Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose & Gabriela Diaz – Roger Reynolds: Violin Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:23:22 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMOP – sound
Reynolds [approaches] the traditional concerto pattern of a solo virtuoso interacting with an ensemble through the double-mirror-like effect of … two responding agents, the ensemble and computer – together, they enhance the mercurial sense of personality projected by the piece. In contrast to Personae, the purely acoustic Aspiration allows the ensemble to set the stage or scene on which the soloist enters. The result is more obviously orderly, linear, and lucid in comparison to the sumptuous density and multiplicity of Personae. Reynolds describes the solo work Kokoro as “a collection of extreme and alternative worlds within which aspects of a common ancestorship emerge in perilous and unpredictable succession.”
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Gabriela Díaz – A Case of Joni (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:55 minutes | 453 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Acqua Records
This is a collection and a fine songbook of the most beautiful songs from Joni Mitchell’s repertoire. At least, the most beautiful songs in the opinion of Gabriela Díaz, exquisite Argentinean jazz singer. This new release features a variety of songs from different periods of Joni’s discography, from Hejira to Blue, from Mingus to Court and Spark, from For the roses to Clouds, and more. This is an unforgettable opportunity to listen to these great songs of one of the most important artists of the last century, the Canadian songwriter and painter, Joni Mitchell. Very rarely performed, these songs can be heard in these new versions as an original point of view of Joni’s works but also a respectful homage to her from Gabriela’s heart.
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