Tracklista: 1. Out Of This Place 2. Bad Boy For Love 3. Assault And Battery 4. Tramp 5. We Can't Be Beaten 6. Butcher And Fast Eddy 7. Rock And Roll Is King 8. Texas 9. One Of The Boys 10. Branded 11. Revenge 12. Juice On The Loose 13. Rock And Roll Outlaw 14. Scarred For Life
Tracklista: 1. Stomp!2. Light Up the Night3. You Make Me Wanna Wiggle4. Treasure5. This Had to Be6. All About the Heaven7. Smilin' On Ya8. Closer to the One That You Love9. Celebrations
Tracklista:1. Are You Ready2. Weekend3. To Be Mine4. Stammer & Sin5. Knock Yourself6. Never Let You Go7. Mama Bear8. Motorcycle Girl9. Marco Polo10. Phantom On the Hill11. This Car12. Too Much, Too Soon, Too Fast13. Always14. I Don't Care15. The Dump16. Only Just Begun
Following Ensemble Caprice’s first recording of Vivaldi’s sacred music ( Gloria! Vivaldi and his Angels) we return to Vivaldi’s Venice and find ourselves yet again within the confines of the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage where, beginning in 1703, Vivaldi, the Red Priest, not only taught the orphan girls violin and singing (!), but also composed many of his most dazzling concertos as well as a substantial part of his highly inspired corpus of sacred music. To this day, it seems almost unbelievable that these very demanding scores could be successfully performed by young women. However, their concerts must have been of a very high standard, judging from the celebrity status they enjoyed throughout Europe. Of course the picturesque scenario of young women performing in church undoubtedly fired the imagination of countless listeners who would come from far and wide to hear the orphans perform musical miracles in Venice. In 1720 an English traveler, Edward Wright, gives us the following account of those events: Every Sunday and holiday there is a performance of music in the chapels of these hospitals, vocal and instrumental, performed by the young women of the place, who are set in a gallery above and, though not professed, are hid from any distinct view of those below by a lattice of ironwork. The organ parts, as well as those of other instruments, are all performed by the young women. They have a eunuch for their master, and he composes their music. Their performance is surprisingly good, and many excellent voices are among them. And this is all the more amusing since their persons are concealed from view. It was both absurd and comical for Wright to assume that the composer was a eunuch, but it shows how the imagination of the male listeners got carried away when hearing those celestial angelic sounds produced by an invisible female orchestra and choir. After having met Vivaldi in Venice in 1739, a French jurist, Charles de Brosse, reports that …about forty girls take part in every concert. I vow to you that there is nothing so diverting as the sight of a young and pretty nun in white habit, with a bunch of pomegranate blossoms over her ear, conducting the orchestra and beating time with all the grace and precision imaginable. Further proof of the incredible quality (and attraction) of these concerts is provided by no less a celebrity than the sophisticated French philosopher (and part-time composer) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who in 1743 had nothing but praise for the achievements of the young girls: Every Sunday, vocal music for a large chorus with a large orchestra, which is composed and directed by the greatest masters in Italy, is performed in barred-off galleries solely by girls, of whom the oldest is not twenty years of age. One can conceive of nothing as voluptuous, as moving, as this music. Knowing for instance that J.S. Bach only heard his own sacred music sung publicly in church by boys and men and never by women, we can only assume how much the titillation of these exciting rumours about the female choir and orchestra in Venice must have stirred the imagination of music lovers north of the Alps. During the course of the present recording, we move from Vivaldi’s description of war to his musical depiction of the joys of peace. Juditha triumphans Juditha triumphans from 1716 is the best known of the Vivaldi oratorios (of which only four have survived). Subtitled Sacrum Militare Oratorium, it relates the gruesome Old Testament story of Judith, a beautiful widow chosen by God to put an end to the life of the Assyrian general Holofernes – who was out to destroy her hometown – by decapitating him. At the time the oratorio was composed, the Republic of Venice was engaged in its 6th war against the Ottoman Empire and despite its ultimate triumph in 1718, the situation looked rather bleak two years earlier after two successive crushing defeats by the strong Ottoman army. In a typical baroque crossover mingling religious and worldly matters on the same battlefield, the oratorio Juditha triumphans was obviously aimed at strengthening the war efforts of the Venetian Republic. We know that this oratorio was performed at the Ospedale della Pietà, with an all-(young)-woman cast on both vocal and instrumental parts. It could only have added to the already wide range