Olli Mustonen – Scriabin: Etudes & Preludes (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82 MHz | Time – 01:07:01 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album features the acclaimed Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen with piano works by Alexander Scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital. The virtuoso sets of Etudes and Preludes cover a wide range of late-Romantic expressions, from heroic to religious, ecstatic to melancholic. The Sonata No. 10 is regarded as one of Scriabin’s greatest works. The collection culminates with the pianistic tour-de-force of Vers la flamme, an astonishing piece famously championed by the late Vladimir Horowitz.
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Alexei Utkin, Igor Tchetuev – Robert Schumann: Pieces for Oboe and Piano (2010)
DSF 5.0 Surround DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 48:59 minutes | 4,84 GB
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 48:59 minutes | 1,94 GB
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In his youth Schumann was reputed to be a tender-hearted and desperate Romantic. This is undoubtedly true. We need only recall his ardent love for future wife Clara and how passionately he fought for her, how fervently he poured his feelings into numerous piano pieces and spared no effort in writing critical articles, where he furiously attacked Philistines and waxed lyrical about talented young composers such as Berlioz and Chopin.
When Schumann later found family happiness and his life became more tranquil, at least to outward appearances, characteristics that had previously lain hidden finally surfaced. The pieces recorded for this album give an idea of what the mature Schumann was like as a person and what interested him. Nearly all of them (except the violin sonata) were composed in Dresden, where he lived from 1844 to 1849. It should be mentioned that the change in Schumann’s place of residence which involved leaving Leipzig, the epicentre of musical activity, and moving to quiet, peaceful Dresden was undertaken on the advice of his doctors. The composer suffered from bipolar affective disorder. He was overcome by bouts of terrible depression which, in the end, also led to his death. Initially the move brought no relief: ‘I am still badly afflicted and often quite despondent. I am not allowed to work at all, only to rest and take walks, but often I lack the strength even for a stroll,’ wrote the composer in October 1844.
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Thomas Oliemans, Paolo Giacometti – Schumann: Lieder – Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (2016)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82 MHz | Time – 32:04 minutes | 2,47 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Bookelt, Front Cover | © Challenge Records
Two souls, alas, reside within my breast’ Faust ascertained, and he was not the first to do so. From time immemorial we have quite some struggle with our inner contradictions, and we try to restrain them in many ways. Knowledge, alchemy, music, literature and drink are just some of the paths we follow in search of clarification and in the hope of gaining mastery of these troublemakers. Through the centuries all this has given rise to many literary and mythological couples: Apollo and Dionysus, Yin and Yang, but Florestan and Eusebius, Schumann’s literary and musical alter egos, are part of this tradition as well. The cautious, gentle Eusebius, as distinct from the more impulsive, high-spirited Florestan, prevail over both the musical and literary oeuvre of Schumann, as a line of approach, a disguise, and an attempt to get a grip on his inner turmoil.
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Title: Steven Wilson – Drive Home
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Progressive Rock
Production/Label: Kscope
Duration: 01:02:22
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM, DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21305 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6628 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 15.93 GB
Available in both Blu-Ray/CD and DVD/CD combinations the ‘Drive Home’ video EP is essentially a single from The Raven that Refused to Sing, but so much more! The video disc consists of the two Jess Cope directed videos for ‘Drive Home’ and ‘The Raven That Refused To Sing’, and 4 songs filmed live in Frankfurt on The Raven That Refused To Sing tour, approximately 35 minutes of high definition live footage. Also included as audio only content is ‘The Birthday Party’, a previously unreleased track taken from the recording sessions for The Raven That Refused To Sing (and other stories), and an orchestral version of the album title track. All content on the video disc is mixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound.
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Title: Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock
Production/Label: Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Duration: 01:23:03
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24500 kbps kbps 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6188 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM Audio 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 30.31 GB
This is the high resolution Blu-Ray format version of the Steven Wilson Grace For Drowning Release. It features the Album in hi resolution 5.1 stereo audio plus 2 bonus tracks, six work in progress demo versions and 5 promo videos.
Steven Wilson is a twice Grammy-nominated producer, writer and performer, best known as founder and front man of British rock band Porcupine Tree, He has also produced and /or mixed albums for artists as diverse as Swedish metal band Opeth, Norwegian chanteuse Anja Garbarek, and progressive rock institution King Crimson, Last year, he also co-wrote and sang a track from Pendulum’s number one album ‘Immersion’, Porcupine Tree’s last album was a top 30 album in both the UK and USA, and the tour climaxed with sold out shows in October last year at Royal Albert Hall in London and Radio City Music Hall in New York. ‘Grace For Drowning’ is the second album released under Wilson’s own name, and builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009’s exceptionally well-received ‘Insurgentes.’ A double album (two 40-45 minute albums in the same package), Wilson has described it as
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Title: Steven Wilson – Get All You Deserve
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock
Production/Label: Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Duration: 02:11:23
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24955 kbps 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7280 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 38.67 GB
Get All You Deserve, is a new high definition audio-visual set from Steven Wilson. Directed by long-time visual collaborator Lasse Hoile, Get All You Deserve was filmed in Mexico City during the recent Grace For Drowning Tour. The set captures the spectacular live experience that Wilson and Hoile created for the tour on Blu-ray.
