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Walter Bishop Jr. Trio – Speak Low Again (1993) [Japan 2018] {SACD ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · April 12, 2019 · Comments off

This is one of the last sessions by Walter Bishop, Jr. prior to his death in 1998. The veteran bop pianist is in great form on this trio date with bassist Paul Brown and drummer Al Harewood, which mixes standards, bop classics, and several originals. Bishop’s jaunty approach to ‘Yardbird Suite’ is a gem, while his lush treatment of ‘The Masquerade Is Over’ finds the rhythm section staying softly in the background. He revisits ‘Speak Low,’ a centerpiece of his first date as a leader some 32 years earlier, playfully detouring into Billy Strayhorn’s ‘Rain Check’ and leaving room for a few drum breaks by Harewood. His ‘Valley Land’ is an intense mid-tempo samba, while ‘Keiko’s Samba’ kicks into a higher gear. This Japanese SACD on the Venus label is worth seeking. (more…)

Lavinia Meijer – Visions (2010) [2.0 & 5.1] SACD ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · January 27, 2019 · Comments off

Lavinia Meijer is recognized worldwide as one of the most successful rising stars of the harp. In October 2009 Meijer received the “Nederlandse Muziekprijs” at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw by the Minister of Culture. This Dutch Music Prize, a state prize, is the highest award a classical musician can obtain in The Netherlands. Besides performing the standard harp repertoire Lavinia Meijer is very keen on playing modern music. She is also interested in experiments with electronic music, theatrical performances and jazz. She has inspired several composers to write new compositions for the harp in all possible combinations, not only the violin also a saxophone quartet and even a rock band.

‘Visions’ presents a varied picture of recent repertoire from the last forty years and includes Britten’s haunting Suite, and Paul Patterson’s incredible pictorial pieces “Spiders” and “Bugs”. Lavinia Meijer’s performance of Garret Byrnes’ “Visions of Twilight” will surely become the benchmark recording of a work which has become one of the most performed works for harp ever since it’s premier in 2000.

In the booklet notes Lavinia Meijer writes:

I am sometimes asked to name my favourite stylistic period. It doesn’t matter to me, as long as we’re talking about good compositions and I can give them my own personal interpretation. It’s true that even as a young performer I discovered that I had an affinity for modern music. I am particularly interested by the technical and interpretative possibilities. It gives the performer a sense of freedom. I also enjoy the challenge of making modern music, which is experienced by so many people as “difficult”, into something not only approachable but exciting. Personal contact with the composer is a priceless advantage here. I would never have been able perform the works which were written specially for me by Garret Byrnes, Carlos Michans, and Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis) with such conviction if the composers hadn’t been around. (more…)

Sviatoslav Richter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – Hugo Wolf: Morike Lieder (1973/2015) [2.0 & 5.0] SACD ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · January 27, 2019 · Comments off

This album contains 18 of the 53 Mörike Lieder of Hugo Wolf, performed by legendary artists Dietrich-Fischer Dieskau (baritone) and Sviatoslav Richter. One of the five major song cycles that brought Wolf great recognition in the 19th c., these 18 songs rank amongst the composers most outstanding works in a genre that he developed to its highest level by pushing the boundaries of tonality and dramatic effect. These legendary artists bring their uncompromising attention to detail and unity of vision to produce music-making of great power and beauty.

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Diana Krall – The Look Of Love (2001) [2002 Verve SACD Reissue] {2.0 & 5.1} PS3 ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · January 18, 2019 · Comments off

Diana Krall – The Look Of Love (2001) [2002 Verve SACD Reissue] {2.0 & 5.1}
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:45 minutes | Scans included | 3,08 GB
SACD Hybrid reissue release from Diana Krall. Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound

The Look of Love doesn’t tamper with Diana Krall’s ongoing success, continuing the emphasis on romantic ballads and embracing them with lush string arrangements. At the core, of course, is Krall’s voice. She’s developing into one of the great torch singers, with an approach that’s both direct and subtly nuanced, true to the song and yet deeply personal. (more…)

Jeff Wayne – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (1978) [2x SACD – Reissue 2005] {PS3 ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · December 23, 2018 · Comments off

Jeff Wayne – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (1978) [2x SACD – Reissue 2005]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 5.1 & 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 95:09 minutes | Scans included | 5,82 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 94:42 mins | Scans | 1,73 GB
The classic double album remastered, repackaged, and stunningly remixed in stereo & 5.1 surround sound

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express the feelings of the various characters. The two-disc album remains a bestseller, having sold millions of records around the world, and is the 38th best selling album of all time in the UK. (more…)

Hurriganes – Roadrunner (1974) [Reissue 2007] {PS3 ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · November 17, 2018 · Comments off

Hurriganes was a hugely popular Finnish rock & roll band formed in 1971. Their music was a belated take on classic rock & roll, and the band was equally adept at writing their own modern classics as they were covering supercharged versions of songs by Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, or the J. Geils Band.

