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GRAMMY-winning band The National are pleased to announce a CD version of their very special Record Store Day release – a live recording of their seminal album, Boxer. On November 9th, 2017, The National wrapped up their European tour by performing the album in its entirety, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Boxer’s debut.

Formed in 1999, The National is composed of Matt Berninger, the Dessnet brothers and the Devendorf brothers. In 2007, the band from Ohio released one of their greatest albums, the fourth: Boxer. Eleven years later, they bring it back into the spotlight with this live recorded in Brussels and perform the entirety of the disc. But yielding to increasing demands, The National also opted for an official release. Faithful to the first version, the band keeps almost the same visual for the cover, a picture of them on stage at the wedding of producer Peter Katis. The quintet perfectly perform here from beginning to end, for a faithful and responsive audience. Opening with Fake Empire, a small musical prowess of which we like the destructured aspect, mainly in the association of pop keyboards playing off-beat with Berninger’s voice. An obvious alchemy with Brainy on which the guitars, the bass and the drum perfectly harmonize in some kind of musical discussion. Up to the last track Gospel, there is some sort of hypnotic charm at play, notably thanks to the contrast of this deep voice on a light and intense melody. – Anna Coluthe

Tracklist:
01. Fake Empire (Live in Brussels)
02. Mistaken for Strangers (Live in Brussels)
03. Brainy (Live in Brussels)
04. Squalor Victoria (Live in Brussels)
05. Green Gloves (Live in Brussels)
06. Slow Show (Live in Brussels)
07. Apartment Story (Live in Brussels)
08. Start a War (Live in Brussels)
09. Guest Room (Live in Brussels)
10. Racing Like a Pro (Live in Brussels)
11. Ada (Live in Brussels)
12. Gospel (Live in Brussels)

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Second Glance is the new album by Tom McGuinness – guitarist with Manfred Mann, The Blues Band and McGuinness Flint. Featuring twelve songs written by Tom including three in collaboration with Grammy award-winning songwriter, Graham Lyle. The songs draw on Tom’s many musical influences, but the underlying core of the music is always the blues.

Tracklist:
01. Not in My Name
02. Ain’t It Strange How Things Can Change?
03. For a Woman Like You
04. Catwalk
05. Respect My Space
06. Acting on Impulse
07. Once Bitten Twice Shy
08. The Happy Blues
09. How Lucky Can One Man Be?
10. Blue O’clock
11. Long Hard Road
12. Keep on Keeping On

Download:

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Sing For The Day! showcases Styx guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw’s rousing 2016 solo turn with the Cleveland-based Contemporary Youth Orchestra, under the direction of principal conductor/founder Liza Grossman. Alongside guitarist/musical director Will Evankovich and backed by the next generation of the finest high-school-aged musicians in Ohio, Shaw also celebrates the tenth anniversary of Styx’s triumphant 2006 One With Everything performance with the CYO. Here, the CYO & Chorus bring new life to many classic band and solo tracks in front of an enthusiastic audience at the intimate Waetjen Auditorium in Cleveland, including “Blue Collar Man,” “Girls With Guns,” “High Enough,” “Too Much Time on My Hands,” “Crystal Ball” (featuring the debut of its never-recorded lost verse), and most especially “Renegade,” highlighted by an epic guitar/violin duel between Shaw and a noted CYO alum. “It was so much bigger and more everlasting than any of us imagined it would be,” marvels Shaw – now see and hear just how magical Sing was for yourself.

Tracklist:
01. Overture
02. Girls With Guns
03. Too Much Time On My Hands
04. Fooling Yourself
05. Diamond
06. Crystal Ball
07. Boat On The River
08. Sing For The Day
09. Renegade
10. Man In The Wilderness
11. Come Again
12. High Enough
13. Blue Collar Man

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John Duffey’s influence on bluegrass cannot be overstated. His contributions to legendary bands The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene helped transform the genre from a regional Appalachian music to a sophisticated, urban sound, resulting in a legion of new fans the world over. On Epilogue, the bluegrass music community comes together to create a marvelously fitting tribute to “the father of modern bluegrass.” Sam Bush, John Cowan, Bela Fleck, Bruce Molsky, Tim O’Brien, Don Rigsby, and so many more it’s a rare and special all-star cast. Their eagerness and passion to record the album attest to how profoundly Duffey impacted them and countless other musicians today.

