Marco Lo Muscio – Andrea Padova Plays Lo Muscio (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:25 minutes | 460 MB | Genre: Classical
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Born in 1971, Marco lo Muscio is an organist, pianist and composer who has performed on the great organs of Europe and the US. His own music been performed by the likes of Christopher Herrick, Thomas Trotter and David Briggs. This album focuses on another, more intimate side of his output. There are pieces dedicated to his mother and to the memory of his late father; tributes to both Debussy and Satie; meditations on literary themes from the work of J.R.R. Tolkien in a neo-medieval style; a pair of ricercari originally composed for organ, paying homage to Renaissance-era counterpoint; and to begin with Three American Preludes.
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Coral Cármina Nova – Marco Frisina: Passio Christi (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:56:41 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Opera-Oratorio Passio Christi narrates the events of the Lords Passion from the Last Supper to the dawn of Resurrection. The story is told through the feelings and emotions of some of the characters who took part in it in various ways: Peter, Judas, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Cyrenean, the soldier Longinus and the Angels. Each character sings the verses of the saints and poets of the world in a different language (Italian, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Latin and ancient Greek) to represent the whole world before the mystery of human suffering. The dramatic structure of the Opera follows the ancient structure of the Sacred Representations: in fact, its original form is designed for dramatization and scenic action. The events of the Gospel are interspersed with the arias of the various characters, which constitute a sort of cinematographic still image.
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Marco Fornaciari, Fone Ensemble – Icons of Music (2005)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:26 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Classical
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The subjects which the icons refer to can be divided into two general types: picture icons (for example saints portraits, Mother of God of the Sign, Christ Pantocrator) and scenic subject icons. Some of these subjects also inspired the great musicians’ magnum opus.
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Marco Fornaciari – Vivaldi : Le quattro stagioni a parte reali – Sonate RV27 & RV36 (2001/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:12 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, a grandson of Agostino’s, was born in Venice on March 4th, 1678. His father, Giambattista, who was requested by Legrenzi to enter the of St. Mark in 1685, taught him to play violin (there is no evidence of other teachers) and was indeed a good teacher for Vivaldi, only at the age of ten, could take his father’s place in the orchestra. Vivaldi, after a rapid rise through the minor orders, was ordained on March 23rd, 1703 and was then appointed teacher at the, a girl orphanage in Venice. How Vivaldi could thereafter attain the high level attested by musical history as a composer as well as his success as a teacher, witnessed by the contemporary chronicles, remains a mystery, as it is often the case with such geniuses as he was.
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Marco Ceccato, Anna Fontana – Il violoncello del cardinale (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:25 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
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Cardinals Benedetto Pamphili and Pietro Ottoboni played a prominent role in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with their patronage of the three most important composers of the day, Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel. At that time, numerous musicians converged on Rome, and the large orchestra directed by Arcangelo Corelli at the church of San Luigi dei Francesi included several famous cellists, among them G. L. Lular, N. F. Haym, F. Amadei and G. M. Perroni. As well as notable virtuosos, these men were often also composers of oratorios, vocal music, and pieces for their own favourite instrument, though very few of these have survived. It is to their music, often unpublished, that Marco Ceccato and his Accademia, winners of a Diapason d’Or of the year in 2015, introduce us here, along with works by the composers who subsequently formed the core of this group after Handel left for London: G. Bononcini, P. G. P. Boni, and G. B. Costanzi, who was later to teach Boccherini.
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Marco Brescia – Zipoli in Diamantina (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:26 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Classical
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The present album – the first recording made on the historic organ Almeida e Silva of Diamantina (1787), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil – consists of the complete organ works published by Domenico Zipoli (Prato, Italy, 1688 – Córdoba, Argentina, 1726) in his Sonate d’Involatura per organo e cimbalo (Rome, 1716), besides some works attributed to the composer from the manuscript Sones mo organo (1746), a miscellany of keyboard works from the Jesuit mission of San Rafael de Velasco, Bolivia.
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Marco Boni & Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings / Souvenir De Florence (2002/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:08 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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Only a few works from Pjotr Tschaikowski’s huge oeuvre have gained general acceptance, however, these are of such an enduring nature that the Russian is ranked among the great composers in the history of music. The way the world of music highlights especially his last three symphonies, his Piano Concerto No. 1, his opera Eugen Onegin and his Rococo Variations is nothing less than extraordinary. However, in comparison to his entire oeuvre, this selection can hardly be called representative.
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Marco Beltrami – Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:59 minutes | 740 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the superhero film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). The film music is scored by Marco Beltrami (Fear Street, Chaos Walking, Nine Perfect Strangers).
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (also known as Venom 2) is a 2021 American action-comedy superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The film is written by Kelly Marcel, stars Tom Hardy (as Eddie Brock / Venom), Michelle Williams (as Anne Weying), Woody Harrelson (as Cletus Kasady / Carnage), Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, and Stephen Graham.
