The latest album of Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY, »Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus«, was chosen to be the first studio album in music history to be remixed in Dolby Atmos. Renowned producer/mixing engineer Chris Heil (DAVID BOWIE, BRYAN ADAMS, SCORPIONS) mixed the entire masterpiece in Dolby Atmos – the mindblowing result will be submitted for the 2017 Grammy nominations. »Prometheus, The Dolby Atmos Experience + Cinematic And Live« will be released December, 9th via Nuclear Blast.
Luca Turilli, responsible for composition and orchestra- and choir-arrangements states: “The new Dolby Atmos sound fits perfectly with Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY music just as the RHAPSODY music – emotional, visionary and cinematic in its nature – is perfect to showcase the potential of an amazing technology destined to revolutionize the field of immersive audio’s experience. From a composer’s point of view, Dolby Atmos is like the advent of a canvas with colors in three dimensional space. It enables me to place the band, orchestra and choir around me like I would in a real life situation, granting to the listener an emotional and breathtaking journey in a parallel dimension. Every instrument can finally breathe and live in three dimensions, turning the Dolby Atmos version of RHAPSODY’s music into a divine, musical experience of transcendence. No limits for creativity anymore. This new Dolby technology allows my heart and soul to finally express themselves with complete freedom and exciting force!” But what actually is Dolby Atmos? Cinemas discovered this new format and integrated loud speakers in their ceilings to place the listener into an ‘acoustic honeycomb´. “This novelty has now reached the home technology and we at Yamaha wanted to support the project of Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY with an audio-bluray-disc in Dolby Atmos“, Michael Geise from Yamaha explains. “It’s a very thrilling challenge and makes this release a vivid and new experience. And since we are always looking for new contents, the cooperation with Luca Turilli was a great idea for us. Dolby Atmos is already included in our receivers and the customer can immediately use it – but so far only few releases support this new format and usually it is only available for films, not for music blurays. But now it is and we created a medium that could easily bring instruments to life, without any artifical effects. We had the know-how to turn this performance into a real live experience with our loudspeakers, receivers and the new sound bar that brings the musicians almost right into everyone’s living room!” Producer and mixer Chris Heil found Luca Turilli’s RHAPSODY almost by accident: “I heard excerpts from »Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus« in the studio right next to me and knew immediately that this was the material I wanted to use to showcase the potential of Dolby Atmos to the world. This kind of music is made for this format with its combination of band,orchestra and choir arrangements. I called Luca Turilli immediately to ask his permission to use the material and he immediately agreed. The result of their two months long cooperation is a vivid combination of metal, filmscore and a wide variety of ethnic elements. “It is incredibly entertaining and inspiring to listen to the result. It’s the first album in my 36-year career where I had to leave longer pauses between the tracks because you really need time to digest that bombastic sound. It’s mindblowing,” states Chris Heil. And Luca Turilli agrees: “Dolby Atmos will bring a revolution to the world of films and music and allows you to enjoy every release even more!”
Tracklist: 1. Nova Genesis (Ad Splendorem Angeli Triumphantis) 2. Il Cigno Nero 3. Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross) 4. Anahata 5. Il Tempo Degli Dei 6. One Ring To Rule Them All 7. Notturno 8. Prometheus 9. King Solomon And The 72 Names Of God 10. Yggdrasil 11. Of Michael The Archangel And Lucifer’s Fall Part II: Codex Nemesis 12. Thundersteel (Cinematic Version)
Personnel: Alessandro Conti, lead vocals Luca Turilli, guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements Dominique Leurquin, guitar Patrice Guers, bass Alex Landenburg, drums Additional: Ralf Scheepers, co-lead vocals on “Thundersteel” David Readman, Dan Lucas, Bridget Fogle, Emilie Ragni, vocals
A landmark release in prog rock history, The Alan Parsons Project’s debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, remains not only one of the most ambitious releases from prog’s mid-70s golden age, but also one of the finest examples of a musician putting literature to music. Released in 1976, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination saw Alan Parsons and long-time collaborator Eric Woolfson bring to life some of the most enduring works by pioneering gothic poet and short-story writer Edgar Allan Poe. Working with a host of musicians, among them legendary God Of Hellfire, Arthur Brown, Hollies singer and guitarist Terry Sylvester, the bands Ambrosia and Pilot, plus keyboardist Francis Monkman (of cult 70s outfit Curved Air), they also managed to snag narration by legendary actor, director, writer and producer Orson Welles – a man with no little experience in bringing works of literature to life in the studio. For its 40th anniversary, Tales… is being celebrated with a multi-disc box set, made with the full co-operation of Alan Parsons and the family of the late Eric Woolfson. As well as boasting over 70 minutes’ worth of previously unreleased bonus material, the 3CD+Blu-ray+2LP box set also includes the original 1976 album mix (half-speed mastered for vinyl at Abbey Road by leading half-speed mastering expert Miles Showell), Alan Parsons’ 1987 remix, and, for the first time ever, a high-definition 5.1 surround sound mix on Blu-ray, mastered in 2016 by Parsons himself. Rounded out with a 60-page coffee-table book boasting rare photos and new interviews, a poster, replica 1976 press kit and “taped man” sticker, this lavish package does full justice to the legacy of Parsons’ and Woolfson’s stunning work. “The Tales album is my favourite,” Alan Parsons says today. “Always has been, always will be. It broke new territory all round.”
Tracklist: • New 5.1 Mix (Original 1976 album in both 5.1 and 96/24 HD mixes by Alan Parsons at Capitol Studios, LA, June 2016) 1 A Dream Within A Dream 3:42 2 The Raven 3:58 3 The Tell-Tale Heart 4:35 4 The Cask Of Amontillado 4:29 5 (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 4:12 6 The Fall Of The House Of Usher 15:13 6.1 Prelude 6.2 Arrival 6.3 Intermezzo 6.4 Pavane 6.5 Fall 7 To One In Paradise 4:21 • Original 1976 Stereo Mix (Original 1976 recording, half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, March 2016) 8 A Dream Within A Dream 3:42 9 The Raven 3:58 10 The Tell-Tale Heart 4:35 11 The Cask Of Amontillado 4:29 12 (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 4:12 13 The Fall Of The House Of Usher 15:13 13.1 Prelude 13.2 Arrival 13.3 Intermezzo 13.4 Pavane 13.5 Fall 14 To One In Paradise 4:21
Personnel: Alan Parsons – Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recorder, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Projectron Eric Woolfson – Synthesizer, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (background), Executive Producer Orson Welles – Narrator Dennis Clarke – Saxophone Leonard Whiting – Vocals, Narrator Arthur Brown – Vocals John Miles – Guitar, Vocals Jack Harris – Vocals Francis Monkman – Organ, Keyboards Kevin Peek – Guitar (Acoustic) Terry Sylvester – Vocals Laurence Juber – Guitar (Acoustic) Andrew Powell – Keyboards, Arranger David Paton – Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (background) Ian Bairnson – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric) David Katz – Violin, Leader, Orchestra Contractor Burleigh Drummond – Drums English Chorale – Vocals Bob Howes – Choir, Chorus John Leach – Percussion, Vocals, Cimbalom, Kantele David Pack – Guitar Smokey Parsons – Vocals Joe Puerta – Bass Daryl Runswick – Bass, String Bass David Snell – Harp The English Chorale and Played Ti – Choir, Chorus Stuart Tosh – Cymbals, Drums, Vocals, Tympani Billy Lyall – Piano, Drums, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Recorder, Fender Rhodes Jane Powell – Vocals, Vocals (background) Les Hurdle – Bass Christopher North – Keyboards
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A three-CD + Blu-ray Audio package that comprises the UK mono album plus outtakes, mono singles on mono EPs on the first disc, the UK stereo album plus stereo outtakes and stereo remixes on the second disc, early versions, demos and BBC recordings on the third CD and a 24/96 hi-res version of US mono & stereo albums and bonus tracks on the fourth and final disc which is a Blu-ray Audio.