It’s already been over twenty years since John Duffey, one of the best bluegrass and folk musicians, passed away. Having become an icon and a source of inspiration for many artists, the album Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey was a long awaited tribute. The lone tenor with his unique and innovative mandolin technique successfully managed to make bluegrass more popular and approachable. A founding member of the bands The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene, he won over many hearts with his musical style and pulled off a true artistic transmission. Released on the label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the album features a myriad of talents to give a second life to John Duffey and the bluegrass he loved so. Lou Reid and Randy Waller start it off with Sad and Lonesome Day, enthusiastically accompanied by the banjo and guitar. The whole piece is just one surprise after another, with contributions from the likes of Amanda Smith, Jonathan Edwards, Dudley Connell, and Tim O’Brien. It breathes the fragrances of America, with traditional country music tuned to more contemporary voices in great classics like If I Were a Carpenter or the unrecognizable Girl from the North Country, interpreted by Steve Gulley. The languid and melancholic ballad of Cash and Dylan has morphed under the sway of the banjo and mandolin as Bruce Molsky plays around on Chim-Chim-Cher-Ee. Then the old friends close out this tribute. John Starling, a former member of Seldom Scene, is mesmerizing when he tells the story of Mary with his strings and accompanied by a choir on the ballad Bringing Mary Home. An album that ends with Akira Otsuka’s mandolin solo that brings a reverent hearing for a perfect homage to John Duffey. – Clara Bismuth

Tracklist:
01. Randy Waller – Sad and Lonesome Day
02. Amanda Smith – If That’s the Way You Feel
03. Jonathan Edwards – If I Were a Carpenter
04. Dudley Connell – Lonesome River
05. Sam Bush – Sunrise
06. James King – Going to the Races
07. John Cowan – Some Old Day
08. Steve Gulley – Girl from the North Country
09. Dudley Connell – He Was a Friend of Mine
10. Tim O’Brien – Poor Ellen Smith
11. Fred Travers – Reason for Being
12. Don Rigsby – Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow
13. Bruce Molsky – Chim-Chim-Cher-Ee
14. Ronnie Bowman – Cold Wind a Blowin’
15. John Duffey Tribute All-Stars – Christmas Time Back Home
16. John Starling – Bringing Mary Home
17. Akira Otsuka – First Tear

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No need to go back to the various faces displayed by Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer, educator, presenter, writer, etc. Like Gershwin, Bernstein has tackled all musical genres and has also influenced them himself! To the point that his music has become some sort of American soundtrack, from Broadway to pop to jazz. Talking about jazz. In the middle of the celebration of Bernstein’s centenary, the label Decca offers to compile the love of the greatest musicians and singers of yesterday and today for the art of the author of West Side Story. The interest of this Jazz Loves Bernsteinmostly lies in the gathering of classics and less-known pieces. From Billie Holliday in Big Stuff (from Fancy Free) to Diana Krall and Mark Whitfield for Some Other Time (from the musical On the Town), the spectrum is quite large. You will find here gems such as Tonightfrom West Side Story performed with much warmth by Billy Eckstine, or, from the same work, Maria and I Feel Pretty magnified by Sarah Vaughan. Other big names like Oliver Nelson, Oscar Peterson in trio, Bobby Scott, Eric Reed, Mel Tormé, Carmen McRae, Bill Charlap, Maynard Ferguson and Bob James cover in their own way songs and themes that have entered the American Heritage to appropriate them. Just like Lucky To Be Me, performed by Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund helped by pianist Bill Evans. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:
01. Billie Holiday – Big Stuff (Prologue / From Fancy Free)
02. Manny Albam – America / I Feel Pretty / One Hand, One Heart
03. Bobby Scott – New York, New York
04. Billy Eckstine – Tonight
05. Bill Charlap Trio – A Quiet Girl (From Wonderful Tree)
06. Oliver Nelson – Cool
07. Bob James – My Love
08. Monica Zetterlund & Bill Evans Trio – Lucky To Be Me
09. Eric Reed – Maria
10. Bill Charlap Trio – It’s Love
11. Mel Tormé – Lonely Town [feat. The Marty Paich Orchestra]
12. Manny Albam – Something’s Coming
13. The Oscar Peterson Trio – Somewhere
14. Sarah Vaughan – I Feel Pretty (Live At Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen/1963)
15. Bobby Scott – Ya Got Me
16. The Oscar Peterson Trio – Something’s Coming
17. Carmen McRae – It’s Love
18. Bill Charlap Trio – Jump
19. Bobby Scott – I Can Cook Too
20. Sarah Vaughan – Maria (Live At Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen/1963)
21. The Oscar Peterson Trio – Jet Song
22. Bobby Scott – It Must Be So
23. Manny Albam – Tonight
24. Maynard Ferguson – Lonely Town
25. The Oscar Peterson Trio – I Feel Pretty
26. Bill Charlap Trio – Ohio (From Wonderful Town)
27. Mark Whitfield – Some Other Time

