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Justin Taylor - Chopin intime (2025)

Posted By: ciklon5
Justin Taylor - Chopin intime (2025)

Justin Taylor - Chopin intime (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:10:04 | 197 Mb
Genre: Classical

Justin Taylor has a passion for early keyboards and is always keen to match the works he tackles with the most appropriate historical instruments. Justin has always been fascinated by the music of Frederic Chopin, whose intimate musical world is presented here. We know that Chopin composed some of his preludes during his stay with George Sand in Mallorca, where he used a very special instrument. This was a Pleyel pianino – a small upright piano of six and a half octaves that was only made between 1835 and 1842 – with a beautiful natural resonance and a velvety timbre. Taylor has recorded the preludes composed on this Pleyel pianino along with a selection of etudes, nocturnes and mazurkas, all of which suit the sound of the instrument perfectly. A moving transcription of Bellini's Casta diva, an aria that Chopin much admired, is also included here.

Stéphane Kerecki & Vincent Segal - Ponticello (2025)

Posted By: Fizzpop
Stéphane Kerecki & Vincent Segal - Ponticello (2025)

Stéphane Kerecki & Vincent Segal - Ponticello (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 210 MB | Cover | 49:22 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 115 MB
Jazz | Label: Fuga Libera

Vincent Segal and Stéphane Kerecki, key figures on the Paris music scene for two decades, now present Ponticello, a project born of their impromptu meeting in the summer of 2022 and their desire to combine their instruments. Their duo, which they formed on the spur of the moment, quickly grew into an ambitious venture designed for the stage. Here the two musicians share their passion for jazz standards (Hampton Hawes, Scott LaFaro) and, through their own compositions, the great classics (Bach, Messiaen, Fauré), which blend classical, jazz, South American and American folk influences.

Charlie - No Second Chance (1977) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Repost)

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Charlie - No Second Chance (1977) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Repost)

Charlie - No Second Chance (1977) [Japanese Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 282 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 105 MB | Covers - 80 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Air Mail Archive (AIRAC-1618)

Released in the States by the small Janus label (with an updated cover), 1977's 'No Second Chance" was co-produced by Anderson and Thomas. Like the debut, the material was again largely written by Thomas and similarly managed to combine gorgeous group vocal harmonies with a hard rock sound that still had a distinctive commercial sheen. Propelled by Thomas' instantly recognizable growl, imagine a pub band like Ace deciding they liked rock guitar and you'll get a good feel for tracks like 'Johnny Hold Back', 'Pressure Point' and 'Guitar Hero'.

Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) Remastered Reissue 1997

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Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) Remastered Reissue 1997

Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview (1972) Remastered Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 272 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 110 Mb | Scans included
Label: Polydor, Exile | # 537 451 2 | Time: 00:41:27
Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Folk Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Blue-Eyed Soul

Saint Dominic's Preview is the sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in July 1972 by Warner Bros. Records. Rolling Stone declared it "the best-produced, most ambitious Van Morrison record yet released." The diversity of the material on the album highlighted Morrison's fusing of Celtic folk, R&B, blues, jazz and the singer-songwriter genre. "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and the title track were blends of soul and folk, while lesser known tracks such as "Gypsy" and "Redwood Tree" continued to display a lyrical celebration of nature's beauty. Also on the album were two lengthy tracks, "Listen to the Lion" and the closing "Almost Independence Day" which were given primal, cathartic and intense vocal performances from Morrison. These tracks were similar to the songs on his 1968 album, Astral Weeks.

Austin Wulliman & JACK Quartet - Escape Rites (2025)

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Austin Wulliman & JACK Quartet - Escape Rites (2025)

Austin Wulliman & JACK Quartet - Escape Rites (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 317 MB | Cover | 59:23 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 146 MB
Classical | Label: Sono Luminus

Pressed between bodies heaving to the pulse. The room inside the drum: each of us within its envelope. Sent elsewhere. Stamped to distant locales but together in this resonating box. My wrists were broken. My mind screwed on tight.

