Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico – Songs Of Thessaloniki (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 1:07:42 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Recorded: February 2014 at Sierra Studios, Athens

Savina Yannatou’s fourth ECM album is a dazzling evocation of her band’s hometown, plunging deep into its rich and complex history. Once known colloquially as the Jerusalem of the Balkans, Thessaloniki has been home to a host of cultures, religions and ethnic communities. Greeks, Jews, Turks, Bulgarians, Serbs, Armenians, Slav-Macedonians and Pontiac Greeks have shared the city’s diverse life. Yannatou gives all of them a voice, even casting an Irish song about Salonika into this multi-lingual programme in which she shines as a unique interpreter and spokeswoman for the city’s ghosts. As ever, Primavera en Salonico are a delight, one of the most resourceful bands of any idiom, as they negotiate the inspired – and very varied – arrangements of Kostas Vomvolos.

Tracklist:
1. Apolitikion Agiou Dimitriou (1) 02:24
2. A la scola del Allianza 02:15
3. Tin Patrida Mou Ehasa 05:45
4. Dimo is Solun hodeshe 05:19
5. La cantiga del fuego 04:13
6. Una muchacha en Selanica 04:20
7. Iptidadan yol sorarsan 05:36
8. Qele-Qele 03:18
9. Calin Davullari 05:23
10. To yelekaki 03:59
11. Salonika 02:58
13. Jelena Solun Devojko 04:19
14. Yedi-Koule 04:45
15. Poulakin eiha se klouvi 04:15
16. Pismo dojde od Soluna grada 04:32
17. Apolitikion Agiou Dimitriou (2) 02:22

Personnel:
Savina Yannatou: voice
Kostas Vomvolos: qanun, accordion
Yannis Alexandris: oud, guitar
Kyriakos Gouventas: violin
Harris Lambrakis: nay
Michalis Siganidis: double bass
Kostas Theodorou: percussion

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Dmitry Shostakovich – Cantatas – Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz  | Time – 1:19:51 minutes | 860 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded live in the Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn 18-20 April 2012

Estonian-born conductor Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra turn to rarely performed choral works by Dmitri Shostakovich: Song of the Forests Op. 81, The Sun Shines on our Motherland Op. 90, and The Execution of Stepan Razin Op. 119. The new release confirms Järvi’s reputation as a conductor with a deep understanding for the music of Shostakovich, as well as a particular affinity for choral music, which has a strong tradition in his homeland. These cantatas have a particular significance in Estonia – a former Soviet Socialist Republic under Stalinist rule. By the time Shostakovich composed The Execution of Stepan Razin for bass, concert chorus and orchestra in 1964, Stalin had died and the composer felt able to take a few risks under the regime of Nikita Khrushchev. The cantata is set to a grisly poem about a 17th-century Cossack revolutionary. Järvi calls the work an “absolute masterpiece” and a “critical view of the Soviet regime”.

Tracklist:
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
1 The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 29:25
2 The Sun Shines over our Motherland, Op. 90 14:17
The Song of the Forests, Op. 81
3 I. The war ended in victory (Bass, Chorus) 05:00
4 II. We will clothe our homeland with forests (Boys Chorus) 02:53
5 III. Memories of the past (Bass, Chorus) 07:00
6 IV. The pioneers plant the forests (Boys Chorus) 02:01
7 V. The people of Stalingrad go forth (Chorus) 03:24
8 VI. A walk into the future (Tenor, Chorus) 06:32
9 VII. Glory (Tenor, Bass, Boys Chorus, Chorus) 09:19

Personnel:
Aleksei Tanovitski – bass
Kostiantin Andrejev – tenor
Narva Boys Choir
Estonian Concert Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi – conductor

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Simon & Garfunkel – Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits (1972/2014) 
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz  | Time – 44:21 minutes | 1.56 GB | Genre: Rock
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Recorded: March 1964 – November 1969

#293 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

First released in 1972, this compilation album remains one of the favorites in Simon & Garfunkel’s catalog. In the same month that the Greatest Hits was released, Simon & Garfunkel performed a reunion concert to benefit the presidential campaign of Sen. George McGovern. Rather than release a straightforward greatest hits album to coincide with the concert, they instead opted to include live versions of some of their most personal songs.

At that time, Simon & Garfunkel had not yet released a live album, and the inclusion of those few live tracks helped push the album to the Top 5 on the U.S. albums chart. The Greatest Hits‘ success was all the more remarkable because Simon & Garfunkel’s previous five studio albums were still selling at a strong pace, indicating how much they were missed since breaking up two years earlier.