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Formed in 1968 in Kent, England, the band is probably best remembered for the hit songs “Early In the Morning” and “Hitchin’ A Ride”, which both became gold in the USA and reached the Top Ten. “Hitchin A Ride” actually became a hippy anthem and dance craze. Going against the heavy acid rock trend of the late sixties with their brilliant melodies and harmonic singing, the band, still active today, is one of the true forgotten gems of the era.

Tracklist:
01. Early in the Morning
02. In My Lonely Room
03. Music, Music, Music
04. Man Child
05. I Live for the Sun
06. Hitchin’ a Ride
07. Highway of Dreams
08. (I Remember) Summer Morning
09. Four Strong Winds
10. You Made Me Love You
11. Hey Baby

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Frisson Sextet, the second album from the saxophonist/composer Vernau Mier, is an introspective work summarizing his personal experiences during the last months in Barcelona before starting a new chapter in Switzerland. It is through his compositions that he reflects on the experience of being detached from a place and a life and migrating to an unknown place. Looking forward to new opportunities with the freedom to explore new frontiers while dealing with the frisson caused by the beginning of a new life.

Frisson Sextet merges different sounds of the jazz tradition, from a straight-ahead approach to free-jazz and odd meters. Although the arranged parts have a lot of importance on an ensemble like this, the improvisation and interaction are very present in almost every second.

Tracklist:
01. The Spunky Beginning of a New Life
02. Na Carreira
03. Freedom Rhythm
04. La Bossa De L’encarnacio
05. Vaya Turca!
06. Aspiration of a Painless Distance
07. Wo Isch De Blues
08. Zenzero

Personnel:
Pol Omedes – trumpet
Vernau Mier – alto saxophone
Albert Carrique – soprano/tenor sax & bass clarinet
Joan Codina – trombone
Manel Fortià – doublebass
Andreu Pitarch – drums

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Still Run is the new album from Brooklyn, NY based alternative band Wet, and is the follow up to the band’s critically acclaimed debut album Don’t You from 2016. Still Run shows Wet with a more upbeat and pop driven sound than their debut. The band’s new sound and new outlook, is informed by lead singer and songwriter Kelly Zutrau taking more creative control of the project. Much of Wet’s shift stems from Zutrau’s more forceful vocals, which allow her direct, yet poetic lyrics to resonate more deeply, and which leap out of the sunnier production. Producers like Rostam (Haim, Solange), Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief), and John Hill (Santigold, M.I.A.) assisted primary producer and Wet band member Joe Valle, who brings a new comfort level to his production style, presenting dark lyrics in a brighter way that highlights their innate intensity and lets Zutrau’s songwriting shine. “There are a million ways to make a good song sound good,” she says. “But what matters to me most in the end are the vocal, and the songwriting, and whatever serves those best.” Wet is recognized for their deeply-hued emotional pop, well documented by the New York Times, Spin, and NPR among many others. Rolling Stone noted that Wet “set themselves apart with music that combines the elegant ache of Nineties R&B with the raw honesty of indie pop…”. Still Run is a testament to taking that control and pursuing one’s artistic vision and it also shows how any hiccups that might crop up along the way can make the vision’s eventual realization more satisfying.