Fresh Cream represents so many different firsts, it’s difficult to keep count. Cream, of course, was the first supergroup, but their first album not only gave birth to the power trio, it also was instrumental in the birth of heavy metal and the birth of jam rock. That’s a lot of weight for one record and, like a lot of pioneering records, Fresh Cream doesn’t seem quite as mighty as what would come later, both from the group and its acolytes. In retrospect, the moments on the LP that are a bit unformed — in particular, the halting waltz of “Dreaming” never achieves the sweet ethereal atmosphere it aspires to — stand out more than the innovations, which have been so thoroughly assimilated into the vocabulary of rock & roll, but Fresh Cream was a remarkable shift forward in rock upon its 1966 release and it remains quite potent. Certainly at this early stage the trio was still grounded heavily in blues, only fitting given guitarist Eric Clapton’s stint in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, which is where he first played with bassist Jack Bruce, but Cream never had the purist bent of Mayall, and not just because they dabbled heavily in psychedelia. The rhythm section of Bruce and Ginger Baker had a distinct jazzy bent to their beat; this isn’t hard and pure, it’s spongy and elastic, giving the musicians plenty of room to roam. This fluidity is most apparent on the blues covers that take up nearly half the record, especially on “Spoonful,” where the swirling instrumental interplay, echo, fuzz tones, and overwhelming volume constitute true psychedelic music, and also points strongly toward the guitar worship of heavy metal. Almost all the second side of Fresh Cream is devoted to this, closing with Baker’s showcase “Toad,” but for as hard and restless as this half of the album is, there is some lightness on the first portion of the record where Bruce reveals himself as an inventive psychedelic pop songwriter with the tense, colorful “N.S.U.” and the hook- and harmony-laden “I Feel Free.” Cream shows as much force and mastery on these tighter, poppier tunes as they do on the free-flowing jams, yet they show a clear bias toward the long-form blues numbers, which makes sense: they formed to be able to pursue this freedom, which they do so without restraint. If at times that does make the album indulgent or lopsided, this is nevertheless where Cream was feeling their way forward, creating their heavy psychedelic jazz-blues and, in the process, opening the door to all kinds of serious rock music that may have happened without Fresh Cream, but it just would not have happened in the same fashion as it did with this record as precedent. —AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist: US Stereo Album in 24/96 Hi Resolution Audio: 1 I Feel Free 2 N.S.U. 3 Sleepy Time Time 4 Dreaming 5 Sweet Wine 6 Cat’s Squirrel 7 Four Until Late 8 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ 9 I’m So Glad 10 Toad
Stereo Bonus Tracks: 11 Spoonful 12 Wrapping Paper 13 The Coffee Song
US Mono Album In 24/96 Hi Resolution Audio: 14 I Feel Free 15 N.S.U. 16 Sleepy Time Time 17 Dreaming 18 Sweet Wine 19 Cat’s Squirrel 20 Four Until Late 21 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ 22 I’m So Glad 23 Toad
Mono Bonus Tracks: 24 Spoonful 25 Wrapping Paper 26 The Coffee Song
Title: Zelenka: The Capriccios – The Bach Sinfonia Released: 2012 Genre: Classical, Instrumental Conductor: Daniel Abraham Publisher: USA | Sono Luminus Duration: 1:17:49
Sono Luminus proudly presents the first surround sound recording of Zelenka’s five Capriccios. The complex scores have been brought to life under the direction of conductor Daniel Abraham, who also crafted this new edition of the works. This sonic masterpiece of the Baroque is presented using all period instruments including natural horn for the virtuosic horn lines. This album is presented in a 2-disc package with CD and stunning Blu-ray™ audio dics.
Little is know about Jan Dismas Zelenka’s life as a composer working in the Catholic Court of Dresden. No memoirs or letters from Zelenka survive and only a few documents regarding his personal life have been discovered. The study and hearing of Zelenka’s music is central to understand his contributions. Only recently have scholars begun to examine Zelenka’s rich output and his place within the extremely colorful and imaginative school of Dresden’s musical Baroque. Recent research shows Zelenka’s music as representative of a pinnacle of high Baroque art and as demonstrating exceptional compositional technique, brilliant melodic inventiveness, and a shear uniqueness of style. His instrumental works, in particular, may rival or comfortably sit alongside those of his better-known European contemporaries: Telemann; Rameau; Handel; and J. S. Bach.
Recognized as one of North America’s premiere natural horn specialists, R. J. Kelley was recently hailed in the Horn Call (Journal of the International Horn Society) as performing “with virtuosity, precision, and a stylistic mastery that could be matched by few, surpassed by none.” A member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra since 1982, Kelley is a horn player of unusually broad musical scope, equally at home as soloist (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Classical Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica), chamber musician (Manhattan Brass, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Aspen Wind Quintet, Universal Piston), orchestral performer (New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, American Ballet Theater, Gotham Opera, Mostly Mozart), recording artist (Mozart Concerti on natural horn, Grammy-nominated Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in the Schoenberg reduction), and educator (artist faculty, Julliard School of Music; guest teacher/lecturer: Yale University; Hartt School of Music;
SUNY Stony Brook; Washington University; San Jose State University). The passagework for the horns, particularly for the principal player, is remarkable and stalwartly virtuosic. There are few examples in the literature (Baroque or beyond) that impose the same demands on the horn players. Even Bach’s well-known “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 1, while undeniably demanding, does not call for the dexterity, stamina, and extreme clarino playing that Capriccios require from the horns.
The Bach Sinfonia’s previous recordings on the Sono Luminus label have received high critical acclaim in all of the major domestic and international recording review venues including Gramophone, Fanfare, BBC Magazine, Early Music America, Choral Journal, American Record Guide, BBC Radio 3 and Audiophile Audition.
Capriccio in D Major (No. 1), ZWV 182 [c. 1717]
1. Andante–[Allegro]
2. Payson
3. Aria
4. Boureé
5. Menuetto I–II–I da capo
Capriccio in G Major (No. 2), ZWV 183 [January 24, 1718]
6. [Allegro]
7. Canarie–Aria–Canarie da capo
8. Gavotte
9. Rondeau
10. Menuetto–Trio–Menuetto da capo
Capriccio in F Major (No. 3), ZWV 184 [c. 1718]
11. Staccato e forte–Allegro
12. Allemande
13. Menuet–Trio [ I ]–Menuet da capo–Trio [II]– Menuet da capo
14. [Allegro]
Capriccio in A Major (No. 4), ZWV 185 [October 20, 1718]
15. Allegro assai
16. Adagio
17. Aria 1 (Allegro assai)–Aria 2–Aria 1 da capo
18. In Tempo di Canarie
19. Menuetto I–II–I da capo
20. Andante
21. Payson I–Payson II (Canon in unisono)–Payson I da capo
Capriccio in G Major (No. 5), ZWV 190 [May 18, 1729]
22. [Allegro] Fiero
23. [Menuetto I]– II–I da capo
24. Il Contento–Trio–Il Contento da capo
25. Il Furibundo (Presto Assai)
26. Villanella [ I ]–[II]–[ I ] da capo
Imagine is the second album by John Lennon. Recorded and released in 1971, it tended towards songs that were gentler, more commercial and less primal rock than those on his previous album, the critically acclaimed John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The album is considered the most popular of his works. In 2012, Imagine was voted 80th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of “.
