1. All I Want (LP Version) 03:322. My Old Man (LP Version) 03:333. Little Green (LP Version) 03:254. Carey (LP Version) 03:005. Blue (LP Version) 03:006. California (LP Version) 03:487. This Flight Tonight (LP Version) 02:508. River (LP Version) 04:009. A Case Of You (LP Version) 04:2010. The Last Time I Saw Richard (LP Version) 04:13
Tracklista: LP 1 1. Main Titles 2. Deceleration 3. Once Around Altair 4. The Landing 5. Flurry of Dust 6. A Shangri-la in the Desert 7. Graveyard -a Night with Two Moons 8. Robby, Make Me a Gown 9. An Invisible Monster Approaches 10. Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey 11. Love at the Swimming Hole 12. Morbius Study 13. Ancient Krell Music 14. The Mind Booster 15. Krell Shuttle Ride and Power Station 16. Giant Footprints in the Sand 17. Nothing Like This Claw Found in Nature 18. Robby, the Cook and 60 Gallons of Booze 19. Battle with Invisible Monster 20. Come Back to Earth with Me 21. The Monster Pursues - Morbius is Overcome 22. The Homecoming 23. Overture Reprise LP 2 1. The Mind Booster 2. Krell Shuttle Ride and Power Station 3. Giant Footprints in the Sand 4. Nothing Like This Claw Found in Nature 5. Robby, the Cook and 60 Gallons of Booze 6. Battle with Invisible Monster 7. Come Back to Earth with Me 8. The Monster Pursues - Morbius is Overcome 9. The Homecoming 10. Overture Reprise
Tracklista:1. Country2. Clean Up On Aisle Five3. Come Do a Little Life4. It's Just a Dog5. Everywhere6. Boy and a Girl Thing7. I Met Merle Haggard Today8. Take the Chance9. When I'm With You10. Love Her Like I Lost Her11. Behind This Guitar12. Give Me Jesus
Paul McCreesh has again assembled a vast internationl ensemble of over 400 artists including leading British soloists – Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray and Simon Keenlyside to recreate the specacular original performacnes of this great 19th century oratorio.
Francesca Caccini, or « La Cecchina », Florence-born composer. Soprano Shannon Mercer reveals herself has the perfect performer of her vocal oeuvre, heartfelt baroque music with a foot in the Renaissance era. Sylvain Bergeron (theorbo, baroque guitar), Luc Beauséjour (harpsichord, organ) and Amanda Keesmaat (cello) are the ideal musical companions on this path to baroque music discovery. One of the first album entirely devoted to Francesca Caccini.Discerning affinitiesFor musicians, whose individual career paths are constantly overlapping, it is not an uncommon experience for affinities to develop during joint projects. But occasionally, the synchronicity of such affinities can be completely unexpected. After having explored the liturgical repertoire of Vivaldi and Bach, as well as music from France, England and Wales, soprano Shannon Mercer wanted to tackle a program of 17th-century Italian music that would include works by the female composers Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini. At about the same time, harpsichordist and organist Luc Beauséjour came across the latter composer’s name in a work that mentioned she was known to Monteverdi. “He had spoken of the exceptional quality of her music, which piqued my curiosity,” explains Beauséjour. Over the summer, his research turned up facsimiles, and he suggested a reading session to get a better sense of Caccini’s musical personality. Given the variety and quality of these forgotten works, the idea of a recording project dedicated entirely to Caccini was a natural outcome.A full lifeBorn in Florence in 1587 and often nicknamed “La Cecchina” (the singing bird), Francesca Caccini first studied music under the watchful eye of her mother, a soprano, and her father, Giulio Caccini, a prolific and respected composer and member of the Florentine Camerata, a circle of artists dedicated to the representation of the human soul through music. Along with her brother Pompeo and sister Settimia, she was a member of the Concerto Caccini, an ensemble whose notable performances included singing at the marriage of Henri IV of France and Maria de Medici in 1600. Four years later, when the king heard her in Paris, he was profoundly moved. “You are the best singer in France,” he unequivocally stated and immediately offered her a position at court, but the Florentine officials refused to release her from her engagement. In 1607, Francesca’s reputation was solid enough to win her a position with the Medici as a teacher, singer, vocal coach and composer of lyric and chamber music. The same year, she married another court musician, Giovanni Battista Signorini, whom she bore a daughter. In 1617, while the couple toured Milan, Parma, Lucca, Savona, and Genova, the poet Gabriello Chiabrera wrote: “Unquestionably, she was seen as a marvel and, in just a few days, her reputation had spread far and wide.”Soon after the death of her first husband in December 1626, Francesca married a music-loving nobleman from Lucca, Tommaso Raffaelli, the father of her son. But Raffaelli died three years after their marriage, prompting her to return to the Medici court. In 1634, she took on the position as music teacher to the Medici princesses and to her own daughter, Margherita, with whom she also performed. She left the service of the Medici in 1641 and subsequently disappeared from the public record. She is buried in San Michele Visdomini cemetery in Florence, alongside her father