: 1995-06-26

Tracks:

Ombre Est Lumiere
Le Feu (Prodigal Mix Edit)
Cosmos
Le Dragon Sommeille
Contrat De Conscience
Le Dernier Empereur
L'Aimant
Attentat II
Sachet Blanc
Le Soldat
Reste Underground
Harley Davidson
J'Aurais Pu Croire
Je Danse Le Mia (Le Terrible Funk Remix Radio Edit

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yeah.......2004-03-08

french rap at its best! i love it, great beats, excellent lyrics, dope features, every euro worth ;-))

Must Have French Hip-Hop.......2002-08-04

That is all there is to say...this crew....Solaar, Supa Siam Crew, and you'll be hooked up with some good french hip-hop

A MASTERFUL AND COMMUNICATIVE WORK!.......2000-04-11

Marseille is a gold mine! IAM's rhymes are super-intelligent, thought provoking, and addictive. The flow is unrivaled, with more of a rough edge than Solaar. The beats are infused with dopeness, and lyrical pauses will make you hold your breath. No hip hop fan could possibly regret purchasing this album. It satisfies many hungers!

ca va plus ou moins.........2000-03-16

This is a decent example of French rap, but certainly not the best. It lies somewhere in between Solaar for his pure, fun pop lyrics and NTM's hard core scene. It lacks a bit of character. Je suis plutot Parisien que Marseillais, donc c'est peut-etre ca (NTM over IAM)? There are a couple of decent songs- Une Femme Seule has good lyrics and comes straight from the haert. Je Danse Le Mia is a terribly tacky song that is popular among the FunRadio and Skyrock crowd. I saw a funny incident on french tv- IAM performed at an award show and after finishing said" Attention- L'OM va mettre le feu ce soir". The crowd got pumped up and cheered wildly. Pascal Obispo performed shortly after and said "Moi, je suis bordelais et donc allez les girondins". His soft quiet voice did not quite have the same effect and people clapped politely.By the way, OM est dans la merde cette saison...

Genial!.......1999-11-12

I've received this Cd from a cousin in Switzerland and I couldn't help but voice my opinion on this album. This is one of the greatest rap album I've ever listened to. IAM, MC Solaar and NTM are the best representatives of French Rap an this album of IAM will convince you why! They are far in front of the american rappers whose lyrics are rather poor and draw a picture of "life sucks" attitude; Opposingly, IAM entertain you with texts such as "Je danse le mia" and "L'attentat2" and they also rap on meaningful subjects like in "J'aurais pu croire", "Le sachet blanc", "L'ombre est lumiere" betweeen others. I highly recommend this album to everyone who wnats to listen to French Rap.

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This is pure genius !
The Dark Side Does it again

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Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

Ombre Est Lumiere
Le Feu [Prodigal Mix Edit]
Cosmos
Le Dragon Sommeille
Contrat de Conscience
Le DeRnier Empereur
Aimant
Attentat, Pt. 2
Sachet Blanc
Le Soldat
Reste Underground
Harley Davidson
J'Aurais Pu Croire
Je Danse le Mia [le Terrible Funk Remix]

Customer Reviews:

This is pure genius !.......2003-05-30

Ombre est lumiere is a phenomenal album by one of the most creative rap bands in the world. Their only problem is they rap in French and nobody understands. Using many samples of arabic instruments IAM let you listen to the whole range of what rap music can be and should be. 36 titles, joy, pain, rage, laughs and mysticism. A monument.

The Dark Side Does it again.......1999-09-15

Although not as solid as more recent releases, this album by Iam is, nevertheless, worth a listen. In addition to pure rap, they try mixing other styles of music into their beats, and have several short interludes that are entertaining. A good listen, plus as it's two CDs there is extra music

Guillaume Lekeu: Edition du Centenaire (Box Set)

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Guillaume Lekeu: Edition du Centenaire (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Ricercar
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000450J
Release Date: 1995-12-01

Tracks:

Son: Tres Modere - Philippe Hirshhorn/Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Son: Tres Lent - Philippe Hirshhorn/Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Son: Tres Anime - Philippe Hirshhorn/Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Qt (Inacheve): Dans Un Emportement Douloureux (Tres Anime) - Domus
Qt (Inacheve): Lent Et Passionne - Domus

Tracks:

Meditation: Adagio Molto Religioso, Cantabile Tranquillo - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Allegretto Quasi Allegro - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Adagio Sostenuto - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Capriccio (Poco Allegro) - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Romance 'Standchen' (Andantino Molto Moderato Quasi Andante) - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Poco Allegro E Molto Scherzoso - Camerata Str Qt
Qt in G: Final (Allegro Assai E Appassionato) - Camerata Str Qt
Molto Adagio Sempre Cantante E Doloroso - Camerata Str Qt

Tracks:

Trio in c (70): Lent - Trio A Clavier Arthur Grumiaux
Trio in c (70): Tre's Lent - Trio A Clavier Arthur Grumiaux
Trio in c (70): Tres Anime - Trio A Clavier Arthur Grumiaux
Trio in c (70): Lent - Trio A Clavier Arthur Grumiaux
Andante Sostenuto (92) - Luc Devos/Catherine Mertens
Fant Sur Deux Airs Populaires Angevins (25) - Dirk Herten/Daniel Blumenthal

Tracks:

Son in f (65): Adagio Malinconico - Luc Dewez/Luc Devos
Son in f (65): Allegro Molto Quasi Presto - Luc Dewez/Luc Devos
Son in f (65): Lento Assai E Con Molto Di Malinconia - Luc Dewez/Luc Devos
Son in f (65): Epilogue (Allegro Assai Ed Appassionato Espressivo) - Luc Dewez/Luc Devos
Trois Pieces (107): Chansonette Sans Paroles - Luc Devos
Trois Pieces (107): Valse Oubliee - Luc Devos
Trois Pieces (107): Danse Joyeuse - Luc Devos
Son in g (105): (Prld) - Luc Devos
Son in g (105): (Fugue) - Luc Devos
Son in g (105): (Fugue) - Luc Devos
Son in g (105): Dans Un Movt Plus Lent - Luc Devos
Son in g (105): (Finale) - Luc Devos

Tracks:

Choral (44) 'A Mon Oncle Pierre Lekeu' - Philippe Koch/Luc Devos
Andantino Semplice (93) 'A Mon Ami Desire Gombault' - Luc Devos
Menuet (49) 'A Mon Ami Octave Grisard' - Camerata Str Qt
Tempo Di Mazurka (106) 'A Ma Mere' - Luc Devos
Allegro Marcato (85) - Luc Devos
Thema Con Vars (66): Thema (Andante Affetuoso)/Var 1/Var 2/Var 3: Poco Adagio/Var 4... - Wlodzimierz Prominski/Piotr Reichert/Roman Hoffmann
Berceuse Et Valse (Pot-Pourri/Intermede Comique) (95) - Luc Devos
Adagio Molto Espressivo (33) - Philippe Koch/Anne Leonardo/Luc Devos
Moderato Quasi Largo (103) - Luc Devos
Adagio Religioso Col Piu Grand'espressione (84) - Luc Devos
Minuetto (50) - Philippe Koch/Anne Leonardo
Andante (86) - Luc Devos
Andante Piu Tosto Adagio (38) 'Vouloir' - Philippe Koch/Luc Devos

Tracks:

Barberine (Prld Au 2e Acte) - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Premiere Etude Symphonique: Chant De Triomphale Delivrance - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Seconde Etude Symphonique: 1re Partie: Hamlet - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Seconde Etude Symphonique: 2e Partie: Ophelie - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Fant Sur Deux Airs Populaires Angevins - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Adagio - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee

Tracks:

Seconde Etude Symphonique: Deuxieme Partie, Ophelie (22) (2e Version) - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Epithalame (17) - Bernard Foccroulle
Larghetto (28) - Marie Hallynck
Intro Et Adagio (26) - Carl Delbart
Fant Contrapuntique Sur Un Cramignon Liegeois (23) - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Chant Lyrique (7) - Chor Sym De Namur/Denis Menier

Tracks:

Morceaux Egoistes: Andante (87) 'Pour Moi Seul' - Luc Devos
La Fenetre De La Maison Paternelle (77) - Lucienne Van Deyck/Luc Devos
Les Pavots (80) - Guy De Mey/Luc Devos
Morceaux Egoistes: Lento Doloroso (100) 'Les Vagues Des Souffrances Se Sont Amoncelees... - Luc Devos
L'ombre Plus Dens (79) - Guy De Mey/Luc Devos
Quelque Antique Et Lente Danse (81) - Greta De Reyghere/Luc Devos
Morceaux Egoistes: Andante (88) - Luc Devos
Chanson De Mai (73) - Guy De Mey/Luc Devos
Morceaux Egoistes: Andantino Malinconico (91) - Luc Devos
Andromede (5) - Greta De Reyghere/Luc Devos
Berceuse (94) - Luc Devos
Trois Poemes (82): Sur Une Tombe - Greta De Reyghere/Luc Devos
Trois Poemes (82): Ronde - Greta De Reyghere/Luc Devos
Trois Poemes (82): Nocturne - Greta De Reyghere/Luc Devos

Tracks:

Andromede: Premiere Partie: (Prld) - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Et Le Monstre Odieux...' - Philippe Huttenlocher
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'La Mort Nous A Fauches...' - Chor Sym De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Mais La Trompe Sacree...' - Philippe Huttenlocher
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Ammon Principe De Lumiere...' - Chor Sym De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Parle, Revele-Nous La Volonte Supreme' - Dinah Bryant/Chor Symphonique De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Eclate Au Meme Instant...' - Philippe Huttenlocher
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'A Ce Qui Vous Opprime...' - Jules Bastin
Andromede: Premiere Partie: 'Andromede!...A Mort!' - Chor Sym De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'L'Oracle Est Satisfait...' - Philippe Huttenlocher
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'La Mort! Ne Plus Penser Jamais' - Dinah Bryant
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'Brise La Chaine...' - Chor Sym De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'Benis Soient Vos Dedains...' - Dinah Bryant
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'O Merveille...' - Zeger Vandersteene
Andromede: Seconde Partie: 'D'Ors Rayonnants Le Ciel S'Inonde...' - Chor Sym De Namur/Pierre Bartholomee/Zeger Vandersteene/Dinah Bryant
Introduction Sympnoique Aux 'Burgraves': Premiere Partie - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee
Introduction Sympnoique Aux 'Burgraves': Seconde Partie - PO De Liege/Pierre Bartholomee