Tracklist:
01 Imagine 02 Crippled Inside 03 Jealous Guy 04 It’s So Hard 05 I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don’t Want To Die 06 Gimme Some Truth 07 Oh My Love 08 How Do You Sleep? 09 How? 10 Oh Yoko!
There’s a special treat for Pixies fans coming next month with the release of a limited Pure Audio Blu-Ray version of their classic album, Doolittle.
First released in 1989 and although their second album, Doolittle was the first Pixies record to be made commercially available in their native US. An instant hit with both critics and fans, its slow burn success has since helped it to sell close to a million copies in their homeland alone. Among the many plaudits thrown its way, Pitchfork ranked it at Number 4 in their Best Albums of the 80s poll, while NME writers in 2004 named it the second best album of all time. 2009 saw the band tour the album to celebrate its 20th birthday, and 5 years on in 2014, the band released a deluxe 25th Anniversary edition on triple CD & LP.
Now in a first for both band and 4AD, Doolittle is being released as a Pure Audio Blu-Ray which contains both the album in high definition (96 kHz / 24 bit) 5.1 surround sound – having been remixed by audio specialist Kevin Vanbergen (FX) from the original analogue multi-tracks – and a HD transfer of the original stereo mix by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. The results are a revelation, separating out elements from the recordings that are buried in the stereo mix and adding space, depth and a clarity to the performances without diluting their energy and impact.
After 1988’s brilliant but abrasive Surfer Rosa, the Pixies’ sound couldn’t get much more extreme. Their Elektra debut, Doolittle, reins in the noise in favor of pop songcraft and accessibility. Producer Gil Norton’s sonic sheen adds some polish, but Black Francis’ tighter songwriting focuses the group’s attack. Doolittle’s most ferocious moments, like “Dead,” a visceral retelling of David and Bathsheba’s affair — are more stylized than the group’s past outbursts. Meanwhile, their poppy side surfaces on the irresistible single “Here Comes Your Man” and the sweetly surreal love song “La La Love You.” The Pixies’ arty, noisy weirdness mix with just enough hooks to produce gleefully demented singles like “Debaser,” — inspired by Bunuel’s classic surrealist short Un Chien Andalou — and “Wave of Mutilation,” their surfy ode to driving a car into the sea. Though Doolittle’s sound is cleaner and smoother than the Pixies’ earlier albums, there are still plenty of weird, abrasive vignettes: the blankly psychotic “There Goes My Gun,” “Crackity Jones,” a song about a crazy roommate Francis had in Puerto Rico, and the nihilistic finale “Gouge Away.” Meanwhile, “Tame,” and “I Bleed” continue the Pixies’ penchant for cryptic kink. But the album doesn’t just refine the Pixies’ sound; they also expand their range on the brooding, wannabe spaghetti western theme “Silver” and the strangely theatrical “Mr. Grieves.” “Hey” and “Monkey Gone to Heaven,” on the other hand, stretch Francis’ lyrical horizons: “Monkey”‘s elliptical environmentalism and “Hey”‘s twisted longing are the Pixies’ versions of message songs and romantic ballads. Their most accessible album, Doolittle’s wide-ranging moods and sounds make it one of their most eclectic and ambitious. A fun, freaky alternative to most other late-’80s college rock, it’s easy to see why the album made the Pixies into underground rock stars. ~~ AllMusic Review by Heather Phares
Tracklist: • 2016 5.1 Mix By Kevin Vanbergen / Original Stereo Mix 1 Debaser 2:52 2 Tame 1:55 3 Wave Of Mutilation 2:04 4 I Bleed 2:34 5 Here Comes Your Man 3:21 6 Dead 2:21 7 Monkey Gone To Heaven 2:57 8 Mr. Grieves 2:05 9 Crackity Jones 1:24 10 La La Love You 2:43 11 No. 13 Baby 3:51 12 There Goes My Gun 1:49 13 Hey 3:31 14 Silver 2:25 15 Gouge Away 2:45
Personnel: Black Francis – vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar Kim Deal – bass guitar, vocals, slide guitar #14 Joey Santiago – lead guitar, backing vocals David Lovering – Drums, lead vocals #10, bass guitar #14 Additional: Arthur Fiacco – cello #7 Karen Karlsrud – violin #7 Corine Metter – violin #7 Ann Rorich – cello #7
When Opeth released Heritage in 2011 — the wonderfully indulgent, somewhat unfocused exercise in prog rock aesthetics — some longstanding fans were offended because the band had abandoned death metal. Truthfully, they had been exploring prog in fits and starts since 2005’s Ghost Reveries. Pale Communion completes the transition, proving that Heritage was not only a next step, but a new beginning altogether. Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt has obviously been listening to loads of prog in the interim — ELP’s debut, Deep Purple’s In Rock, early King Crimson and Eloy, National Health, U.K., Bill Bruford’s early solo work, Pär Lindh, and even jazz fusion. Produced by the singer and mixed by Steven Wilson, Pale Communion states its ambitions outright. Opener “Eternal Rains Will Come” explodes with knotty, labyrinthine organ (from new keyboardist Joakim Svalberg) and Martin Axenrot’s skittering, propulsive drums. Åkerfeldt’s and Fredrik Åkesson’s serpentine yet raucous guitars and Martín Méndez’s fat, humming bassline kick in immediately thereafter. They all stop on a dime to be replaced by flute and acoustic piano. After another few moments, they return to establish the song’s vamp and melody. Åkerfeldt’s multi-tracked vocals don’t enter until three minutes in, then give way to a dazzling finish provided by a guitar solo and massive swathes of organ and Mellotron. Lead single “Cusp of Eternity” employs repetitive metal guitar and bass riffs, while the modal melody suggests Middle Eastern origins. “Moon Above, Sun Below” is the set’s hinge piece and longest track. It contains no less than five sections in nearly 11 minutes. These are introduced variously by samples of Tibetan thigh-bone trumpet and vibraphones, as well as acoustic guitars, Rhodes piano, thundering organ, anthemic electric guitars atop cracking rim shots, kick drum, and a forceful bassline that creates dynamic textural passages illustrating the rage, loss, and acceptance in Åkerfeldt’s lyrics. “Goblin” is an instrumental, a tightrope walk between hard rock and jazz fusion, and it’s among the finest things here. This is countered by “River,” with rich, multi-layered vocal harmonies, 12-string, piano, glistening cymbal, and snare, highlighted by a melodic electric guitar solo à la Argus-era Wishbone Ash. The metallic syncopation in “Voice of Treason” is dramatic with Eastern interludes via the primary instruments, painted by Mellotron as Åkerfeldt soars. The first half of closer “Faith in Others” is instrumentally sparse; it begins reaching for the skies about halfway through, but gets dialed back to allow the gorgeous melody prominence. Pale Communion is more focused and refined than Heritage. Though they readily display numerous musical influences here, ultimately Opeth sound like no one but themselves. This set is a massive leap forward, not only in terms of style but also in its instrumental and performance acumen; it is nearly unlimited in its creativity. –Thom Jurek
Tracklist 1 Eternal Rains Will Come 6:43 2 Cusp of Eternity 5:35 3 Moon Above, Sun Below 10:52 4 Elysian Woes 4:47 5 Goblin 4:32 6 River 7:30 7 Voice of Treason 8:00 8 Faith In Others 7:39 Bonus tracks: 9. Solitude (Live) 5:58 10. Var Kommer Barnen In (Live) 5:51
Are You Gonna Go My Way is the third studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on March 9, 1993 by Virgin Records America. It was recorded at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey by Henry Hirsch. It became Kravitz’s first Top 20 album on the United States Billboard 200, and his first number one album in both Australia and the United Kingdom, achieving massive worldwide success that helped to establish his popularity as a performer. The album was certified 2× Platinum in the United States, for shipments of over 2.2 million copies, making it his third most successful album there, totalling over 4 million copies in worldwide sales.