Tracklist:
01. Still Run (feat. Starchild & The New Romantic)
02. There’s a Reason
03. You’re Not Wrong
04. Lately
05. Softens
06. 11 Hours
07. This Woman Loves You
08. Out of Tune
09. Visitor
10. Love is Not Enough

Download:

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The classic piano trio is one of Tatge’s preferred formats, and it is in this context that he has presented his music more frequently over the years.

Tatge’s first record as leader, Mutable Enclosures, was released in 2009 by Reflexio and features Piero Borri on drums and Gabriele Evangelista on bass. The recording received excellent reviews on All About Jazz and The Jazz Review.

In 2014 Tatge formed a New York based trio featuring Nick Anderson on drums and Pablo Menares on bass. Their new album General Cargo is being released by Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records.

Tracklist:
01. Illegal Machines
02. The Lay of the Land
03. Hidden Agenda
04. Civilization
05. Mother of Nothing
06. Have You Seen Robert Boston
07. Sentinel

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Extravaganza Fantasi – walking towards new interesting directions and understand changes as an importent and necessary part of life and cultural development. Perhaps this could be the meaning of these words. Music can connect people and cultures. The musicians Yordan Kostov (Macedonia) and Andreas Günther (Germany) first met in Shanghai. Now they follow this idea and play concerts around the world featuring international artists.

Tracklist:
01. Again
02. Shaman Ljuki
03. Ne Lafi!
04. Quo Vadis
05. Gipsy Birds
06. In the Kitchen
07. Another Gipsy Bird
08. White Potato

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If you are unfamiliar with the NFO sound, these Swedes cherish a decade in musical history between about 1975 and 1985. It is impossible to avoid that they are intentionally derivative, proudly brandishing their classic rock influences such that half of the fun is identifying which band inspired particular parts. For my year-end summary of Amber Galactic, I noted Toto, Van Halen, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Journey and Whitesnake. These same bands are still in the melting pot but SWAE is definitely less heavy and guitar-driven than previously. The guitars, while good, are moved another row further back in the bus, while the keyboards move forwards yet again. It is disingenuous to call it ‘disco’ as I’ve seen it described in our internal channels, but I also appreciate that NFO stray ever-further from their metal-oriented day jobs2. To demonstrate this point, two additional bands can be thrown into the pot: ABBA and the Bee Gees, both of whom can be heard on the more disco-heavy tracks, such as “Paralyzed,” “Pretty Thing Closing In” and “Winged and Serpentine.”

But what is it that means your should curtail your concerns? What is it that has always made NFO such a success? The songs, the songs, the songs. It still staggers me that the same individuals who can write such bland melodeath can also write such incredibly catchy tunes for this project. As enjoyable as SWAE is across its duration, it is usual for a few tracks to rise to the top and that holds true here. “Turn to Miami” and the title track are pure 80s pop-rock magic with huge choruses that show off the talented backup singers that the band now employs. I have read “Moments of Thunder” compared with the finale to the opening act of musical theatre which is apt; it’s bombastic and over-the-top, even by NFO‘s ridiculous standards. And “Lovers in the Rain” is the obligatory ballad which wrings our every ounce of melodrama from its emotive guitar lines and soppy lyrics. While it isn’t as awesome as its equivalents from Internal Affairs and Skyline Whispers, I also want to mention the long-form closer called “The Last of the Independent Romantics” with its moodier introduction, great riffs in its second passage and relative complexity in its second half. I enjoy when these guys stretch their song-writing a little and was disappointed by the effort from Amber Galactic.