This album has had over three decades to make an impact, and it says something for its staying power that, in the face of more recent, more generously programmed, and better mastered compilations of the duo’s work, it remains one of the most popular parts of the Simon & Garfunkel catalog — which doesn’t mean it isn’t fraught with frustrations for anyone buying it. Its very existence is something of a fluke — in the spring of 1972, the five original Simon & Garfunkel albums, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, Sounds of Silence, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water, were still selling almost as well as they had in the 1960s; indeed, Bridge Over Troubled Water had carved out a seemingly permanent place for itself on the charts for years; and between the continued radio play of the duo’s biggest hits, and the inevitable discovery of their catalog by successive new waves of junior high and high school students, those five LPs stood among the most profitable parts of the Columbia Records back catalog, rivaling Bob Dylan’s much larger library in sheer numbers. Columbia might have gone years longer without compiling the duo’s hits, but then, in June of 1972, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel did something totally unexpected — in the midst of Simon’s still-emerging solo career (and the careful crafting of his identity as a single act), and Garfunkel’s re-identification of himself as an actor, the two reunited for one night, to do a benefit performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden for the presidential candidacy of Senator George McGovern. (The latter event also took on a life of its own, as the first widely available Simon & Garfunkel concert bootleg, with terrible sound but capturing for posterity what had to be one of the funniest moments of their stage history, when Simon, attempting to suppress his laughter, remarks in connection with requests being called out, that someone “wants to hear “Voices of Old People” from Bookends). The performance was widely publicized, both before and after the event — McGovern had captured the hearts and imaginations of tens of millions of high school and college students around the United States that spring, and this reviewer can attest to the fact that millions of people who were not at that show felt like they were there in spirit. It was inevitable that Columbia would want to put out a new Simon & Garfunkel release to take advantage of the renewed attention and excitement surrounding the duo, and they probably could have gotten away with a straight greatest-hits collection; but thanks to some inspiration and cooperation between the label and the artists, Greatest Hits went far beyond that. Nine of the tracks on the 14-song LP did, indeed, comprise the duo’s biggest hits — including “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Mrs. Robinson,” and “The Sounds of Silence” — in their familiar studio versions; but interspersed between them were previously unheard live recordings of “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her,” “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy),” “Homeward Bound,” and “Kathy’s Song,” plus an alternate take of “America.” At that time, Simon & Garfunkel had never released a live album, and as it happened, at least four of those five were among the most personal songs in the duo’s repertory — songs that millions of fans responded to individually (as opposed to the mass appeal of the pair’s hit singles). The fact that they were present as excellent live performances made the appeal of this record irresistible to fans at every level, from the most casual to the most serious and dedicated. It was a sign of just how much they were loved and missed (and, perhaps, needed?) that without anything but that one unrecorded and untelevised benefit show to support its release, the record peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. And a couple of years later, it joined their original five albums as a perennial catalog favorite. And it still holds up — it touches all the right buttons, providing an overview of the duo’s most popular songs, but with those live cuts and the “America” outtake to make it essential in its own right, separate from the overview — indeed, it manages to present both the duo’s broader history, and their most widely appealing music, and their most intimate work, all seamlessly; only some interesting and ambitious singles that either hadn’t stood the test of time (“Fakin’ It”) or were artistic blind alleys (“The Dangling Conversation”), were missing, along with “Punky’s Dilemma,” a perennial FM radio favorite that lay just below Columbia Records’ and the duo’s radar. All of that is the good part about this collection, which ought to get an unqualified rave — the bad part, and the reason that it doesn’t get that rave, is the sound quality, which was indifferent on the LP and worse on the CD, with sound that audibly cracks on parts of “The Sounds of Silence” and some of the other early studio cuts; Greatest Hits has begged for a sonic upgrade, and remastering from better sources, for two decades, and Columbia somehow missed the obvious opportunity to do this as part of either its Mastersound and SACD catalogs. It’s the one caveat that anyone buying it should bear in mind. –Bruce Eder

Tracklist:
1 Mrs. Robinson 3:55
2 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 2:25
3 The Boxer 5:10
4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 1:50
5 The Sound Of Silence 3:05
6 I Am A Rock 2:50
7 Scarborough Fair/Canticle 3:08
8 Homeward Bound 2:40
9 Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:55
10 America 3:35
11 Kathy’s Song 3:25
12 El Condor Pasa (If I Could) 3:06
13 Bookends 1:20
14 Cecilia 2:50

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Wilson Pickett – A Funky Situation (1978/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 00:40:00 minutes | 855 MB | Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B
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Recorded: Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

On the rare gem, A Funky Situation, Wilson Pickett blends his trademark soul with elements of disco. Produced by Don Daily and Rick Hall, the effort includes horn arrangements done by the great, Harrison Calloway Jr. Released in 1978, the album features one of Pickett’s all time classics, “Lay Me Like You Hate Me,” the perfect showcase of his musical genius.

Tracklist:
1 Dance With Me 4:56
2 She’s So Tight 3:35
3 The Night We Called It A Day 4:10
4 Dance You Down 3:40
5 Hold On To Your Hinie 3:48
6 Groovin’ 3:51
7 Lay Me Like You Hate Me 3:56
8 Funky Situation 3:55
9 Time To Let The Sun Shine On Me 4:32
10 Who Turned You On 3:37

Personnel:
Wilson Pickett – vocals
Randy McCormick – keyboards
Ken Bell, Larry Byrom – guitar
Bob Wray – bass
Roger Clark – drums
Mickey Buckins – percussion
Ava Aldridge, Cindy Richardson, Suzy Storm – background vocals
Muscle Shoals Horns

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Wilson Pickett – I’m In Love (1968/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 00:25:39 minutes | 559 MB | Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B
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Recorded: Memphis, TN, July 1 & 3, 1967

Influential soul icon, Wilson Pickett, soared with his stunning 1968 classic, I’m In Love. A collection of his strongest material, the album highlights Pickett’s expressive vocals and maturing musicianship. The record features the beloved cuts, “Jealous Love,” “I’m In Love” and “She’s Lookin’ Good.” The recording is yet another milestone in an always-consistent career.

Surely no one was expecting a “quiet storm” album from Wilson Pickett in 1968, and that sure isn’t what they got with I’m in Love, but the Wicked Pickett sounds a lot more convincing on this album’s romantic numbers than anyone would have had a right to expect from one of the baddest cats of Southern soul. Of course, there aren’t all that many romantic ballads here, but Pickett’s rough-and-ready soul shouting manages to sound just as convincing on “Bring It On Home to Me” and “That Kind of Love” as he does on the pained “Jealous Love” and a properly intense rip through “Stagger Lee.” Pickett makes the most of the songwriting contributions from frequent collaborators Bobby Womack and Don Covay, while Tommy Cogbill and his crew of Muscle Shoals session heavyweights offer music which keeps up with Pickett for guts, soul, and drive — no small statement, considering Pickett’s richly deserved reputation as one of the strongest and most consistent artists of the period. Like most R&B albums of the period, I’m in Love sounds more like a set of tunes than a unified album, but it’s a good set of tunes, performed with Pickett’s usual high level of passion and skill, and if you’re any kind of fan you’ll revel in it. –Mark Deming

Tracklist:
1 Jealous Love 2:49
2 Stagger Lee 2:22
3 That Kind Of Love 2:19
4 I’m In Love 2:32
5 Hello Sunshine 2:33
6 Don’t Cry No More 2:12
7 We’ve Got To Have Love 2:05
8 Bring It On Home To Me 3:12
9 She’s Lookin’ Good 2:26
10 I’ve Come A Long Way 3:09

Personnel:
Wilson Pickett – vocals
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – trumpet
Charlie Chalmers, King Curtis – tenor saxophone
Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
Bobby Woods – piano
Bobby Emmons – organ
Bobby Womack – lead guitar
Reggie Young – guitar
Tommy Cogbill – electric bass
Gene Chrisman – drums

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Zac Brown Band – Jekyll + Hyde (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz  | Time – 1:06:01 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Rock, Country
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Recorded: Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama

JEKYLL + HYDE is the Zac Brown Band’s fourth studio album featuring the lead single “Homegrown” which hit #1 on Billboard‘s US Country Airplay chart. “We took more time writing and recording this record than we ever have in the past. We allowed each song to be what it wanted and needed to be. Each song has its own unique identity,” said Zac Brown.