Tracklist:
01. Are You Gonna Go My Way 02. Believe 03. Come On And Love Me 04. Heaven Help 05. Just Be A Woman 06. Is There Any Love In Your Heart 07. Black Girl 08. My Love 09. Sugar 10. Sister 11. Eleutheria
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Title: The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris – An AllStar Concert Celebration Release Date: 2016 Genre: Country, Country Rock, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Alt Country Artist: Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Mavis Staples, Shawn Colvin, The Milk Carton Kids, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Holly Williams, Chris Coleman, Trampled By Turtles, Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell, Lee Ann Womack, John Starling, Daniel Lanois, Iron & Wine, Shovels & Rope, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Patty Griffin, Conor Oberst, Martina Mcbride, Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Alison Krauss, Steve Earle, Sara Watkins
Production/Label: Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. Under exclusive license to Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. Duration: 01:51:34 Quality: Blu-ray Container: BDMV Video codec: AVC Audio codec: DTS Video: MPEG-4 AVC 12939 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4692 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Audio#2: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2281 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Size: 18.12 GB
On January 10, 2015, a remarkable and diverse assemblage of artists gathered together at Washington, DC’s DAR Constitution Hall to honor one of the most distinctive and deeply-admired musicians of our time. The house band, led by co-musical directors Buddy Miller (guitars) and Don Was (bass), featured Sam Bush (mandolin, banjo, fiddle), Audley Freed (guitars), Fred Eltringham (drums), Matt Rollings (keyboards), Greg Leisz (pedal steel, lap steel), and Sara Watkins (fiddle, harmony vocals).
The recording of that event, The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration, created and produced by Keith Wortman, CEO of Blackbird Presents – released last Friday in multiple formats, including Blu-ray, DVD, CD, and various combo packs — certainly lives up to its title. Captured and presented in stunning HD with true Dolby 5.1 surround stereo, the concert film and companion audio recordings include a wide range of songs Harris has recorded, including “Born to Run,” “Red Dirt Girl,” “Boulder to Birmingham,” “Two More Bottles of Wine,” “Till I Gain Control Again,” and “Sin City.”
The set, heralded by American Songwriter magazine as a “consistently exhilarating experience,” features an astounding array of performances by Harris’ peers and admirers, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Coleman, Shawn Colvin, Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Patty Griffin, Chris Hillman, Iron & Wine, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Daniel Lanois, Martina McBride, Lee Ann Womack, The Milk Carton Kids, Buddy Miller, Conor Oberst, Herb Pedersen, Shovels & Rope, Mavis Staples, John Starling, Trampled by Turtles, Sara Watkins, Holly Williams, Lucinda Williams, and Emmylou Harris herself.
A special version of the set, offered exclusively by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®,, boasts bonus performances by a multi-generational array of luminaries from the worlds of country, bluegrass, and Americana music, including icons such as Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell, and Steve Earle, as well as rising roots music stars Milk Carton Kids, Shovels & Rope, and Trampled by Turtles.
Hal Horowitz’s four-star review of the set in American Songwriter concludes “Anyone reading this far is probably already an Emmylou fan, making this consistently enjoyable, wonderfully performed and heartfelt concert an essential addition to their existing collection from one of roots music’s most eclectic, gifted and rightly acclaimed veterans.”
A 13-time Grammy winner – including a 2014 Grammy for Best Americana Album, an award she shared with Rodney Crowell – and a Billboard Century Award recipient, Emmylou Harris’ contributions as a singer and songwriter span 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums, which have sold over 15 million copies, and has lent her talents to myriad recordings by fellow artists. In 2008, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In addition to the aforementioned 13 Grammys, she has also won three Country Music Association Awards and two Americana Awards.
Recorded at Dar Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. January 10, 2015.
Tracklist: 1. One Of These Days – Buddy Miller 2. Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Mavis Staples 3. Red Dirt Girl – Shawn Colvin 4. Michelangelo – The Milk Carton Kids 5. Wheels – Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen 6. Orphan Girl – Holly Williams & Chris Coleman 7. Bluebird Wine – Trampled By Turtles 8. Hickory Wind – Lucinda Williams 9. You’re Still On My Mind – Rodney Crowell 10. Born To Run – Lee Ann Womack 11. When We’re Gone, Long Gone – John Starling & Emmylou Harris 12. Blackhawk – Daniel Lanois & Emmylou Harris 13. Wrecking Ball- Iron & Wine, Daniel Lanois 14. Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight – Shovels & Rope 15. All The Roadrunning – Mary Chapin Carpenter & Vince Gill 16. The Pearl – Conor Oberst, Shawn Colvin & Patty Griffin 17. When I Stop Dreaming – Martina McBride 18. Prayer In Open D – Patty Griffin 19. Pancho And Lefty – Steve Earle, Lee Ann Womack & Herb Pedersen 20. Together Again – Vince Gill 21. Two More Bottles of Wine – Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill 22. Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) – Kris Kristofferson 23. Till I Gain Control Again – Alison Krauss 24. Cash On The Barrelhead – Alison Krauss 25. Boulder To Birmingham – Emmylou Harris (with Full Ensemble) Bonus Performances: 26. Sin City – Steve Earle 27. Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn – Sara Watkins • Recorded at Dar Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. January 10, 2015
Artistically breathtaking and engagingly intimate, the vocal music of the early Italian Baroque was an exercise in close artistic collaboration. Bringing together three of the most renowned practitioners of historically-appropriate performance of Early Music and Baroque repertoires, the Sono Luminus release of Io Vidi in Terra provides a rare immersion into a mysterious world that, despite its relative obscurity in the perspectives of 21st-Century observers, shaped almost every aspect of music as it blossomed in subsequent generations. The package will be a 2-disc set, containing a Pure Audio Blu-ray™ Surround Sound disc as well as a standard CD. Born in Brazil, countertenor José Lemos pursued musical studies in the United States, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the College of Charleston (South Carolina) and a Master’s Degree in Opera Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Awarded Tanglewood Music Fellowships in both 2003 and 2004, his first operatic performances in the United States were in Robert Zuidam’s Rage d’Amours and Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Tanglewood. He also won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2003 International Baroque Singing Competition in Chimay, Belgium. From those beginnings, José’s operatic career has flourished with lauded appearances at Opernhaus Zürich as Nireno in Händel’s Giulio Cesare and Narcisco in the same composer’s Agrippina, both under the baton of Marc Minkowski; an extensive tour with Stefano Landi’s Il Sant’Alessio in a production with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie, to name just a few. Mr. Lemos has recorded multiple albums with Dorian/Sono Luminus over the years. With Baltimore Consort, he recorded Adío España (DSL-90901), a recital of music from Spain’s Age of Discovery. Additionally, he recordedRomance (DSL-90708) and Sol y Luna (DSL-92118) with Brio, featuring the exotic music of Sephardic Jews in Spain. José is thrilled to share his passion for the Italian vocal music of the 17th Century with friends and frequent collaborators Deborah Fox, theorbist and baroque guitarist, and GRAMMY®nominated harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, as well as with listeners throughout the world.