Hurriganes revitalized the Finnish rock music scene, particularly with their second album, 1974’s Roadrunner. The album, named after the Bo Diddley song, demolished the charts and is not only considered one of the best classic rock & roll albums in Finland, but it was also the best-selling album in its native land from 1974 to 1985. The single release of the song they added as a lark to the album when it came up too short, “Get On,” has been named numerous times as the finest single rock & roll song released in Finland by both the public and the press. Järvinen took the intro from Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” and added a ferocious lead throughout the three-and-a-half-minute song, Aaltonen punched it up with a revved-up beat and nonsense lyrics that touched upon most of the rock & roll clichés of the past, and Häkkinen solidified the mixture with his sturdy basslines… Roadrunner is regarded as one of the best Finnish rock records ever released, and in 2007, it was re-released as a SACD mixed to a 5.1 format. (more…)

Hugh Masekela – Hope (1994) [Analogue Productions Remaster 2008] {PS3 ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · November 17, 2018 · Comments off

Now happily resettled in South Africa, Masekela assembled a seven-piece group there and recorded an informal guided tour of his life and repertoire live in Washington D.C.’s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and several countries and composers — from an incantatory Alexandria township tune, “Languta,” which he learned in 1947, to a fairly ordinary piece written by keyboardist Themba Mkhize in 1993, “Until When.” “Abangoma” starts the CD out on the right track, hearkening back to the early fusion of African music and jazz that Masekela was playing back in 1966. “Mandela (Bring Him Back Home)” may have lost some of its political raison d’etre by 1993, but it remains a good tune, and the band plays it with enthusiasm. Yet Masekela’s biggest hit, “Grazing in the Grass,” sounds a bit tired in this live rendition. There are two songs by the prolific South African composer Caiphus Semenya, “Nomali” and the driving “Ha Le Se,” and the late Nigerian idol Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is represented by “Lady.” Clearly the resolution of the political struggle in South Africa had mellowed Masekela; he sounds happier, perhaps less fiery, certainly more polished and refined on the trumpet and flugelhorn than when he started out. But when you hear his bitter narration on “Stimela,” describing the life of formerly conscripted coal miners, you suspect that not all of the old wounds have healed. (more…)

Hiroshima – The Bridge (2003) {PS3 ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · November 17, 2018 · Comments off

Hiroshima, a group whose music falls between R&B, pop, world music, and jazz, has long had its own niche. The band integrates traditional Japanese instruments into their musical blend and has generally been both commercial and creative within its genre.

Few bands have so artfully and appealingly blended pop, R&B, jazz and world music over the past few decades as this East L.A.-bred ensemble, Hiroshima, which enters the new millennium with a set that draws on everything from old-school soul to Les McCann to the Japanese traditions so dear to its heart. Heads Up will no doubt market this as a smooth jazz project, but only a few tracks are middle of the road enough to truly qualify. The best of these, the lilting and inspirational “Believe,” balances Terry Steele’s seductive soul vocals with the exotic touches of bandleader Dan Kuramoto’s breathy alto flute and June Kuramoto’s trademark koto. “Another Wish” also captures the dreamy side of their artistry. That’s part of the secret of Hiroshima’s success; even at their mellowest, there’s still a feast for globally attuned ears. Then when they go funky, as on the horn driven “Shaka Phonk,” there are always June’s glistening strings floating beyond the groove. The disc begins with a tune (“Eternal Phoenix”) that offers a colorful hodgepodge of all their best elements, from ancient chimes and flutes to hypnotic percussion, modern grooving and distant, crunchy fusion guitars. The band has gone through various female lead vocalists but does even better with Terry Steele, who creates appealing updates of classic Isley Brothers and George Benson tunes. (more…)

Hugo Montenegro – Rocket Man & Mammy Blue (1975/1971) [Reissue 2018] {2.0 & 5.1} PS3 ISO + FLAC