Tracklist:
01. This Time
02. Turn To Miami
03. Paralyzed
04. Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough
05. Moments Of Thunder
06. Speedwagon
07. Lovers In The Rain
08. Can’t Be That Bad
09. Pretty Thing Closing In
10. Barcelona
11. Winged And Serpentine
12. The Last Of The Independent Romantics

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レーベル Aniplex Inc.
配信開始日 2016.01.27
収録曲数全131曲
収録時間 4:15:18
サイズ合計 4.2GB
販売データハイレゾ｜FLAC｜48.0kHz/24bit

https://mora.jp/artist/425768/

梶浦由記によるTVアニメ『ソードアート・オンライン』(1期、2期、Extra Edition)の劇伴音楽集。未収録・未発表楽曲等を収録。

収録曲

ディスク 1
01． swordland
02． the first town
03． fight!
04． friendly feelings
05． a tender feeling
06． feel uneasy
07． welcome to this world
08． he rules us
09． death game
10． stand at bay
11． a close battle
12． at our parting
13． weird place
14． quiet strain
15． a tense situation
16． taut nerves
17． a strategy meeting
18． march down
19． gracefully
20． left in suspense
21． luminous sword
22． confront battle
23． in your past
24． a tiny love
25． everyday life
26． at our parting ~piano only
27． despaired
28． a squabble
29． smile for me
30． at nightfall
31． survive the swordland
32． no way
33． a narrow escape
34． with my friend
35． a tiny love ~harp only
36． we have to defeat it
37． friendly feelings ~piano only
38． critical phase
39． at our parting ~Vc only

ディスク 2
01． swordland ~to be continued
02． is this love?
03． she is still sleeping
04． Oberon
05． climbing up the world tree
06． a new world of fairies
07． Yui
08． in time of peace
09． last flight
10． aerial fight
11． got to win
12． fly, if you can
13． town in the morning
14． in the cage
15． I wonder
16． is this love? ~piano only ver.
17． past sadness
18． fly higher and faster
19． victory
20． fight with a devil
21． reconciliation
22． false king
23． dance with me
24． aincrad
25． like in the glass
26． in this world
27． swordbreaking land
28． in this cruel land

ディスク 3
01． gunland
02． this psychedelic world
03． Death Gun
04． think tenderly of you
05． daily life, you and me
06． something is strange
07． creeping up
08． unnaturally tense
09． inside information
10． concerning operation
11． a pressing danger
12． shooting it out
13． where’s my enemy?
14． they start fighting
15． continuing suspense
16． she has to overcome her fear
17． good bye, again and again
18． no-escape
19． her actual world
20． her cruel past
21． goodbye, again and again ~noisy
22． looking back on those days
23． her tragic memory
24． crooked mind
25． a brisk conversation
26． he, or she?
27． shoot ’em up!
28． quickly and without fail
29． drive your way
30． Bullet of Bullets
31． another state of emergency
32． think tenderly of you ~Mbox ver
33． I’m always thinking of you
34． so I met her
35． a bleak and desolate land
36． she’s a knockout!
37． fighting hard and close
38． you are the winner!
39． peace, again

ディスク 4
01． desolate landscape
02． Tonky
03． in this place
04． Freyja
05． Urd
06． in another land
07． running out of crisis
08． the appearance of Thrymr
09． defeat him and get it!
10． in the battle field, once again
11． fly away from here!
12． a sad quarrel
13． run, run, runaway
14． you are not alone #2
15． light your sword
16． heartbreaking reality
17． you are not alone
18． tears for you
19． moon and shadow
20． you are not alone ~Ac.G ver.
21． school days, with you
22． you are not alone #3
23． trying to understand
24． cold and wild
25． you are not alone ~piano ver.

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レーベル KADOKAWA
配信開始日 2018.07.25
収録曲数全4曲
収録時間 15:18
サイズ合計 258.2MB
販売データハイレゾ｜FLAC｜48.0kHz/24bit

https://mora.jp/package/43000033/A66281/

TVアニメ「オーバーロードIII」のオープニングテーマは、TVアニメ第1期・第2期でエンディングテーマを手掛けてきた、
“Tom-H@ck”を中心としたコンテンポラリー・クリエイティブ・ユニット、MYTH & ROIDが担当!

