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Ce livre essaie de réunir tous les aspects de celui qui fut l’un des plus grand ministre des Affaires étrangères français à la veille de la Révolution, l’homme, le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères treize ans durant et l’action intérieure d’un quasi Premier Ministre.
Il décrit celui qui créa une conception française de l’équilibre des pouvoirs en Europe, celui qui donna un coup d’arrêt à la suprématie maritime anglaise et qui permit la naissance des Etats Unis, des résultats bien supérieurs à ceux obtenus par Talleyrand avec lequel on le compare souvent mais qui du fait de son esprit est beaucoup plus connu. …

This delightful release, from the Indian Summer of Bernard Herrmann's recording career, always got neglected by its potential audiences, ignored by Herrmann's fans in favor of his recordings of his film music or his own classical compositions (or more conventionally familiar works such as The Planets) and missed totally by jazz listeners of a historical bent. The material contained herein is distinctly symphonic or – perhaps more accurately – concert hall jazz, the work of established composers coming to grips with and using the then-new music in their own idiom…

Bernard Herrmann is one of the best composers in the last century. He was capable of conveying emotions with incredible music. His scores always evoked responses from audiences that helped movie directors make their point…