“Homegrown,” the band’s highest chart debut, has earned massive fan support and early praise for its “rock feel” (Country Weekly) and “intricately arranged vocal harmonies” (Billboard); “Dress Blues”, written by Jason Isbell, is a somber and stirring tribute to members of the military who have been killed in service; and “Heavy Is the Head”, which features Chris Cornell, frontman for Soundgarden. The album also features a collaboration with Sara Bareilles.

Nearly three years after Uncaged, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album, the Zac Brown Band unveiled the next chapter in their crossover country revolution. Uncaged was distinguished at least in part by the participation of a variety of guests including Jimmy Buffett, Alan Jackson, Trombone Shorty, Jason Mraz, and Amos Lee. Jekyll + Hyde doesn’t forgo them altogether, but it does have fewer of them. Instead, ZBB double down on their commitment to deliver as many different kinds of songs as they possibly can. Whereas the Jay Joyce-produced first single, “Homegrown,” is characteristic of the band’s feel-good, home-and-heart, back-country groove, it’s not nearly representative of everything that’s here. Opener “Beautiful Drug” may feature a meld of acoustic guitars, banjos, and snare drums, but loops, synths, and a hook straight out of a Katy Perry single govern its flow. “Mango Tree” features Sara Bareilles in a guest performance as it attempts to re-create Nelson Riddle-esque big-band pop swing. It’s followed by the rocker “Heavy Is the Head,” with Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell in duet with Brown. The metallic guitar is appended by a distorted bassline that comes right from the Geezer Butler playbook. The guest tunes are solid additions, but they’re not the best things here. Those honors are reserved for the band’s self-written tunes: “Remedy” weds country-gospel to a Celtic reel with multi-part vocal harmonies and finally to modern praise & worship; it’s a clear standout. The Caribbean-tinged tunes such as “Loving You Easy,” with its Buffett-esque groove wed to retro pop/soul and “One Day,” with its sweeping yet earthy fiddle, horns, and stirring backing choruses, are both winners, too. “Tomorrow Never Comes” is almost a big-beat dance number with its ticking loops and electronic blips cutting through a bluegrass stomp. It’s bracing in its audacity. Jason Isbell’s poignant “Dress Blues” is more straightforward, wedding folk and pop-country in a poignant lyric about a fallen marine; the arrangement juxtaposes a gently whining pedal steel with an elegiac, languid fiddle. “Junkyard,” a song about child abuse, is a slow, angry country-rocker with fat, muddy basses and guitars, and a Celtic interlude with drum loops that adds drama and tension before the tempo explodes. “I’ll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter)” is heartfelt, island-tinged folk-country. Its closing chorale is straight out of the Southern church. It should have closed the album, because “Widlfire” feels like filler and an acoustic version of “Tomorrow Never Comes” was unnecessary because it adds to the set’s already unwieldy, hour-plus length. The only other nick is that the set’s production is overly bright. These are niggling complaints, however. The stylistic range of Jekyll + Hyde proves that ZBB’s reach is almost limitless, and this set will more than likely delight the group’s legions of fans. –Thom Jurek

Tracklist:
1 Beautiful Drug 03:12
2 Loving You Easy 02:35
3 Remedy 03:51
4 Homegrown 03:25
5 Mango Tree (feat. Sara Bareilles) 03:41
6 Heavy Is the Head (feat. Chris Cornell) 04:00
7 Bittersweet 05:10
8 Castaway 03:09
9 Tomorrow Never Comes 03:58
10 One Day 03:49
11 Dress Blues 05:30
12 Young And Wild 03:15
13 Junkyard 07:14
14 I’ll Be Your Man (Song For A Daughter) 05:49
15 Wildfire 02:46
16 Tomorrow Never Comes (Acoustic Version) 04:37

Personnel:
Zac Brown Band:
Zac Brown – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, programming
Coy Bowles – electric guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, Hammond organ
Clay Cook – vocals, piano, keyboards, electric guitar, Mellotron, Hammond organ, ukulele, clavinet, pedal steel guitar, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, glockenspiel, National guitar
Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
Chris Fryar – drums
John Driskell Hopkins – vocals, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, ukulele
Matt Mangano – bass guitar, upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jimmy De Martini – vocals, violin, strings, cello
Additional:
Vinnie Ciesleski – trumpet (track 5)
Donald Dunlavey – electric guitar (track 6)
Béla Fleck – banjo (tracks 9, 13)
Barry Green – trombone (track 5)
Steve Herrmann – trumpet (track 5)
John Hinchey – trumpet (track 5)
Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone (track 5), flute (track 5)
Byron House – upright bass (track 16)
Jewel – vocals (track 11)
Jay Joyce – percussion (track 4), programming (track 4)
Randy Leago – baritone saxophone (track 5)
Mike McGoldrick – Uileann pipes, wooden flute, whistle (track 3)
Niko Moon – vocals (track 1), programming (tracks 3, 13)
Mickey Raphael – harmonica (track 16)
Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 16), electric guitar (tracks 3, 6), banjolin (track 3), pedal steel guitar (tracks 6, 16), vocals (tracks 6, 14), “acoustic stringed instrument” (track 14), piano (track 16)
Ben Simonetti – programming (tracks 1, 2, 3, 10, 12), trumpet (track 10)
Choir on “Remedy” and “I’ll Be Your Man”: Darrell Scott, Maureen Murphy, Sarah Dugas, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Rick Jones, Jason Eskridge

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Terence Blanchard – Magnetic (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 01:07:58 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Magnetic is the highly anticipated album by Terence Blanchard. The jazz legend is joined by his quintet which includes saxophonist Brice Winston, pianist Fabian Almazan, bassist Joshua Crumbly and drummer Kendrick Scott. The recording features ten originals written by Blanchard or a member of his quintet. It also showcases special appearances by bass legend Ron Carter, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and guitarist Lionel Loueke.Magnetic is another genre-defying chapter in this innovative musician’s illustrious career. The vast array of approaches undertaken by the ensemble throughout the album is striking, from the blistering bop of “Don’t Run” to the fragile ballad “Jacob’s Ladder.”