収録曲

1. VORACITY
2. Something w/o Sunrise
3. VORACITY _instrumental
4. Something w/o Sunrise _instrumental

Download:

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Tracklist
1. 여름여름해 (Sunny Summer) (3:18) *Title
2. Vacation (3:24)
3. Sweety (3:13)
4. 바람 바람 바람 (Windy Windy) (3:16)
5. Love In The Air (3:40)

Total length: 16:51

Download:

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レーベル MIYA TERRACE
配信開始日 2018.11.28
収録曲数全13曲
収録時間 52:13
サイズ合計 881.2MB
販売データハイレゾ｜FLAC｜48.0kHz/24bit

https://mora.jp/package/43000034/TFCC-86648_F/

リアルで等身大な歌詞世界とオントレンドなサウンドを駆使した楽曲を創出し、日本のみならず世界展開などアクティブに活動するシンガーソングライター向井太一の2nd フルアルバムが完成。今作のアルバムに名付けられたタイトル『PURE』は、その名の通り、純粋で混じりっけ無しの澄んだ感情をリアルに制作している。また、”生粋のシンガーとして生きて行きたい”という意思表示も内包している。

【タイアップ】
「リセット」
TVアニメ「風が強く吹いている」EDテーマ

収録曲

1 – Secret (Co-Produced by BON3AI)
2 – Crazy (Co-Produced by BON3AI)
3 – Break up (Co-Produced by ☆Taku Takahashi)
4 – Haters (Co-Produced by mabanua)
5 – Agony (Co-Produced by CELSIOR COUPE)
6 – Answer feat. KREVA(Co-Produced by 蔦谷好位置)
7 – リセット (Co-Produced by CELSIOR COUPE)
8 – 午後8時 (Co-Produced by grooveman Spot)
9 – ポートマン (Co-Produced by Shingo.S)
10 – Pure (Co-Produced by 高橋海)
11 – Ego (Co-Produced by Chocoholic)
12 – Gimme (Co-Produced by grooveman Spot)
13 – [Bonus Track] Siren (Co-Produced by tofu

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So-called entertainment or light music tends to carry a negative connotation these days. For many, it would seem that achieving overnight success and making loads of money are on a par with easy music, preferably performed by musicians in very smart attire. But that certainly hasn’t always been the case. Indeed, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and, of course, the Strauss family — to name but a few great composers — whose music belongs to the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire, could provide audiences of their day with plenty of exciting, entertaining fare with their contradances, lndlers, waltzes and quodlibets to which people danced, laughed and drank. Mastering this aspect of composition was an aart for such masters.
The main difference with much of today’s popular music is perhaps that, in the past, superficiality was not necessarily a prerequisite. The same holds true for NedSym Lite. After our concert performances featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann and Wagner, for instance, why not enjoy NedSym Lite? Performed with such skill, mastery and success! We simply couldn’t resist sharing all this with you on a CD…

Tracklist:

01 – Sirba arr. Tim Nobel
02 – Autumn in New York arr. Rob van Bavel
03 – Schn Rosmarin
04 – Ballade au bord du Danube arr. Willem Wolthuis
05 – Bei mir bistu shein arr. Tim Nobel
06 – Thistles and Dragonflies arr. Tim Nobel
07 – Hora ca la Caval arr. Tim Nobel
08 – Oblivion
09 – Just one of those Things arr. Rob van Bavel
10 – Hungarian Dance No. 5
11 – Autumn Leaves arr. Tim Nobel
12 – Ravels Tomb arr. Rob van Bavel
13 – Winterzon arr. Tim Nobel
14 – Heyser Bulgar arr. Tim Nobel
15 – Walzermelodien sind ein Gruss aus Wien
16 – Adios Nonino arr. Tim Nobel
17 – De Viersprong arr. Tim Nobel

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Lisa Larsson, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend – Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn (2013)
DSF Stereo DSD128/5.64 MHz | Time – 01:03:07 minutes | 4,98 GB | Genre: Classical
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The operas of Joseph Haydn are far less known today than those of his contemporaries Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 — 1787) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791). In 1790 Haydn was generally considered the most famous composer of his age, but the relative obscurity of his operas in comparison with his other works today was also the case in the 18th century. How is it possible that Haydn’s operas are still relatively unknown, despite a remark Empress Maria Theresia expressed upon hearing Haydn’s L’ Infeldelta Delusa in 1773; “If I want to hear good opera, I am going to Esterhaza!”

