Joseph Spence – Bahaman Folk Guitar: Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 1 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:51 minutes | 253 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Recorded in 1958 and released on the Folkways label in 1959, this album introduced American listeners to Joseph Spence’s unique guitar and vocal styles. These field recordings by musicologist Sam Charters capture Spence in a relaxed, expansive mood—only one of the six selections in the set is under five minutes in length. Spence’s guitar style was due in part to the D tuning of his bass string, which produced a lower bass sound. Whereas many critics have called Spence’s vocal style unorthodox, they have found his guitar playing spontaneous and iconic. Some music critics have gone so far as to refer to him as the “Thelonious Monk of folk guitar.”
The vinyl reissue of Music of the Bahamas, Volume 1 includes Sam Charters’ liner notes. This reissue is part of Folkways Records’ 70th anniversary celebration series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released on the record label.
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Сomposer: Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Title: Complete Symphonies and Concertos
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical
Director: Don Kent, Reiner E. Moritz (documentary)
Musical Director & Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Artist: Veronika Dzhioeva, soprano; Mikhail Petrenko, bass; Timur Martynov, trumpet; Alena Baeva, violin; Vadim Repin, violin; Mario Brunello, cello; Gautier Capuçon, cello; Denis Matsuev, piano; Daniil Trifonov, piano; St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Production/Label: Arthaus Musik GmbH
Duration: 03:55:33 + 04:05:30 + 03:27:17 + 03:22:16 + 00:55:52 (documentary)
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC ~16666 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / ~3333 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, German, French, Korean, Japanese
Nobody is better suited to undertake such a challenge than Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra. Over a period of a year all 15 Symphonies and 6 Concertos have been recorded at Salle Pleyel in Paris. What an adventure for the artists and the big production team! Never before in the history of television has something like this been undertaken including the very first “Ring” for television at Bayreuth.
Dmitri Shostakovich is arguably one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. To understand his music one needs to see it in the context of his life, his social environment, the political situation, the unbelievable brutality with which the Communist Party enforced its ideological credo and the subtle ways with which Shostakovich succeeded in combining his innermost thoughts with the demands of Socialist Realism. He was a man of many faces. And beyond any doubt Dmitri Shostakovich was a musical genius.
Recorded live from the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 2013–2014. (more…)
Eyolf Dale – Return To Mind (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:17 minutes | 948 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | © Edition Records
Norwegian pianist & composer Eyolf Dale delivers the supremely lyrical and poetic “Return To Mind”, his 4th album, following his highly acclaimed Spellemann Prize (Norwegian Grammy) nominated album “Wolf Valley”. Since releasing his Edition debut in June 2016, Eyolf has expanded and developed his already refined and warm sound into a powerfully emotive force. Radiating elegance and poise, “Return To Mind” confirms Eyolf Dale’s promise and reputation as a strong band leader, creative composer and an expressive soloist with a taste for melody and interplay that summons powerful musical images. (more…)
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