‘So Romantique !’ illustrates the ‘profoundly sentimental’ side of French opera from the 1830s to the 1900s, which gradually came to be judged overwrought and was condemned to partial oblivion. ‘I am convinced that this is because the principals of interpretation were lost’, says the tenor Cyrille Dubois.

For the seventieth anniversary of Olivier Greif’s birth, B Records and the Deauville Festival invite you to discover his remarkable works, some of which have never been released before. They were composed at dazzling speed, nurtured by Early Music, literature and the composer’s obsession with death and mysticism. Two symphonic works are interpreted for us by passionate, young musicians and have been recorded live so that you can experience the "dangers" and delights of reverie, and an archive recording from the "Festival de Pâques" with Olivier Greif himself on the piano.

The Covid pandemic caused the cancellation of the performances of Pelléas et Mélisande at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, which approached Alpha in order to make an audio recording of this masterpiece. So here is that unexpected but highly anticipated new version, with an exceptional cast and a young conductor, Pierre Dumoussaud, whose calling card it is fast becoming, since he has already conducted it in many houses.