SACD / DSD By admin · August 26, 2018 · Comments off

A pair of 70s albums from Hugo Montenegro – back to back on a single CD! Rocket Man is excellent – very groovy stuff! After paying tribute to Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan on other LPs, Hugo Montenegro turns his talents to the groovy compositions of Elton John in this nice album of moogy instrumentals – a set that’s got some upbeat material that almost hits a funky club style – graced with loads of work on Arp by John Montenegro! The tune are all big ones by Elton, mostly – and the presentation here is pretty cool, with a very different vibe than the big hits. There’s also a few solos by trumpeters Chuck Findley and Gary Barone – and titles include “Rocket Man”, “Bitch Is Back”, “Daniel”, “Take Me To The Pilot”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” – plus the originals “Splashdown” and “Blastoff”, which bracket the album in a “rocket” theme. Mammy Blue is funky moogy material from Hugo Montenegro, recorded during the time when he was making the shift from crime jazz and vocal themes to more electronic stuff with a 70s groove! The record’s got some very nice Arp on it in parts, and even though the tracks are mostly pop ones, they’re given the usual Montenegro twist, and have a nice nutty edge. Titles include “Peace Train”, “Zingaro”, “Movin On”, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”, “Superstar”, and “I Feel The Earth Move”.

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Hue and Cry – Next Move (1999) {SACD ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · August 26, 2018 · Comments off

Next Move is the 11th album in a career that took off after Hue and Cry, the stage name of brothers Pat Kane and Greg Kane, opened for Madonna in 1986. Since then, they have done quite well, sitting at the U.K. Top of the Charts on more than one occasion. The album combines elements of jazz, rock, and pop. To better assess the performance, the album should be broken up into two categories, the music and the words, which rarely come together here, at least in the way generally represented in jazz vocalizing. (more…)

Hubert Sumlin – Blues Guitar Boss (1990) [Reissue 2005] {2.0 & 5.1} SACD ISO + FLAC

SACD / DSD By admin · August 26, 2018 · Comments off

Hubert Sumlin was a brilliant guitarist who was a Howlin’ Wolf sideman and a vast influence on Eric Clapton and Peter Green amongst others. This killer album started with a five-week tour of Europe with these musicians before they hit the UK. There was a lot of songwriting in hotel rooms which paid off handsomely. Here are 5 brand new songs from Hubert, a couple of well thought-out instrumentals and Hubert playing his usual imaginative lead guitar on 3 new songs by Richard Studholme. Musically, it’s all tough blues but within that there is tremendous variation ranging from some nice modern touches to a couple of Jimmy Reedish tracks with just two guitars and drums. Altogether a superb team effort and a real revelation.

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Harry Allen Quartet – French Lullaby (2018) [Japan] {SACD ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · August 26, 2018 · Comments off

Tenorist Harry Allen serves up a great French lullaby of his own – crafted together from the work of famous Parisian songwriters like Michel Legrand, Charles Trenet, and others – and delivered here in a small combo instrumental mode! The setting is great – as Allen’s deep tenor is balanced with the guitar of Jacob Fisher, which makes for a different presentation than a piano might have given the record – as Hans Beckenroth provides bass and Kristian Leth handles drums – all in a well-recorded ate that’s up to the standard that we’ve come to love from Venus Records. Titles include “I Will Wait For You”, “The Summer Knows”, “Chateau En Suede”, “I Wish You Love”, “My Way”, and “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”. (more…)

Davide Palladin Trio – Gentle Art Of Love (2018) [Japan] {SACD ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · August 20, 2018 · Comments off

After graduating with honors from the A. Buzzolla Conservatory in Adria and then graduating summa cum laude from the G. Frescobaldi Conservatory in Ferrara, Davide Palladin performs and records with many local and international musicians, mainly in the jazz scene. He has also frequently collaborated with various artistic spaces, composing and taking care of music for art exhibitions, performances and theater. Davide also had the honor of being one of the ten guitarists invited to play with M° Franco Cerri on the occasion of the “10 Guitars For Franco Cerri”: a tribute to the most important guitarist in Italian Jazz history. In 2017 Davide was awarded Best Talent at the Bobby Durham Jazz Camp. (more…)

Carmen McRae – Supreme Jazz (2006) [2.0 & 5.1] {SACD ISO + FLAC}

SACD / DSD By admin · August 20, 2018 · Comments off

Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics. McRae was inspired by Billie Holiday, but she established her own voice. She recorded over sixty albums and performed worldwide.

