Tracklista: 1. Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 2. Romanze (Cello-Romanze, for violin) 3. Little Scherzino, Op. 3/4 4. Zueignung, Op. 10/1 5. Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29/1 6. Cäcilie, Op. 27/2 7. Wiegenlied, Op. 41/1 8. “Aber der Richtige...“ From “Arabella”
For its first recording on the ATMA label, the ensemble Masques presents Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concerts, one of the most important collections from the Baroque repertoire.Under the Aritstic direction of Olivier Fortin, Ensemble Masques is made up of some of the best young Canadian musicians playing on period instruments. The ensemble was created in Montreal in 1998 to perform the vocal and instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Masques collaborates with talented young Europeans, and with performers from a wide range of backgrounds.
“Josquin is the master of notes” – This well-known quotation from Martin Luther describes how re-nowned Josquin des Préz (ca. 1450–1521) was already during his lifetime throughout Europe. Moreover, in the ensuing centuries the fascination with his work did not abate. He was the first composer who freed music from the predominant force of the cantus firmus and placed his formative genius above musical tradition. For many years the Kammerchor Josquin des Préz has successfully devoted its efforts to the musical opus of Josquin and in addition to the Missa Pange Lingua the choir presents lesserknown works on this, its debut CD.
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Small Batch O' Nod 2. Furlough Fling 3. Ain't That Just Like A Man 4. The Gee Chee Love Song 5. Cuban Sugar Mill 6. Bashful Baby Blues 7. Am I Blue 8. Day By Day 9. I Got The Sun In The Morning 10. Try A Little Tenderness 11. What Is This Thing Called Love 12. Don't You Believe It Dear 13. Lunar Rhapsody 14. Possession 15. Dance Of The Winds 16. Virgin Of The Sun God 17. Lure Of The Unknown Love 18. Mona Lisa 19. The Greatest Inventor Of Them All 20. My Heart Cries For You 21. Music By The Angels 22. Zing Zing 23. The Roving Kind 24. Beautiful Brown Eyes 25. At The Close Of A Long, Long Day CD 2 1. Too Young 2. Because Of You 3. Unless 4. Quiet Village 5. Quiet Village 6. A Weaver Of Dreams 7. The Story Of My Wife 8. Shrimp Boats Are A Comin' (There's Dancin' Tonight) 9. As Long As The River Flows On 10. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 11. Blue Tango 12. I'm Yours 13. Kiss Of Fire 14. Lonely Wine 15. Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart 16. Indian Summer 17. Suddenly 18. April In Portugal 19. Romantic Rio 20. When You're Mine 21. All I Want Is A Chance 22. Ruby 23. I Love Paris 24. Gigi 25. Tropicana 26. Julie 27. Elaine (Gitane) CD 3 1. Cornflakes 2. Lust 3. If You Were Mine 4. Atlantis 5. Wake The Town And Tell The People 6. Midnight On The Cliffs 7. Dream Rhapsody 8. Venezuela 9. Bésame Mucho 10. Blues In The Night 11. The High And The Mighty 12. When You're In Love 13. I Ain't Mad At You Honey Baby 14. Blue Mirage 15. Unchained Melody 16. Blue Star (The Medic Theme) 17. If I Love 18. I'll Never Stop Loving You 19. The Shrike 20. The Poor People Of Paris (Jean's Song) 21. Simba 22. The Trouble With Harry 23. Down In Mexico 24. I'm Gonna Walk 25. Tango Of The Drums 26. Melodia Loca 27. Sinner Man 28. The Left Arm Of Buddha CD 4 1. Taboo 2. Deep Night 3. The Breeze And I 4. Nightingale 5. Temptation 6. Afro Deesia 7. Brazilian Bash 8. Bustin' The Bongos 9. Poppin' Panderos 10. Gringo 11. Tahiti (A Summer Night At Sea) 12. Shanghai Rickshaw 13. City Of Veils 14. Hong Kong Cable Car 15. Tramp Steamer To Singapore 16. La Panse (The Little Flower) 17. Giant 18. Love Theme From 'A Farewell To Arms' 19. Dance From 'Bonjour Tristesse' 20. Dance Everyone Dance 21. Piccolissima Serenata 22. Milord 23. Voodoo Dreams 24. Pyramid Of The Sun 25. Pepe 26. Theme From 'Manchurian Candidate' 27. Manchurian Beat
Tracklista:1. Danger of Death2. Tower Block Terror3. Cradle to Grave4. Gender Control5. Crash & Burn6. Blood Money7. Teminator Technology8. Death from Above9. Genocide Agenda10. We Won't Eat the Dead11. Robot Dystopia
2-płytowe wydawnictwo zawiera przecudowny koncert Ennio Morricone, który odbył się w 2007 roku w Weronie oraz Rzymie. Wszystkie nagrania skomponował a także dyrygował 90-osobową orkiestrą Rome Sinfonietta sam Morricone. Opakowano w elegancki, gustowny , rozkładany digipack. Tracklista: CD 1 1. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Main Title) 2. Once Upon A Time In The West 3. A Fistful Of Dynamite 4. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (The Ecstasy Of Gold) 5. The Working Class Goes To Heaven 6. Casualties Of War 7. The Desert Of The Tartars 8. Richard Iii 9. The Desert Of The Tartars (Reprise) 10. Gabriel's Oboe (From Movie "The Mission") 11. The Mission 12. In Earth As It Is In Heaven (From "The Mission") CD 2 1. Deborah's Theme (From "Once Upon A Time In America") 2. Cinema Paradiso 3. The Master And Margaret 4. Canone Inverso - Making Love 5. Rampage 6. Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion 7. Battle Of Algiers 8. Love Theme (From 1900)
Tracklista:1. Strolling Down the Highway2. Smokey River3. Oh How Your Love Is Strong4. I Have No Time5. Finches6. Veronica7. Needle of Death8. Do You Hear Me Now?9. Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me10. Alice's Wonderland11. Running from Home12. Courting Blues13. Casbah14. Dreams of Love15. Angie16. Instrumental Medley17. Angie
