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Whether one uses the slightly anachronistic term »cantata«, or the more appropriate geistliches Konzert (»sacred concert«) to describe the form of sacred vocal music created during the course of the 17th century in the northern German lands, one is struck, above all, on listening to this music, by the depth of feeling — a blend of humility, pain and anguish — on the one hand, and by the power of the musical composition itself on the other. The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) was the stage for bloody clashes, joined in the name of religion, attended by their cortege of atrocities, famines and epidemics, resulting not only in destruction, but also, above all, a deep demoralisation. What faith could reside in Man, when his spirit could only hope to find rest in the afterlife? It was a period for reflection on the misery of the human condition, on the precariousness of life, on the futility of engagement, somewhere between culpability and mortification, lucidity and cynicism, doubt and despair.The 17th century in Germany witnessed a power struggle between the solidly anchored traditions and a renewing musical trend, and over the course of a few decades the forces of innovation would move from a marginal position to one of dominance.Religious musical practice consisted largely of plainchant melodies, supplemented by the polyphonic repertoire from the beginning of the century, or even of the previous one. The stile antico was considered more suitable for devotional and reflective purposes. A certain hostility towards the new Italian style, generally considered to be artificial and contrived, was expressed most clearly by the Pietists, led by Johann Arndt. This group — flowing from their conviction that the scriptures and their theological commentary were at first sight impenetrable to the laity, and so were failing to fulfil their pastoral task - insisted on the need for better guidance in bible-reading, encouraged group discussion and individual study of specialist literature, and demanded simplification of the texts and their musical setting. They took issue with the inadequacy, in their ears, of Italian music, comprised as it was of »animal noises«, and recommended rather the use of polyphonic music in the sacred sphere to promote reflection and devotion. Flowing logically from their principles, they also promoted a new form of »spiritual song«, ironically inspired by the Italian strophic aria — the only concession to the stile moderno — as a melodically simple and musically sober form in exclusive service of the comprehension of the text.Opposed to the Pietists in the debate about the role music was to be afforded within the protestant liturgy was an orthodox current decidedly more open to new developments in music. The expressive content of the text as a whole, and its Affekt, were considered more important than its word-by-word comprehensibility. Music, as a gift of God, was the principal conduit for fitting homage to him. An increasingly important element in sacred music would be the representation of emotional drama, requiring a compositional method unashamedly elaborate, even virtuosic, one reinforcing further the role of instruments — and gratifying an existing predilection in Germany for instrumental music.


  • Wykonawca Kooij Peter , L'Armonia Sonora
  • Data premiery 2011-05-01
  • Nośnik CD
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„Beacon Theatre: Live From New York” to tytuł DVD Joe Bonamassy. Materiał został zarejestrowany w listopadzie 2011 roku, a na scenie gościnnie pojawili się John Hiatt, Paul Rodgers oraz Beth Hart. Całość powstała przy współpracy tej samej ekipy, która realizowała ostatnie DVD artysty, „Live From The Royal Albert Hall”. „Beacon Theatre – Live From New York” będzie dostępne jako podwójne DVD i Blu-Ray. Tracklista: 1. Subway Blues 2. Slow Train 3. Cradle Rock 4. When The Fire Hits The Sea 5. Midnight Blues 6. Dust Bowl 7. The River 8. I'll Take Care Of You w/Beth Hart 9. Sinner's Prayer w/Beth Hart 10. You Better Watch Yourself 11. Steal Your Heart Away 12. Bird On A Wire 13. Down Around My Place w/John Hiatt 14. I Know A Place w/John Hiatt 15. Blue And Evil 16. Fire And Water w/Paul Rodgers 17. Walk In My Shadows w/Paul Rodgers 18. Mountain Time 19. Young Man Blues  


  • Wykonawca Bonamassa Joe
  • Data premiery 2012-03-26
  • Nośnik DVD
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1. UNTIL DAWN 2. A LOVE LIKE THIS 3. SLOW ROLE 4. IN THE HOUSE 5. LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY 6. FROM THE HEART 7. AFTER MIDNIGHT 8. PEACE OF MIND 9. ROYAL GROOVE 10. SWEET DESIRE


  • Wykonawca Waters Kim
  • Data premiery 2001-08-15
  • Nośnik CD
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1 Honky Tonk Man2 Guitars, Cadillacs3 Little Sister4 Little Ways5 Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose6 Streets Of Bakersfield / Buck Owens7 I Sang Dixie8 Long While Cadillac9 You're The One10 Suspicious Minds11 It Only Hurts When I Cry12 Ain't That Lonely Yet13 A Thousand Miles From Nowhere14 Fast As You15 Crazy Little Thing Called Love16 I Want You to Want Me17 Things Change18 The Late Great Golden State19 The Back Of Your Hand


  • Wykonawca Yoakam Dwight
  • Data premiery 2004-01-01
  • Nośnik CD
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Hyperion’s record of the month for May brings us the monumental Monteverdi Vespers—a perennial bastion of the choral repertory, and the fifth release in The King’s Consort’s acclaimed series: ‘The definitive representation of Monteverdi on disc’ (BBC Music Magazine).In 1610, disgruntled with his lot as choirmaster to the Duke of Mantua, Monteverdi set about compiling what was to become one of the most significant choral publications in history. At its heart lies the Vespers—a blistering array of virtuosic solo movements and magisterial choruses to texts from which can be assembled music suitable for any Solemn Vespers, whatever the forces available. Many movements offer abridged versions and a complete alternative Magnificat is provided. This performance is of the full work in all its opulent glory, with the addition of the simplified Magnificat and the Missa In illo tempore—a setting of the Mass without which no liturgical publication of the time could have been complete.And what a recording this turns out to be. As the cornerstone of The King’s Consort’s twenty-fifth anniversary concert series, the Vespers scored a knockout performance at The Sage Gateshead in February this year. Over the following weekend Robert King led the same jubilant forces in the creation of this recording, the fruit of some two-and-a-half decades of research and performance—the glorious result being a rendition cut free from transient artifice and embued with a degree of fully formed confidence that can only spring ‘from the heart’.A dazzling array of soloists join King—his choir and orchestra on top form—in presenting this new recording of a true masterpiece to the world: a project made possible by the generosity of all the many hundreds of people who donated to Hyperion’s appeal for recording funds in 2005.


  • Wykonawca The King's Consort
  • Data premiery 2006-01-01
  • Nośnik CD
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1.1. CLOUD NINE 1.2. RUNAWAY CHILD RUNNING WILD 1.3. PSYCHEDELIC SHACK 1.4. I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU 1.5. DON'T LET THE JONESES GET YOU DOWN 1.6. MESSAGE FROM A BLACK MAN 1.7. SLAVE 1.8. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN HEAVEN AND HELL RIGHT HERE ON 1.9. HUM ALON


  • Wykonawca The Temptations
  • Data premiery 2003-12-04
  • Nośnik CD
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Długo wyczekiwany studyjny album grupy Lebowski – „Galactica”. Ponad 60 minut znakomitej muzyki w mistrzowskiej realizacji. Music by Marcin Łuczaj & Marcin Grzegorczyk Produced by Marcin Grzegorczyk Mixed and engineered by Dariusz Kabaciński Mastering by Tom Mayer from Master&Servant Photo by Wiktor Franko Guest : Katarzyna Dziubak – vocal, Dariusz Kabaciński – mandolin


  • Wykonawca Lebowski
  • Data premiery 2019-05-24
  • Nośnik CD
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