Les Ambassadeurs
Rebirth [ World Village / CD - released 4/Dec/2015 ] From 1970 to 1985, the West African supergroup Les Ambassadeurs literally defined a genre of African music and achieved a level of global success that has rarely been equaled by any 'world music' band. They gave birth to a new sound, inspired by the... |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) / Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014.. |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouverture & Concerti pour Darmstadt Alexis Kossenko, Les Ambassadeurs; Zefira Valova [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |
HANDEL / VIVALDI
Tempesta Blandine Staskiewicz / Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko [ Glossa / CD - released 31/Mar/2015 ] With Tempesta, her first recital disc, mezzo-soprano Blandine Staskiewicz has chosen to venture into the emotional storms and calms beloved of Baroque composers - notably Vivaldi and Handel |
Les Ambassadeurs
Rebirth (10") [ World Village / 10in - released 17/Aug/2015 ] "Rebirth", is a new EP from Les Ambassadeurs, who were the flagship band of new African music from the early sixties until the mid-seventies. Their style, mixing ancestral art, salsa, jazz and funk, lit up "world sono". Originally known as Les... |