Tracklist:
1 Magnetic 7:02
2 Jacob’s Ladder 7:59
3 Don’t Run 7:29
4 Pet Step Sitter’s Theme Song 10:31
5 Hallucinations 8:42
6 No Borders Just Horizons 7:21
7 Comet 4:53
8 Central Focus 4:31
9 Another Step 2:34
10 Time To Spare 6:56

Personnel:
Terence Blanchard – trumpet
Fabian Almazan – piano
Kendrick Scott – drums
Brice Winston – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
Joshua Crumbly – bass (2, 4-6, 8-10)
Ron Carter – bass (1, 3)
Ravi Coltrane – soprano saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (4)
Lionel Loueke – guitar (4, 5, 9)

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The Postal Service – Give Up (2003/2013) (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 01:44:22 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Electronic, Rock
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Recorded: December 2001 and 2002 at Dying Songs, Los Angeles and Computerworld, Seattle

You can spend all the time and money in the world trying to craft the perfect pop-music scenario, but sometimes the stars have to align all by themselves. Even though early on the members of The Postal Service jokingly referred to Such Great Heights as “the hit” on their debut album, Give Up, there’s no way anyone could have predicted the eventual impact made by a mail-order album designed in a pair of West Coast bedrooms.

It’s been 10 years since the little project that could from Seattelite Ben Gibbard (aka Death Cab For Cutie’s frontman) and Angeleno Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Figurine) emerged from seemingly nowhere and began to burrow into the ears of anyone who came into contact with the band’s infectious electro-pop. To celebrate, Sub Pop is reissuing The Postal Service’s sole album, and including in the multi-disc set 15 bonus tracks, including two brand new songs, “A Tattered Line of String” and “Turn Around.” On top of that, the band is back together: The Postal Service will hit the road for a long-overdue victory lap, giving most fans their first (and last—seriously, don’t ask) chance to see the group in person.

Of course, the band’s music was more than just electro-pop, and the force with which Jimmy and Ben captured the indie-rock zeitgeist of the early aughts made them more of a phenomenon than just a regular old band. That such artists as Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Streetlight Manifesto, and Confide have covered “Such Great Heights” is a testament to both the song’s magical spark and its melodic inclusivity. The band’s sound is such a touchstone that “Postal Service-esque” has become a generally accepted musical adjective. And it goes way beyond Owl City.

While it was impossible to anticipate how massive Give Up would become, it was obvious in 2003 that these guys had made something special. Ten years on it’s amazing to know that so many people have come to agree.

Tracklist:

Album 1
1 The District Sleeps Alone Tonight 4:43
2 Such Great Heights 4:26
3 Sleeping In 4:21
4 Nothing Better 3:46
5 Recycled Air 4:29
6 Clark Gable 4:54
7 We Will Become Silhouettes 5:00
8 This Place Is a Prison 4:12
9 Brand New Colony 4:12
10 Natural Anthem 5:07

Album 2
1 Turn Around 3:45
2 A Tattered Line of String 2:56
3 Be Still My Heart 3:03
4 There’s Never Enough Time 3:32
5 Suddenly Everything Has Changed 3:26
6 Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) 4:17
7 Grow Old With Me 2:31
8 Such Great Heights (John Tejada Remix) 5:49
9 The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (DJ Downfall Persistent Beat Mix) 6:54
10 Be Still My Heart (Nobody Remix) 3:54
11 We Will Become Silhouettes (Matthew Dear Remix) 5:05
12 Nothing Better (Styrofoam Remix) 3:27
13 Recycled Air (Live on KEXP) 2:59
14 We Will Become Silhouettes (Performed by The Shins) 3:01
15 Such Great Heights (Performed by Iron & Wine) 4:16

Personnel:
Benjamin Gibbard – lead vocals, lyrics, guitars (1, 2, 3, 5, 9), additional keyboards (2, 7) , electric piano (8), drums (6, 8, 9)
Jimmy Tamborello – programming, accordion (8), additional keyboards (8), electric drums, production, glitching
Chris Walla – piano (4), production
Jenny Lewis – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Jen Wood – backing vocals (2), vocals (4)

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Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176.4kHz | Time – 00:37:44 minutes | 1,60 GB | Genre: Jazz, Fusion
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks |  © Columbia Records
Recorded: Late 1976 – Early 1977 at the Devonshire Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California

Chart History/Awards
Reached #1 on Billboard‘s Top Jazz Albums.
Inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame in 2011.
Jazz Album of the Year. – Downbeat
Heavy Weather is the landmark recording by Weather Report. It is their bestselling album of all time and was voted by Downbeat magazine as the “Jazz Album of the Year.” In 2011, the album was inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame. This seminal classic includes the remarkable hits “Birdland,” “Teen Town” and “A Remark You Made.” It remains one of Columbia’s bestselling jazz albums.

Reviews

4 stars – “Excellent.” – Q

Tracklist:
1. Birdland 05:59
2. A Remark You Made 06:51
3. Teen Town 02:52
4. Harlequin 03:59
5. Rumba Mama 02:11
6. Palladium 04:46
7. The Juggler 05:03
8. Havona 06:01

Personnel:
Joe Zawinul, vocals, piano, synthesizers, melodica
Jaco Pastorius, vocals, fretless bass, mando-cello, drums, steel drums
Manolo Bandrena, vocals, percussion
Wayne Shorter, soprano & tenor saxophones
Alex Acuna, drums, percussion

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Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (2007/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88.2kHz | Time – 00:50:56 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Rock
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Recorded: November 2006 – January 2007 at The Wilco Loft, Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sky Blue Sky is Wilco’s sixth studio album, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. It was the band’s first studio album with Nels Cline and Pat Sansone, and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number four. Sky Blue Sky has hints of early-seventies Southern California folk-rock sweetness in the harmonies. The album is filled with brash guitar solos that take songs like “You Are My Face” and “Shake It Off” in unexpected directions.