Jane Glover, Northern Sinfonia, Huddersfield Choral Society - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2011)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Jane Glover, Northern Sinfonia, Huddersfield Choral Society - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2011)

Jane Glover, Northern Sinfonia, Huddersfield Choral Society - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 646 Mb | Total time: 71:17+67:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Classics | SIGCD246 | Recorded: 2010

The Huddersfield Choral society has one of the longest and most fruitful relationships with Handel s famous Messiah than perhaps any other chorus in the world: they first performed it in concert during their inception year of 1836, and have continued to do so annually since 1860 with concerts the world over as well as in their hometown of Huddersfield. Recorded live in concert in December 2010, this new recording combines the famous ensemble with the Northern Sinfonia and four world-class professionals, under the direction of Jane Glover CBE. The disc begins with John Wainwright s Christians Awake , a traditional addition to the Messiah programme at their concerts in Huddersfield.

Olivier Latry - Bach to the Future (2019)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Olivier Latry - Bach to the Future (2019)

Olivier Latry - Bach to the Future (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 299 Mb | Total time: 77:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: La Dolce Volta | LDV69 | Recorded: 2019

For his first CD with La Dolce Volta, Olivier Latry has chosen a programme devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This recording, made on the massive Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris, of which he is titular organist, raises a number of fascinating questions. “My approach highlights several paradoxes: the notion of performing these key works of Protestantism in one of the most emblematic centres of Catholicism, first of all, but also of playing them on an instrument that is, to say the least, far removed from the Baroque and Classical style of organ building.” - Olivier Latry

Pražák Quartet - Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 51/2, String Quintet No. 2 Op. 111 (2006)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Pražák Quartet - Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 51/2, String Quintet No. 2 Op. 111 (2006)

Pražák Quartet - Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 51/2, String Quintet No. 2 Op. 111 (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 303 Mb | Total time: 61:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Praga Digitals | PRD/DSD 250 236 | Recorded: 2009, 2010

Written more than 15 years apart, these two scores, juxtaposed here for the first time, successively illustrate the somewhat morose ‘Nordic’ inspiration of the composer of Ein deutsches Requiem, then a more intimate poetic feeling, and finally a communicative serenity, the headiness of a ‘Hungarian’ dance in the Quartet, a sort of wild csárdás with quasi-orchestral force in the coda of the Quintet.

Christoph von Dohnányi & The Cleveland Orchestra - The Complete Decca Recordings (2024)

Posted By: Rtax
Christoph von Dohnányi & The Cleveland Orchestra - The Complete Decca Recordings (2024)

Christoph von Dohnányi & The Cleveland Orchestra - The Complete Decca Recordings (2024)
CD FLAC (tracks) - 11 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 5.8 GB
43:16:50 | Classical | Label: Decca

To mark his 95th birthday Decca releases this outstanding CD edition: 'Christoph von Dohnányi - The Cleveland Years'. Born in Berlin in 1929, Dohnányi, who is still conducting today at the age of 94, is, together with Herbert Blomstedt, one of the true grand masters of the orchestral business. Decca's collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra and Dohnányi lasted from 1984 to 1997. Dohnányi's relationship with Cleveland was one of the most successful partnerships between an orchestra and a conductor, a collaboration that was captured in many critically acclaimed recordings. In addition to Mozart and the great Romantic works of Schumann, Mahler and Bruckner, this edition offers impressive recordings of 20th century composers: Varèse, Ives, Schönberg and Lutoslawski, to name but a few. Wagner's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' complete the set and offer a well-rounded portrait of the conductor's Cleveland years. The 40-CD set includes the original covers, photos of the recordings and an essay by Andrew Stewart.

Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming (2025)

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Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming (2025)

Rebecca Vasmant - Who We Are, Becoming (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 332 MB | Cover | 51:11 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 118 MB
Jazz | Label: New Soil

The new label partnership between New Soil alongside Women in Jazz was announced late last year with the further revelation that Glaswegian producer, curator and broadcaster Rebecca Vasmant held the distinction of being the first artist signed to wave their collaborative flag.

