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Jos van Immerseel, L'Archibudelli - Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione; Notturno (1998)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Jos van Immerseel, L'Archibudelli - Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione; Notturno (1998)

Jos van Immerseel, L'Archibudelli - Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione; Notturno (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 342 Mb | Total time: 69:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # SK 63361 | Recorded: 1997

Schubert's quintet (which gets its name from his song "The Trout," used for a set of variations at its apex) is as lighthearted as it is melodious, qualities reflected in this excellent performance. The period-instrument balances are ideal; the fortepiano, less resonant than a modern piano, does not overpower the strings. The arpeggione was an odd, newly invented six-stringed instrument when Schubert wrote for it. The lovely sonata is here played on an obsolete five-stringed instrument, the violoncello piccolo–closer to the original than the modern cello or viola usually heard on recordings. The "Notturno" is a haunting movement, probably intended for a larger work.

Van Zant - Brother To Brother (1998)

Posted By: popsakov
Van Zant - Brother To Brother (1998)

Van Zant - Brother To Brother (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 403 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 124 Mb
Full Scans ~ 112 Mb | 00:51:12 | RAR 5% Recovery
Southern Rock | SPV Recordings #SPV 085-18902 CD

Brother to Brother marks the first time Johnny and Donnie Van Zant have ever collaborated together, and the results are exactly what fans of either Lynyrd Skynyrd or .38 Special would expect – a set of tough, bluesy Southern rock. Instrumentally, it nearly achieves its full potential, capturing both of the guitarists in fine form. However, the material is a bit inconsistent, with several songs lacking memorable hooks or melodies. Still, the songs that do work are dynamite, and even the weaker tracks have their moments. And that means Brother to Brother is a worth a listen by any serious Skynyrd, Special or VanZant fan.

Ann-Margret - Ann-Margret 1961-1966 (1995)

Posted By: Rtax
Ann-Margret - Ann-Margret 1961-1966 (1995)

Ann-Margret - Ann-Margret 1961-1966 (1995)
FLAC (tracks) - 1.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 835 MB
6:02:41 | Jazz, Pop Vocal | Label: Bear Family Records

Composers Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim crafted the song Let Me Entertain You to chart the progress of sisters Rose and June in their Broadway musical 'Gypsy.' When we first hear the tune in the show, it's sung by an innocent troupe of child performers. By the time Rose has grown to become the world-famous exotic dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, Let Me Entertain You has become a flashy backing for her bumps and grinds.

Strawbs - Ghosts (1974) {1998, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov
Strawbs - Ghosts (1974) {1998, Remastered}

Strawbs - Ghosts (1974) {1998, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 318 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 125 Mb
Full Scans | 00:45:02 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Classic Rock | A&M Records #540 937-2

Ghosts was the last album by the Strawbs to appear while the band was on its upward curve of commercial success; a more lyrical follow-up to Hero and Heroine, it was the group's last thrust at wide-audience appeal, with a hoped for-hit ("Lemon Pie") that didn't materialize. The group's mix of acoustic guitars, electric lead and bass, and Rod Coombes' heavy drumming was very compelling on this, their smoothest album. The title track introduction, mixing multiple overdubbed harpsichords, acoustic guitars, and church bells was a gorgeous beginning, and the melodies only got better further into the album.

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Spohr: Double Quartets (1998)

Posted By: tirexiss
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Spohr: Double Quartets (1998)

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Spohr: Double Quartets (1998)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:50:24 | 595 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDD22014

Louis Spohr's inventive streak is evident in his creation of the double quartet, a novel form that opened the string octet to new textural, antiphonal, and contrapuntal possibilities. However, like many of Spohr's other chamber experiments, his strategies occasionally led him into unintended compositional difficulties, and his results were most successful when he put aesthetic considerations over cleverness. Spohr's showy writing for the first violin, flamboyant and widespread in the Double Quartet No. 1, caused unevenness in the ensemble's balance and exposed the bareness of the other parts.

Deborah Riedel, Della Jones, Michael Kraus, Lawrence Foster - Waxman: The Song Of Terezin (1998)

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Deborah Riedel, Della Jones, Michael Kraus, Lawrence Foster - Waxman: The Song Of Terezin (1998)

Deborah Riedel, Della Jones, Michael Kraus, Lawrence Foster - Waxman: The Song Of Terezin (1998)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:04 | 260 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | Catalog: 4602112

Waxman is best known as a writer of film music, like Korngold. He was also a fine composer, again like Korngold, and in his threnody in memory of child holocaust victims, he composed a masterpiece. This work is roughly comparable in subject matter with Survivor from Warsaw, or the War Requiem, but is more accessible than the former and more sincere than the latter sounds (or so it seems to me). This is one of those odd masterpieces that should be well known but isn't. The recording is clear and immediate.

Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 (1998)

Posted By: tirexiss
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 (1998)

Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 (1998)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 65:11 | 290 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Marco Polo | Catalog: 8.225087

There has not been much of a symphonic tradition in Portugal, but this century has thrown up two symphonists of some significance – Luis de Freitas Branco (brother of the conductor Pedro), who is absent from the catalogues, and, more importantly, his pupil Joly Braga Santos, whose own protege Alvaro Cassuto is opening our eyes and ears to his stature. His First and Fifth Symphonies (Marco Polo, 7/98) came as something of a revelation: here again we have one work from each of his two contrasting compositional periods.