In 1999, Wilco willingly abdicated their position as one of the leading acts in the alt-country movement to dive head-first into the challenging waters of experimental pop with their album Summerteeth, and moved even further away from their rootsy origins with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost Is Born, winning the group a new and enthusiastic audience along the way. So it might amuse a number of the band’s earlier fans that in many respects Wilco’s sixth studio album, Sky Blue Sky, sounds like the long-awaited follow-up to 1996’s Being There — while it lacks the ramshackle shape-shifting and broad twang of that earlier album, Sky Blue Sky represents a shift back to an organic sound and approach that suggests the influence of Neil Young’s Harvest and the more polished avenues of ’70s soft rock. Sky Blue Sky also marks Wilco’s first studio recordings since Nels Cline and Pat Sansone joined the group, and they certainly make their presence felt — with Cline, Wilco has its strongest guitarist to date, and while his interplay with Sansone on numbers like “Impossible Germany” and “Walken” lacks the skronky muscle of his more avant-garde work of the past, it’s never less than inspired and he works real wonders with Jeff Tweedy’s lovely melodies. Sansone’s keyboard work also shines, adding soulful accents to “Side with the Seeds” and Mellotron on “Leave Me (Like You Found Me),” as does Mikael Jorgensen’s piano and organ, and overall this is Wilco’s strongest album as an ensemble to date. Tweedy’s vocals boast a clarity and nuance that reveals he’s grown in confidence and skill as a singer, and the songs recall Summerteeth’s beautiful but unsettling mix of lovely tunes and lyrics that focus on troubled souls and crumbling relationships. Between the pensive “Be Patient with Me,” the lovelorn “Hate It Here,” and “On and On and On”‘s pledge that “we’ll stay together” squared off against the resignation of “Please don’t cry/We’re designed to die,” Sky Blue Sky isn’t afraid to go to the dark places, but Tweedy and his bandmates also find plenty of beauty, inspiration, and real joy along the way, and the album’s open, natural sound is an ideal match for the material. Sky Blue Sky may find Wilco dipping their toes into roots rock again, but this doesn’t feel like a step back so much as another fresh path for one of America’s most consistently interesting bands. –Mark Deming

Tracklist:
1 Either Way 3:05
2 You Are My Face 4:38
3 Impossible Germany 5:57
4 Sky Blue Sky 3:23
5 Side with the Seeds 4:15
6 Shake It Off 5:40
7 Please Be Patient with Me 3:17
8 Hate It Here 4:31
9 Leave Me (Like You Found Me) 4:09
10 Walken 4:26
11 What Light 3:35
12 On and On and On 4:00

Personnel:
Nels Cline – electric guitar, 12 string guitar, lap steel guitar
Mikael Jorgensen – piano, organs, Wurlitzer
Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
Pat Sansone – organs, guitar, Chamberlin, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, harpsichord, piano, backing vocals
John Stirratt – bass guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Tweedy – vocals, guitar, graphic design
Additional:
Jim O’Rourke – feedback, percussion, acoustic guitar, string arrangements
Karen Waltuch – viola, violin

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Xandria – Sacrificium (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 02:17:33 minutes | 1,57 GB | Genre: Rock, Metal
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks |  © Napalm Records
Recorded: Sandlane Recording Facilities, The Netherlands, and Gate Studios, Germany

Following the release of the universally praised predecessor Neverworld’s End and numerous sold-out shows, Xandria finally release their new album Sacrificium. The very first spin presents the listener with a bombastic Symphonic Metal masterpiece filled with passion and sweeping vocal lines. The new vocalist Dianne van Giersbergen delivers a breathtaking performance and gives each and every song on the album the right character and mood. Sacrificium will enthrall the listener with each and every second, and will let Xandria’s star in the Symphonic Metal sky shine even brighter.

Tracklist:
1-1 Sacrificium 10:07
1-2 Nightfall 3:56
1-3 Dreamkeeper 4:36
1-4 Stardust 5:32
1-5 The Undiscovered Land 7:22
1-6 Betrayer 6:06
1-7 Until The End 5:39
1-8 Come With Me 4:56
1-9 Little Red Relish 4:32
1-10 Our Neverworld 3:45
1-11 Temple Of Hate 5:49
1-12 Sweet Atonement 4:13
Exclusive Bonus Track
2-1 The Watcher 4:49
Instrumental Tracks
2-2 Sacrificium 10:05
2-3 Nightfall 3:57
2-4 Dreamkeeper 4:38
2-5 Stardust 5:33
2-6 The Undiscovered Land 7:23
2-7 Betrayer 6:07
2-8 Until The End 5:39
2-9 Come With Me 4:57
2-10 Little Red Relish 4:34
2-11 Our Neverworld 3:46
2-12 Temple Of Hate 5:51
2-13 Sweet Atonement 4:14

Personnel:
Dianne van Giersbergen – vocals
Marco Heubaum – guitar
Philip Restemeier – guitar
Steven Wussow – bass
Gerit Lamm – drums

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Aaron Diehl – Space, Time, Continuum (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:36 minutes | 1,1 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | @ Mack Avenue Records

Widely acknowledged as a modern master in the aftermath of his acclaimed 2012 Mack Avenue debut, The Bespoke Man’s Narrative, 29-year-old pianist-composer Aaron Diehl ups the ante with the 2015 release Space, Time, Continuum.

Diehl first documented his inclusive, across-the-timeline conception on the self-released late ʼ00s albums Live At Caramoor, a solo date on which he navigated the stride piano canon with deep assurance; and Live At The Players, on which he applied a broad lexicon of piano trio vocabulary to a program spanning classical music, bebop and the blues. On The Bespoke Man’s Narrative, Diehl presented original music drawing on antecedent bandleader-composers like John Lewis and Duke Ellington for strategies that facilitated individualistic performances from his unit of A-list peers.

On Space, Time, Continuum, an eight-piece program, Diehl assembles a pan-generational ensemble of masters. Joining his core trio of bassist David Wong and drummer Quincy Davis, in different configurations, are the iconic tenor saxophonist-composer Benny Golson and the magisterial baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley, both 85 years young; the 39-year-old underground tenor saxophone giant Stephen Riley; and the rising star trumpeter Bruce Harris, not yet 30.

