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John Eliot Gardiner - John Eliot Gardiner Conducts French Baroque Music: Couperin, Rameau, Campra, Leclair (2023)

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John Eliot Gardiner - John Eliot Gardiner Conducts French Baroque Music: Couperin, Rameau, Campra, Leclair (2023)

John Eliot Gardiner - John Eliot Gardiner Conducts French Baroque Music: Couperin, Rameau, Campra, Leclair (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 960 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 563 MB
3:00:33 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

With only a few days left until John Eliot Gardiner’s 80th birthday (April 20th), we focus on Gardiner’s major recordings of French Baroque music, of which he has been a relentless trailblazer throughout his career. This collection ranges from rare operas by Rameau and Leclair which he premiered on record, to the first modern rendition of André Campra’s Requiem and instrumental pieces by François Couperin.

VA - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2023)

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VA - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2023)

VA - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-1982 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 526 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 204 MB
1:25:01 | Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz | Label: As-Shams - The Sun

AS-SHAMS ARCHIVE VOL. 1 introduces the core catalogue of As-Shams/The Sun, the independent record label that documented some of the most exciting developments in jazz, funk and soul from South Africa in the 1970s. With 10 tracks from 10 iconic albums featuring 10 different artists and 10 original compositions, this compilation delivers 85 minutes of South African music history. Including essential tracks by the likes of Dick Khoza, Black Disco and Harari, remastered from the original analog tapes, As-Shams Archive Vol. 1 is an unbeatable introduction to South African rare groove for new listeners as well as a long-awaited first anthology for the label’s many devoted followers.

Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (2018)

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Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (2018)

Jakub Hrůša, Bamberger Symphoniker - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 362 Mb | Total time: 86:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Tudor Record | # TUD1744 | Recorded: 2017

This long-term edition of symphonies by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák, performed by the Bamberger Symphoniker led by their chief conductor Jakub Hrůša, springs from a wish to stimulate a deliberate, interiorized and unbiased listening experience. Associating these two Romantic geniuses, bound by a unique friendship, in one edition enables a new viewpoint. It immediately becomes apparent that the two last symphonies of Brahms and Dvořák have more than their key in common - yet this also illuminates their differences.

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Debut In The Netherlands 1958 (2022)

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Dave Brubeck Quartet - Debut In The Netherlands 1958 (2022)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Debut In The Netherlands 1958 (2022)
FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 407 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 182 MB
1:18:04 | Jazz | Label: The Lost Recordings

With the support of the American State Department, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, including new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major tour of Europe early in 1958. Their first concert in the Netherlands was held on 26 February in the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, usually reserved for performances of classical music. Since 1951 and the collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, the band had gained a stunning reputation. In 1954, Dave Brubeck was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rumor has it that Duke Ellington knocked on Brubeck’s hotel door to congratulate him. Brubeck is said to have responded, “It should have been you.” He dedicated one of his most famous pieces, “The Duke”, included on this album, to his fellow pianist.

Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling (2012) {2013, Deluxe Edition}

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Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling (2012) {2013, Deluxe Edition}

Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling (2012) {2013, Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 512 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 173 Mb
Full Scans | 01:07:25 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classical Crossover, Electronic, Dubstep | We Love Music #0602 53762233 7

Lindsey Stirling is the debut studio album by violinist and artist Lindsey Stirling, whose popularity grew from her appearance on America's Got Talent and a large following on YouTube. Her first album of original compositions, it topped the category of Classical Albums and Dance/Electronic Albums in Billboard and reached number 79 on the Billboard 200. It also was a success in Europe, earning gold certifications in Poland and Switzerland and platinum certifications in Austria and Germany. On October 29, 2013 the album was re-released worldwide with bonus tracks and achieved its highest-selling week in the United States, reaching number 23 on the Billboard 200 by selling 10,000 copies. Stirling's single "Crystallize" was certified gold.