Tracklist: 1. Su la cetra amorosa – Tarquinio Merula (1594 or 1595-1665) 2. Io vidi in terra – Marco da Gagliano (1582-1643) 3. Spagnoletta – Bernardo Storace (fl. 1664) 4. Se dolce è’l tormento – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) 5. Ardo – Benedetto Ferrari (ca. 1603-1681) 6. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto – Claudio Monteverdi 7. Partite – Alessandro Piccinini (1566-ca. 1638) 8. L’amante segreto – Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) 9. Balletto – Bernardo Storace 10. Cosi mi disprezzate – Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) 11. Se l’aura spira – Girolamo Frescobaldi 12. Canzonetta Spirituale – Tarquinio Merula
Personnel: José Lemos, countertenor Jory Vinikour, harpsichord Deborah Fox, theorbo
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1964/2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc] | 10.67 GB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Year Album: 1964 Year of publication: 2013 Duration: 1:17:30 + 00:32:49 Quality: Blu-ray Disc Container: BDMV Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Audio Codec: LPCM | DTS-HD Master Audio | Dolby TrueHD
A Love Supreme is the essential document of the genius of John Coltrane and remains one of the most important and influential jazz records ever made. The four-part suite finds Coltrane yearning for spiritual and musical freedom while coalescing the hard bop sensibilities of his early career with the free jazz style that he would adopt later on. Trane is without a doubt an artist whose sincerity and integrity shines through his work and A Love Supreme is as genuine and fully realized as they come.
John Coltrane A Love Supreme – Deluxe Edition Track Listing:
1. Part I – Acknowledgement 2. Part II – Resolution 3. Part III – Persuance / Part IV – Psalm 4. A Love Supreme, Part IV-Psalm 5. Introduction By André Francis 6. A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement 7. A Love Supreme, Part 2: Resolution 8. A Love Supreme, Part 3: Pursuance 9. A Love Supreme, Part 4: Psalm 10. A Love Supreme, Part II-Resolution 11. A Love Supreme, Part 2: Resolution 12. A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement 13. A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement
Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), releases his latest album The Night Siren on 24th March 2017 through InsideOut Music (Sony). As implied in the title, The Night Siren is a wake-up call… the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division.
The Night Siren showcases Steve’s incredible guitar playing as strongly as ever, along with regular Hackett collaborators and also musicians from several different countries who Steve invited to join him in celebrating multicultural diversity and unity. This includes singers from Israel and Palestine, who both actively campaign to bring Jewish and Arabic people together. There are also instrumentals from the USA and Iraq and a multiplicity of sounds, including the exotic strains of Indian sitar and Middle Eastern tar and oud, the ethnic beauty of the Peruvian charango and the haunting Celtic Uilleann pipes.
Steve is widely travelled, making friends everywhere he goes and has always embraced multicultural diversity. In these times of unrest, he has been inspired to express his belief that the world needs more empathy and unity. His wish to involve a range of musical sounds, instruments, musicians and singers from different parts of the world is both a development of his eclectic approach to music and shows how people can be brought together, even from war torn regions.
Talking about his latest work, Steve says, “This latest waxing represents a bird’s eye view of the world of a musical migrant ignoring borders and celebrating our common ancestry with a unity of spirit, featuring musicians, singers and instruments from all over the world. From territorial frontiers to walled-up gateways, boundaries often hold back the tide. But while the night siren wails, music breaches all defences. To quote Plato, ‘When the music changes, the walls of the city shake’.”
The musical journey takes us from ‘Behind the Smoke’, focusing on the plight of refugees throughout the ages, to the penultimate track ‘West to East’ which reflects on the damage of war and the hope for a better world. From personal to universal, the themes celebrate the life force, breaking free from chains of repression.
The album features: Steve Hackett (guitar & vocals), Roger King (keyboards & programming), Nad Sylvan (vocals on Inca Terra), Rob Townsend (all things wind), John Hackett (flute), Amanda Lehmann (vocals), Gary O’Toole (drums), and Benedict Fenner (additional keyboards & programming). Also featured are singers Kobi and Mira (Israeli and Palestinian), Nick D’Virgilio (drums) from the USA, Malik Mansurov (Tar) from Azerbaijan & Gulli Breim (drums & percussion) from Iceland. Additional musicians who add to the rich flavour of the album are Christine Townsend (violin & viola), Dick Driver (double bass), Troy Donockley (Celtic Uilleann) and Leslie Bennett (keyboards on The Gift). http://www.hackettsongs.com/
Tracklist: 1. Behind the Smoke 2. Martian Sea 3. Fifty Miles from the North Pole 4. El Niño 5. Other Side of the Wall 6. Anything but Love 7. Inca Terra 8. In Another Life 9. In the Skeleton Gallery 10. West to East 11. The Gift
Bonus Documentary- Somewhere In The Darkest Teddington (23:27)
Personnel:
– Steve Hackett / guitar & vocals With: – Roger King / keyboards & programming – Nad Sylvan / vocals (7) – Rob Townsend / all things wind – Amanda Lehmann / vocals – Gary O’Toole / drums – Benedict Fenner / additional keyboards & programming – Kobi and Mira / vocals – Nick D’Virgilio / drums – Malik Mansurov / Tar – Gulli Breim / drums & percussion – Christine Townsend / violin & viola – Dick Driver / double bass – Troy Donockley / Celtic Uilleann – Leslie Bennett / keyboards (11)
Artist: Nirvana Title: Nevermind
Release Year: 1991 / 2013
Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock Quality: Blu-ray Audio Duration: 00:49:51 Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 6917 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio: English LPCM 2.0 (96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit) Audio: English DTS HD MA 2.0 (96 kHz / 3302 kbps / 24-bit) Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (96 kHz / 2554 kbps / 24-bit) Size: 8,33 GB
Released in September of 1991, Nirvana’s sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who’d unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone.
Rising to #1 the world over by year’s end and ultimately selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Nevermind would come to be much more than one of the most successful and influential albums of its or any era. As the album that returned unaffected rock ’n’ roll integrity and passion to the top of the charts, Nevermind would prove a singular inspiration to fans and musicians alike over the last two decades, and will undoubtedly do so for generations to come!
“The overnight-success story of the 1990s, Nirvana’s second album and its totemic first single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” shot up from the nascent grunge scene in Seattle to kick Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard album chart and blow hair metal off the map. No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation – a nation of teens suddenly turned punk – and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator.” – #17 on Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’
Tracklist:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit 2. In Bloom 3. Come As You Are 4. Breed 5. Lithium 6. Polly 7. Territorial Pissings 8. Drain You 9. Lounge Act 10. Stay Away 11. On A Plain 12. Something In The Way
Artist: Nirvana Title: In Utero Release Year: 1993 / 2013 Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock Quality: Blu-ray Audio Duration: 00:41:26 Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 4780 kbps 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3560 kbps / 24-bit Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2999 kbps / 24-bit Size: 5,67 GB
To say that Nirvana’s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic rawness of Steve Albini’s recording laid bare every primal nuance of the most confrontational yet vulnerable material Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl would ever record. And with its 1991 predecessor Nevermind having sold some 30 million copies, single-handedly returning honest rock ’n’ roll to the top of the pop charts, In Utero was essentially the first record Nirvana would make with any expectations from the public.
So from the opening quasi-shamble melodics of “Serve The Servants” through the bittersweet closing strains of “All Apologies,”In Utero was the sound of the most incredible yet conflicted rock ‘n’ roll band of the era at the peak of its powers coming to terms with a generational spokes-band mantle they’d never seen coming – and ultimately surmounting these struggles to make the record they needed to make. As Rolling Stone’s David Fricke said in his review at the time, “In Utero is a lot of things – brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once. But more than anything, it’s a triumph of the will.”