Between 1761 and 1790 Haydn was in the employment of Prince Paul von Esterhazy and his son and successor Prince Nikolaus, both passionate music lovers. From 1766 onwards, Haydn wrote, in addition to composing chamber music and symphonies, four Italian comedies, six German Singspiele and numerous Italian operas for his employers of the Esterhazy dynasty. Furthermore he also supervised all musical activities at the court including yearly performances of more than 150 operas, many composed by his contemporaries. As Kapellmeister Haydn was not only responsible for musical direction of the operas but also for staging, contracting the singers and occasionally writing an extra aria as required, like the aria “Quando la rosa”. This aria was included in the performance of Guiseppe Anfossi’s opera La Metilde Ritrovata (1773).

Tracklist:

01 – Scena di Berenice, cantata for soprano and orchestra, Hob. XXIVa-10
02 – Armida, Hob. XXVIII-12- Overture
03 – Lanima del filosofo, Hob. XXVIII-13- Recitativo di Euridice ‘Numi possenti, aita!’
04 – Lanima del filosofo, Hob. XXVIII-13- Recitativo accompagnato di Euridice ‘Dov’, l’amato bene’
05 – Lanima del filosofo, Hob. XXVIII-13- Cavatina di Euridice ‘Del mio core il voto estremo’
06 – Arianna a Naxos, cantata for soprano and orchestra, Hob. XXVIb-2
07 – Lisola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII-9- Overture
08 – Lisola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII-9- Aria di Silvia ‘Fra un dolce deliro’
09 – Linfedelta delusa, Hob. XXVIII-5- Aria di Sandrina ‘E la pompa un grandimbroglio’
10 – La Metilde ritrovata, Hob. XXXIVb-3- Aria di Nannina ‘Quando la rosa non ha pi spine’
11 – Linfedelta delusa, Hob. XXVIII-5- Aria di Vespina ‘Trinche vaine allegramente’

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Lisa Larsson, Het Gelders Orkest, Antonello Manacorda – Berlioz: La Captive (2014)
DSF Stereo DSD128/5.64 MHz | Time – 48:34 minutes | 3,85 GB | Genre: Classical
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Have you ever heard of Jean-Baptiste Guirod, Giullaume Ross-Despraux or Eugne Prvost? Apart from Prvost, perhaps, they have mostly been consigned to the depths of oblivion. But these were composers who won the coveted Prix de Rome, an award that had been instituted by Napoleon himself in 1803, in the period from 1827 to 1829. And in doing so, they whipped the prize right out from under the nose of Berlioz, who had competed for it just as often as they had. It might offer Berlioz some — posthumous — solace to know that he was in excellent company; Ravel, Debussy and Bizet were also to be denied the prize. The judging system for the prize, which offered little scope for groundbreaking composers, has come in for severe criticism over the years. In the words of Edgar Varse, the prize ‘produced so much insipid fruit that nowadays we can barely even remember their names’. It was Berlioz himself, in his highly readable and entertaining autobiography, who explained all about the prize’s requirements and what the prize itself involved. The winner received an allowance for five years, but this was on condition that he would spend the first two years at the Acadmie de France in Rome, use the third year for travelling through Germany and survive the remaining two years ‘doing what he could to promote himself and avoid dying from hunger’ in Paris.

Before winning the prize in 1830 with the fairly scholastic cantata La mort de Sardanapale, Berlioz had already submitted attempts in the form of La mort d’Orphe (1827), Herminie (1828) and La mort de Cloptre (1829). In 1827, his Mort d’Orphe had been condemned as unplayable by the pianist who had to perform the piano reduction — one of the jury’s requirements. Berlioz seems to have been slightly more successful in the following year: the piano version of Herminie was admittedly playable, but the work was outstripped by the submission made by Ross-Despraux and only came second. The cantata Herminie would survive, however, not least because Berlioz derived the ide fixe from his Symphonie Fantastique from the work. The cantata, to a text by Pierre-Ange Vieillard, was inspired by Tasso’s ‘Gerusalemme liberata’. This was an epic set during the Crusades, recounting the tale of the Christian knight Tancredi and his love for the Muslim warrior Clorinda. In the passage set by Berlioz, the central figure is Princess Erminia of Antioch, who was also in love with Tancredi. She leaves Jerusalem — dressed in Clorinda’s armour — to aid Tancredi, who has been wounded following a duel with the Muslim knight Argantes

