Tracklista:1. Octagon Hall Prelude2. Pale Horse3. Trouble My Heart (Oh Harriet)4. I've Seen the Elephant5. Sweetheart6. Last June Light7. The Story You Tell Yourself8. We Were Marching On Christmas Day9. Whistling Walk10. Good Old Flag11. Cursed Be the Wanderer12. Paddy's Lamentation13. Goodnight Mary14. The Orphans
Who is this mysterious “musa plebia” – Raffael’s beautiful mistress, the daughter of a baker? Or does the famous beauty not stand for the power of the poetry of the people, Arcadian source, and inspiration for the poets of the Renaissance?On this new release on the Raumklang label, the Italian musician Francis Biggi and his ensemble Lucidarium have succeeded in saving a musical treasure from oblivion: the centuries-old tradition of the sung recitation of verses that the poet-singer “invents” spontaneously exists to the present day in the folk music in several parts of Central Italy, on Sardinia and Corsica. This tradition demands flawless technique, solid knowledge of poetic meters and rhythms, musicality, a good ear, and a good voice – but above all: the singers, people from all walks of life, sing from the bottom of the heart about the muse who touches the heart, the tongue, and the mind. They improvise and sing their feelings, their outrage, their tenderness, and their dreams on the spur of the moment; they know how to share feelings and opinions with their audience; they analyze and comment upon the world with the wonderful weapon of poetry.Biggi frames these unique specimens of a waning culture with the most beautiful and the justifiably most famous songs and instrumental pieces of the Italian Renaissance. The North Italian courts of the fifteenth century were the fruitful soil in which a musical style could blossom, a style that blended the refined polyphony of the Franco-Flemish school with the Italian love of beautiful melody and clear counterpoint, and that in this way influenced the aesthetics of music throughout Europe way beyond the following century.
Tracklista:1. Coup2. Let3. War Is a Really Clever Metaphor for Divorce4. Where Baseball Was Invented5. You Turn On Utopia6. Sepia Good Times7. This Song Has a Name But We Don't Like to Talk About It8. Motor Skills9. Chewed Up Cheeks
Tracklista:1. Tomb2. All to the Wind3. You Needed Love I Needed You4. I Could Be Wrong5. Tide6. Kaitlin7. Time8. Somewhere Far Away from Home9. Wanderer10. A Good Man's Light11. Bird Has Flown12. All Your Life
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Arrivederci Roma 2. There's no tomorrow 3. On an evening in Roma 4. My heart reminds me 5. Vieni su 6. Love 7. Cha cha cha d'amour 8. Two loves have I 9. O love you much too much 10. Let me love you tonight 11. My one and only love 12. I wish you love 13. If love is good to me 14. For sentimental reasons 15. Somebody loves you 16. A hundred years from today 17. Senza fine 18. Dame su amor 19. Baby-O 20. Just close your eyes 21. Tik-a-tee, tik-a-tay 22. C'est si bon 23. The poor people of Paris 24. The River Seine 25. I love Paris 26. The last time I saw Paris 27. Miimi 28. April in Paris 29. Darling, je vous aime beaucoup CD 2 1. Gigi 2. La Vie en rose 3. C'est magnifique 4. Mam'selle 5. Manana 6. South of the border 7. Tangerine 8. In a little spanish town 9. El Rancho grande 10. What a difference a day made 11. Always in my heart 12. Magic is the moonlight 13. Bésame mucho 14. From the bottom of my heart 15. Who's got the action? 16. La Paloma 17. Sam's Song 18. Any time 19. Room full of roses 20. My heart cries for you 21. I'm so lonesome I could cry 22. Shutters and boards 23. Sining the Blues 24. Ain't gonna try anymore 25. Face in the crowd 26. Things 27. Blue, blue day 28. Hey, good lookin' 29. I walk the line
