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Edge Of Forever – Native Soul (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:00 minutes | 542 MB | Genre: Rock, Melodic Hard Rock
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With a revived line-up featuring founding member, producer, singer and keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio, guitarist Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere), bass player Nik Mazzucconi (Labyrinth) and drummer Marco Di Salvia (Hardline), Edge Of Forever are now ready to release Native Soul, their strongest album to date which heads back to the heavier, but still melodic, sound of their acclaimed debut album. Native Soul is a deep and spiritual record. The Native concepts of Life, Faith and Love for Mother Earth come alive in songs like the title-track Native Soul, “Promised Land”, “Carry On”, “Wash Your Sins Away” and the a-cappella intro of the album “Three Rivers”, turning them all into anthems about life strength and motivation.
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Edgar Wilson, Orsted Pedersen – Goin’ Straight (1979/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:23 minutes | 468 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Born in Mozambique, pianist Edgar Wilson enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Music at the age of 21 to study with, among others, the acclaimed classical pianist Friedrich Gulda. Wilson gravitated towards jazz, however – a musical direction that his Mozambique roots served him well. Centered in Munich, he has become a staple on the German music scene, touring extensively with jazz violinist Hannes Beckmann, and soul jazz drummer George Greene’s band. Wilson’s 1979 debut album pairs him with bassist N.H. Ørsted Pedersen, whose work with the likes of Dexter Gordon and Oscar Peterson has garnered him near-legendary status. The album shines through six classic American standards, two jazz classics, and one original by Wilson. The playing is tasty throughout, with Wilson injecting blues, a bit of the classics, and an occasional clever quote into the music. The duo setting especially affords the listener the pleasure of listening to one of the music’s great bassists solo extensively on every piece except Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight. That in itself makes this album a valuable addition to any music collection.
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Edgar Moreau, Il Pomo d’Oro & Riccardo Minasi – Giovincello (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:55 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Classical
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Though the title Giovincello seems to make a specific musical reference, it is simply an affectionate Italian term meaning ‘young man’. Only 20 years old when he recorded this album, Edgar Moreau ‘has already found his place in the great tradition of French cello-playing’ (Diapason). Here he brings his youthful energy and virtuosic thrills to 18th-century cello concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi, Boccherini, Platti, and the world-premiere recording of a Baroque concerto by Carlo Graziani.
The centrepiece of Giovincello is Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 1 in C major, which is joined by Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor RV 419 and three concertos by somewhat lesser-known Italian composers of the 18th century who all made careers outside their native country: Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) – an important figure in the history of chamber music – who spent much of his life in Spain; Giovanni Platti (1697-1763), who lived for more than 40 years in Würzburg in Bavaria, and Carlo Graziani (.-1787), a somewhat shadowy figure who became cello teacher to Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia and whose Cello Concerto in C Major is given its world-premiere recording here.
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Edgar Moreau, David Kadouch – Franck, Poulenc & Strohl: Cello Sonatas (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:35:26 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Classical
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No-one could think that Edgar Moreau and David Kadouch had an easy job in selecting the programme for this album, which begins with the expansive and impressive Grand Dramatic Sonata (Grande sonate dramatique) “Titus et Bérénice”, by Rita Strohl (1865-1941), a pseudonym of Aimée Marie Marguerite Mercédès Larousse La Villette, a French composer of the same vein as Franck or Saint-Saëns. Rita Strohl has gone down in history as an astounding character: she had the idea of creating a kind of French Bayreuth, La Grange, in Bièvres (!) with the support of Odilon Redon and a number of other artists of the day; it was done in aid of performing Rita’s operas – monumental works, more than a match for any of the most colossal excesses of Scriabin: a Christian cycle, a Celtic cycle lasting five days, a Hindu cycle in seven. The sheer size of these projects was overwhelming, to say nothing of other troubles such as the start of the First World War and other personal troubles of Strohl’s. All the same, this Sonata reveals in Strohl a figure bursting with talents and ideas, which Moreau and Kadouch bring to life with unstinting devotion. Poulenc’s little-performed Sonata for Cello and Piano follows: a delicious taste of Poulenc’s “light” output, which almost classes as salon music. The other great moment on the album is Franck’s Sonata, as re-written by Jules Desart during the composer’s lifetime. The album also offers a little rarity from Fernand de La Tombelle, one of the founding members of the Schola Cantorum, whose score relates to the work of Reynaldo Hahn. This ample album closes with a world-first Poulenc recording (such a thing is still possible!), Souvenirs. It is well-named: the piano part appears to recall (or prefigure) the dramas of Dialogues, while the cello, which only intervenes occasionally, shows off Poulenc’s salon voice!
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Edgar Moreau – Offenbach & Gulda: Cello Concertos (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:34 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
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Edgar Moreau performs two cello concertos which bravely and wittily challenge convention. Offenbach’s ambitious Grand Concerto in G major culminates in military fireworks, while Friedrich Gulda’s Concerto for Cello, Wind Orchestra and Band – written 130 years later – is a dazzling stylistic kaleidoscope. Moreau is joined by conductor Raphaël Merlin and the dynamic orchestral collective Les Forces Majeures.
