Documentary chronicling the career of American country music star Luke Bryan. The programme features a collection of interviews with the artist in which he discusses his career to date since arriving in Nashville in 2001.
Tracklista:1. Repetition/Intro2. Bowl With a Hole3. Feeder4. Even Better Even Worse5. Guitary6. Seasick Sailors
Stéphane Dénève, the new principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of SWR, makes his debut recording with a thoughtful and exceptionally well-balanced program of music by the French composer Francis Poulenc.As has been said many times before, Poulenc was both a monk and a rascal; deeply religious one hand, while enjoying celebrity and flamboyant lifestyle on the other. These two sides of his personality are beautifully represented in the program of this CD. First off, there is the enchantingly frivolous ballet "Les Biches," written in 1924 for Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. For this recording, Denève performs the full version, including the three tableaux with chorus.Poulenc's spiritual side is represented by the "requiem" he composed for the painter Christian Bérard - on the text of the Stabat Mater, a medieval hymn meditating on the suffering of Mary during Christ's crucifixion. Scored for soprano, chorus and orchestra Poulenc's hauntingly passionate Stabat Mater is widely considered one of the greatest sacred choral works of the 20th century.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is unquestionably one of the most fascinating personalities of the 18th century. While his life remains generally shrouded in mystery, his name and his works have so intrigued later generations that he has become a truly legendary figure.The three cantatas for soprano, strings and basso continuo presented here appear, along with a fourth for alto, in an elegant collection published around 1736. This was a posthumous compilation of works composed during the Neapolitan composer’s all-too-brief career. They all exhibit the new pre-galant manner characteristic of the latest Neapolitan music of the time, while remaining close to the baroque style with their dense harmonic language and expressive melodic lines.Pergolesi’s extraordinary popularity only a few years after his death coincided with a considerable craze for the Neapolitan school in most of the European courts. From the 1740s, Neapolitan music became the benchmark and model. Nicola Antonio Porpora in all probability played, along with many others, an important role in this growing recognition. His instrumental works, few in number, include some chamber sinfonie.
In this latest volume from The Cardinall’s Musick acclaimed Byrd series, the composer’s overtly Catholic agenda is clearly displayed. In an age when censorship was rife and spies were everywhere, it is not surprising that possession of the first volume of Gradualia should have been cited as one of the reasons for the arrest of a Jesuit priest called de Noiriche (although obviously the spies had other more compelling evidence to hand). Only one set of the 1605 partbooks remains intact, although they have had their introductory material removed and perhaps these volumes were considered too dangerous to own. This fear, whether real or perceived, was not enough to dissuade Byrd and his publisher from producing a second book of Gradualia in 1607, or from re-printing both volumes in 1610. All of the music on this disc is drawn from the first volume of Gradualia published in 1605. The music is a world away from the dark broodings of the Cantiones Sacrae from 1589 and 1591 where Byrd is preoccupied with the melancholy which dominates his middle years. In the later publications Byrd achieves a fusion of styles, mixing the energy, wordpainting and rhythmic vitality of the secular madrigal tradition with the spirituality and liturgical context of words from the Mass and Divine Office. The witty use of short bursts of melody often thrown from one voice to another, together with the energized rhythmic cells, suggests a man who is not obsessed with a hopeless cause. It may be that in the Essex countryside, surrounded by sympathetic folk, Byrd had found a real home away from the political maelstrom which raged in London. These pieces show a glimpse of the man which is rather different to our more usual perception of the composer racked with misery at the deprivation of Catholics in England. Here we see a man in the later stages of life, affected by the aftermath of the Reformation (as his earlier publications clearly show), yet who is now sufficiently relaxed and secure to be able to indulge his considerable wit and imagination, and who is confident enough to use the most up-to-date musical styles. Here there is no wringing of hands, nor downcast eyes but rather the musical embodiment of an unshakeable faith.