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Marco Beltrami – The Emperor of Paris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:05 minutes | 424 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Marco Beltrami is an American composer best known for his stirring orchestral horror, action, and science fiction film scores, which include multiple collaborations with director/producer Wes Craven. A Long Island, New York native, Beltrami attended Brown University and the Yale School of Music, eventually studying with Luigi Nono in Italy and Jerry Goldsmith in Los Angeles. He got his professional start in film and television in 1994, with his breakthrough coming on the 1996 Wes Craven blockbuster Scream. He went on to compose music for the Guillermo de Toro film Mimic (1997), Scream 2, and The Faculty (1998), The Crow: Salvation and Scream 3 (2000), Joy Ride (2001), Resident Evil (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Hellboy (2004) (again with del Toro), among other regular work such as on TV’s The Practice. In 2007, he earned his first Academy Award nomination for the western remake 3:10 to Yuma, with another nomination the following year for Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker. The next decade brought continued success in Hollywood, including Scream 4 (2011), The Woman in Black (2012), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), The Giver (2014), Fantastic Four (with Philip Glass) and Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Ben-Hur (2016), and Logan (2017).
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Marco Beltrami – Logan Deluxe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:14 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
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In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces. The superhero genre gets one of its all-time great entries as Hugh Jackman returns a final time to the role that made him a superstar, in director James Mangold’s Logan. The supposed last chapter in the superhero Wolverine’s cinematic saga, Logan brings with it an R-rating and a great deal of mystery about the exact nature of the story, how it all plays out for the beloved mutant character, and what it means for the future of the X-Men.
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Marco Beltrami – A Quiet Place (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:16 minutes | 432 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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The full details of the soundtrack album for the horror thriller A Quiet Place have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, Scream, World War Z, The Hurt Locker, The Wolverine). The soundtrack is set to be released digitally on April 6 and physically on May 11 by Milan Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A Quiet Place is directed by John Krasinski who also stars in the film, alongside Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. The movie follows a family living an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound. The thriller will be released in theaters nationwide on April 6 by Paramount Pictures.
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Marco Beasley, Guido Morini, Accordone – Morini: Solve et coagula (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:59 minutes | 707 MB | Genre: Classical
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This new recording pays tribute to an ill-known, mysterious figure of 18th-century Naples: Prince Raimondo di Sangro. A soldier, scientist, poet, alchemist and freemason, he bequeathed us a palace and a magnificent chapel, the site of a tragedy that was at the origin of the murder committed by the great composer Gesualdo.
This chapel still houses artistic and scientific works both beautiful and mysterious, which serve as an initiatory itinerary for the visitor. The intuition of Guido Morini and Marco Beasley was to use this itinerary and make it the dramatic framework for a singular, innovative work that they have entitled Solve et Coagula, an alchemist maxim meaning ‘Dissolve and congeal’. A veritable dramma per musica, this work calls on different ‘historical’ creative processes in order to let us discover a unique story, featuring the rhythm of tarantellas, ostinati and mysterious fugues…
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Marco Beasley, Guido Morini & Accordone – Cantate Deo: A voce sola, in dialogo (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:03 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics
Marco Beasley offers us an original way to discover the Italian religious repertoire for two tenors of the nascent Baroque. In fact, his fantastic experience as a singer allowed him to record these ‘sacred concerts for two voices’ alone, thanks to the technique of re-recording. A new dimension opens up to the listener thanks to the astonishing artistic coherence offered by this technique. And beyond technique, this disc attests to the emotion, both double and unique, guiding the musical gesture.
In addition, this recording will allow to discover numerous unjustly forgotten composers such as Donati, Caprioli, Giamberti, Sances et al., whose qualities of writing are comparable to those of the great Monteverdi (represented here by the Salve Regina and Jubilet tota civitas).
The programme is judiciously rounded off by three magnificent sonate da chiesa by Castello, Marini and Fontana. On no account should this blockbuster disc be missed!
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Marco Ambrosini & Eva-Maria Rusche – Edvard Grieg: Alfedans (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:05 minutes | 565 MB | Genre: Classical
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The album arises from an unusual, but extremely convincing symbiosis of two instruments: the nyckelharpa (also called key fiddle), which has survived in Sweden from the Renaissance to this day and has now become an essential part of Scandinavian musical life beyond this country, unfolds through the numerous resonant strings create their fascinating sound with a dazzling overtone spectrum and at the same time a wonderfully warm smoky depth. In connection with the rich color palette of a symphonic organ, Marco Ambrosini, co-founder of the ensemble Oni Wytars and the organist Eva -Maria Rusche take the listener on a Nordic-inspired sound journey in the footsteps of the composer Edvard Grieg.
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Marco Albonetti & Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana – Romance del Diablo – The Music of Piazzolla (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:19 minutes | 557 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos Records
Since his highly praised Carnegie Hall début in New York City, the saxophonist Marco Albonetti has been engaged for performances and master-classes around the world. He has appeared at countless Italian theatres and numerous distinguished international venues. Albonetti first discovered the music of Piazzolla on the day he died – 4th July 1992 – when RAI reported the news and broadcast his music. Albonetti’s fascination for his music has persisted from that day forward. Traveling to Buenos Aires to research his doctoral dissertation, Albonetti had the privilege of examining the composer’s original manuscript scores and interviewing people who had worked closely with Piazzolla: his wife, Laura Escalada, his librettist Horacio Ferrer, and his fellow musicians Pablo Ziegler, Daniel Binelli, José Bragato, and Arturo Schneider. This album features his Albonetti’s own arrangements for saxophone and chamber orchestra, described by Piazzolla’s publisher as “a splendid piece of work, impeccably executed, and a demonstration of great respect for the music of Maestro Piazzolla”.
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