Black Sabbath - Deep Black (2022)

Posted By: Rtax
Black Sabbath - Deep Black (2022)

Black Sabbath - Deep Black (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 467 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 177 MB
1:14:57 | Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | Label: Iconography

STUNNING 1983 SHOW WITH IAN GILLAN ON VOCALS  Following a three-year stint as Black Sabbath’s vocalist following the departure of Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, Ronnie James Dio left Sabbath himself in 1982 to form his own band, and took drummer Vinny Appice with him.  The remaining original members, Tommy Iommi and Geezer Butler, began auditioning singers for the band's next release. Deep Purple and Whitesnake's David Coverdale, Samson's Nicky Moore and Lone Star's John Sloman were all considered and Iommi states in his autobiography that Michael Bolton auditioned. The band settled on former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan to replace Dio in December 1982.

Eddy Clearwater - Help Yourself (1992)

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Eddy Clearwater - Help Yourself (1992)

Eddy Clearwater - Help Yourself (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 241 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 100 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues, Electric Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blind Pig Records (BP 74792)

Clearwater wrote the lion's share of this well-produced collection, reaching back for material by Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush, and Willie Mabon to round it out. The usual infectious mix of shimmering West Side blues, hauling rockabilly, and even a touch of funk on "Little Bit of Blues." Guitarist Will Crosby shares lead chores with his boss, and Carey Bell (Eddy's cousin) handles the harp work.

Freddie Hubbard - Here to Stay (1976) [RVG Edition 2006]

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Freddie Hubbard - Here to Stay (1976) [RVG Edition 2006]

Freddie Hubbard - Here to Stay (1976) [RVG Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 90 MB | Covers - 17 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Note (0946 3 62661 2 1)

This two-LP set, which was released in 1976 as part of United Artists' Blue Note reissue series, brought back trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's early album Hub Cap, a sextet session with tenor-saxophonist Jimmy Heath, trombonist Julian Priester, and pianist Cedar Walton. Although that session (comprised of four Hubbard compositions, one of Walton's songs, and Randy Weston's "Cry Me Not") is excellent, it is the full album of previously unreleased material from an all-star quintet that is of greatest interest. Hubbard teams up with fellow Jazz Messengers Wayne Shorter (on tenor), Walton, bassist Reggie Workman, and (in Blakey's spot) drummer Philly Joe Jones for some advanced hard bop. Highpoints include the fiery "Philly Mignon" and a strong version of "Body and Soul."

Henry Mancini - The Thorn Birds Soundtrack (2025)

Posted By: ciklon5
Henry Mancini - The Thorn Birds Soundtrack (2025)

Henry Mancini - The Thorn Birds Soundtrack (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:57:21 | 569 Mb
Genre: Soundtrack

For reasons unknown, it took over two decades for Henry Mancini's score for the smash 1983 television miniseries The Thorn Birds to earn an official soundtrack release, but Varèse Sarabande's lavish two-disc release proves worth the wait. Nor has time dimmed The Thorn Birds' power – this deeply romantic, intimate score remains one of Mancini's most stirring, rivaling the composer's most legendary big-screen efforts. Mancini eschews epic drama in favor of smaller-scale nuance, evoking the doomed romance of novelist Colleen McCullough's tale in finely honed strokes. The music is elegant yet understated, rich in variety but amounting to something far greater than the sum of its disparate elements.

Anne-Maria Holscher, Florian Holscher - Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonatas and Variations (2025)

Posted By: ciklon5
Anne-Maria Holscher, Florian Holscher - Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonatas and Variations (2025)

Anne-Maria Holscher, Florian Holscher - Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonatas and Variations (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 2:29:10 | 651 Mb
Genre: Classical

An avid chamber musician, Anne-Maria Hölscher regularly performs with various chamber music ensembles, contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Ascolta, Klangforum Heidelberg, Collegium Novum Zurich, and various orchestras. She also regularly performs solo concerts with a broad repertoire spanning the past five centuries.