Tracklist:
1. Serve The Servants 2. Scentless Apprentice 3. Heart Shaped Box 4. Rape Me 5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 6. Dumb 7. Very Ape 8. Milk It 9. Pennyroyal Tea 10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11. Tourette’s 12. All Apologies
“Welcome to this musical journey through some of the many beautiful works that Verdi wrote for tenor. We start with an aria from his very first opera, Oberto. Then you will listen to other arias from his early years, from his most popular operas and from his mature period, as well as to a selection of songs orchestrated by Berio, to the solo tenor part from his great religious oratorio, all the way to the very last aria he composed for tenor.
“To perform Verdi is to perform variations on the eternal melody of the human soul. Verdi was a man who came from the people and composed for the people, a genius who never lost contact with the basic forces of the human heart. Verdi was indeed the least pretentious of all composers. When critics of his time said that he who thinks that great music is an expression of love, pain etc, is wrong, he simply replied: “And why should one not believe that music is the expression of love and pain and etc?” For Verdi, “art that misses simplicity and naturalness is not Art. An idea must stem from the simple.”
“It has been an immense joy to sail through Verdi’s rich musical sea – with its limpid blue waters, tremendous tempests, caressing waves and sunsets red as blood – in the company of the Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino and the great Gianandrea Noseda. It is also a pleasure to welcome my dear colleague Mojca Erdmann on this wonderful musical odyssey. We hope you enjoy the journey with us and that, after having listened to it, you feel an absolute need to dive into the vast ocean of the great Maestro Verdi’s complete works.” – Rolando Villazón
“Tenor roles in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi require vocalism of exceptional beauty and power, combined with a blazing sincerity of expression. That is abundantly clear in Rolando Villazón’s all-Verdi recital, finely balanced between popular pieces and significantly less familiar ones. The feeling of discovery will surely be as thrilling to Villazón’s listeners as it has been to the singer himself. Verdi has been integral to Villazón’s international career and, in continuing his exploration of Verdi via this disc, the tenor has created a fascinating journey through the composer’s very long life.
“Villazón cherishes, above all, the emotional pull that gives him a universal and timeless appeal. “Verdi was able to translate the main emotions of humanity into music,” says Villazón. The operas repeatedly depict “jealousy, love, sadness, moaning for death, craving for what you cannot have.” But, whatever the dramatic situation, Verdi “connects directly to the essence of what makes us human beings.” – Roger Pines, dramaturg and broadcast commentator at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Verdi – Rolando Villazon – Noseda Track Listing:
1. Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio Act 2 – “Ciel Che Feci!… Di Qual Sangue…” 2. I Due Foscari Act 1 – Scena: “Qui Ti Rimani” – Arioso: “Brezza Del Suol Natio” 3. 8 Romanze Per Tenore E Orchestra – Brindisi 4. 8 Romanze Per Tenore E Orchestra – L’esule 5. I Lombardi Act 2 – O Madre Mia, Che Fa Colei – La Mia Letizia Infondere 6. 8 Romanze Per Tenore E Orchestra – In Solitaria Stanza 7. Il Corsaro Act 3 – “Eccomi Prigionero!” 8. Rigoletto Act 1 – “Questa O Quella” (Ballata) 9. Rigoletto Act 3 – “La Donna E Mobile” 10. La Traviata Act 2 – “Lunge Da Lei … De’ Miei Bollenti Spiriti” 11. La Traviata Act 2 – “O Mio Rimorso!” 12. Un Ballo In Maschera Act 1 – “La Rivedrà Nell’estasi…Il Cenno Mio” 13. Don Carlo Act 1 – “Fontainebleau! Foresta Immensa E Solitaria!” 14. Messa da Requiem – Dies Irae – Ingemisco 15. Falstaff Act 3 – “Dal Labbro Il Canto Estasiato Vola”
Musicians:
Giuseppe Verdi (composer) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rolando Villazón (tenor vocal) Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino
Blu-ray Pure Audio Discs:
Audio is taken from the original master tapes and mastered in 24-bit/96kHz resolution with a choice of three sound formats: PCM, Dolby True HD, or DTS-HD Master Audio. You can finally enjoy the music in the fidelity originally experienced in the studio.
Bee Gees – One Night Only (1998/2013) FLAC(Tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 110:35 minutes | 2,44 MB Recorded on November 14, 1997 at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Blu-Ray (Eagle Rock Entertainment > LPCM 24/96 track) | Cover sleeve
Brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb made musical history for close to four decades with their magnificent vocal harmonies and ever-evolving styles. Masters of orchestral pop, blue-eyed soul and R&B, dazzling dance grooves, and disco fever alike—as well as uniquely blended hybrids of all these genres and more—the Bee Gees delivered album classics and top chart hits throughout their enduring career. On this newly remastered edition, the amazing genetics of their harmonies shine, as does the ongoing artistic evolution that’s made them one of contemporary music’s most successful and legendary acts.
On November 14, 1997, the Bee Gees reunited for a concert at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This was the Gibb brothers’ first show in ten years, and the concert sold out in a hurry. The burning question was whether or not the chemistry would still be there, and thankfully, it was. After being aired on HBO on Valentine’s Day 1998, the Vegas performance found its way onto CD when One Night Only was released in the fall of 1998. the Bee Gees generally sound inspired during their performance, which ranges from gems from their late-’70s disco period (including “Stayin’ Alive,” “You Should Be Dancin’,” “Nights on Broadway,” and “Tragedy”) to early hits like “New York Mining Disaster 1941,” “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” and “Massachusetts.” While their band could have been a lot grittier and less precise and clean-sounding — especially on the funkier material — the Bee Gees distinctive vocals aren’t anything to complain about. Although not perfect, One Night Only is a release that Bee Gees enthusiasts will definitely want.
Tracklist: 01 – You Should Be Dancing 02 – Alone 03 – Massachusetts 04 – To Love Somebody 05 – I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You 06 – Words 07 – Closer Than Close 08 – Islands In The Stream 09 – One 10 – Our Love (Don’t Throw It All Away) 11 – Night Fever / More Than A Woman 12 – Still Waters 13 – Lonely Days 14 – Morning Of My Life 15 – New York Mining Disaster 1941 16 – Too Much Heaven 17 – I Can’t See Nobody 18 – Run To Me 19 – And The Sun Will Shine 20 – Nights On Broadway 21 – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 22 – Heartbreaker 23 – Guilty 24 – Immortality 25 – Tragedy 26 – I Started A Joke 27 – Grease 28 – Jive Talkin’ 29 – How Deep Is Your Love 30 – Stayin’ Alive 31 – You Should Be Dancing
Personnel: Barry Gibb – guitar, vocals Maurice Gibb – keyboards, guitar, vocals Robin Gibb – vocals
Additional personnel: Alan Kendall – lead guitar Stephen Gibb – lead guitar Ben Stivers – keyboards Matt Bonelli – bass guitar Steve Rucker – drums John Merchant – off-stage keyboards Celine Dion – vocals on “Immortality” Andy Gibb, Frankie Valli – pre-recorded vocals on “Grease”
‘Sgt. Pepper’ Presented with New Mixes in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Audio; Expanded with Previously Unreleased Session Recordings, Video Features & Special Packaging
Previously Unreleased 1992 Documentary Film, ‘The Making of Sgt. Pepper,’ Restored for Anniversary Edition’s Super Deluxe Boxed Set
London – April 5, 2017 – It was 50 years ago this June 1st when The Beatles’ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr astonished and delighted the world, ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a groundbreaking masterwork that became popular music’s most universally acclaimed album. To salute the occasion, The Beatles will release a suite of lavishly presented ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Anniversary Edition packages on May 26 (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). The album is newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio and expanded with early takes from the studio sessions, including no fewer than 34 previously unreleased recordings.