Steven Wilson is a twice Grammy-nominated producer, writer and performer, best known as founder and front man of British rock band Porcupine Tree. He has also produced and /or mixed albums for artists as diverse as Swedish metal band Opeth, Norwegian chanteuse Anja Garbarek, and progressive rock institutions King Crimson and Jethro Tull. He also co-wrote and sang a track from Pendulum’s number one album Immersion. Porcupine Tree’s last album was a top 30 album in both the UK and USA, and the tour climaxed with sold out shows at Royal Albert Hall in London and Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Grace For Drowning was the second album released under Wilson’s own name, following 2009’s exceptionally well-received Insurgentes. The album, released in September 2011, entered the UK top 40 album chart at #34, both the Dutch and German national charts at #22, the US Billboard Rock album chart at #19 (#13 in independent chart) and debuted at #7 in the Polish national charts.
Following the release of Grace For Drowning, Steven embarked on his first ever solo tour, assembling a virtuoso band, featuring Marco Minnemann (drums), Nick Beggs (bass), Theo Travis (flute and sax), Adam Holzman (keys) and Niko Tsonev (guitars), to accompany him. For the shows he worked extensively with Lasse to create a show unlike nothing else that he had ever done with his other bands, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man or Bass Communion.
The shows submerged fans in a rich sensory experience: rear speakers provide surround-sound effects, giant screens show off Lasse’s films made specifically to accompany these songs, and cutting-edge lighting designs giving texture to each song.
Get All You Deserve captures one of the highlight shows from the tour. Recorded at a sold-out Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City, the gig features tracks from both Wilson’s solo albums along with the new, as yet unreleased, track Luminol.
Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:57 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Big Machine Records, LLC
Tim McGraw releases his highly-anticipated new album “Standing Room Only”.
“Standing Room Only” features 13 brand new tracks and was produced by McGraw and longtime producer Byron Gallimore. Among the writers contributing to the new album are Craig Wiseman, Jaren Johnston, Lori McKenna, Chase McGill and Kameron Marlowe.
“As an artist, I always want to dig deeper and get better every time I make a new record – it’s a big part of what drives me, and I really believe this is one of the best projects we’ve made. I’ve been working on this album since 2020, and this collection of songs are some of the most emotional, thought-provoking, and life-affirming music I’ve ever recorded,” McGraw stated via a press release.
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Third Coast Percussion – Between Breaths (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:55 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cedille Records
Grammy Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet Third Coast Percussion (Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore) presents Between Breaths, an album of world premieres of works by four contemporary composers, plus a new work by the quartet itself.
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Thierry Lang – Walk With Me (Heritage Project Vol. 2) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:48 minutes | 622 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music GmbH
The Swiss pianist and composer, Thierry Lang, was born on the 16th December 1956 in the small town of Romont in the canton of Fribourg. He started learning piano at the age of 5 and by 7 years old had decided to make piano his career. He excelled in classical piano studies until the age of 21 while at the same time developing a passion for jazz. As a fifteen year old, he first heard the pianist Bill Evans who would influence his thinking for many years to come. Inspired by this music, Thierry Lang found the perfect link between classical and piano jazz which rapidly became the characteristic of his own musical expression. As a talented composer with a great sense of melody, he rapidly established himself as a master in this domain. In 1986, he gave concerts with various jazz groups in Switzerland playing alongside numerous local and foreign musicians from different musical backgrounds. He gained further experience as a professional through accompanying musicians of diverse styles including Blues, BeBop and Mainstream. In 1987, he created his first trio through which he was able to share his brilliant technique and strong sense of melody with a wider public, who began to recognize the characteristic features of his musical signature. In 1988, his trio, already famous at a national level, was invited to accompany the world famous harmonica player Toots Thielemans.
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The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, David Newsholme, Sam Corkin – Palimpsest: New Works From Old For Saxophone and Choir (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:56 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
This album marks the culmination of a landmark project to re-imagine new works from old for saxophone, choir and organ. Celebrated saxophonist Sam Corkin is joined by Canterbury Cathedral Choir to bring a fresh perspective to some well-loved repertoire, recorded within the iconic surroundings of Canterbury Cathedral. Featuring fifteen specially commissioned works by leading composers including Gabriel Jackson, Errollyn Wallen and Roderick Williams.
