Tracklista: 1. Monolith2. Ba****ds Luck3. Endurance (Ode to a Wasted Youth)4. My Way, My Way5. First Sin6. Take Down7. D.T.O.M8. Rise Up9. Blacklisted10. Turn Your Head Around11. Rub of the Green12. Sydney
The exclusive Chandos artist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is a master of this repertoire. This is his second concerto recording for the label, after his survey of the complete piano concertos by Bartók (CHAN 10610) which was released in September to high acclaim and voted ‘Orchestral Choice of the Month’ by the magazine BBC Music. Bavouzet’s complete recording of the piano music by Debussy also scooped awards from BBC Music and Gramophone, which wrote: ‘This could well be the finest and most challenging of all Debussy piano cycles.’ On this new release, Bavouzet is accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Yan Pascal Tortelier, a conductor steeped in the French tradition and utterly at home in this repertoire. The result is a totally idiomatic performance of these French masterpieces for piano and orchestra. Ravel’s light and brilliant Piano Concerto in G major is the intriguing result of a merging of classical models with the idioms and harmonies found in the popular jazz music of his day. At the time of composing this concerto, Ravel had just returned from his travels in the USA and the work is heavily influenced by the jazz music that he encountered there. However, in the second movement Mozart takes precedence, the piano’s theme closely modelled on the slow movement of his Clarinet Quintet; and Saint-Saëns’s sparkling semi-quavers fill the finale. The first performance of this work, given by Marguerite Long in Paris, was a great success, as was the European tour that followed. Another central piece is Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. The work was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, a concert pianist who had lost his right arm during the First World War. Although at firstWittgenstein did not take to its jazz-influenced rhythms and harmonies, he grew to like the piece. Speaking of the Concerto, Ravel said that he had been determined to make it sound ‘no thinner’ than one for both hands and noted that in the middle of the piece ‘innumerable rhythmic patterns are introduced which become increasingly compact’ and that ‘this pulsation increases in intensity and frequency’ before the various elements ‘contend with one another until they are brusquely interrupted by a brutal conclusion’. Also featured on this disc is Debussy’s Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra. Debussy was a highly self-critical composer and disowned or withdrew several of his early works; this piece was one of them. It was composed in 1889 – 90, and its premiere was scheduled, under Vincent d’Indy, almost as soon as the score was completed, but withdrawn by Debussy just as it was being put into rehearsal. The first performance did not take place until after Debussy’s death in 1918. Although the Fantaisie is the lone piano concerto by a composer regarded as one of the greatest among those who wrote for the piano, it remains one of Debussy's least frequently performed works even now. The work shows the influences of Fauré and Franck, and the piano does not figure as a solo instrument in the conventional concerto sense but rather as an equal partner with the orchestra, although the conventional three movements are still present. Completing the disc in a unique manner are six pieces for solo piano by Massenet. Most famous for his operas and suites for orchestra, Massenet wrote a quantity of very charming piano pieces, of which Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has selected some of the best. The music is typical of its composer – highly tuneful, richly textured, and utterly compelling – and conjures an atmosphere which only a Frenchman could achieve.
SPECIAL LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION 1. I CANT HOLD BACK 2. HIGH ON YOU 3. FIRST NIGHT 4. THE SEARCH IS OVER 5. BROKEN PROMISES 6. POPULAR GIRL 7. EVERLASTING 8. ITS THE SINGER NOT THE SONG 9. I SEE YOU IN EVERYONE 10. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