Metal Mind Productions presents DVD+CD coverage of the Metalmania Festival 2006.Metalmania Festival is the biggest and the most prestigious metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe and this year it celebrates it’s 21st anniversary. Every year, the main stage hosts some of the best metal bands from all around the world (they are included on the DVD), while on the side stage there’s a preview of other most interesting acts (included on the CD).The 2006 edition of Metalmania Festival was crowned with the performance of three cult bands, acclaimed by the fans of alternative music worldwide: goth-metal Moonspell, alternative-rock Anathema, and symphonic-metal Therion. The DVD includes also the best excerpts of the charismatic performances by such great metal acts as Acid Drinkers, Nevermore, Vesania, 1349, Hunter, and Hieronymus Bosch."Metalmania 2006" DVD+CD also includes detailed info about all bands (biographies, discographies, web links), photo gallery, festival’s history, 4 downloadable desktop images, short interviews with all featured main stage bands. Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Welcome (Pt. 1) 2. Welcome (Pt. 2) 3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 4. Artillerie Lourde 5. How High The Moon 6. If Dreams Come True 7. Hallelujah 8. Stompin' At The Savoy 9. Djangology 10. Swing Guitars 11. Manoir De Mes Reves 12. Are You In The Mood? 13. Coquette 14. Django's Tiger 15. Embraceable You 16. Echoes Of France 17. Love's Melody 18. Belleville 19. Nuages 20. Liza 21. Swingtime In Springtime 22. Yours And Mine 23. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 24. I Won't Dance CD 2 1. R-Vingt-Six 2. How High The Moon 3. Lover Man 4. Blue Lou 5. Blues 6. Minor Blues 7. Clair De Lune 8. Peche A La Mouche 9. Lentement, Mademoiselle 10. Melodie Au Crepuscule 11. Porto Cabello 12. Duke And Dukie 13. Songe D'automne 14. Babik (Bi-Bop) 15. Del Salle 16. Just One Of Those Things 17. For Sentimental Reasons 18. Danse Norvegienne 19. Blues For Barclay 20. Folie A Amphion 21. Vette 22. Anniversary Song 23. Swing 48 CD 3 1. September Song 2. Brazil 3. I'll Never Smile Again 4. New York City 5. Django's Blues 6. Love's Mood 7. I Love You 8. Topsy 9. Moppin' The Bride 10. Insensiblement 11. Mano 12. Blues Primitif 13. Gipsy With A Song (Pt. 1) 14. Gipsy With A Song (Pt. 2) 15. What Is This Thing Called Love? 16. Ol' Man River 17. Si Tu Savais 18. Eveline 19. Night And Day 20. Confessin' CD 4 1. Mike 2. Oh, Lady Be Good 3. Festival 48 4. Fantasie 5. Bricktop 6. Just For Fun 7. To Each His Own 8. Symphonie 9. Belleville Nuages 10. Double Whisky 11. Dream Of You 12. Impromptu 13. Vamp 14. Keep Cool 15. Fleche D'or 16. Troublant Bolero 17. Nuits De Saint-Germain Des Pres 18. Crazy Rhythm Anouman 19. D.R. Blues Fine And Dandy CD 5 1. Blues For Ike 2. September Song 3. Night And Day 4. Insensiblement 5. Manoir De Mes Reves 6. Nuages 7. Brazil 8. Confessin' 9. Le Soir 10. Chez Moi 11. I Cover The Waterfront 12. Deccaphonie 13. Nuages 14. Duke And Dukie 15. Babik (Bi-Bop) 16. Del Salle 17. Blues For Barclay 18. I'll Never Smile Again
Tracklista:1. Smile O Voluptuous Cool-breath'd Earth2. Whispers of Heavenly Death3. Out of the Rolling Ocean4. A Road All Paved With Stars5. Stricken Peninsula6. Procis7. Tired8. Hands, Eyes and Heart9. Menelaus
Hyperion’s Bach Piano Transcriptions series reaches volume 8, and continues to surprise and delight with a disc containing many first recordings. The controversial figure of Eugen d’Albert was one of the greatest pianists of his day and, although largely forgotten now, a composer of genuinely international renown. A sometime student at the Royal College of Music, d’Albert rejected his British upbringing and nailed his colours to the mast of German music. Bach was an important part of his performing career—and like other great nineteeth-century pianists, d’Albert saw in the monumental scale of the organ works an opportunity to synthesize the works of the Master with the expanded capabilities of the modern piano.‘Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘Wonderful music, consummately transcribed and movingly played’ (International Piano) ‘This is wonderfully crafted piano music, marvellously executed by Lane … the playing is always supremely fluid and musically enquiring … this is another fascinating release from Hyperion’ (International Record Review) ‘A truly fascinating disc … Lane clearly relishes in the amusing challenges, but he also makes you wonder at the immensity of Bach’s genius’ (Classic FM Magazine)
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Me And My Chauffeur Blues 2. Reckless Woman 3. That Bonus Done Gone Thru 4. My Man Blues 5. I Thought I'd Do It 6. Dirty Tee Bee Blues 7. Down Hearted Blues 8. Death Letter Blues 9. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But 10. Pallet On The Floor 11. How Long Daddy 12. Long Gone Blues 13. Why Don't You Do Right? (With Peggy Lee) 14. Mailman Blues 15. Trouble In Mind 16. Uncle Sam Came And Get Him 17. Gonna Buy Me A Telephone 18. Salty Papa Blues CD 2 1. Crazy Blues 2. Land Of Cotton Blues 3. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Mornin' 4. Late Last Night 5. See See Rider Blues 6. Empty Bed Blues 7. Shipwrecked Blues 8. Nobody Rocks Me Like My Baby Do 9. Little Rock Blues 10. Tallahatchie River Blues 11. Rolling Log Blues 12. My Handy Man 13. My Man O' War 14. Mr Moore Blues 15. Cravin' A Man Blues 16. Some Cold Rainy Day 17. Can't Be Bothered With No Sheik 18. No Handy Man Ain't Handy No More