VA - Soul Steppin' - 80s Soulful Steppers (2009)

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VA - Soul Steppin' - 80s Soulful Steppers (2009)

VA - Soul Steppin' - 80s Soulful Steppers (2009)
FLAC (tracks) - 540 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 180 MB
1:18:08 | Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Harmless

Soul Steppin': '80s Soulful Steppers Review by Thom Jurek
Backbeats Records is strictly a compilation company based in the U.K. whose releases are distributed throughout the European Union at a budget prices. What they do is simply compile collections of dance music by well-known and obscure artists from the disco era to the latter '90s. And for what it’s worth, when it comes to licensing, they do a terrific job, and this set is a case in point. Compiled by Ian Dewhirst, Soul Steppin' collects 14 jams from the disco era – many of them extended 12" versions such as the Dells’ “All About the Paper,” the original 12” mix of the Impressions' “Fan the Fire,” Walter Jackson's lone entry into the period with the killer “Touching in the Dark,” a midtempo romantic stepper done in that killer baritone of his. Dee Dee Sharp turns in “Easy Money,” and Teddy Pendergrass’ slick, funky “You and Me Right Now” is also here. But along with the bigger names are one-offs, tracks by artists that were a hit on the dancefloor but never really went anywhere else, such as Sound Troupe's trippy meld of smooth future funk, Latin rhythms, jazz, and disco strings for “Can You Really See Me.” Also included is Greg Henderson's lone club classic, “Dreamin,” with its Latin congas, Chic-esque handclaps, and Larry Graham-styled bass solo. This set is pure nostalgia to be sure, but it’s a gas from start to finish.

Alban Gerhardt, Josep Caballé-Domenech - The Romantic Cello Concerto 6: Vieuxtemps & Ysaÿe: Cello Concertos (2015)

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Alban Gerhardt, Josep Caballé-Domenech - The Romantic Cello Concerto 6: Vieuxtemps & Ysaÿe: Cello Concertos (2015)

Alban Gerhardt, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Royal Flemish Philharmonic - The Romantic Cello Concerto 6: Vieuxtemps & Ysaÿe: Cello Concertos (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 274 Mb | Total time: 65:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67790 | Recorded: 2013

Hyperion’s blossoming Romantic Cello Concerto series welcomes back German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt for this sixth volume. Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugène Ysaÿe are of course best known for their blistering pyrotechnics on the violin, but each of this eminent teacher-and-pupil pairing also wrote two works—little known today, alas—for cello and orchestra, and what a revelation they are. The two Vieuxtemps Concertos contain all the elements familiar from their famous violin counterparts—long-arched melodies alongside moments of outrageous virtuoso demands. The Ysaÿe works are shorter and make ideal companions.

Patti Smith - Bicentenary Blues (San Francisco 1976) (2015)

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Patti Smith - Bicentenary Blues (San Francisco 1976) (2015)

Patti Smith - Bicentenary Blues (San Francisco 1976) (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 335 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 MB
56:39 | Rock | Label: GOOD SHIP FUNKE

She'd been a New Yorker since moving to the city in 1967, aged 21. She had a child that she gave up for adoption, met and started a relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe - with whom she shared a room at the infamous Chelsea Hotel for some time - and she discovered the work of French symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud. She appeared in Warhol Superstar Jackie Curtis's play Femme Fatale with Wayne County, and - for one night only - in Cowboy Mouth which she co-wrote with Sam Shepherd. She was considered for the role of lead vocalist in Blue Oyster Cult, but instead contributed lyrics to many of the band's songs, and she started a relationship with BOC keyboardist Alan Lanier. She contributed articles to rock journals Rolling Stone and Creem.

Georg Grün, Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim - Michael Haydn: Requiem in B-flat major (2006)

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Georg Grün, Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim - Michael Haydn: Requiem in B-flat major (2006)

Georg Grün, Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim - Michael Haydn: Requiem in B-flat major (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 286 Mb | Total time: 62:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # CAR 83.353 | Recorded: 2006

Recently there seems to be an increasing interest in the music of Johann Michael Haydn. For a long time he was only mentioned as being the younger brother of Franz Joseph, and a good friend of Mozart, but his music was almost completely ignored. From time to time a record with sacred music or chamber music was released, but he was't appearing on concert programmes and in the record catalogue frequently. 2006 was the bicentennial of his death, and this apparently led to a number of new recordings with his music. One must hope this isn't a temporary wave, but the beginning of a thorough and serious exploration of his oeuvre.