Tracklist:
1 Uranus 06:16
2 The Steadfast Titan 04:56
3 Flux Capacitor 03:00
4 Organic Consequence 13:12
5 Kat’s Dance 08:15
6 Santa Maria 07:40
7 Broadway Boogie Woogie 02:14
8 Space, Time, Continuum 10:03

Personnel:
Aaron Diehl; piano
Joe Temperley; baritone sax (track 2)
Benny Golson; tenor sax (tracks 4, 8)
Stephen Riley; tenor sax (tracks 3, 5)
Bruce Harris; trumpet (tracks 4, 8)
Charenee Wade; vocals (track 8)
David Wong; bass
Quincy Davis; drums

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a-ha – Hunting High & Low (1985/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:17 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Rhino/Warner Bros.

The classic debut album from Norway’s a-ha. Includes quintessenital new wave hits “Take On Me” & “Sun Always Shines on TV” and has sold over 10 million units worldwide. Hunting High and Low peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard 200.

Anyone who dismissed a-ha as a one-hit wonder must have missed out on the band’s fine debut, Hunting High and Low. Though the band spawned many further hits across the rest of the world, “Take on Me” exploded in the States and the group never cracked the top of the charts again. It’s a shame, because the album contains a handful of songs that nearly match the manic energy and emotional crack of its big hit. Further, it’s a cohesive album with smart pace changeups, and it rarely fails to delight or satisfy a listener’s need for a synth pop fix. The opening kick is a huge one: “Take on Me” is a new wave classic laced with rushing keyboards, made emotionally resonant thanks to Morten Harket’s touching vocal delicacy. It didn’t hurt in the era of MTV that the song’s video was a hyperkinetic blend of mind-warping animation and filmed footage with a romantic thriller’s heart. Harket’s hunky physique and cheekbones also didn’t hurt the video’s chances at heavy rotation. Getting past that video, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” is just as thrilling. Starting as a sad ballad, it explodes into something much more, as chugging guitars and operatic synths keep pace with Harket’s evocative vocal stylings. If ever a 1980s song qualified as Wall of Sound, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” would be it. The remainder of the album sees a-ha switching deftly back and forth between dramatic overtures and classic new wave keyboard motifs. “Train of Thought” and “Love Is Reason” are reminiscent of early Depeche Mode or Camouflage, but Harket’s rich voice and flair make them purely a-ha. The band explores decidedly European terrain in the theatrical “Hunting High and Low” and dances a pop waltz with the sweet “Living a Boy’s Adventure Tale,” coming across like a marriage between the Blue Nile and Alphaville. Delightful song snippets “The Blue Sky” and “And You Tell Me” act as frosting on the cake or as glue between the theater and the dancefloor. One can’t escape the feeling that Hunting High and Low is a product of the 1980s, but with highs like “Take on Me” and “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.,” and no lows in sight, a-ha’s debut is a treat worth relishing.

Tracklist:
01 – Take On Me
02 – Train Of Thought
03 – Hunting High And Low
04 – The Blue Sky
05 – Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale
06 – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
07 – And You Tell Me
08 – Love Is Reason
09 – I Dream Myself Alive
10 – Here I Stand And Face The Rain

Remastered in 2015.

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Amir ElSaffar – Crisis (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:36 minutes | 781 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Pi Recordings

Amir ElSaffar, who has been called among the most promising figures in jazz today by the Chicago Tribune, is unique for combining elements of the maqam, a Middle Eastern musical form, with modern jazz. A virtuoso on the trumpet, ElSaffar has developed new techniques that enable intonation and ornaments that are characteristic to Arabic music and is also one of very few trumpeters in the world able to play microtonal music. Crisis is inspired by his extensive travels in the Middle East, and the growing sense of hopelessness that continue to haunt the region. Joining him is the Two Rivers Ensemble, his long-running group formed to explore this confluence of these musical cultures. After almost ten years of extensive performing and touring, they have developed an intuitive ease with this highly complex music, enabling the band to play with a creativity that transcends pure technical challenge. Using the maqam to transform the jazz idiom, the music still speaks the language of swing, improvisation and group interaction. With Crisis, ElSaffar has once again uncovered entirely new possibilities in the evolution of jazz.

Crisis chronicles the continuing development of trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s critically acclaimed Two Rivers Ensemble, a band purpose-built to explore the juncture between jazz and music of the Middle East, in particular the Iraqi maqam. The new work is his reflection on a region in turmoil and strife: revolution, civil war, sectarian violence; a culture’s struggle for survival. It sets aside some of the more exploratory work that he has done in recent years to focus on music that is passionate and visceral, a cry from the heart. Crisis was commissioned by the Newport Jazz Festival, where at its 2013 premiere, it made a clear emotional connection to the audience, receiving a rousing standing ovation after just the first piece. Driving and to the point, ElSaffar’s music is beyond categorization – not jazz, world music or any facile fusion thereof – but a world unto its own.

Tracklist:
01 – Alone
02 – I Won’t Gor For More
03 – Reason
04 – Together (feat. Childish Gambino)
05 – Alive
06 – The Light
07 – Fear Nothing
08 – Daddy
09 – Sadness
10 – Feel
11 – Right Where I Want You
12 – Always Home
13 – Falling Out
14 – Gotta Make It Last [Bonus Track]15 – Stand Back [Bonus Track]16 – Direction [Bonus Track]17 – Alone (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]

Key Performers:
Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, vocal, santour
Ole Mathisen – tenor and soprano saxophone
Nasheet Waits – drums
Carlo DeRosa – bass
Tareq Abboushi – buzuq
Zafer Tawil – oud, percussion

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Malcolm Arnold – 4 Scottish Dances & Symphony No. 3 – London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Arnold (1959/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:26 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | @ Everest Records
Recorded: November 1958 at the Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London, UK

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) was a successful English contemporary composer, known for his musical versatility. He was a renowned professional trumpeter, joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra as third trumpeter in 1941; within a year had graduated to the first chair in the trumpet section.

The Four Scottish Dances were composed early in 1957, and are dedicated to the BBC Light Music Festival. They are all based on original melodies but one, the melody of which was composed by Robert Burns. Arnold’sSymphony No. 3 was composed between 1954 and 1957, is written for normal symphony orchestra without harp or percussion. It is in three movements. The symphony was dedicated to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society.