of exotic sensations when the overwhelmed listener heard these young women in nun’s habits engaging in musical warfare. Gloria, RV 588 However, let us not forget that Vivaldi’s talent also radiated its light upon the depiction of peace. The intense plea Et in terra pax (from Gloria RV 588), with its gripping harmonic tensions, serves as a worthy final statement for this recording, where war is gradually replaced by the hope for peace. Psalms, Concertos, Motet On the road towards peace we encounter brilliant psalm settings with powerful rhythms in choir and orchestra (In exitu Israel RV 604, Laudate Dominum RV 606), two virtuoso concertos for multiple soloists (RV 566 and RV 563) and a beautiful solo motet O qui coeli terraeque serenitas RV 631, praising serenity in heaven and on earth. Vivaldi entertained a close relationship with Dresden, the Florence of the Elbe, both as a performing artist and as a composer; indeed, his pieces were frequently performed at court. One of his illustrious colleagues in Dresden, Jan Dismas Zelenka, was obviously inspired by Vivaldi’s sacred music when he composed the heart-rending lament Misera Madre in which Mary’s suffering at the foot of the cross is set for high-voice choir. It becomes quite obvious from the striking dissonances in this piece that the transition from war to peace is not always an easy one… And just as our plea for peace is here put forward with music from the past, we fervently hope that peace will reign in our present time and the future: Et in terra pax! © Matthias Maute, Montreal, 2011
Jeden z najbardziej cenionych raperów na świecie postanowił przypomnieć wszystkim o swoich największych przebojach! Wydany pod nazwą „The Hits Collection Vol.1″ album jest pierwszą bestówką w karierze muzyka. Płyta trafi do sklepów 5 listopada.W zestawie znajdą się m.in. numery: „Public Service Announcement”, „D.O.A.”, „Run This Town” (feat. Rihanna, Kanye West), „Empire State Of Mind” (feat. Alicia Keys) czy “Encore”.Dyskografię nowojorczyka zamyka platynowy album „The Blueprint 3″, wydany we wrześniu 2009 roku.
"A Perfect World" to najbardziej dopracowane i dojrzałe dzieło grupy Takida. Album pełen hymnów, które potrafią rozbłysnąć w małym klubie, ale także porwać tłumy na festiwalach i stadionowych koncertach. Zespół w ojczystej Szwecji jest już gwiazdą, teraz podobny sukces zamierza osiągnąć na całym świecie. Na nowym wydawnictwie znalazł się bonus w postaci "Better This Time" oraz nowa wersja ich przeboju "Better". Tracklista: 1. Don't Wait Up 2. Flowerchild (The Beauty of Stray) 3. I'll Find My Way Home 4. Skid Row 5. Better 6. Don't Forget About Me 7. All Your Life (Haven Stay Pt. 2) 8. My Dove 9. Wild Eyes 10. Run to the Water 11. High 12. Better This Time
Apart from the Roman tradition, the Gregorian chant has gone through its own "dialects" and traditions in the various surroundings and orders. It is therefore legitimate to investigate these variations with regard to the diversity of musicological discussion nowadays, as it has perhaps not been taken into consideration often enough in the past. This recording introduces the singing of the Premonstratensian order, of which historians proudly claim that we are dealing with a chorale dialect. The Premonstratensian order was founded in 1125/26 by St. Norbert of Xanten in Prémontré in France. Norbert and his successor, Abbott Hugo, laid great store by the greatest possible uniformity within the constantly growing young order. Eight years after the foundation, Norbert left France to become Archbishop of Magdeburg. At this time there were 41 monasteries in France, the Netherlands and Germany. One century later there were around 1500 in Europe and Jerusalem together.
Tracklista: CD 1 1. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You 2. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair 3. My Old Flame 4. Gibson Boy 5. You And The Night And The Music 6. Love Nest 7. Blues In The Closet 8. Everything I've Got 9. These Foolish Things 10. I Remember You 11. How Deep Is The Ocean 12. Fascinating Rhythm 13. Manhattan 14. Autumn Leaves 15. It's You Or No One 16. Tenderly 17. There Will Never Be Another You 18. Just One Of Those Things 19. Lullaby Of The Leaves 20. Stompin' At The Savoy 21. This Is Always 22. Tea For Two CD 2 1. On The Alamo 2. Will You Still Be Mine 3. Walkin' 4. Moonlight Becomes You 5. Out Of Nowhere 6. Lorinesque 7. Bye Bye Baby 8. Chuckles 9. You Don't Know What Love Is 10. How About You 11. Broadway 12. Anything Goes 13. Isn't It Romantic 14. Yesterdays 15. There Is No Greater Love
Tracklita: 1. Reasons To Quit 2. Too Sick To Pray 3. Walkin' 4. It's Not Supposed To Be That Way 5. Pick Up The Tempo 6. I Gotta Get Drunk 7. Can I Sleep In Your Arms 8. Heartaches Of A Fool 9. Permanently Lonely 10. Last Thing I Needed, The (First Thing This Morning) 11. Party's Over, The
Tracklista:1. Faulty Metaphor2. Boys and Girls3. Comme Si About Me4. An Abundance of Julies5. Scenic Turnout6. Waiting Out the Winter7. (This Is Not) the First Time8. Song for New Britain9. Apart Time10. 1001 Smashed Hotel Rooms11. Nyquil and Sudafed