April 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-24) →
Maria Skiba · Collegio Halense, Christoph Schlütter (33)
The Tallis Scholars (22)
Retrospect Ensemble (22)
The Nuri (16)
Cartesian Memorial Reunion Orchestra (16)
Imported…
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Bach Guitar Duo - Obstinatum: Chaconnes &...
What about some excellent classical baroque music, performed by an astonishing guitar duo for today’s Easter? Released only a couple of days ago on the Italian netlabel AlchEmistica, the Bach Guitar Duo (Florindo Baldissera and Vittorino Nalato) presents its CC-music-début »Obstinatum - [Chaconnes & Passacalles]« with arrangements of music from some very fine German baroque...
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Future Museums - A Solar Gold
Oh, I missed this one… but it sounds excellent! Added to my “Remarkable releases March 2011” list. Thank you for discovering thi gacougnol:
<a href=”http://futuremuseums.bandcamp.com/album/a-solar-gold” _mce_href=”http://futuremuseums.bandcamp.com/album/a-solar-gold”>A SOLAR GOLD by Future Museums</a> A SOLAR GOLD by Future...
solitude standing: intersections - teaser
subterminal:
ONLY AVAILABLE DURING EASTER
Intersections by l|r
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Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 "Symphonie...
Today, 93 years ago, on April 21st 1918 Prokofievs prodigious Symphony No. 1, the »Symphonie classique«, a masterpiece full of ambiguos irony and admiration for the great classical music period at the end of the 18th century.
I haven’t found a complete free and legal Symphony No. 1 on archive.org (Oh, I wish, I could post the fabulous 1960ies-recording of Gennady Rozhdestvensky), but at...
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More Jazz from Iceland: Sunna Gunnlaugs - Live
A couple of days ago, I’ve featured the super-cool Icelandic ASA Trio with their relaxed, unpretentious reworking of Trane’s epic masterpiece “A Love Supreme”. Well, there’s (of course) much more from the wonderful, wonderous island in the north. Iceland has quite a vivid music scene (as I come myself from an island, I’ve got this theory, that people on islands...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-17) →
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (63)
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (44)
Fuck Her, or the Terrorists Win (34)
Retrospect Ensemble (34)
Melos…
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M. Peters – Stretched Landscape Remix Project →
I don’t want to look like a narcissist, featuring all my articles round the web on this page too, but Michael Peters’ release is really worth listening. Please check my review at netlabelism.com.
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ASA Trio - A Love Supreme, Live at Cafe Cultura
I usually really really dislike all carbon copy attempts of imitating John Coltrane’s ground breaking epic “A Love Supreme” but the Icelandic ASA trio has achieved to create something quite original and new out of it. Surely it’s still inferior to the original, but then, who could top Trane’s masterpiece? I’ve enjoyed listening to this, I hope, this works for...
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Fuck Her, Or The Terrorists Win - Bounce Back
That’s a strange band name, isn’t it? Especially for a Mexican band, huh? But the music isn’t bad, really, not bad at all? And again: Would you expect something like this from Mexico? I think, I have to recheck my prejudices.
This is taken from their new EP “Fuck Brooklyn”. Subscribe to their newsletter and you will get a “secret link” for free...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-10) →
Theatre of the Ayre, Elizabeth Kenny (43)
ambienteer (32)
George Szell: Cleveland Orchestra (30)
Paatos (19)
Viviana Sofronitzki, Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense,…
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Jason Parker Quartet - Five Leaves Left: A (jazzy)...
Nick Drake died on November 25th in 1974 but it seems to me, that he is still alive. His sad folk songs do not seem to age or lose their magnificent charm and some generations later musicians and listeners enjoy his albums and his music.
Here’s a rather unusual, but truly excellent jazz tribute, a complete album cover of Drake’s masterpiece “Five Leaves Left”, performed by...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-3) →
ambienteer (20)
Amarcord Wien (19)
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood & Daniel-Ben Pienaar (17)
Steve Lawson and Lobelia (17)
Simon & Garfunkel (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…
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Her Name is Calla - Maw (10" and Video)
hernameiscalla:
Our new 3 track single ‘Maw’ is now available for preorder from here
also, here’s a video we made for the title track - warning, flashing lights!
Also we’re currently on tour, come rock out with us or keep up with the latest shiz over at our Facebook Page
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Modest Mussorgsky - Three Pictures at an...
He was a drunkard, a nationalist, a visionary, a genius. And he composed the famous Pictures At An Exhibition: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881).
Here is his most famous cycle in three versions and three excellent historical performances:
1. Original version for piano, performed by William Kapell, recorded live in Melbourne (Australia) Town Hall, July 21, 1953
Part 1
Part 2
2....
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Ambienteer - 24 albums for a donation
Please consider a donation for an important cause: James Fahy (aka. ambienteer) started this important charity campaign supporting the National Autistic Society. If you donate just a small fee, you will be able to download all (or as many as you like) of his 24 delightful digital albums (as 320 kbps MP3s) for free. And I really consider James one of the most interesting, most versatile, most...
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Steve Lawson - Live in London | Steve Lawson and...
Do you know Steve Lawson? Yeah, why the heck didn’t you tell me? This is music by London-based solo bass player/loop artist (he calls it “Post-Rock Ambient-Jazz-New-Age-Solo-Bass-Music”). Check out his VERY interesting solo stuff.
&amp;lt;a href=”http://music.stevelawson.net/album/ten-years-on-live-in-london”...
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March 2011
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Remarkable releases - March 2011
As always, this selection comes with a personal disclaimer: This is list of some remarkable new #ccmusic I’ve stumbled upon recently that I really enjoyed (and still do). This list doesn’t come with the attitude of being complete or universal, quite the contrary: Like last months, this is a rather personal choice in order not to forget these remarkable releases too quickly. And it will be...
