Live performance from American rock band Eagles of Death Metal recorded at the Olympia in Paris in February 2016. The concert, which was the group’s first in Paris since the tragic events surrounding their 2015 show at Le Bataclan theatre, features tracks such as ‘Cherry Cola’, ‘Wannabe in L.A.’ and ‘Don’t Speak (I Came to Make a Bang!)’.
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Title: The Winery Dogs – Dog Years – Live In Santiago & Beyond 2013-2016
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Hard rock, Blues rock
Production/Label: Loud & Proud Records
Duration: 01:39:02
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, AС3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 17544 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4398 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2266 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #2: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB
Size: 21.82 GB
The Winery Dogs Richie Kotzen (lead vocals/guitar), Mike Portnoy (drums), Billy Sheehan (bass) have performed 200 shows around the world since their inception in 2013. After the release of their second album, the critically-acclaimed, HOT STREAK, released in October, 2015, they toured the world yet again. In South America, where the rock n roll fans are particularly passionate, the band recorded a live show. DOG YEARS, LIVE IN SANTIAGO & BEYOND 2013-2016 is two-disc set featuring a live concert recorded at Teatro Cariola in Santiago, Chile on May 27th, 2016. The full 100-minute show includes songs from both albums, HOT STREAK and THE WINERY DOGS, and is offered on a hi-def BluRay format. The BluRay also includes eight music videos spanning the band s two albums. The Dog Years EP features five previously unreleased studio tracks. DOG YEARS, LIVE IN SANTIAGO & BEYOND 2013-2016, a five-disc package, is also available, which includes the concert on a DVD format; as well as two CDs with the live concert audio. (more…)
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The Australian Art Orchestra – Water Pushes Sand (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:26 minutes | 711 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Booklet, Front Cover | © Jazzheads
Water Pushes Sand is a major new musical work that sees virtuosic Chinese and Australian musicians reinvigorate the endangered music of China’s Sichuan Province to create an entirely new sound world. Traditional Sichuan melodies and rhythms are fused with modern jazz improvisation in a wild intercultural celebration.
The Australian Art Orchestra, led by artistic director Peter Knight, is renowned for creating work that merges musical styles and cultures in a thrilling way. Australian Art Orchestra Associates Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson have been travelling to Sichuan for 15 years and their collaborations with musicians from Sichuan have produced three large-scale shows – Chengdu Streetsongs, Sichuan Fantasy, and The Wide Alley – that have toured in China, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
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Сomposer: Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Title: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Release Date: 2012
Recorded Date: Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011.
Genre: Classical
Director: David McVicar
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Artist: Marco Jentzsch (Walther von Stolzing), Anna Gabler (Eva), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Alastair Miles (Veit Pogner), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Colin Judson (Kunz Vogelgesang), The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Production/Label: Opus Arte
Duration: 02:32:16+02:09:05
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30675 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: German / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3739 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: English, French, German
Size: 41.5 GB + 40.5 GB
English-speaking audiences have always found Die Meistersinger to be a life-enhancing celebration of wisdom, art and song. So it proves in David McVicar’s production – the first at Glyndebourne – which is updated to the early-19th century of Wagner’s childhood. At the centre of a true ensemble cast is Gerald Finley, a ‘gleamingly sung’, ’eminently believable’ Sachs (The Independent on Sunday), supported by the dynamic conducting of Vladimir Jurowski which, like McVicar’s production, uses Glyndebourne’s special intimacy to bring sharp focus to bear on the subtlety of Wagner’s musical and dramatic counterpoint. (more…)
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Сomposer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Title: Bach, Telemann – Sacred Cantatas
Release Date: 2017
Recorded Date: Alte Oper Frankfurt, 10th November 2011
Genre: Classical
Director: Petra Müllejans
Artist: Philippe Jaroussky, contre-ténor; Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, oboe; Juan de la Rubia, organ; Freiburger Barockorchester; Petra Müllejans, violin & direction
Production/Label: EuroArts Music International GmbH
Duration: 01:21:36
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 19961 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4065 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: French, German, English
Size: 17.68 GB
