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Quartetto Italiano – Brahms: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:44 minutes | 754 MB | Genre: Classical
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“The finest string quartet, unquestionably, that our century has known.” In 1951, when the Quartetto Italiano first visited the USA, composer Virgil Thomson’s was enthused: “Perfection is the only word to describe this playing.” The quartet’s members, who had met while studying in Siena, made their ensemble debut in 1945. They went on to enthral audiences around the world with interpretations of proverbial beauty, insight and architectural elegance.
In this remastered programme, the legendary group presents works from Brahms!
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Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (1969/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 50:11 minutes | 2,05 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Possibly the best live album to come out of psychedelic San Francisco, with epic re-workings of Bo Diddley’s Who Do You Love and Mona. John Cipollina rules! If the quintessential San Francisco Sound is defined by lengthy improvised guitar-work and near-telepathic interplay, then „Happy Trails“ crystallizes the genre on record. Extemporizing mightily two Bo Diddley songs (‘Who Do You Love’ and ‘Mona,’ the quartet introduces new realms of expression to rock music.
Guitarists John Cipollina and Gary Duncan offer contrasting textures and sound, goading each other to greater heights. Largely recorded live in concert, „Happy Trails“ encapsulates an era of experimentation, employing images that embodied the outlaw chic of the hippie subculture. Its strengths are not, however, bound to that era; the album’s mesmerizing power remains as true as ever. The George Hunter cover painting is also indispensable.
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Various Artists – Sky Music – A Tribute to Terje Rypdal (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:55 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rune Grammofon
Sky Music is a humble and heartfelt celebration of an inspirational artist and truly unique guitarist that hasn´t fully received the due credit and recognition he deserves for over 50 years of excellent music making. Initiated by the experimental US guitarist and lifelong Rypdal fan Henry Kaiser, we put together a Rune Grammofon allstar band including keyboardist and long time Rypdal side-kick Ståle Storløkken (Elephant9, Supersilent), bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Scorch Trio, The Thing), drummer Gard Nilssen (Bushman´s Revenge), guitarists Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman´s Revenge) and Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, Finnish guitarist Raoul Björkenheim (Scorch Trio) and Swedish guitarist Reine Fiske (Dungen). Kaiser also played and produced while Hans Magnus Ryan (Motorpsycho) added bits and pieces and Jim O´Rourke beamed in his exquisite contributions to “Sunrise” from Tokyo. Bill Frisell, Nels Cline and David Torn delivered solo interpretations, Cline with the aid of cellist Erik Friedlander. Sky Music is their birthday present to Terje Rypdal at 70.
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Julio Botti – Roots (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:11 minutes | 686 MB | Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Tiger Turn
Julio Botti started his music career at age 8, in Cordoba, Argentina where his mother gifted him his first saxophone. Since then, he has scoured the world to refine his skills and discover new and exciting sounds. From nightclubs in Havana to the caves of Madrid, from befriending Buddy Miles to collaborating with Pablo Ziegler and 2 Latin Grammy nominations, Botti’s life has been a whirlwind journey all to develop his new sound – a progressive form of Jazz Tango. Today, Julio is completing a transatlantic voyage from New York City to Spain, to again see what the world has to offer.
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Quartetto Noûs – Shostakovich: String Quartets Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:06:06 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics
A Brilliant Classics debut for one of today’s most accomplished Italian string quartets, in 20th-century masterpieces which make a compelling introduction to the troubled private world of Shostakovich’s chamber music.
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Duo Praxedis – John Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp and Piano, Volume Four (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:15 minutes | 523 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) also wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas’ original works use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he often drew on Welsh folksong for his inspiration and also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, especially of operatic favourites. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique – and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.
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You Rascal Band – You Rascal Band (Live Au Caveau De La Huchette) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:39 minutes | 446 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © hhhhhhhmmm
You Rascal Band c’est un hommage permanent à la musique de Louis Armstrong. Du swing au blues en passant par des ballades, le sextet vous joue le répertoire du célèbre trompettiste dans une ambiance New Orleans!
“Mack the Knife”, “Hello Dolly”, “Sweet Sue”… C’est entre autre autour de ces standards New Orleans que le groupe s’est fondé en mai 2018.Louis Thomas (trompette) et Théophile Parent (chant/ cornet), tous deux grands amateurs de la musique d’Armstrong, fondent le groupe en s’entourant d’amis musiciens. Aujourd’hui le sextet avec Romain Desreumaux (saxophone ténor/ clarinette), Maxence Basselet (guitare), Hubert Fardel (contrebasse) et Kévin L’hermite (batterie) propose des arrangements et de nouvelles couleurs dans le style.
Willy Rodriguez – Seeing Sounds (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:48 minutes | 925 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outside In Music
Drummer-composer Willy Rodriguez proudly announces the release of his debut album. Joining the Puerto Rico-born, New York based musician on his expansive debut is trumpeter Jason Palmer, saxophonist Hery Paz, pianist Leo Genovese, bassists John Hébert and Kenneth Jimenez, and special guest artist, saxophonist Dave Liebman. Avant garde philosophies provide precarious but often brilliant edges to how open or free improvisation function in Jazz.
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