1. REVO2. Red Hands3. Gang Of Rhythm4. Speeches5. Sometimes6. Shake7. Somebody That I Used To Know8. These Times9. Summer Vibe10. Money Tree11. No Ulterior Motives
Susanne Heinrich’s first solo release for Hyperion was a deliciously atmsopheric award-winning disc of music by Abel. She continues her exploration of the world of the viol with this fascinating selection of works by the English composer Tobias Hume. Hume is a paradoxical figure: sometime mercenary solider and popularly described as a dilettante, the suggestive titles of some of these pieces reinforce that picture—a picture that is belied by the music itself. Many of these works show a deep understanding of pure, translucent emotion, as if to take a magnifying glass straight to the core of one’s feelings. A sense of melancholy and sadness, enhanced by Heinrich’s sympathetic playing, entices the listener into a world of dark enchantment.
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Cave Of The Heart 2. I Walk These Streets 3. Children Of Paradise 4. Troubleshooter 5. Now More Than Ever 6. Three Words Away 7. Heart Of Stone 8. All Night Long 9. A Place In The Sun 10. At The End Of The Line 11. Velvet Touch 12. Eyes Of Fire 13. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter 14. Streetfight 15. Children Of Paradise (Original Demo) 16. Troubleshooter (Original Demo) 17. I Walk These Streets (12 Track Demo) 18. Now More Than Ever (12 Track Demo) 19. Skull Radio Advert CD 2 1. I Walk These Streets (Instrumental 4 Track) 2. Now More Than Ever (12 Track) 3. Streetfight (12 Track) 4. I Like My Music Loud 5. Head Over Heels 6. Guitar Commandos (Alternate) 7. Living On The Edge (Original Demo #1) 8. Living On The Edge (Original Demo #2) 9. King Of The Night (Rough Mix) 10. Little Black Book (12 Track) 11. Breaking The Chains (Live Rehearsal) 12. I Walk These Streets 13. This Side Of Paradise (Rough) 14. Guitar Commandos 15. Head Over Heels (Alternate) 16. Streetfight (Alternate) 17. Living On The Edge (Rough Mix) 18. Little Black Book (Alternate)
The Cantigas de Santa María are a group of more than 400 monophonic songs composed in Spain in the 1270s and 1280s at the court of King Alfonso X "El sabio" (The Wise) and often attributed to him. Wise he was indeed. A candidate for cloning, in fact -- Spanish culture under his reign successfully integrated Islamic, Jewish, and Christian elements. The Cantigas have come down to us as melodies, and artwork of the day gives us an idea of the mix of instruments that might have been used.This set of 21 Cantigas on two discs makes a convincing, integrated presentation, introducing the issues surrounding these works while providing the more casual listener with an attractive and varied group of medieval songs. The Cantigas chosen deal with episodes in the life of Mary, and it is easy to imagine that they might have been excerpted from the larger group even in their own time. Some tracks contain spoken narrative. The instrumentation chosen by Musica Antigua and its director Eduardo Paniagua emphasizes Arabic elements -- the darbuga (or darabouka) hand drum, Arab lutes, and the viols that represent European music's most direct link to the Arab world. The melodies are traded off between solo singers and small groups, and each song is given a setting appropriate to its text. "We recommend that you read the texts of these Cantigas tranquilly while listening to the music," say the liner notes. Good idea, but the only translation from medieval Spanish provided is into modern Spanish. Detailed summaries of each piece are given in English and French, however, and anyone with a smattering of Spanish will get the general idea if not all of the detail that gives the Cantigas their flavor. The album is well recorded, with carefully differentiated microphone treatment of the various blaring reeds, quiet lutes, and whispering flutes in this nicely varied recording.
Grigory Ginzburg (1904-1961) was perhaps the most astounding virtuoso to emerge in Soviet Russia and it is a tragedy that he was never allowed to travel to the west after the mid 1930’s. He focussed his repertoire very much on the 19th century Romantic period and, above all, in Liszt, and his prolific recordings include many of Liszt’s virtuosic opera paraphrases that had fallen into neglect. This CD is the second of two devoted to his earliest 78rpm recordings mainly dating from around 1950. These discs are extremely rare and many of the performances included will be unknown to even the most ardent collectors. Of particular interest to pianophiles will be his supremely elegant Strauss transcriptions and the Schumann arrangements of Paganini Caprices.
Tracklista:1. Do You Love Me (Like You Say You Do)2. Love Comes and Goes3. Honey Dove4. Money I$ King5. My World Is Empty6. Expressions Theme7. My World8. Ladies9. These Moments10. The Only One Loving You11. Last Ride
Tracklista:1. Clarinet Marmalade2. Lonesome Road3. When My Dreamboat Comes Home4. Black & White Rag5. Slide Frog Slide6. Save Your Sorrow7. Some of These Days8. My Maryland9. Oh How I Miss You Tonight10. Lassus Trombone11. In the Sweet By and By12. Panama
Paavo Järvi conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in these performances of Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6, recorded in 2011 and 2013, respectively, at the Rheingau Musik Festival.
Tracklista:1. History Jack2. Just for a Second3. Freckles4. Getting the Good Shirt Out for Court5. Hounds of Hell6. This Mightn't Be the Worst Thing That I've Ever Done7. Privileged Kids8. My Best Means a Lot to Me9. Almost Anything10. Glowing Creatures11. These Lights Are Cooking12. Paper Thin13. Blankets14. Two Syllables
Tracklista:1. Working for Jesus2. Stand By You3. Diamonds in Your Back Yard4. Saint Christopher5. What a Friend We Have in Jesus6. Shifting the Tide7. Jesus' Hand (Feat. Patrick McClary)8. Lord, Let Me Do Right9. You Are the Onliest (God I Know)10. These Things Shall Pass11. Lesser Man12. Old Rugged Cross