Long-awaited DVD and Bluray release of the concert recorded live at Alte Oper Frankfurt on 10th November 2011. Three of the concert pieces can also be found on Philippe Jaroussky’s Oct 2016 Bach & Telemann ‘Sacred Cantatas’ album with the same orchestra in their studio version. Apart from the 2012 DVD/Bluray release “Greatest Moments in Concert”, this release is the only Philippe Jaroussky concert DVD and Bluray currently available. When Philippe Jaroussky – whose angelic voice seems almost timeless – sings works by Telemann and Bach, it becomes abundantly clear that the sheer emotional force and the purifying power of their music have not diminished one bit over the centuries. Including 3 bonus clips with Philippe Jaroussky talking about his work with the Freiburger Barockorchester and Bach & Telemann. Philippe Jaroussky has established himself as the most admired countertenor of his generation, as confirmed by the French ‘Victoires de la Musique’ awards (‘Revelation Artiste Lyrique’ in 2004, ‘Artiste lyrique de l’année’ in 2007 and in 2010, CD of the Year 2009) and multiple Echo Klassik Awards in Germany (2005, 2008, 2011-2012, 2015 and 2016). (more…)
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Title: Nashe Si Chadh Gayi – Top 50 Bollywood Songs
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Pop, Bollywood
Production/Label: Yash Raj Films
Duration: 03:40:04
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 19957 kbps / 1920*1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Hindi Dolby TrueHD 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4037 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps) (more…)
Title: The Beauty Of Gemina: Minor Sun – Live in Zurich
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Production/Label: TBOG Music
Duration: 01:56:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 22000 kbps / 1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio#2: German Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Size: 22.75 GB
After successful shows on an extended European Tour time had come for mastermind, singer and songwriter Michael Sele and his band to present their last album MINOR SUN in their homebased city Zurich. The spectacular concert at the legendary X-TRA Limmathaus Club in Zurich on the 19th of November 2016 should become one of the biggest highlights in the career of the band. Now it will be released on DVD/BLU-RAY in full concert length. (more…)
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Randy Newman – Little Criminals
Artist: Randy Newman | Album: Little Criminals | Style: Pop, Rock, Soft Rock | Year: 2002 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96khz/24bit, MLP 2.0 192khz/24bit + DTS 5.1, Dolby AC3 5.1, PCM 2.0 48kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 12 | Size: 4.26 Gb | Covers: in archive | Release: Rhino | Atlantic, 2002 | Note: Watermarked
After Good Old Boys, one of the most ambitious and thematically unified albums of his career, Randy Newman seemed to beat a willful retreat for his next project, 1977’s Little Criminals. For the most part abandoning the carefully structured orchestral arrangements that dominated Good Old Boys and Sail Away, Newman cut Little Criminals with a handful of pop-friendly session musicians and L.A. Mellow Mafia regulars (including most of the Eagles), and his arch, cutting satire gave way to a lighter but less thoughtful tone, with the humor becoming less mean-spirited (though becoming much more venomous than “Rednecks” might have been difficult). Newman even revisited one of his favorite themes, the pointlessness of racial prejudice, with a metaphor so silly no one could fail to understand it. Or at least that’s what he thought when he wrote “Short People”; the song unexpectedly took off as a novelty hit, and the vertically challenged across the country began attacking Newman for what they saw as an affront to their dignity and well-being. As a result, Little Criminals became Newman’s first (and only) gold album in the United States, but this set wasn’t an especially good way to introduce the average record buyer to his work. Little Criminals lacks the scope of Newman’s best work, the music is skillful but bland, and several of the songs sound like padding (especially “You Can’t Fool the Fat Man” and “Jolly Coppers on Parade”). While the title tune, “Rider in the Rain,” “In Germany Before the War,” and “Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America” (which was written for the movie Ragtime but not used) are fine songs, much of Little Criminals sounds like Newman was treading water; it’s not his worst album, but it sounds like the work of a man figuring out what his next move should be. (more…)
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John Coltrane – Ballads (1962/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:08 minutes | 687 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital Booklet | © Impulse Records
A breathtaking album by the single most influential saxophone player (and perhaps jazz artist) in history. Featuring his stellar quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison, BALLADS finds Coltrane at his most pensive and lyrical. The result is one of the great jazz albums of the 20th Century. Absolutely essential. (more…)
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John Coltrane and Milt Jackson – Bags & Trane (1961/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:01 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Rhino Atlantic
Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City in 1959, Bags & Trane features Milt Jackson and John Coltrane and was produced by Neshui Ertegün.