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The View – Exorcism of Youth (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:27 minutes | 572 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cooking Vinyl Limited
EXORCISM OF YOUTH’ TO BE RELEASED ON JUNE 9TH . THE RESURGENT BAND’S FIRST NEW RECORD IN EIGHT YEARS. FEATURING THE NEW SINGLE ‘FEELS LIKE’ . When The View reconvened last year after five years apart, the three old-friends realised just how much they have missed… well, everything about being in a band: the rush of seeing an audience react to their performances, the camaraderie of being together, a simple jam idea evolving into a fully-fledged song. A run of comeback gigs at Glasgow’s O2 Academy saw all 10,000 tickets sold in advance, the fan reaction was overwhelming and they were even joined on-stage by an old friend in the shape of ‘Line of Duty’ actor Martin Compston. After all that, how could you resist wanting more? Especially as their rehearsals for the shows saw the band conjure up a wealth of new song ideas just like they did back when they first started out. And so The View today announce that ‘Exorcism of Youth’ – their first album since 2015 – will be released on June 9th via Cooking Vinyl. Frontman Kyle Falconer says, “Working with Youth on our third album ‘Bread and Circuses’ was one of the best experiences of my career so we jumped at the chance to revisit the opportunity with him in Spain. To be able to go into the studio again as a band with added experience was just magical.” Kyle and bandmates Kieran Webster (bass/vocals) and Pete Reilly (guitar) departed their homes in Scotland to record the record in the inspiring surroundings of Granada, Spain, with the assistance of a top tier producer in the shape of the Grammy Award winner Youth (The Verve, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Charlatans). They returned with ‘Exorcism of Youth’ in the bag, a record which combines the raucous energy of The View’s early work with some poignant slowburners drawn from personal experience, and Kyle’s gift for lyricism which is equal parts observational, witty and insightful. The View launch the album by sharing its lead single ‘Feels Like’. The band’s fiery energy ignites the song in a blaze of melody before hitting the kind of instantly irresistible hook with which they’ve made their name. It’s a track perfectly built for upcoming shows too, with its breakdown sure to be an immensely atmospheric moment when they hit summer festivals. Kyle adds, “This one felt anthemic from the get go. Even though under the surface it’s about somewhere everyone’s been in their life before: regret of losing someone amazing due to your inner demons and seeing them moving on with their life, when you’re stuck in a ‘nightmare not a dream.’ When I first sat down to write it I had Holden Caulfield from ‘Catcher in the Rye’ in mind. It’s playing out in his mind and it’s his own paranoia destroying him from the inside out when in reality she’s the perfect woman.”
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The Vaqueros – 80 Foot Wave (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:21 minutes | 432 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sundazed Music – Modern Harmonic
A tidal wave of minny-beat surf and garage from all incarnations of the carnivorous vaqueros. Like Twin City Neapolitan ice cream, surf instros, Linda Anderson’s vocal surf rock interludes and John Grizzard’s and John Grizzard’s grizzly garage songs three glorious flavours in one package!
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The Soul Movers – Dumb Luck (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:59 minutes | 628 MB | Genre: Soul, Blues, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cheersquad
Fearsomely funky, grippingly groovy, and radiantly retro, The Soul Movers – the lovechild of powerhouse vocalist, Lizzie Mack, and OG-Red-Wiggle, Murray Cook – are all the above, as is the groovy soul, powerful pop, and rockin’ country bump in “Dumb Luck”, their fourth album in over ten years, out on Cheersquad Records & Tapes.
To put the bling on ‘Dumb Luck’, the ‘Movers returned to many of the mind-blowingly original, hit-making studios they worked in to create 2019’s ‘Bona Fide’ album.
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The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Sirens’ Song (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:59 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Coro
What would singing be without words? When you combine wonderful poetry with exquisite music, the result is magical. In a rare break from the sacred collections they are famed for, this album from The Sixteen features a whole programme of secular music devoted to English partsongs. From Stanford’s cycle of Eight Partsongs based on the sparing yet infectious poetry of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge to Bridges’ lyrically descriptive writing in Finzi’s Seven Poems of Robert Bridges and Imogen Holst’s idyllic Six Part-Songs Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow using verses by John Keats, each setting captures the mood of the poem brilliantly.
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The Shy Boys – Perceptions of California (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:49 minutes | 546 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © u n i t
They celebrate a sound that makes your blood boil in your veins, your feet start to bob as if by magic and don’t want to stand still – this is how Jazzpodium magazine describes the unmistakable sound of this formation. And indeed, the “shy boys”, who on closer inspection turn out to be rather seasoned men, move seemingly effortlessly, casually and stylistically confidently through Latin, Caribbean and swinging rhythms, through jazzy elegant melodies and relaxed to daring improvisations.
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