Tracklist:
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59
1 I. Pesante 02:29
2 II. Vivace 02:04
3 III. Allegretto 03:47
4 IV. Con brio 01:15
Symphony No. 3, Op. 63
5 I. Allegro – Vivace 13:30
6 II. Lento 13:48
7 III. Allegro con brio – Presto 07:33

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold – Conductor

Mark Jenkins – Executive Producer
Lutz Rippe – Remastering and digital transfers

Digital restoration and remastering using Algorithmix software products

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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8 – London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips (1960/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:09 minutes | 1,81 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Everest Records
Recorded: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, January 1960

It is not known exactly when Beethoven completed his First Symphony, as the autograph score was lost. It is known, however, when the symphony was first performed and what the critics thought of it. It premiered in Vienna in 1800, also on the program was a Mozart symphony, an aria and duet from Haydn’s Creation, an unspecified piano concerto by Beethoven, his Septet, and some improvisations at the piano by the composer. The critics were rather complimentary about all the works but the Beethoven symphony. The Eighth is the shortest of Beethoven’s symphonies, also probably the jolliest, with much of that “unbuttoned” humor so frequently ascribed to the composer.

Josef Krips’ cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s nine symphonies was recorded in 1960, originally on 35mm film for the Everest label, but this deluxe audiophile treatment was hardly apparent in several inferior-sounding reissues over the years. However, this situation has been rectified by Madacy, who reissued the Everest recordings in a fresh remastering from the original tapes. This recording is reasonably faithful to the professional but not fully polished sound of the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the way it sounded before its rise to world-class status; the orchestra is quite smooth in a fairly reverberant acoustic that provides a pleasant aural effect. Krips may be grouped among conductors of the conventional approach to performing Beethoven that was prevalent in the mid-20th century, for his performances reflect a preference for a full-size orchestral scale, modern instruments, and homogenization of timbres. Interestingly, Krips’ tempos tend toward the fast side, which early music orchestras would later adopt as the norm for period practice, especially in Beethoven. These recordings of the symphonies are solidly played and consistently clear in reproduction, and first-time listeners seeking a bargain could hardly do better than to try this set. –Blair Sanderson

Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
1 I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio 09:18
2 II. Andante cantabile con moto 06:27
3 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace 03:54
4 IV. Finale: Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace 06:21
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
5 I. Allegro vivace e con brio 09:55
6 II. Allegretto scherzando 04:18
7 III. Tempo di Menuetto 05:25
8 IV. Allegro vivace 07:31

Personnel:
London Symphony Orchestra
Josef Krips, Conductor

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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 – London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips (1960/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:57 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Everest Records
Recorded: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, January 1960

Beethoven’s Eroica represents his symphonic declaration of independence from the domination of Haydn and Mozart. He spent two years composing it, polishing and refining each phrase until he had exactly what he wanted. The results must have proved startling to the symphony’s first hearers. Not only was it probably by far the longest symphony written up to that time but it had more daring innovations.

Josef Krips’ cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s nine symphonies was recorded in 1960, originally on 35mm film for the Everest label, but this deluxe audiophile treatment was hardly apparent in several inferior-sounding reissues over the years. However, this situation has been rectified by Madacy, who reissued the Everest recordings in a fresh remastering from the original tapes. This recording is reasonably faithful to the professional but not fully polished sound of the London Symphony Orchestra, presenting the way it sounded before its rise to world-class status; the orchestra is quite smooth in a fairly reverberant acoustic that provides a pleasant aural effect. Krips may be grouped among conductors of the conventional approach to performing Beethoven that was prevalent in the mid-20th century, for his performances reflect a preference for a full-size orchestral scale, modern instruments, and homogenization of timbres. Interestingly, Krips’ tempos tend toward the fast side, which early music orchestras would later adopt as the norm for period practice, especially in Beethoven. These recordings of the symphonies are solidly played and consistently clear in reproduction, and first-time listeners seeking a bargain could hardly do better than to try this set. –Blair Sanderson

Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 „Eroica“
1 I. Allegro con brio 14:50
2 II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 12:49
3 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 05:55
4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 11:23

Personnel:
London Symphony Orchestra
Josef Krips, Conductor

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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica'; Overtures – Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:07:11 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: March 2012, Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Sala Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra bring their captivating energy to one of the summits of the orchestral repertoire – Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, the “Eroica.” This work also includes two of Beethoven’s most-beloved overtures, “Egmont” and “The Creatures of Prometheus.” The world-class ensemble delivers with power and precision. This is a must-have for anyone who wishes to discover the power of classical music!

Reviews

“Energy and excitement run through every bar of these performances…[one is] thrilled by the sheer delight in the playing he inspires.” – The Sunday Telegraph

Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 -“Eroica”
1. 1. Allegro con brio 17:35
2. 2. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) 17:39
3. 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) 5:26
4. 4. Finale (Allegro molto) 12:16
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43
5. Overture 5:07
Music To Goethe’s Tragedy “Egmont” Op.84
6. Overture 9:11

Personnel:
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

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Best Coast – The Only Place (2012)

FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:18 minutes | 765 MB | Genre: Rock
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“Cosentino’s songs of suburban yearning, and the constraints of conformity, evoke a pinker time of pining. And that’s a feeling relevant to any coast.” – New York Daily News

The Only Place is the highly anticipated follow-up to the Californian duo’s acclaimed 2010 work. The album showcases the musicians’ evolutionary growth in both their sound and outlook. As with their successful debut,The Only Place finds the gifted songwriter Cosentino writing all the songs on the album and providing vocals and rhythm guitar, while multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno plays the bass, drums and lead guitar. This thrilling release was recorded at Capitol Records and was produced by the legendary Jon Brion, who has worked with Fiona Apple and Kayne West. With detailed arrangements and subtle percussion, this album is a must.