Tracklist:

01 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Rcit- Quel trouble te poursuit
02 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Air- Ah! Si de la tendresse
03 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Rcit- Que dis-je
04 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Air- Arrte! Arrte! Cher Tancrde
05 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Air- Venez, venez, terribles armes!
06 – Herminie, scne lyrique- Prire- Dieu des chrtiens
07 – La Captive, Op. 12
08 – La mort de Cloptre- Allegro vivace con impeto Rcit. Cen est donc fait!
09 – La mort de Cloptre- Lento cantabile.Ah! qu’ils sont loin ces jours, tourment de ma mmoire
10 – La mort de Cloptre- Mditation. Largo misterioso.Grands Pharaons, nobles Lagides
11 – La mort de Cloptre- Allegro assai agitato.Non! non, de vos demeures funbres

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Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend – Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (2014)
DSF Stereo DSD128/5.64 MHz | Time – 01:09:43 minutes | 5,5 GB | Genre: Classical
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“What is particularly amazing about the Mendelssohn symphonies is the fact that he is both harking back to old masters like Bach, and, as a child of his time, looking ahead. Especially his Italian and Scottish symphonies are pointing at the future, since, in my opinion, Mendelssohn lived in the era of discovery, of the Wanderer. Goethe came up with his young Werther, a guy who went away to discover the world and upon returning nothing looked the same. It’s a bit like the Wanderer in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich: the sea, the valley, the hills, the light — everything looked new, fresh and different. Mendelssohn was such a Wanderer. He had read Goethe, so he travelled a lot. He went to Scotland, Italy and England where he absorbed the newness of it all. And that is exactly what you can hear in his music: astonishment, translated into music using harmonies we knew but which in his hands sounded completely fresh and new. Having said that, you can also hear an old-school musical approach. Mendelssohn sometimes uses fugues or chorales we know from older styles. He was the first to bring back those trustworthy techniques — and that, in itself, was also new. He took those techniques on a journey and that i that his music isn’t being played more often. There are Beethoven, Brahms or Schumann programs all over the place, but where is Mendelssohn? Let me repeat: where is Mendelssohn?”

Tracklist:

01 – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11- I. Allegro di molto
02 – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11- II. Andante
03 – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11- III. Menuetto- allegro molto
04 – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11- IV. Allegro con fuoco
05 – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’- I. Introduction und Allegro agitato
06 – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’- II. Scherzo assai vivace
07 – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’- III. Adagio cantabile
08 – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’- IV. Allegro guerriero und Finale maestoso

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Kuijken Quartet, Michel Boulanger – Schubert: String Quintet D.956 (2015)
DSF Stereo DSD128/5.64 MHz | Time – 52:53 minutes | 4,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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No language has the words to describe the essence of Schubert’s deepest musical outpourings. Probably the greatest tribute is paid to music of this quality not by talking about it, but by listening to it. Listening, not once, but many times; not with half an ear, but not too analytically either: listening in astonishment and with an open mind. Even so, a bit of commentary can sometimes be helpful, if only to place a work in its context. The environment, in the form of time and space, is always the breeding ground for every work of art. If we say “a tree is known by its fruit”, it is interesting to take a closer look at the tree.

What tree produced a fruit like Schubert?

In the early nineteenth century, when Schubert was growing up and living in Vienna, the personal emotions of a poet (or composer, writer, painter) were of growing importance. At the same time as it was moving towards individual expression, art was still clearly leaning on its strong ‘classical’ foundations, the achievements of the late eighteenth century — but the borders had been shifted, towards monumental stature and towards small-scale intimacy (compare Beethoven’s development of the symphony and the string quartet to the many jewels of art songs written by his contemporaries, with Schubert leading the way). In short, from the waves of this renewal arose what we now know as romantic art, with its diverse range of emotions, now intensified, now held back…

Tracklist:

01 – String Quintet D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)- I. Allegro ma non troppo
02 – String Quintet D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)- II. Adagio
03 – String Quintet D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)- III. Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto
04 – String Quintet D. 956 (Op. posth. 163)- IV. Allegretto

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