Tracklista:1. Last Caress2. Astro Zombies3. Where Eagles Dare4. Some Kinda Hate5. Hybrid Moments6. Hatebreeders7. Teenagers from Mars8. Attitude9. Angelf*ck10. Skulls11. Die, Die My Darling
With its ability to delicately suggest, obliquely seduce, and transport us to an “elsewhere” whose quaint, old-fashioned colours have nevertheless lost nothing of their power, is not the harp the perfect instrument to transform beloved works from the piano and symphonic repertoire into a series of elusive tableaux? Harpist Valérie Milot answers a definitive “Yes!” with several interpretations of works by Satie, Smetana, Debussy, and Liszt.Published in 1888 but not gaining real popularity until 1910, Satie’s three Gymnopédies are highly unusual and flout many of classical music’s rules. Inspired by Flaubert’s Salammbô, these ethereal dances are part of an Ancient Greek theme that runs through Satie’s entire oeuvre.Composed two years after Satie’s triptych, Debussy’s “Claire de lune” (from his Suite bergamasque), with its fluidity reminiscent of spoken language, likely takes its inspiration from a poem of the same name by Verlaine. A masterwork of Impressionism, the piece alternates subdued passages with sections of great emotional power, giving the impression of having captured an ephemeral moment in time.This perpetual motion is also conveyed in Smetana’s “The Moldau,” the second of six tone poems in the cycle Má Vlast (My Country), which suggests both the river itself and the landscapes and scenes encountered along its banks, before it ultimately empties into the Elba: a forest hunt, a country wedding, or nymphs frolicking in the moonlight.Liszt’s Liebesträume (Dreams of Love) No. 3 was written both to accompany a poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath, the sentiment of which is part of its duration (“O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst,”or “love as long as you can”) and as an independent piano work. The sweeping melody line seems to be borne along by a breath that regenerates itself throughout the work’s three sections.“The watercolours of this goldsmith-poet seem to be washed with a rutilant glow, the patina of the treasures of One Thousand and One Nights” (Edmond and Jules de Goncourt)A versatile instrument, able to move from refined elegance to tempestuous boldness, the harp also manages to elude stereotypes. With a few deft musical phrases, it can evoke poetic narratives whose power often goes beyond the words, images or places that inspired them.Composed in 1950 and dedicated to harpist Phia Berghout, Pour le tombeau d’Orphée by Marius Flothuis encompasses the very essence of the Dutch composer’s style: a search for purity and balance but also a union of form and content, as practiced by his musical influences, Mozart and Debussy. With a multitude of short motifs that he varies almost infinitely, Flothuis brilliantly conveys the sense of wandering inherent to the story of Orpheus, who goes to save his Eurydice but who does not return unscathed.A student of Martenot and Hasselmans (whom he succeeded at the Paris Conservatory), Marcel Lucien Tournier contributed enormously to expanding the harp’s harmonic and technical palette and trained an entire generation of harpists. While he composed extensively for orchestra, piano, violin, cello, and voice, his most interesting works are those dedicated to his own instrument. Composed in 1932, his Suite No. 4 Images offers three evocative tableaux: the captivating “Volière magique,” “Cloches sous la neige,” with its interplay of registers, and the ethereal “Danse du moujik,” with its multiple glissando effects.Légende, the first large-scale work by Henriette Renié, was written in 1901 after the poem Les Elfes by the Parnassian Leconte de Lisle. The following year, it would appear on the program of all her concerts with the Orchestre Lamoureux. The poem tells the story of a knight riding through the forest to his betrothed. The Elf Queen tries to seduce him, but he resists, explaining that the love of his life awaits him. Angry, the Queen lays a hex on him. He escapes only to encounter a ghost on the road. Believing it to be a demon, he curses it (“Out of my way, despicable ghost / For I am off to marry my sweet-eyed beauty”), only to realize, too late, that the phantom is, in fact, his beloved. “Oh my dear husband, the eternal grave / Shall be our wedding bed,” she replies. Realizing his mistake, he chooses to join her in the grave. Renié’s treatment of the text (which includes a ritornello repeated seven times) is essentially Romantic yet daring in its handling of the melodic and harmonic material, the work’s virtuosity emerging subtly through effects of register and timbre, which deftly expand on the poet’s words.Many composers have attempted to extract a sound, a colour, or an inspiration from the fertile ground of Spain, cradle of flamenco; few have succeeded better in conveying its diversity than Isaac Albéniz. In Zaragoza (Saragossa), taken from his second Suite española, he sketches a portrait of the city, primarily by way of traditional Aragon jotas. While his penchant for wide chords and flamboyant colours is evident, the exuberant crowds and the bustle of public celebrations are also palpable in the folksong-like harmonies.
This compilation includes some of the best-known works of Chopin, featuring the "Revolutionary Etude", the Barcarolle Op. 60, the Second Sonata and the Fantaisie-Impromptu. These works, from the intimate Nocturnes to the symphonic drama of the B Minor Sonata, offer a good overview of the genius of Chopin.