and sister.A unique styleA singer, lutenist, guitarist, and harpsichordist, by 1614, she had become the best paid court musician anywhere. Over the years, she composed an impressive number of works, including at least 16 stage works, of which unfortunately remain only the manuscripts of La liberazione di Ruggiero—the first Italian opera performed outside of Italy—and excerpts from La Tancia and Il passatempo. An examination of the few remaining scores of her works indicates the high degree of attention she paid to musical notation, in the rhythmical placement of syllables and words, especially beneath ornaments, in explicit phrasing indications, and in the meticulous notation of her frequently long and fluid melismas.Francesca Caccini made use of surprising harmonies, which powerfully convey the various affects of the music. Instead of merely assuming their musical function, chords become colours. “She employed uniquely personal turns of phrase, especially in her cadential figures, and her bold dissonances do not always resolve where one would expect,” notes Beauséjour. “Cadences often end on a minor chord, when in Italy at the time, the major resolution was almost always preferred,” remarks Sylvain Bergeron, who also observes that “certain recurring melodic formulae are quite unusual.”A seminal workIn 1618 she published Il primo libro delle musiche, dedicated to Cardinal Charles de Medici, a striking portrait of the artist in 36 tableaux. The varied collection includes euphoric religious songs, emotionally troubling laments, madrigals and canzonettas expressing the joys and perils of love, inspired by her own poems. While most of the pieces were probably accompanied by theorbo at the time, the musicians on this recording decided to use a fuller continuo, as implied by the inclusion of a bass line in the score. “We felt we would do better service to the music by having a more varied and lively instrumentation, giving us a wider palette of sounds to choose from,” states Beauséjour. It was Bergeron who proposed the choice of musical colours. “Above all, I tried to match instrumentation to style. Hence, the secular songs (canzonettas, arias, romanescas, etc.) employ Baroque guitar, cello and harpsichord, while the sacred songs use organ, cello and occasionally theorbo. The lighter, more rhythmical pieces were better suited to Baroque guitar, while for the more serious pieces, theorbo was the appropriate choice. And for songs with several verses, I used the text itself as a guide.”In order to give the program some variety, the recording includes several instrumental tracks. Some songs were adapted for organ or cello, though strictly observing the written bass and melodic lines. The only works not by Francesca Caccini are Bergeron’s arrangement for Baroque guitar of four short songs by her father, Giulio, which Bergeron entitled Quattro Canzoni di mio padre, “as if Francesca had arranged a few of her father’s songs as a tribute.”In tackling the interpretive challenges of this little-known repertoire, Mercer had to take a new approach to the trills, while also working on the control and breathing required to sustain Caccini’s long phrases and on clearly conveying the text, which includes many sonorous images. “It’s almost as if we were creating something completely new, or solving an equation. We had to be spontaneous and creative, and use our improvisational skills, and that’s what I love most about this repertoire. But we were all driven by the importance of bringing the work to light and recognizing the talent of this remarkable composer.”© Lucie RenaudTranslation: Peter Christensen
Tracklista: CD 1. Goldfinger 2. Diamonds Are Forever 3. S'wonderful 4. Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 5. Never, Never, Never 6. New York, New York 7. Big Spender 8. The Lady Is A Tramp 9. As Long As He Needs Me 10. Something 11. I (Who Have Nothing) 12. I Want To Know What Love Is 13. This Is My Life 14. I Wish You Love 15. I Am What I Am DVD 1. Goldfinger 2. Diamonds Are Forever 3. S'wonderful 4. Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 5. Never, Never, Never 6. New York, New York 7. Big Spender 8. The Lady Is A Tramp 9. As Long As He Needs Me 10. Something 11. I (Who Have Nothing) 12. I Want To Know What Love Is 13. This Is My Life 14. I Wish You Love 15. I Am What I Am
Tracklista:1. With This Ending2. The Slag3. Saving4. This Is Not the New5. It Just Feels Right6. The Division of Hate7. I Don't Even Know You8. All You Want9. Hell On Wheels
Tracklista: 1. Scum 2. No Way Out 3. I Won't Survive 4. Murder Machine 5. Burn 6. There Will Be Blood 7. Alone 8. This Is Hell 9. With No Hope 10. The World Infested
1. Joy To The World 2. Carol Of The Bells 3. I Wonder As I Wander 4. Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance? 5. Masters In This Hall 6. The First Noel 7. How Far Is It To Bethlehem? 8. Pat-A-Pan 9. What Shall We Give To The Babe In The Manger? 10. One December Bright And Clear 11. Fantasy On 'What Child Is This?' 12. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 13. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head 14. Angels From The Realms Of Glory 15. Silent Night
Tracklista:1. American Lightning2. This Is Love3. Easy Way Out4. Take 95. Hypnotize My Heart6. Thank You, Mr. Downing7. Chronic Abduction8. Mothership to Mother Earth