Jacqueline Schwab – I Lift My Lamp (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:04:38 minutes | 1,93 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sono Luminus
Let me invite you to listen to this potpourri of favorite musical stories spotlighting some of the rich contributions from American immigrants and other countries. Laden with cultural pride, they celebrate people like my Scottish friend Stuart, who capped a fulfilling international career with retirement to Cape Cod but never forgot his roots–and would sing the old song I Belong to Glasgow, at the drop of a hat. I Lift My Lamp pays musical homage to his Glaswegian pride—and the pride of so many other immigrants for their homelands. In a conversation between old and new, it honors living, community traditions not set in stone. Influenced by my work with storyteller Ken Burns, I feature vintage immigrant songs and dances from my Pittsburgh childhood, later life in Boston and travels–my own arrangements of American standards, lesser-known gems, and imported and homegrown creations, from countryside to Tin Pan Alley…
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Jacqueline du Pré – Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 – Lalo: Cello Concerto – Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:30:26 minutes | 3,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Here is a batch of absolute masterpieces of the romantic concertante cello repertoire, played with her endless energy and sensitivity. This album gathers recordings that remained long unavailable even after du Pré’s death. Don Quixote was initially meant to be recorded with Otto Klemperer as a prelude to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, but as they didn’t get on at all the project remained unrealized. Thankfully a rehearsal session directed by Sir Adrian Boult was preserved! A few seconds of recording were missing at the very beginning but have been patched with the Klemperer version. They are coupled with concertos by Lalo (which du Pré played for her first appearance on TV in 1958) and Saint-Saëns with Daniel Barenboim. The latter is a digital premiere.
One of six new digital albums released recently by Jacqueline du Pré, all in brand new high resolution remasterings!
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Jacqueline du Pré – Joy of the Cello (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:16:32 minutes | 10,95 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
From Elgar and Brahms to Schumann and Dvořák, the digital collection Joy of the Cello offers a wide panorama of Jacqueline du Pré’s artistry.
One of six new digital albums released recently by Jacqueline du Pré, all in brand new high resolution remasterings!
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Jacqueline du Pré – Joy of the Cello (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:16:32 minutes | 10,95 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
From Elgar and Brahms to Schumann and Dvořák, the digital collection Joy of the Cello offers a wide panorama of Jacqueline du Pré’s artistry.
One of six new digital albums released recently by Jacqueline du Pré, all in brand new high resolution remasterings!
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Jacqueline du Pré – Delius: Cello Concerto, Songs of Farewell & A Song Before Sunrise (1965/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 50:26 minutes | 2,02 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
The first orchestral recording of Jacqueline du Pré (from 1965) was also the premiere on record of Frederick Delius’ ethereal cello concerto. A memorable performance still regarded as the summit of the discography. It is coupled with the tone poem A Song Before Sunrise (a true orchestral splendor), and Songs of Farewell, a cycle of compositions for double chorus after Walt Whitman’s famous Leaves of Grass.
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Jacqueline du Pré – Brahms: The Two Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Op. 38 & 99 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:22 minutes | 1,99 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Renowned as a great interpreter of Brahms, Jacqueline du Pré, here at the peak of her art and technical abilities, delivers the latest version recorded with her husband Daniel Barenboim in May-August 1968. A pillar of the cello repertoire, the Two Sonatas benefit from a new remastering in 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy.
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Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:10 minutes | 797 MB | Genre: Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2022 Third Man Records, LLC
Entering Heaven Alive is the fifth studio album from Jack White, founding member of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather. True to his DIY roots, this record was recorded at White’s Third Man Studio throughout 2021, mastered by Third Man Mastering, and released by Third Man Records
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Jack Schechtman – Jack Schechtman (1972/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:59 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Rock, Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
AKA “Jack Tobi” and “Jack Gabriel”. Known for world music, reggae and folk-ballads. Released 8 records on his own Nisa label. Musicologist at the CBC from 1980-1994. “Dean of the Obscure” on the “Finkleman’s 45’s” show, and the host of “Variety Tonight” on CBC Radio. Engaging live show lauded by Bruce Kirkland of the Toronto Star. Played with the Jerry Garcia band in 2007 at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. Performed in the group Firecloud in the late 70’s.
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Jack Savoretti – Europiana Encore (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:34 minutes | 870 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EMI
Jack Savoretti has announced he will release Europiana Encore, a special extended edition of his critically-acclaimed, 2021chart topping album, Europiana. The album will be released on May 20th on EMI.Europiana Encore, a special extended edition of Jack’s acclaimed album Europiana, features six brand-new tracks including new single ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me/ Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te (Medley)’; synth-driven, heartfelt banger ‘Dancing Through The Rain’; the dance floor swagger of ‘Late Night’; and the funk-filled ‘Why Not’. “The same way you don’t want the night to end, I don’t want this Europiana journey to end. More than a repack, Europiana Encore is the sequel,” Jack said of the album.
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Jack Muguna – Journey of the Soul (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:22 minutes | 694 MB | Genre: Jazz, African Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mackinlay Mutsembi
One of Kenya’s leading guitarists Jack Muguna has announced the release of his first full album project! Aptly titled Journey of the Soul, this album bridges the gap between the jazz, the African sound, paying homage to the origins of the African Jazz guitar while simultaneously heralding new directions.
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Jack Johnson – Meet The Moonlight (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:31 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brushfire – Republic Records
Jack Johnson doesn’t do anything forcefully. Gentle, mellow vibes have been his stock in trade since his 2011 debut, Brushfire Fairytales, and that doesn’t change on Meet the Moonlight, his eighth studio album, delivered some 21 years after his first. That’s a long stretch of time to mine the same vein, but the relaxed vibes of Meet the Moonlight are somewhat deceptive; underneath the placid surface, Johnson is taking a few risks. Much of the shift can be attributed to his collaboration with Blake Mills, a guitarist who usually works with such indie rock and Americana acts as Fiona Apple and Alabama Shakes. Mills doesn’t bring the noise or explicitly arty attacks to the laid-back environs of Jack Johnson. Rather, Mills coaxes out the atmosphere, allowing “One Step Ahead” to pulsate to a vibrant, colorful, and relaxed beat, and letting “Costume Party” unfurl with an appealingly languid gait. Other parts of Meet the Moonlight also have readily apparent textures — “3AM Radio” gurgles softly, “Don’t Look Now” almost has an urgency to its chorus — but the Mills approach lets such spare numbers as the closing “Any Wonder” feel full and realized, and not like sketches. These subtle shifts and shadings help make Meet the Moonlight a quietly adventurous album as well as one of Jack Johnson’s best. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Jacob Young, Mats Eilertsen, Audun Kleive – Eventually (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:46 minutes | 409 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM
Jacob Young’s fourth leader-recording for ECM not only presents the guitarist’s first pass a the guitar trio format, but moreover offers a broader view of his compositional pallet, as he, bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Audun Kleive explore a wide variety of pulsations, temperaments and styles, all tied together by Jacob’s always melodic embrace.
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