„(Demon i karzeł) jest zdecydowanie najbardziej intymna płyta, przy jakiej pracowałem. Powstała z olbrzymiej potrzeby rozliczenia się z lękami, słabościami i - jak sugeruje tytuł - demonami drzemiącymi głęboko w środku. Dlatego ten album był też bardzo dużym ryzykiem. Powstał jednak w sposób tak bezwarunkowy, że teraz tylko czas i słuchacze znają odpowiedź, czy warto było takie ryzyko podejmować” – opowiada o płycie lider zespołu Maciej Wasio.Zespół OCN powstał w 2012 roku na fundamentach formacji Ocean. Pierwszy album grupy – „Waterfall”, wyprodukował laureat Grammy, Vance Powell (min. The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Kings Of Leon, The Dead Weather). Tytułowy utwór z płyty dotarł na pierwsze miejsca rockowych list przebojów a kolejny singiel, „The First Cut” szybko powtórzył wynik poprzednika. Promując płytę, OCN pojawił się zarówno na festiwalach zagranicznych ( min. Reeperbahn Festival w Hamburgu czy Sziget Festival w Budapeszcie), jak i na najważniejszych festiwalach polskich (min. Jarocin Festiwal, Union of Rock Festival w Węgorzewie, Ursynalia Festival, Orange Warsaw Festival). Obecnie OCN tworzą Maciek Wasio - wokal, gitara, Michał Kaleciński - bas, wokal, Radek Owczarz – bębny.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi zaprasza do wysłuchania kolejnego albumu w mistrzowskim wykonaniu wybitnej gambistki Hille Perl, której towarzyszą: Andreas Arend (teorba), Veronika Skuplik (skrzypce), Clare Wilkinson (mezzosopran).W programie wybór dzieł angielskiego baroku m. in. takich kompozytorów jak: Blow, Purcell, Johnson czy Pilkington. To prawdziwa gratka dla miłośników muzyki baroku i wykonawstwa historycznego najwyższej próby. Tracklista: Part The First John Blow (1649–1708) 1. A Love Song From Amphion Anglicus, London 1700 2. Passamezzo Antico – Su Saltarello Improvisation For Theorbo On The Traditional Theme 3. Out Of This Wood Traditional Melody, Text By William Shakespeare From A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III Scene 1 Henry Eccles (C. 1680–1740) Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Basso Continuo From Premier Livre De Sonates A Violon Seul Et La Basse, Paris 1720 4. Largo 5. Corente 6. Adagio 7. Presto 8. L’amour De Moy Traditional Melody And Text Arranged By Jean Richafort (C. 1480–1550) With A Counterpoint For Theorbo 9. Passamezzo Moderno – Su Saltarello Improvisation For Theorbo On The Traditional Theme 10. Have You Seen The White Lily Grow? Attr. To Robert Johnson (C. 1583–1633), Text By Ben Jonson (1572–1637) 11. Come Wait Upon Him Traditional Melody, Text By William Shakespeare From A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III Scene I Intermezzo Henry Purcell (1658/9–1695) 12. ‘Twas Within A Furlong Of Edinborough Town From Delitiae Musicae, London 1696 · Text By Thomas D’urfey (1653–1723) Part The Second 13. Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair Traditional Christopher Simpson (C. 1606–1669) 14. Ground In E Minor For Bass Viol & B.C. From The Division Viol, London 1659 Godfrey Finger (C. 1655–1730) Sonata In A Major For Violin, Viola Da Gamba & B.C., Op. 1/3 From Sonatć Pro Diversis Instrumentis, London 1688 15. Adagio 16. Allegro 17. Adagio 18. Allegro – Adagio 19. I Will Give My Love An Apple Traditional Henry Purcell (1658/9–1695) 20. Music For A While From Orpheus Britannicus, Vol. II (1692) · Text By John Dryden (1631–1700) 21. Transition Music For A While Modulating To Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes 22. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes Anonymous Melody, Text By Ben Jonson (1572– 1637) Francis Pilkington (C. 1565–1683) 23. Rest, Sweet Nymphs From First Booke Of Songs Or Ayres, First Published 1605 24. Greensleeves Traditional Arranged by Andreas Arend (1–3, 8–13, 19, 21–24)
Tracklista:1. Dance Me to the End of Love2. The Future3. Ain't No Cure for Love4. Bird On the Wire5. Everybody Knows6. Anthem7. First We Take Manhattan8. Avalanche9. Chelsea Hotel #210. Tower of Song11. Democracy12. Waiting for the Miracle
Tracklista:1. Sin City2. Forget About Us3. Harrier4. Wellness Park6. Johnny the Fox5. The Ones That Get Away7. Take It Or Leave It8. First Night9. Dressed in White10. Bittersweet Nightshade11. Cardboard Box12. Sin City13. Full Tiltin'14. Nothing at All15. Faces
1. First Light2. Metrognome3. Tell Me4. Highways Of The Sun5. Unevensong6. One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night7. Elke8. Skylines9. Rain Dances10. First Light - BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert11. Metrognome - BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert12. Unevensong - BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert13. Skylines - BBC"Sight & Sound" In Concert14. Highways Of The Sun - BBC "Sight & Sound" In Concert15. One Of These Days I'll Get An Early Night - BBC "S"
FIRST PRESSING COMES AS A DIGI 1. THE WATERSPRITE 2. T.B.'S NOTION 3. STRANGE MOUNTAIN 4. HOW FORTUNATE THE MAN WITH NONE 5. THE FIERY FLOWER 6. MOONFACE IS DEAD 7. THE RIDDLE SEEKER
Tracklista: 1. Prelude2. Blizzard3. ProtoVision4. Odd Look5. Rampage6. Suburbia7. Testarossa Autodrive8. Nightcall9. Deadcruiser10. Grand Canyon11. First Blood12. Roadgame13. Endless