“It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art,” says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Anniversary Edition.
“‘Sgt. Pepper’ seemed to capture the mood of that year, and it also allowed a lot of other people to kick off from there and to really go for it,” Ringo Starr recalls in the Anniversary Edition’s book.
For Record Store Day on April 22, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release an exclusive, limited edition seven-inch vinyl single of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane,” among the first songs recorded during the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ sessions, which began in November 1966. Rather than being held for inclusion on the album, the two songs were released as a double A-sided single in February 1967. Amidst intense media speculation about the band’s next move, the single bridged what was then considered a long gap between the Revolver album, released in August 1966, and ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ which followed 10 months later.
This is the first time Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been remixed and presented with additional session recordings, and it is the first Beatles album to be remixed and expanded since the 2003 release of Let It Be… Naked. To create the new stereo and 5.1 surround audio mixes for ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell worked with an expert team of engineers and audio restoration specialists at Abbey Road Studios in London. All of the Anniversary Edition releases include Martin’s new stereo mix of the album, which was sourced directly from the original four-track session tapes and guided by the original, Beatles-preferred mono mix produced by his father, George Martin.
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Anniversary Edition releases include:
CD 1: New stereo album mix.
CDs 2 & 3: 33 additional recordings from the studio sessions, most previously unreleased and mixed for the first time from the four-track session tapes, sequenced in chronological order of their recording dates. A new stereo mix of “Penny Lane” and the 2015 stereo mix of “Strawberry Fields Forever”.
CD 4: Direct transfers of the album’s original mono mix and the “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” singles. Capitol Records’ U.S. promotional mono single mix of “Penny Lane”. Previously unreleased early mono mixes of “She’s Leaving Home,” “A Day In The Life,” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” (a mix thought to have been erased from a tape in 1967, but discovered during archive research for the anniversary edition).
Discs 5 & 6 (Blu-ray and DVD): New 5.1 surround audio mixes of the album and “Penny Lane” by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, plus their 2015 5.1 surround mix of “Strawberry Fields Forever”. High resolution audio versions of the new stereo mixes of the album and “Penny Lane” and of the 2015 stereo mix of “Strawberry Fields Forever”. Video features: 4K restored original promotional films for “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Penny Lane,” and “A Day In The Life;” plus The Making of Sgt. Pepper, a restored, previously unreleased documentary film broadcast in 1992, featuring insightful interviews with McCartney, Harrison, and Starr, and in-studio footage introduced by George Martin.
– “A splendid time is guaranteed for all” – The album’s vibrant artwork, including its extravagant Pop Art cover which finds The Beatles surrounded by a crowd of heroes in a 3D collage, was created by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth in collaboration with the band. The original artwork is showcased across the suite of Anniversary Edition releases, including the album’s pull-out sheet of ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cutouts. Housed in a 12-inch by 12-inch box with lenticular artwork and two bonus posters, the six-disc Super Deluxe set is presented with a 144-page hardcover book. The book includes new introductions by Paul McCartney and Giles Martin, and chapters covering comprehensive song-by-song details and recording information, the design of the cover, the album’s musical innovations and its historical context by Beatles historian, author and radio producer Kevin Howlett; composer and musicologist Howard Goodall; music producer and writer Joe Boyd; and journalists Ed Vulliamy and Jeff Slate, illustrated with rare photographs, reproductions of handwritten lyrics, Abbey Road Studios documentation, and original ‘Sgt. Pepper’ print ads. The Deluxe 2CD digipak is slipcased with a 50-page booklet abridged from the box set’s book, and the 2LP Deluxe Vinyl is presented in a faithful reproduction of the album’s original gatefold jacket.
– “We hope you will enjoy the show” – Just as many ideas are sparked by chance, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ first sprang from a conversation between Paul and Beatles roadie Mal Evans on an airplane, when Mal’s request to pass the salt and pepper was misheard by Paul as “Sgt. Pepper.” The concept of who such a figure could be took root in Paul’s mind, blooming with the imagination of The Beatles as an Edwardian era military band — “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The Beatles’ creative wellspring for ‘Sgt. Pepper’ also flowed from such myriad sources as The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, a Victorian circus poster (“Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!”), a TV commercial for breakfast cereal (“Good Morning Good Morning”), a picture drawn by John’s young son, Julian (“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”), a teen runaway reported in the news (“She’s Leaving Home’), and Hindu teachings (“Within You Without You”). – “Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song” – Using the standard four-track tape recording equipment of the day, The Beatles collaborated with producer George Martin to achieve “the impossible,” as they dubbed it, to go as far out as they could with arrangements and new technology to realize their collective vision for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. As George Martin described it, “We were into another kind of art form where you were putting something down on tape that could only be done on tape.” The Beatles clocked more than 400 hours in Abbey Road’s Studio 2 to record the album, wrapping sessions in April 1967. – “I read the news today oh boy” – Upon its release on June 1, 1967, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band initially spent 148 weeks in the British chart, including a total of 27 weeks at number one. During its first U.S. chart run, the album held the number one spot for 15 of the 88 weeks it appeared in the Top 200. ‘Sgt. Pepper’ won four GRAMMY Awards®, including Album of the Year, and it remains one of the most influential and bestselling albums of all time. In 2003, the U.S. Library of Congress selected ‘Sgt. Pepper’ for the National Recording Registry, recognizing the album as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” ‘Sgt. Pepper’ tops Rolling Stone magazine’s definitive list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
Tracklist:
CD1 – New Stereo Mix 01. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2:03) 02. With A Little Help From My Friends (2:45) 03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (3:28) 04. Getting Better (2:47) 05. Fixing A Hole (2:38) 06. She’s Leaving Home (3:26) 07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (2:39) 08. Within You Without You (5:08) 09. When I’m Sixty-Four (2:40) 10. Lovely Rita (2:46) 11. Good Morning Good Morning (2:34) 12. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (1:21) 13. A Day In The Life (5:33)
CD2 – Sgt. Pepper Sessions 01. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1) (2:40) 02. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 4) (3:00) 03. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7) (3:17) 04. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26) (3:19) 05. Strawberry Fields Forever (Stereo Mix 2015) (4:10) 06. When I’m Sixty-Four (Take 2) (3:01) 07. Penny Lane (Take 6 – Instrumental) (2:56) 08. Penny Lane (Vocal overdubs and speech) (1:47) 09. Penny Lane (Stereo Mix 2017) (3:01) 10. A Day In The Life (Take 1) (4:41) 11. A Day In The Life (Take 2) (4:49) 12. A Day In The Life (Orchestra overdub) (0:56) 13. A Day In The Life (Hummed last chord) (Take 8, 9, 10, and 11) (1:55) 14. A Day In The Life (The last chord) (2:53) 15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 1 – Instrumental) (2:34) 16. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9 and speech) (2:37) 17. Good Morning Good Morning (Take 1 – Instrumental, breakdown) (1:04) 18. Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8) (2:47)
