Tracklista:1. Never Giving In2. Real This Time3. Right Back Home4. Just Fine (Feat. Tony Spinner)5. Wandering Man6. This Room Where Candles Burn7. My Color Blue8. Trailer Driver9. Leelah I. Walking Southbound (Feat. Sonny Hunt)10. Leelah II. The Cruelty of Loneliness11. Leelah III. Fix Society, Please
The first release in Valery Gergiev's Rachmaninov symphony cycle features a magnificent performance of the Symphony No.2, recorded in September 2008 at the Barbican. This vast work was composed when Rachmaninov was at the pinnacle of his careers as composer, pianist and conductor. Filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies, it is a masterpiece and the epitome of the Romantic symphony. The recording features the complete version of the symphony and will be followed in future years by the first and third symphonies as well as the Symphonic Dances Rachmaninov’s vast Second Symphony was composed when he was at the pinnacle of his career as a composer, pianist and conductor. Filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies, it is a masterpiece and the epitome of the Romantic symphony. It is presented here in its entirety. Reviews: Editor’s Choice 'This Rachmaninov finds the London Symphony Orchestra warm and irresistibly propulsive ... Gergiev has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its lyrical impulse and the LSO responds as though its life depended upon it' Gramophone ***** ‘Gergiev seems to communicate a darker side to this music’ Audiophile Audition (US) 'breathtakingly beautiful string playing. I greedily anticipate the release of the other symphonies in due course’ International Record Review 'As you would expect with the charismatic Valery Gergiev on the conductor's platform, this performance of Rachmaninov's opulent symphony is full of long sweeping gestures, at times a little moody, but packed full of the feel of spontaneity that comes from a "live" recording. He allows the slow movement ample time to beguile the ears and turns up the heat for an exciting finale. The London Symphony respond perfectly to his many subtle rhythmic infections, the playing in the superlative class. Good sound generous in detail' Yorkshire Post ***** 'the sweep of emotion that runs through all four movements is as polished as it is inexorable. The opening movement unfolds like an inbound tide, the waves of voluptuous sound building with a potency that is rich and sonorous. Contrast that with the heightened energy of the second movement, the familiar glow of the Adagio, and the fiery control of the finale, and you have a performance with Gergiev's fingerprint all over it'The Scotsman ‘a wonderful new LSO Live recording’ Chicago Tribune ‘a fine performance, well engineered’ ClassicsToday
"Doctor Atomic" to słynna opera współczesnego amerykańskiego kompozytora muzyki klasycznej, Johna Adamsa, która miała premierę jesienią 2005 roku. Jej libretto, które napisał Peter Sellars, związane jest ze zdetonowaniem pierwszej bomby atomowej. Prezentowany album zawiera rejestrację wykonania dzieła pod batutą samego Adamsa. Twórca dyrygował orkiestrą radia BBC oraz chórem tej stacji. Główne role w operze kreują Gerald Finley (jako twórca bomby Robert Oppenheimer) i Julia Bullock(jako Kitty Oppenheimer). Oprócz nich śpiewają i grają: Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (kapitan James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita), Aubrey Allicock (generał Leslie Groves). Tracklista: CD 1 1. Overture 2. Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945" 3. Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say" 4. Act I, Scene 1: "We surround the plutonium core" 5. Act I, Scene 1: "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators" 6. Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say" 7. Act I, Scene 1: "The nation's fate..." 8. Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition" 9. Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?" 10. Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled" 11. Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used" 12. Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?" 13. Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..." 14. Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness" 15. Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm 16. Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?" 17. Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs" 18. Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir" 19. Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes" 20. Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters" 21. Act I, Scene 3: "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions" 22. Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude" 23. Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart" CD 2 1. Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945" 2. Act II, Scene 1: Interlude. Rain over the Sangre de Cristo" 3. Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms" 4. Act II, Scene 2: "It's midnight, Jack" 5. Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream" 6. Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country" 7. Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum" 8. Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers" 9. Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies" 10. Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour" 11. Act II, Scene 3: Panic 12. Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start" 13. Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret" 14. Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain" 15. Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back" 16. Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit" 17. Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches" 18. Act II, Scene 3: Chorus. "At the sight of this" 19. Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer" 20. Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded" 21. Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!" 22. Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east" 23. Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight" 24. Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes" 25. Act II, Scene 4: Countdown
Tracklista:1. This Here2. Moanin'3. Lush Life4. The Party's Over5. Prelude to a Kiss6. Dat Dere7. My Funny Valentine8. Come Rain Or Come Shine9. Joy Ride
Winylowa edycja albumu "Street-Legal" - osiemnastego studyjnego albumu Boba Dylana, którego premiera odbyła się w 1978 roku. Tracklista: Side A 1. Changing Of The Guards 2. New Pony 3. No Time To Think 4. Baby, Stop Crying Side B 1. Is Your Love In Vain? 2. Seńor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 3. True Love Tends To Forget 4. We Better Talk This Over 5. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
Tracklista:1. This Is Radio Etienne2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart3. Wilson4. Carnt Sleep5. Girl VII6. Spring7. She's the One8. Stoned to Say the Least9. Nothing Can Stop Us10. Etienne Gonna Die11. London Belongs to Me12. Like the Swallow13. Dilworth's Theme1. This Is Radio Etienne2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart3. Wilson4. Carnt Sleep5. Girl VII6. Spring7. She's the One8. Stoned to Say the Least9. Nothing Can Stop Us10. Etienne Gonna Die11. London Belongs to Me12. Like the Swallow13. Dilworth's Theme1. Kiss and Make Up (Extended Version)2. Filthy3. Chase HQ4. Sally Space5. The Reckoning6. Speedwell7. Parliament Hill8. People Get Real9. Sweet Pea10. Winter in America11. Fake 8812. Studio Kinda Filthy13. Kiss and Make Up (Sarah Cracknell Version)14. Sky's Dead
Tracklista:1. Dope Slinger2. N Love (Taiki Nulight Remix)3. Gammy Elbow4. 24 Hours5. Arrival6. Push It7. Talk8. Weapon9. All About Paper (Feat. Bassboy & Scrufizzer)10. Shutdown11. Runnin' It Red (Feat. Shantie)12. Who Remembers13. Harder (Feat. Face)14. The Beginning15. Eyes On You16. Vex (Feat. Slick Don)17. Lighter Crew18. Could This Be19. Everybody's Free20. Goes Like21. Be Mine (Feat. Kai Ryder)22. Shaolin23. What's Going On (Feat. Bru-C) [Pelikann Remix]24. Chinatown25. Turn Around26. Wanna Be Me27. Senses (Feat. Iyamah)28. Mad Night29. Feelin'30. Untitled M831. Reflection
This sequence of music for Lent, Passiontide and Easter represents a journey through perhaps the most dramatic part of the Church’s year. It is a season which has inspired many composers to write some of their most potent pieces, and contrasts the seriousness of intent and poignancy found in, say, Lotti’s Crucifixus with the exuberance of music such as Philips’s Ecce vicit Leo. Other favourites in this anthology include Mendelssohn’s I waited for the Lord, Bruckner’s Christus factus est, and the beautiful Gibbons setting of Drop, drop, slow tears with the soloist Anthony Way (who caused such a stir in television’s The Choir). There are also two important new works, by John Sanders and Brian Chapple. A celebration both of Easter and of exceptional singing.
1: Prelude2: Allemande Bleue3: Courante Marocaine4: Sarabande En Bas De L'Escalier5: Polonaise Mecanique6: L'etranger7: Time to Lose8: Music #29: Blind10: The Cage11: This Beat
Tracklista:1. An Argument With Myself2. Waiting for Kirsten3. A Promise4. New Directions5. So This Guy at My Office