Les Baxter – Broadway ’61 (1961/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:12 minutes | 657 MB | Genre: Lounge, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
Les Baxter (1922-1996) used to be an utterly talented composer and bandleader who was on the go to the max during his active years. His version and as I should say vision of jazz music was a contemporary fresh and colorful sound with an exotic vibe due to the use of many elements of latin music within a modernized big band sound.
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Lars Lien, Sergej Osadchuk – Out of Step (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:03:05 minutes | 1,96 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Lawo Classics
This recording is the culmination of a process spanning several years, in which the performers delved into the works of composers found right in their own backyard.
The facts are that all but one of the composers on this recording were born in the 1940s (the exception here is Mark Adderley, who was born in 1960). All of the composers are Norwegian, except for Anders Eliasson from Sweden and Adderley, who is half-English, half-Swedish, and has lived in Norway since 1981.
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Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir, Christophe Rousset – Spontini: La vestale (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:12:00 minutes | 2,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Bru Zane
The situation seems hopeless: the vestal virgin Julia is sentenced to be buried alive because she let the sacred fire go out when she declared her love to the commander Licinius; another sacrilege, because vestal virgins were obliged to absolute chastity in ancient Rome. But her execution is averted just in time by divine intervention; the sacred altar flame reignites itself, thus absolving the delinquent
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Little River Band – Masterpieces (Remastered – 2022) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:00:34 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Compilation: “Masterpieces” celebrates the songs not released as singles throughout the band’s catalogue but which stand as firm fan favourites around the world bringing them to the front and giving fans the chance to dive even deeper into the band’s history.
Over the course of the Mid 70s through the 80’s Little River Band were one of the biggest artists in the world, delivering an enviable string of perfectly constructed pop masterpieces, performed by a band of accomplished songwriters and musicians – achieving global sales of over 30 million records.
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Linda Martell – Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) (1970/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 27:45 minutes | 639 MB | Genre: Country, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sun Records
Newly remastered! Linda Martell was the first African-American woman to make the country charts and to appear at the Grand Ole Opry, and helped lay the groundwork for future artists of color in the genre. Despite multiple TV appearances, a dozen appearances at the Opry, and some big hits – including “Color Him Father”, “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and “Bad Case of the Blues” – her 1970 debut album, Color Me Country, would also be her last.
“I am so happy that so many people seem to love my singing. I love country music, I always have and I never thought in a million years that this would ever be. It has been a long road and I hope that you all continue to enjoy the album. I truly appreciate all of your support.” (Linda Martell)
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