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Various Artists – Living Stereo 60 Box (2004-2007) SACD ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · July 22, 2018 · Comments off

This 60 disc box set contains 60 original ‘Living Stereo’ recordings. This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created. Each album comes complete with its original LP artwork. An extensive booklet is included with the liner notes from each original album. Includes recordings by such great artists as Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Fritz Reiner, Julian Bream, Leontyne Price and Arthur Rubinstein. Sony. 2012.

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Stereo-60-Collection-Box/dp/B003UCPEJ2

CD List

1. Various Living Stereo Sampler (Missing)
2. MUNCH, CHARLES/Saint-Sans: Symphony No. 3; Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales
3. MUNCH, CHARLES/Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo
4. REINER, FRITZ/ Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben
5. REINER, FRITZ/Bartk: Concerto for Orchestra;Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
6. HEIFETZ, JASCHA /Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
7. CLIBURN, VAN /Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
8. FIEDLER, ARTHUR/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variations..
9. REINER, FRITZ /Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10. PRICE, LEONTYNE/Leontyne Price: Arias
11. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Ballades & Scherzos
12. MONTEUX, PIERRE/Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathtique
13. GOULD, MORTON/Brass & Percussion
14. HEIFETZ, JASCHA/Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concertos
15. MUNCH, CHARLES/Berlioz: Requiem 2CD
16. MUNCH, CHARLES/Berlioz: Requiem 2CD
17. MUNCH, CHARLES/Ravel: Bolro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Debussy: Images for Orchestra
18. PIATIGORSKY, GREGOR/Dvork; Walton: Cello Concertos
19. REINER, FRITZ/ Dvork: New World Symphony
20. REINER, FRITZ/Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
21. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR /Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
22. FIEDLER, ARTHUR/ Offenbach: Gat parisienne
23. CLIBURN, VAN/Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
24. FIEDLER, ARTHUR/Hi-Fi Fiedler
25. HEIFETZ, JASCHA/Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
26. MONTEUX, PIERRE/Franck:Symphony in D Minor;Stravinsky: Petrouchka
27. MUNCH, CHARLES/Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
28. MUNCH, CHARLES/Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Love Scene From Romeo & Juliet
29. REINER, FRITZ/Strauss: Scenes from Elektra & Salome
30. REINER, FRITZ/ Mahler: Symphony No. 4
31. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Piano Concertos
32. STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD/ Rhapsodies
33. GOULD, MORTON/Copland: Billy The Kid & Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
34. MOFFO, ANNA/Arias from Faust; La Bohme; Dinorah; Carmen; Turandot; Semiramide; Lakm
35. REINER, FRITZ/ Respighi: Pines Of Rome; Fountains Of Rome & Debussy: La Mer
36. REINER, FRITZ/Vienna
37. MUNCH, CHARLES/Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Octet: Scherzo
38. FIEDLER, ARTHUR/Pops Caviar
39. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR/Beethoven: Sonatas (Moonlight; Les Adieux; Pathetique; Appassionata)
40. HEIFETZ, JASCHA/Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5
41. LANZA, MARIO Mario! Lanza At His Best; Vagabond King Highlights
42. FOX, VIRGIL/ Encores
43. LEINSDORF, ERICH/Puccini: La Bohme 2CD
44. LEINSDORF, ERICH/Puccini: La Bohme 2CD
45. LEINSDORF, ERICH/Puccini: Madama Butterfly
46. LEINSDORF, ERICH/Puccini: Madama Butterfly
47. MOFFO, ANNA/Verdi: La Traviata 2CD
48. MOFFO, ANNA/Verdi: La Traviata 2CD
49. BJORLING, JUSSI/Puccini: Turandot 2CD
50. BJORLING, JUSSI/Puccini: Turandot 2CD
51. MUNCH, CHARLES/Schubert: Symphonies “The Great” & “Unfinished”
52. REINER, FRITZ/ Strauss: Don Quixote & Don Juan
53. HEIFETZ, JASCHA /Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
54. BREAM, JULIAN/Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar
55. PRICE, LEONTYNE/Albeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El amor
56. RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR/Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2; Franck: Symphonic Variations;
57. MUNCH, CHARLES/Berlioz: Harold In Italy; The Roman Carnival Overture; Benvenuto Cellini Overture
58. REINER, FRITZ/Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde
59. REINER, FRITZ/Strauss: Symphonia Domestica; Suite From Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
60. CLIBURN, VAN/Schumann: Piano Concerto In A minor; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 “Emperor”