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Colin Balzer – Pfitzner: Complete Lieder, Vol. 2 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:04 minutes | 585 MB | Genre: Classical, Piano
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
This second volume of Pfitzner’s Complete Lieder covers the period between 1884 and 1916 and shows why he was considered such a key figure among composers of his generation. A central theme of the songs is the archetypical Romantic focus on the portrayal of nature as a reflection of human feelings. The youthful and enduringly popular Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau (Is the sky so blue in the spring) reflects his greatest qualities as a song composer- a memorable tune and rich, flowing harmonies. Favoring the bold use of color, Pfitner’s songs are characterized by a lively, pulsing rhythm and sweeping, ecstatic melodies.
Tenor Colin Balzer has sung acclaimed recitals in London, New York, and Philadelphia, and concerts with the Portland, New Jersey, Toronto, Quebec, Atlanta, Montreal, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras as well as other notable ensembles across North America. Most notably in his career, Balzer earned the Gold Medal at the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau with the highest score in 25 years.
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Coleman Hawkins Quartet – Today And Now (Remastered) (1963/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:14 minutes | 879 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!
Coleman Hawkins recorded three sessions for Impulse Records in the early to mid ’60’s. Of the three, Today And Now is the most compelling and the unusual choice of repertoire is what sets the album apart. The Hawk plays with an abandon that is altogether effortless throughout and his versions of the traditional song “Go Li’l Liza” and the fairly obscure Quincy Jones ballad “Quintessence” are creatively rendered. His band consisting of pianist Tommy Flanagan, bass player Major Holley and drummer Eddie Locke, back the tenor king here with a similar imaginative approach. A largely impromptu session, each song develops and evolves with each chorus, and it would serve as one of Hawkins’ last great records.
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Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Relaxes (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:16 minutes | 404 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prestige
Despite the inherent modesty of its title, The Hawk Relaxes is far more than merely a tenor saxophonist—albeit one of the greatest who ever lived—at his ease. Recorded for Prestige’s Moodsville subsidiary, the album presents Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969), paterfamilias of the tenor and one its master balladeers.
As he grew older, Hawkins often made it a point to perform with much younger musicians, in order to keep his work fresh. Pianist Ronnell Bright, 30 years old at the time of this recording, was the oldest of Hawkins’s accompanists herein, while drummer Andrew Cyrille was, at just 21, the junior partner. With the multifaceted guitarist Kenny Burrell and bassist Ron Carter, at the dawn of what would be a ubiquitously brilliant career, rounding out a highly simpatico group, Hawkins adroitly weaves his way rhapsodically through seven timeless popular songs that lend themselves to his signature harmonic brilliance.
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Coleman Hawkins – Desafinado: Coleman Hawkins Plays Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba (1962/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:39 minutes | 795 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!
That Coleman Hawkins jumped on the jazz/bossa nova bandwagon craze initiated by Stan Getz in 1962 was a bit of a surprise to his fans, but that he was comfortable in the idiom should not be off-putting. Able to adapt to any style over his lengthy career, the legendary tenor saxophonist chose classic standards adapted to Brazilian rhythms, music from masters like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, and a Manny Albam original. Producer Bob Thiele and music director Albam were strong in their resolve directing Hawkins to do this project, and the results are fairly predictable, especially considering that every single track is played in midtempo. The difference is the deployment of two guitarists in Barry Galbraith (lead) and Howard Collins (rhythm) split into separate stereo channels, with bassist Major Holley and no full kit drummer, although Eddie Locke with a minimal and stripped-down setup, Willie Rodriguez, and even Tommy Flanagan play small Latin percussion instruments.
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Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins And His Confreres (1958/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:58 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues
This unique 1958 recording is a collaboration between Coleman Hawkins and the Oscar Peterson Trio. Hawkins’s voluminous, supple tenor sax sound, which had a great influence on the styles of musicians ranging from Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins up to Joe Lovano, is best heard on Honey Flower. The album features Ben Webster on tenor sax, Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, George Duvivier on double bass and drummers Alvin Stoller and Mickey Sheen.
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Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins (Remastered) (1965/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:32 minutes | 708 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazz King Records
Jazz King records presents a compilation of hits from saxophone giant Coleman Hawkins! One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: “there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn”.
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Coleman Hawkins – Blue Saxophones (1957/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:50 minutes | 391 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager
Ben Webster was considered one of the “big three” of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. Blue Saxophones is a studio album recorded in 1957 by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. Accompanied by a rhythm section with Herb Ellis guitar, Alvin Stoller drums and Ray Brown on double bass led by Oscar Peterson. They just blend together beautifully, and with the great Oscar Peterson on piano, the approach is always very tasteful. This encounter shows the two veterans at the peaks of their powers. Most of the album is a relaxed meeting of old friends, though. Coleman and Webster duet beautifully on the heads of “La Rosita” and “It Never Entered My Mind”.
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Coleman Hawkins – At Ease With Coleman Hawkins (1960/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:52 minutes | 450 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prestige Records
At Ease is one of the most charming and attractive of the many albums Coleman Hawkins and Tommy Flanagan made together—a collection of ballads played with great affection for the melody. Hawkins could be fiercely aggressive in his playing. In this collection, he displays his tenderness. If ever there was a master of the ballad, it was Coleman Hawkins. His romantic style and sound caused one writer to say: “Hawk turned the saxophone into the sexophone.”