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Edgar Moreau – A Family Affair (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:14 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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The young French cellist Edgar Moreau, an established Erato artist, is joined by his siblings – the violinists Raphaëlle and David and the pianist Jérémie – for Dvořák’s five Bagatelles op 47 and Korngold’s Suite op 23. As David points out, works for the combination of two violins, cello and piano are unusual: “These are wonderful pieces that are rarely played, so this is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on them.” When it comes to playing as a family, Edgar feels that “There’s something that works almost instinctively,” while Raphaëlle explains that “We don’t need to look at each other, and we breathe together in a certain way. There’s something very strong about it.” Completing the programme are transcriptions of much-loved operatic arias from Dvořák’s Rusalka and Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, performed by Edgar and Jérémie
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Edgar Knecht – Personal Seasons (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:59 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The seasons had always been a source of inspiration for pianist Edgar Knecht. Whenever he thought about them, he couldn’t help ruminating: About the fleetingness of things. About the unique power of music to accompany us through all the different stages of life. About the challenge for the original trio to incorporate an additional musician. It therefore seemed apt to make the seasons the focal point for the group’s tenth anniversary album. So ‘Personal Seasons’ was not just another season cycle in the style of Vivaldi – but a turning point in the work of Edgar Knecht.
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Edgar Knecht – Dance On Deep Waters (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:32 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The critics just can’t hide their excitement when it comes to Edgar Knecht. “Jazz hasn’t been this original and stimulating for a long time”, one of them enthused; “This music is simply stunning”, respected monthly Jazzpodium confessed; and Germany’s biggest quality newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: “This is truly unheard-of music.” And truly, the German pianist and his band of bassist Rolf Denecke and drum-duo Stephan Emig and Tobias Schulte succeed in creating something genuinely new: A fusion of the vivacity of jazz and world music with the elegance of classical composition and the depth and clarity of ancient folk melodies.
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Eden – no future (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:35 minutes | 610 MB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
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Vocalist/producer/multi-instrumentalist EDEN announces the forthcoming release of his new album, no future. Due out via Astralwerks on February 14, no future marks the follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 full-length debut, vertigo.
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Eddy Vanoosthuyse – Hoffmeister: 6 Clarinet Quartets (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:24 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Hoffmeister’s oeuvre is quite an extensive catalogue with a remarkable number of works for flute. Several flute concertos and numerous chamber line-ups in which the flute predominates, are at the forefront. Since the flute was very popular at the time, not only the composer but also the publisher in Hoffmeister prospered. The quality of his music was high, and Hoffmeister became one of the best-known composers of his time. With nine operas, all performed scenically in the prominent Viennese theatres, he did better than many others. Schubert, for instance, could never attend a performance of one of his own operas during his lifetime.
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Eddy Mitchell – Sur La Route De Memphis (1976/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:45 minutes | 920 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music France
Eddy Mitchell, véritable célébrité en France, commence sa carrière à la fin des années 50 avec le groupe de rock & roll Les Chaussettes noires. Au début des années 1960, après quelques tubes avec le groupe, il entame une carrière en solo. Au cours des décennies suivantes, il embrasse différents styles de musique américaine. Mitchell s’essaie à la soul dans les années 60 et au country-rock dans les années 70, avant en train de devenir, dans les années 80, un artiste de spectacle : il combine plusieurs styles et se produit avec un big band, ce qui lui permet de revisiter ses anciens morceaux tout en continuant à se diversifier sur de nouveaux enregistrements. Dans les années 80, Mitchell devient également célèbre en tant qu’acteur et animateur de radio, mais réussit à jongler entre ses nouvelles activités et sa carrière de chanteur ; il enregistre toujours dans les années 2000.
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Eddy Mitchell – La Même tribu (Volume 2) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:02 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Chanson
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor
Decidedly, Mr. Eddy has not finished surprising us! An album of duets with a host of artists, who revisit its great standards and puts a spotlight on some good old titles, this is the wonderful gift that offers us Eddy Mitchell. But it is, actually, much better and much more than just a duo album: an invitation to join the tribe that makes us dream.
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Eddy Mitchell – La Même tribu (Volume 1) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:53 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: French Pop, Chanson
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music France
Eddy Mitchell nouvel album “The Same Tribe”. An album BEST OF duets with some of the greatest French artists !! (Johnny Hallyday, Julien Clerc, Alain Souchon, Renaud, Christophe, Brigitte …). Accompanied by a title that is unprecedented, a great song, bringing together the tribe.
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Eddy Mitchell – Héros (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:58 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: French Rock, Pop
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Relax, il est relax « Msieur Eddy » après avoir posé les valises de Ma Dernière Séance qui était en l’occurrence sa dernière tournée. La retraite est faite pour paresser mais aussi pour réaliser ses rêves. Du point de vue des rêves, Eddy Mitchell s’est fait plaisir en allant enregistrer Héros à Los Angeles. Et tant qu’à faire le voyage, il s’est entouré des Héros qui inspirent l’album. Inutile de présenter trop longuement Steve Cropper, guitariste des Blues Brothers ; Charlie McCoy, harmoniciste de Bob Dylan et de Johnny Cash ; Booker T. Jones, fondateur de Booker T. & The MG’s ou Bill Payne, pianiste de Little Feat. Et ce ne sont pas les seuls puisqu’il faut aussi compter par exemple Vinnie Colaiuta à la batterie et Dean Parks à la guitare.
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Eddy Mitchell – Grand Ecran (2009/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:24 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Chanson, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor
Eddy Mitchell s’est d’abord rendu célèbre en France pour avoir figuré au nombre des premières grandes stars nationales du rock’n’roll au début des années 60, puis il s’est également lancé dans une carrière brillante d’acteur et de producteur au cinéma et à la télévision. Mitchell réunit son amour pour la variété et pour le cinéma dans son album de 2009 Grand Écran dans lequel il revisite de superbes chansons entendues dans des grands films hollywoodiens. Mitchell appose son empreinte personnelle dans des versions françaises de “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” (“Frappe Aux Portes du Paradis”), “Over The Rainbow” (“Derrière L’Arc-En-Ciel”), “It Was A Very Good Year” (“Ma Plus Belle Année”), “I Walk the Line” (“Je File Droit”) et douze autres. ~ Mark Deming
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