Chet Atkins, C.G.P. - Sails (1987) {2011, K2HD Mastering, Japan}

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Chet Atkins, C.G.P. - Sails (1987) {2011, K2HD Mastering, Japan}

Chet Atkins, C.G.P. - Sails (1987) {2011, K2HD Mastering, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 272 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 109 Mb
Full Scans ~ 92 Mb | 00:45:08 | RAR 5% Recovery
Country, Jazz, New Age, Guitar Virtuoso | Sony Music #88697979652

Another of Chet Atkins' attempts to break into the jazz world during his Columbia period, this recording veers well across the line into new age wallowing of the most innocuous kind. At this point in time, when a record opened with soothing ocean waves, followed by a gentle wash of synths, you could pretty much expect the new age to be lapping at your feet throughout. As he has with so many other genres, Atkins displays an instinctive grasp of this feel-good idiom, though he has to hold back his powers of invention to conform to its clichés and repetitions. Yet even amidst the twittering sound effects and electronic drums of "Up in My Treehouse" and the listless treatment of Keith Jarrett's "My Song," Atkins' guitar always exudes dignity.

Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995) 2CD Remastered Deluxe Edition 2009

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Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995) 2CD Remastered Deluxe Edition 2009

Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995) 2CD Remastered Deluxe Edition 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 684 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 268 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Trip-Hop, Electronic, Alternative | Label: Island | # 532 231-1 | Time: 01:57:20

Digitally remastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition of this classic 1995 Trip Hop masterpiece including a bonus 13 track CD featuring B-sides, outtakes and seven previously unreleased versions including 2009 mixes of three of the album's tracks: 'Overcome', 'Hell Is Round The Corner' and 'Black Steel'. Tricky's musical breakthrough came in 1992 on Massive Attack's groundbreaking Blue Lines album. Three years later, when he released this seminal debut album, Tricky became the voice and face of the Trip Hop movement.

Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - A Day with Suzanne: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2022)

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Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - A Day with Suzanne: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2022)

Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - A Day with Suzanne: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 56:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 19658725022 | Recorded: 2021

Leonard Cohen, who liked to call himself a 'chansonnier,' grew up in French‐speaking Montreal, Canada. He is appreciated both as a poet and for his sensitivity to combining words and music. This project connects Cohen musically and poetically with previous generations of songwriters. Orlando di Lasso's famous 16th century chanson Susanne un jour meets Cohen's Suzanne. Josquin des Prez's Adieu mes amours or courtly dances published by Pierre Attaingnant in Paris in 1529 combine with Cohen's songs and the eras converge. With knowledge of Renaissance musical practices, new diminutions on Cohen's music emerge, including original chordal accompaniments for viola da gamba or lute based on late 16th and 17th century models.

Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck (1990) {2012, K2HD Mastering, Japan}

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Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck (1990) {2012, K2HD Mastering, Japan}

Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck And Neck (1990) {2012, K2HD Mastering, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 221 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 93 Mb
Full Scans ~ 103 Mb | 00:38:26 | RAR 5% Recovery
Country, Folk Rock, Country Rock | Sony Music #88691998902

Neck and Neck is a collaborative album by American guitarist Chet Atkins and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on October 9, 1990 by Columbia Records. "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single, and in 1991 won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. That same year, "So Soft Your Goodbye" won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album More of That Guitar Country. This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Merle Travis.

PianoBasso - Tranquillo III (2023)

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PianoBasso - Tranquillo III (2023)

PianoBasso - Tranquillo III (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 171 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 107 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:45:01
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Gymnopédie No. 1 is the first of three piano compositions written by the French composer Erik Satie in 1888. PianoBasso preserves the beautiful original simplicity of the melody adding an updated harmonization that subtly changes the timbre of the piece.

The Band Of Heathens - Simple Things (2023)

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The Band Of Heathens - Simple Things (2023)

The Band Of Heathens - Simple Things (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 245 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 MB
38:15 | Americana, Folk Rock, Country | Label: BOH Records

With their eighth studio album, 'Simple Things', The Band of Heathens came home-geographically, as they returned to their longtime base of Austin for the recording; sonically, in an embrace of the rootsy, guitar-based rock with which they made their name; and thematically, with lyrics that speak to appreciating friends and family and our limited time on this planet.