At Ease was done for the Moodsville series but while Hawkins, with the expert help of his pianist, Tommy Flanagan, sets a mood on eight standards, it is never merely mood music.
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Cole Swindell – Down Home Sessions IV (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 17:00 minutes | 203 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records
Country star Cole Swindell has released his new EP “Down Home Sessions IV,” and it is absolutely incredible. The EP opens with his smooth version of “Roller Coaster,” a song that Swindell co-wrote that became a chart-topping single for country superstar Luke Bryan. It is followed by a gentle rendition of “Get Me Some of That,” which was a No. 1 country single for Thomas Rhett. Equally fun is his take on Craig Campbell’s “Outta My Head,” which he co-wrote.
His cover of “This is How We Roll” is infectious, and it would make country duo Florida Georgia Line proud. It closes with the mid-tempo, drinking song “Beer in the Headlights,” which was an album cut on Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party album.
Overall, it is a pleasure to hear Cole Swindell offer his own interpretations on these five songs that he co-wrote, which became major hits for other country acts. He does that that well on his Down Home Sessions IV EP, and leaves his fans and listeners wanting to hear more, which perhaps he can do on the next EP in his Down Home Sessions series.
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Cole Swindell – All Of It (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:05 minutes | 480 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records
Rising superstar Cole Swindell will release “All of It”, his highly anticipated third album.
“I have seen so many of my all-time favorite artists and bands perform on the TODAY Summer Concert series. It fires me up to see my name in that lineup,” said Cole Swindell. “To get to release my new album AND perform in the Plaza on TODAY is pretty amazing. To literally perform outside in the Plaza right in the heart of New York City will be an unbelievable feeling. I cannot wait.”
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Cole Porter – Kiss Me Kate (2019 Broadway Cast Recording) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:33 minutes | 749 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ghostlight Records
A new cast album of Cole Porter’s musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, based on the current hit production from the Roundabout Theatre Company will be available for download and streaming this June. The show is directed by Scott Ellis, choreographed by Warren Carlyle with music direction by Paul Gemignani and features a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, and music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
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Coldplay – X&Y (2005/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:02:06 minutes | 2,44 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
X&Y is the third studio album by British alternative rock band Coldplay, released 6 June 2005 in the United Kingdom via the record label Parlophone. The album, which features influences of electronic music, was produced by the band and British record producer Danton Supple. Development of the album was often troubled; the album’s original producer, British record producer Ken Nelson, was supposed to produce much of the album, however, many songs written during their sessions were ditched due to the band’s dissatisfaction. The album’s cover art is a combination of colours and blocks, which is a representation of the Baudot code.
The album contains twelve tracks and an additional hidden track, “Til Kingdom Come”. It is omitted from the track listing on the album sleeve, but listed as “+” on the disc label and inside the album booklet. It was originally planned for American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash to record it with lead singer Chris Martin, but Cash died before he was able to do so. The song “Talk” appeared on the main track listing, although it was thought to have been downgraded to a B-side for the album’s subsequent single releases, after it leaked online in early 2005.
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:52 minutes | 512 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
When Coldplay sampled Kraftwerk on their third album, X&Y, it was a signifier for the British band, telegraphing their classicist good taste while signaling how they prefer the eternally hip to the truly adventurous; it was stylish window dressing for soft arena rock. Hiring Brian Eno to produce the bulk of their fourth album, Viva la Vida, is another matter entirely. Eno pushes them, not necessarily to experiment but rather to focus and refine, to not leave their comfort zone but to find some tremulous discomfort within it. In his hands, this most staid of bands looks to shake things up, albeit politely, but such good manners are so inherent to Coldplay’s DNA that they remain courteous even when they experiment. With his big-budget production, Eno has a knack for amplifying an artist’s personality, as he allows bands to be just as risky as they want to be — which is quite a lot in the case of U2 and James and even Paul Simon, but not quite so much with Coldplay. And yet this gentle encouragement — he’s almost a kindly uncle giving his nephews permission to rummage through his study — pays great dividends for Coldplay, as it winds up changing the specifics without altering the core. They wind up with the same self-styled grandiosity; they’ve just found a more interesting way to get to the same point.
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Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Prospekt’s March Edition) (2008/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:20 minutes | 825 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
This special edition of Coldplay’s 2008 smash, “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends”, includes the original album track list, along with a special disc of bonus material. “Viva La Vida – Prospekt’s March Edition” includes an exclusive version of the hit, “Lost”, featuring Jay-Z, along with an alternate version of “Lovers In Japan”. The album also includes new songs like “Rainy Day”, “Life In Technicolor II” and “Now My Feet Won’t Touch The Ground”.
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Coldplay – Prospekt’s March EP (2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:28 minutes | 313 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
“Prospekt’s March” EP contains 8 tracks of new material recorded during the ‘Viva La Vida’ sessions, including 5 brand new songs, a special guest appearance from Jay Z on the new version of ‘Lost+’, plus a vocal version of the now-classic ‘Life in TechnicolorII’ and an alternative mix of ‘Lovers in Japan’.
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