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Tears Baby 2. It's Your Voodoo Working 3. Seven Day Fool 4. I Wanna Be Free 5. The Wrong Girl 6. Sugar Dumpling 7. That's a Good Idea 8. But I Still Do 9. Love Must Be Taboo 10. I've Got a Claim On You 11. Flaming Mamie 12. Come On Home 13. I Know What Love Is All About 14. She's So Fine 15. Up in Smoke 16. Walk to the Bottom of the Sea 17. With a Smile (On My Face) 18. Take a Giant Step (Walk On) 19. Too Young 20. Stop Running Around 21. Troubles 22. I'm Going Home 23. Miracles 24. You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength 25. Sherry CD 2 1. Troubles (Feat. Johnny Heartsman's Band) 2. What's the Matter With Me 3. Won't You Let Me Know 4. Sweet Baby of Mine 5. Catch the Teardrop 6. What a Mess 7. You Broke My Heart 8. Baby (Don't Leave) 9. Thrid Window from the Right 10. Earthquake 11. Theme from the Rat Race 12. It Hurts Too Much to Cry 13. You're a Little Too Late 14. Now That You've Gone 15. Come On and Tell Her 16. So Good 17. Lovin' Time 18. Tie Me Tight 19. Ol' Man River 20. I'm the One 21. Castle in Sky 22. Don't Feel Sorry for Me 23. The Palm of Your Hand 24. Arabia 25. If Your Mother Only Knew
Tracklista:1. Above the Treeline2. Perry Wallis3. Parsons Gate Reunion4. The Only Child5. Ghost Republic6. Rattle and Hiss7. Take No Place8. Good Morning Wadlow9. Piece of Pie10. The Early Hour11. Incident at Mono Lake12. New Year's Eve13. Oh We Wait
Tracklista:1. I Ain't Gonna Do It2. Bugle Call Rag/Pig Ankel Strut3. Don't You Worry4. Doctor Charlie's Medicine Show5. Lonesome Day Blues6. You Got To Live And Let Die7. Fenny Lou8. Lindberg Hop9. Twilights Blues10. Weeping Willow11. Don't Blame Shorty For That12. Mister Snake Doctor Man13. 'Fore Day Creep14. My Good for Nothin' Gal15. Memphis Minnie She Used To Shake hat Thing16. The Big 40
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Pretender (Crystal Rock & Marc Kiss Remix Edit) 2. Spinnin' Around (Radio Edit) 3. Home (Feat. Lola Rhodes) 4. That Feeling (Feat. Corinna Jane) [Perfect Pitch Remix] 5. Zourna 6. Feel Good (Original Radio Edit) 7. The Joker 8. Believe (Exyt Remix) 9. Bora Bora 2.0 (Festival Bang) 10. Feels Good (Radio Edit) 11. Let You Go (Radio Edit) 12. Bounce That Ass 13. Lost You (Marcel Aquila Remix) 14. More Gain 15. Let Me Hear You Calling (Feat. Akon) [Trillogee Remix] 16. You Made Me 17. Feeling (Ethan Sparks Remix Edit) 18. Freaky (Blaikz & Sunny Marleen Remix Edit) 19. Greece 2000 (Radio Edit) 20. Shade In My Heart (Single Edit) CD 2 1. Don't Let Go (Feat. King & White) [Serbsican Remix] 2. Alright (Original Radio Edit) 3. Dying 2 Live (Feat. Anthony Meyer) 4. Gotta Let You Go (Trash Gordon Remix) 5. Dancing All Life (Valiant Kings & Sonny Vice Radio Edit) 6. Odyssey (Original Mix) 7. So Many Faces (Radio Edit) 8. Get Down 9. In The Morning Light (Adaptiv Remix) 10. Lucky Door (Blackbonez Remix) 11. Feel Alive (Feat. Brian) [Radio Edit] 12. Bring Me 2 Life (Feat. Jessia) [Radio Edit] 13. U Got My Body (Single Edit) 14. No More Lies (Radio Edit) 15. Descarado (Radio Edit) 16. Front To The Back (Original Mix) 17. Tango (Tale & Dutch Remix Edit) 18. Dance With Me (Feat. Nisa) [Jason Parker Remix Edit] 19. Lover (Feat. Snoop Dogg) [Andrea Damante Remix] 20. Magic Trix
Tracklista: CD 1 1. The Only Way Is Up 2. Where Has All The Love Gone? 3. Got To Share 4. Fine Time 5. Stand Up For Your Love Rights 6. Wanted On The Floor 7. Something Special 8. Systematic People 9. Turn It Up 10. The Only Way Is Up (7" Edit) 11. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (7" Version) 12. Fine Time (7'' Version) 13. Where Has All The Love Gone? (7" Version) 14. Bad House Music (7" Version) 15. Treat Me Good (7" Version) 16. I Want Your Love (7" Version) 17. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (U.S. Remix) 18. Dream (Juan Atkins Remix) CD 2 1. The Only Way Is Up (12" Version) 2. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (12" Version) 3. Fine Time (12" Version) 4. Where Has All The Love Gone (Ghetto Mix) 5. Treat Me Good (Extended Version) 6. Bad House Music (12" Version) 7. The Only Way Is Up (The Bam Bam Remix) 8. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (The Stadium Disco Mix) 9. Fine Time (Sound Iration Mix) 10. Where Has All The Love Gone? (U.S. Extended Remix) 11. Got To Share (U.S. Extended Remix) 12. Yazz Megamix (Single Version) CD 3 1. The Only Way Is Up (Remix) 2. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (U.S. Extended Remix) 3. Wanted On The Floor (Remix) 4. Where Has All The Love Gone? (Remix) 5. Treat Me Good (Three Amigos Mix) 6. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (12" Y'Azzid Mix!) 7. The Only Way Is Up (The Up Up Up Mix) 8. Treat Me Good (Open Heart Mix) 9. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (She's Crazy Mix) 10. Treatment 11. Stand Up For Your Love Rights (What It Is! Mix) 12. Yazz Megamix (Maxi Version)