Tracklist:

1 The Only Place 2:42
2 Why I Cry 2:19
3 Last Year 3:33
4 My Life 2:11
5 No One Like You 3:01
6 How They Want Me To Be 3:52
7 Better Girl 2:53
8 Do You Love Me Like You Used To 3:15
9 Dreaming My Life Away 3:21
10 Let’s Go Home 2:34
11 Up All Night 4:37

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Georges Bizet – Carmen – Magdalena Kozena, Jonas Kaufmann, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (2012) 
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 02:29:40 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: 16–21.IV.2012, Philharmonie, Berlin

Carmen was premiered at the (second) Salle Favart, the home of Paris’ Opéra-Comique – then as now in the Place Boieldieu – on 3 March 1875. Georges Bizet, its composer, died of a heart attack exactly three months later, on 3 June, aged 36. In his short life he had written, in whole or in part, more than a dozen works for the lyric stage, ranging from one-act operettas to five-act grand operas: and had contemplated at least a dozen more. He was exceptionally well connected in the tight-knit and faintly incestuous musical world of mid-19th-century Paris, and almost universally well-liked. Over 4,000 mourners attended his funeral in the Église de la Sainte-Trinité – the location of Rossini’s in 1868 and Berlioz’s the year after – including his former mentor Charles Gounod, so emotionally overwrought that he was unable to finish the eulogy at the subsequent interment at Père Lachaise. That night – 5 June – Carmen was given its 33rd performance at the Salle Favart; and this time the press that had greeted the work’s premiere with almost unanimous hostility was suddenly to be found bemoaning the loss of one of French music’s greatest talents.

Opera was never going to be the same again. Single-handedly, Carmen redrew the boundaries both musically and especially dramatically, of what could be represented on an opera stage. When it finally returned to the Comique in 1883 in a bowdlerised version, there was public uproar, and the original had to be restored immediately. And in the selfsame year, the Comique was busy rehearsing Massenet’s Manon, which effectively abandons dialogue in favour of mélodrame (speech over music) and depicts – in the flagrant seduction of a priest, in church, by a trollop – a far more shockingly immoral event than anything in Bizet’s opera. Opera’s doors were now open to a fuller, franker depiction of real-life events and emotions on the operatic stage such as Émile Zola was bringing to the novel. He never lived long enough to see it happen, but Bizet’s objective had been fulfilled. The era of operatic verismo had dawned.

Tracklist:
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen / Opera in four acts
Act One
1. Prélude 03:20
2. No.1 Introduction: Sur la place, chacun passe, chacun… 02:01
3. Regardez donc cette petite qui semble vouloir nous parler 04:03
4. No.2 Marche et Chœur des gamins: Avec la garde montante,… 04:43
5. Nr. 3 Chœur et Scène: La cloche a sonné; nous, des ouvrières 04:01
6. Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita!…Quand je vous… 01:09
7. No.4 Havanaise: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle 04:19
8. No.5 Scène: Carmen! sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous! 01:59
9. Que est-ce-que ça veut dire, ces façons-là? 00:17
10. No.6 Duo: Parle-moi de ma mère 09:36
11. Carmen, Act 1: Attends un peu 00:43
12. No.7 Chœur: Au secours! 02:60
13. Eh bien, José? Qu’est-ce qui c’est passé? 00:13
14. No.8 Chanson et Mélodrame: Avez-vous quelque chose à… 03:06
15. Laissez-moi échapper 00:30
16. No.9 Chanson et Duo: Près des remparts de Séville 04:32
17. No.10 Final: Voici l’ordre, partez 02:23
18. Entreacte 01:41
Act Two
19. No.11 Chanson: Les tringles des sistres tintaient avec un… 04:34
20. Vivat! vivat le Torero! 01:16
21. Votre toast, je peux vouz le rendre…Toréador, en garde! 05:02
22. Dis-moi ton nom 00:42
23. No.13bis: Toréador, en garde 01:11
24. Eh bien monsieur, quelles nouvelles 00:18
25. No.14 Quintette: Nous avons en tête une affaire 04:50
26. Partez sans moi, j’irai vous rejoindre demain 01:30
27. Enfin, te voilà! 00:36
28. No.16 Duo: Je vais danser en votre honneur 00:34
29. La-la-la-la…Attends un peu, Carmen 02:12
30. Au quartier! pour l’appel? 02:51
31. Au quartier! pour l’appel? 04:26
32. Non! tu ne m’aimes pas! 02:48
33. Non! Je ne veux plus t’écouter! 01:09
34. No.17 Final: Holà! Carmen! holà! holà! 01:22
35. Bel officier, l’amour vous joue en ce moment un assez… 01:13
36. Plus tard!…La guerre, c’est la guerre! 02:31
37. Entr’acte 02:39
Act Three
38. No.18 Introduction: Écoute, écoute, compagnon, écoute! 02:40
39. Notre métier est bien 01:39
40. À quoi tu penses? 00:38
41. No.19 Trio: Mêlons! Coupons! 03:07
42. Voyons que j’essaie à mon tour 01:02
43. En vain pour éviter 02:09
44. La mort… Parlez encor, parlez mes belles 00:52
45. Eh bien?…Eh bien, c’est plus compliqué que prévu! 00:28
46. No.20 Morceau d’Ensemble: Quant au douanier 03:05
47. No.21 Air: Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante 05:27
48. Qui êtes-vous, répondez! 00:07
49. Je suis Escamillo, Torero de Grenade! 00:59
50. Elle avait pour amant 00:37
51. Mais pour nous enlever nos filles de Bohème 00:48
52. Enfin ma colère…Quelle maladresse 01:18
53. Tout beau! 01:23
54. No.23 Final: Holà! holà! José! 02:32
55. Prends garde à toi…Carmen 00:37
56. Moi! Je viens te chercher! 01:06
57. Va-t’en – Tu me dis de la suivre! 03:13
58. Toréador, en garde! 00:59
59. Entr’acte 02:21
Act Four
60. No.24 Chœur: À deux cuartos! 02:07
61. No.25 Chœur et Scène: Les voici! Voici la quadrille! 03:46
62. Si tu m’aimes, Carmen 01:23
63. Carmen, un bon conseil 01:58
64. C’est toi – C’est moi 04:04
65. Tu m’aimes donc plus 05:55

Personnel:

Magdalena Kožená – Mezzo-Soprano
Jonas Kaufmann – Tenor
Genia Kühmeier – Soprano
Kostas Smoriginas – Baritone
Christian Van Horn – Bass-Baritone
Andrè Schuen – Bass-Baritone
Christina Landshamer – Soprano
Rachel Frenkel – Mezzo-Soprano
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt – Tenor
Simone Del Savio – Baritone
Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin – Choir
Eberhard Friedrich – Chorus Master
Kinderchor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin – Choir
Vinzenz Weissenburger – Chorus Master
Berliner Philharmoniker – Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle – Conductor

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