Vibraphonist Milt Jackson and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane make for a surprisingly complementary team on this 1959 studio session, their only joint recording. With fine backup by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Connie Kay, Bags and Trane stretch out on two of Jackson’s originals (including “The Late Late Blues”) and three standards: a romping “Three Little Words,” “The Night We Called It a Day,” and the rapid “Be-Bop.” This enjoyable music has been included as part of Rhino’s Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings box. –AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow (more…)
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John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (1963/1995/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:15 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Impulse Records
A true jazz classic, this 1963 album paired tenor saxophone legend John Coltrane with the golden-voiced bass singer Johnny Hartman. Backed by McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison, the duo moves through breathtaking covers of “Lush Life,” “My One and Only Love” and more. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. (more…)
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Joe Satriani – Not Of This Earth (1986/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:38 minutes | 846 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Epic/Legacy
When Joe Satriani released Not of This Earth, he stated that his goal was “to make a ‘guitar-record- that would be enjoyed by all; not just a ‘guitar-chops-record’ but one with real music on it.” Remastered by John Cuniberti, analog mixes are 30ips 1/2″ tape, transferred and mastered to digital at 96/24. (more…)
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Joe Satriani – Engines Of Creation (2000/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:39 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Epic Records
Engines of Creation is guitarist Joe Satriani’s eighth album that was originally released in 2000. The record peaked at number 90 on the Billboard 200 chart, remaining there for three weeks. This was a different album for Satriani, he backed away from his typical blues/rock sound and decided to venture into the realm of electronic music. “Until We Say Goodbye”, the single on Engines of Creation, was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards. (more…)
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Title: Asia: Symfonia – Live in Bulgaria 2013
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Rock
Duration: 01:17:43 + 00:09:30
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 22993 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 16.45 GB
Live performance from rock supergroup Asia recorded at Plovdiv’s Century Roman Theatre in September 2013.
Accompanied by The Plovdiv Opera Orchestra, the band play tracks such as
‘Sole Survivor’, ‘Only Time Will Tell’ and ‘Heat of the Moment’. (more…)
Сomposer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Title: Schumann – Symphonien 1-4
Genre: Classical
Label/Source: © Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
Release Date: 2014
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in 14 – 16 February 2013 (3), 20 – 22 February 2013 (2), 31 October – 2 November 2013 (1 & 4)
Quality: Blu-Ray Audio
BD Audio:
Duration: 02:05:32
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: German DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 96 kHz / 5989 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
BD Video:
Duration: 0:43:49 + 0:35:34 + 0:34:33 + 0:27:05 + 0:25:48
Video: MPEG-4 AVC ~20000 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio: German DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / ~2250 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
For Simon Rattle, Robert Schumann is “the echt Romantic”. And in fact, the exuberance of the period, its passion and its melancholy can be heard with unique intensity in Schumann’s music to this day. For the Berliner Philharmoniker, Schumann’s symphonies have always been part of their core repertoire. The 1953 Wilhelm Furtwängler recording in particular has attained cult status. And so it only stands to reason that the Berliner Philharmoniker should launch their Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings label with a cycle of the four Schumann symphonies.
The symphonies are available as a 2-CD + Blu-ray edition and as a limited vinyl collector’s edition. Both versions include a free voucher for a high resolution download of the four symphonies. The download can also be purchased separately by those who only wish to have the digital files.
The Schumann symphonies have accompanied the orchestra throughout 2013 – in Berlin and on tour in Europe and Asia. The Berlin Tagesspiegel wrote of a “defining moment”, while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praised the “truly sensational quality”. Another special feature of this recording from the Philharmonie is the decision to use the early version of the Fourth Symphony from 1841, whose appeal for Simon Rattle lies in its extra “lightness, grace and beauty” compared to the established later version. The presentation of the product, its packaging and special features, go far beyond what standard CDs and LPs offer.
The linen-bound CD/Blu-ray edition includes the Schumann cycle in different formats. In addition to the traditional audio CDs, there is also a Blu-ray Disc which enables music lovers to listen to the recording in audiophile studio quality of 96kHz/24bit or as HD video. If you are looking for the recording in even higher resolution, there is an accompanying code which allows you to download a version online in up to 192kHz/24bit. An additional code grants 7 days access to the Berliner Philharmoniker’s video platform, the Digital Concert Hall. The release also includes bonus material such as behind-the-scenes videos and a comprehensive booklet with articles about the composer, his symphonies and the Schumann tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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