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Margret Köll – Silent Dance (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:18 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Accent
Since 2020, Margret Koell, a proven specialist in historical harps, has been in possession of a Welsh triple harp. It is a copy of an instrument by the famous harp maker Evans, whose original from 1736 is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
This wonderful harp was the occasion for the present recording with works by the two famous British composers John Dowland and Henry Purcell. Despite the long harp tradition on the British Isles, there is no original literature for the harp from this period. Margret Koell had to resort to literature for lute or keyboard instruments, which she makes sound on the harp without major changes.
The pieces by Dowland and Purcell are characterised by a melancholy that was popular in their time, often combined with a light, dance-like impression. Margret Koell takes us on a “silent dance”, into the mood of a fading early autumn summer day.
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Melissa Stylianou, Gene Bertoncini, Ike Sturm – Dream Dancing (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:15 minutes | 775 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Anzic Records, LLC
VOCALIST MELISSA STYLIANOU JOINS GUITAR MASTER GENE BERTONCINI AND VIRTUOSO BASSIST IKE STURM FOR AN INTIMATE TRIO ENCOUNTER
Dream Dancing documents the trio’s effortless rapport as they explore well-loved standards and a moving Bertoncini original, “For Chet” (an homage to the guitarist’s one-time employer, Chet Baker).
It was Sturm who facilitated the first meeting of Stylianou and Bertoncini, in roughly 2008. “When I first met Gene we played ‘My One and Only Love,’ it was the very next thing after ‘hello,’” the singer recalls. “That moment changed my life. I didn’t yet know about Gene accompanying my vocal heroes like Nancy Wilson, or recording with Wayne Shorter, or playing with Benny Goodman. I just knew I was in the middle of something special. I knew that day I had found a generous master to learn from, a kindred spirit in melody, someone I now call family.”
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Marc Minkowski – Nouvelle Symphonie (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:16 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Château de Versailles Spectacles
Marc Minkowski makes a delighted return to Rameau: the rich colours of the orchestra, the irrepressible energy and a remarkable sense of melody showcase extracts from his greatest lyrical tragedy in all their glory, like different points in an anthology. The renowned overtures and exquisite symphonies paint a scintillating portrait of Rameau as a master of orchestration: this is a festival of oboes, flutes, clarinets, horns and bassoons. Pyrotechnics, tempests and rockets spring forth, and cloaked in the splendours of the night or bathed in dazzling light, Rameau’s work once again leaves us awestruck. Florian Sempey unleashes his masterful voice, by turns truly regal as he appeals to the Sun or monstruous as the ogre, but always with an unparalleled finesse in both sorrow and love. Dynamic yet mysterious, Minkowski’s revival of Rameau orchestra is sumptuous, lively and exhilarating!
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Maria Briggs – Winter Evening (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:14 minutes | 848 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Centaur Records, Inc.
Soprano Maria Briggs is joined by pianist Drew Quiring and Violinist Limor Toren-Immerman for a programme of works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikowsky, Dargomyzhsky, Mussorgsky, Arensky, Medtner and more!
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Morten Schantz – Passenger (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:30 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © April Records & Music Co.
Energetic contemporary jazz and intricate compositions cloaked in pop-like simplicity lead the way in the latest release from Danish pianist Morten Schantz and his trio, out 16th Sept on April Records.
‘Passenger’ – their third studio album – revels in exploring both the familiar and the unexpected, offering a modern jazz extension to the iconic Scandinavian piano trio sound.
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Moonspell – From Down Below (Live 80 Meters Deep) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:33 minutes | 765 MB | Genre: Metal
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Moonspell Linchpins in the fertile gothic metal scene of the 1990s, Portugal’s Moonspell became regional favorites with the releases of their first two albums. They took the European continent by storm in 1998 with their chart-topping third effort, Sin/Pecado. Employing a dark and doomy amalgam of steely guitar riffs, lush gothic textures, and harsh yet melodic hooks, the band have continued to find favor both at home and abroad with acclaimed outings like Darkness and Hope (2001), Alpha Noir (2012), and Hermitage (2021).
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