Air - Moon Safari Rarities (25th Anniversary Edition) (1998/2024)

Posted By: Rtax
Air - Moon Safari Rarities (25th Anniversary Edition) (1998/2024)

Air - Moon Safari Rarities (25th Anniversary Edition) (1998/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 241 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 MB
41:16 | Electronic, Downtempo, Synth-pop | Label: Parlophone (France)

Air Plot North American Tour to Mark 25th Anniversary of Debut Album ‘Moon Safari’.

Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}

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Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}

Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 424 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 147 Mb
Full Scans ~ 160 Mb | 01:00:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Adult Contemporary R&B, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Pop | Arista / BMG Japan #BVCA-21017

For all intents and purposes, Whitney Houston retired from being a full-fledged recording artist after her third album, 1990s I'm Your Baby Tonight, choosing to be a Streisand-like celebrity who cultivated a career through movies, soundtrack contributions, and social appearances. She may have been content to continue in that direction for many years if Arista president Clive Davis didn't push her into recording My Love Is Your Love, her first album in eight years, which easily ranks among her best. Never before has Houston tried so many different sounds or tried so hard to be hip. It's one thing to work with Babyface, the standard-bearer of smooth soul in the '90s, but it's quite another to hire Wyclef Jean, Lauren Hill, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, and Q-Tip – all cutting-edge artists (albeit on the accessible side of the cutting edge), the kind who never would have been associated with Houston in the late '80s.

Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (1998)

Posted By: tirexiss
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (1998)

Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto - Braga Santos: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (1998)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 67:16 | 310 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Marco Polo | Catalog: 8.223879

Hearty thanks to Marco Polo for finding another lost gem. Braga Santos (1924-1988) was born in Portugal and, through his teacher, Luis de Freitas Branco, inherited a fondness for music that mixed elements of Modernism with Portuguese Renaissance polyphony. Yet Vaughan Williams is the greatest influence in Braga Santos's music. Braga Santos, like Vaughan Williams, hunted down and extensively used folk melodies, folk songs, and anonymous sacred compositions for church services.

Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep of the Virgin (1998)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep of the Virgin (1998)

Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep of the Virgin (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 230 Mb | Total time: 60:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # ACC 24368 | Recorded: 1997

Continuing its acclaimed series of 20th-century music performed by I Fiamminghi, Telarc presents a stunning recording of two mystical pieces by John Tavener, the composer of the poignant recessional music for the funeral of Princess Diana.

Jody Miller - The Best Of Jody Miller (1998/2016)

Posted By: Rtax
Jody Miller - The Best Of Jody Miller (1998/2016)

Jody Miller - The Best Of Jody Miller (1998/2016)
FLAC (tracks) - 232 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 97 MB
40:14 | Country, Folk, Pop | Label: EMI Music Nashville

Myrna Joy "Jody" Miller (November 29, 1941 – October 6, 2022) was an American singer, who had commercial success in the genres of country, folk and pop. She was the second female artist to win a country music accolade from the Grammy Awards, which came off the success of her 1965 song "Queen of the House". By blending multiple genres together, Miller's music was considered influential for other music artists.

Phillip Walker - I Got A Sweet Tooth (1998)

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Phillip Walker - I Got A Sweet Tooth (1998)

Phillip Walker - I Got A Sweet Tooth (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 278 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Blues, Modern Electric Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Black Top Records (BT-1146)

Phillip Walker delivers 11 prime cuts of funky, down-to-earth blues on this easygoing release. He is backed by some fine musicians, including guitarist Derek O' Brian and grunting saxman Mark Kazanoff. The songs are well crafted; "My Name Is Misery" is as down and out as it gets, the title cut takes Walker back to his roots with lots of brooding guitar and passionate lyrics, and "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy" is about that dreadful heartbreak we've all felt. Then there's "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time," a New Orleans style rocker in the best sense with a little added social commentary thrown in for good measure. This is groove oriented music. It's not about flashiness, it's about telling it as Mr. Walker sees it and he sees it as it is.

Carole Laure - Alibis (1978/1998)

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Carole Laure - Alibis (1978/1998)

Carole Laure - Alibis (1978/1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 266 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 111 MB
48:17 | Pop Rock, Chanson | Label: Saravah / Omagatoki Co. Ltd.

Japanese edition contains two bonus tracks not on original album, track 12 (English version of "J'Ai Une Chanson") and track 13 (English version of "Joue Moi Un Tango").

R.E.M. - Upload (1998)

Posted By: Rtax
R.E.M. - Upload (1998)

R.E.M. - Upload (1998)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 991 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 328 MB
2:22:49 | Alternative Rock, Pop Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Thunderball

Tracks on CD1 + Tracks 1-3 on CD2 recorded live in Stockholm, Grand Hotel Winter Garden on November 9th, 1998. Tracks 4-14 on CD2 recorded live in Hamburg, The Gruenspan on November 2nd, 1998. Tracks 15-16 on CD2 recorded live in New York at The Late Night Show with David Letterman on October 22nd and 23rd, 1998.