CD3 – Sgt. Pepper Sessions 01. Fixing A Hole (Take 1) (2:59) 02. Fixing A Hole (Speech and Take 3) (3:28) 03. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Speech from before Take 1; Take 4 and speech at the end) (3:08) 04. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 7) (2:35) 05. Lovely Rita (Speech and Take 9) (3:05) 06. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1 and speech at the end) (3:40) 07. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Speech, false start and Take 5) (4:08) 08. Getting Better (Take 1 – Instrumental and speech at the end) (2:19) 09. Getting Better (Take 12) (2:45) 10. Within You Without You (Take 1 – Indian instruments only) (5:33) 11. Within You Without You (George coaching the musicians) (3:56) 12. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental) (3:49) 13. She’s Leaving Home (Take 6 – Instrumental) (3:48) 14. With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 – False start and Take 2 – Instrumental) (3:15) 15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Speech and Take 8) (1:59)
CD4 – Mono Album and Bonus Tracks 01. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2:02) 02. With A Little Help From My Friends (2:45) 03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (3:27) 04. Getting Better (2:47) 05. Fixing A Hole (2:38) 06. She’s Leaving Home (3:25) 07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (2:41) 08. Within You Without You (5:07) 09. When I’m Sixty-Four (2:40) 10. Lovely Rita (2:46) 11. Good Morning Good Morning (2:34) 12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (1:19) 13. A Day In The Life (5:23) 14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Original Mono Mix) (4:09) 15. Penny Lane (Original Mono Mix) (3:02) 16. A Day In The Life (First Mono Mix) (4:43) 17. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Original Mono Mix – No. 11) (3:50) 18. She’s Leaving Home (First Mono Mix) (3:42) 19. Penny Lane (Capitol Records Mono US Promo Mix) (3:01)
Disc 5 (Blu-ray Disc)
Audio:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 2:01
2 With A Little Help From My Friends 2:45
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 3:27
4 Getting Better 2:47
5 Fixing A Hole 2:37
6 She’s Leaving Home 3:36
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! 2:38
8 Within You Without You 5:07
9 When I’m Sixty-Four 2:40
10 Lovely Rita 2:45
11 Good Morning Good Morning 2:34
12 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 1:20
13 A Day In The Life 5:31
Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
14 Strawberry Fields Forever 4:10
15 Penny Lane 3:03
Video:
The Making Of Sgt. Pepper (1992) 49:53
Promotional Films
A Day In The Life 5:10
Strawberry Fields Forever 4:21
Penny Lane 3:08
Disc 6 (Audio DVD)
Audio
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 2:01
2 With A Little Help From My Friends 2:45
3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 3:27
4 Getting Better 2:47
5 Fixing A Hole 2:37
6 She’s Leaving Home 3:36
7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! 2:38
8 Within You Without You 5:07
9 When I’m Sixty-Four 2:40
10 Lovely Rita 2:45
11 Good Morning Good Morning 2:34
12 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 1:20
13 A Day In The Life 5:31
Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
14 Strawberry Fields Forever 4:10
15 Penny Lane 3:03
Video
The Making Of Sgt. Pepper (1992) 49:53
Promotional Films
A Day In The Life 5:10
Strawberry Fields Forever 4:21
Penny Lane 3:08
In this exclusive Blu-ray Audio-/CD-Edition Nikolaus Harnoncourt dedicated to the Requiems of Mozart and Verdi.Among other things, the soprano Christine Schäfer sings as soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626, and is accompanied by Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien and the well-known under the direction Harnoncourt.
In the famous Verdi Requiem Harnoncourt conducts the Vienna Philharharmoniker, an orchestra with which he has extensive experience as a conductor. The soloists Eva Mei, Michael Schade and others, and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir round off this recording, which features in Blu-ray quality through HD multi-channel surround sound with 5.1 and offers an unprecedented listening experience. Both Requiems are also attached to 2 audio CDs in hi-fi stereo quality, so that listeners will not miss any of the recordings without Blu-ray equipment.
Tracklist
• Wolfang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, en ré minor. K.626
01. Requiem 04:57 02. Kyrie 02:56 03. Dies Irae 01:50 04. Tuba mirum 03:52 05. Rex tremendae 01:58 06. Recordare 06:19 07. Confutatis 02:35 08. Lacrimosa 03:07 09. Domine Jesu 03:50 10. Hostias 03:02 11. Sanctus 01:19 12. Benedictus 05:20 13. Agnus Dei 03:25 14. Lux aeterna 05:45
• Giuseppe Verdi – Messa da Requiem 15. Requiem aeternam 08:36 16. Dies irae 02:34 17. Tuba mirum 03:32 18. Liber scriptus 05:20 19. Quid sum miser 03:51 20. Rex tremendae 03:38 21. Recordare 04:18 22. Ingemisco tamquam 03:43 23. Confutatis maledictis 05:57 24. Lacrimosa 05:46 25. Domine Jesu 04:52 26. Hostias 05:58 27. Sanctus 03:01 28. Agnus Dei 04:55 29. Lux Aeterna 06:29 30. Libera me 02:39 31. Dies irae 05:41 32. Libera me 06:50
Сomposer: Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) Album title: TARTINI secondo natura Performer: Sigurd Imsen, baroque violin (#1-6) and Hardanger fiddle (#7-9); Tormod Dalen, baroque cello; Hans Knut Sveen, cembalo Genre: Classical Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd) Location: Jar Church, Norway Release date: December 2015 Recording date: June 2014 Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit) Quality: Blu-ray Audio Length: 0:51:17 Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 11850 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit Size: 11.46 GB
Amongst a plethora of musical styles and genres extant during the mid-18th century, the music of Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) finds a special place. Despite a quintessential expressive style of performance and embellishment, he was to become and remain influential across the known musical world, and his legacy was essential to violin playing for at least the next century. Tartini’s obscure writings about Nature and music reveal a close relationship to widespread ideas of a time that was to become known as The Age of Reason. However, these came with a twist: his 135 violin concertos and 200 sonatas, of which many are rarely performed today, still appear enigmatic – impalpable and mysterious. The sonorous Hardanger fiddle, an ideal instrument for imitating the traditional Italian bagpipes, appears in this recording as a tribute to the composer’s frequent use of traditional folk music motifs.
Tracklist: Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) Sonata in F major, opus 1 № 12, B.F4 1 Adagio ‘Lascia ch’io dica addio’ (Let me say farewell) 5´ 19 2 Allegro 5´54 3 Allegro 8´59 The Devil’s sonata, B.g5 4 Largo 7´03 5 Allegro 5´44 6 Andante – Allegro assai 6´17 Pastorale in A major, opus 1 № 13, B.A16 7 Grave 4´30 8 Allegro 4´05 9 Largo – Presto – Andante 3´27
The organ music on this album is written by three composers with different musical backgrounds and development who nevertheless have something of the same close feeling for the instrument, almost an organic oneness with it. Trygve Madsen studied with organist-composer Egil Hovland, one of the 20th century’s most significant pioneers in the field of church music. Kjell Mørk Karlsen grew up in a rich church music milieu, inspired by his father, Rolf Karlsen, who was Oslo cathedral organist for over fifteen years. Kjell Flem studied piano and organ, gaining a close knowledge of the organ’s technical and musical possibilities. While Karlsen’s music builds on the long German-Lutheran tradition, the more playful style of Madsen is closer to that of the French organ symphony. Kjell Flem’s main inspiration has been the music of Olivier Messiaen, evident both in his compositional technique and in his interest in using musical impulses from more exotic parts of the world. However, for all the differences in their approaches and backgrounds, none of these composers have repudiated tonality as their musical foundation. While German organ music continued to adhere to the Lutheran chorale tradition, organ music in France began to see the organ as much more than a liturgical instrument. It is true that French organist-composers felt their roots lay in the melodious plainsong of the Gregorian chant, but, exploiting huge advances in organ-building, they managed during the 19th century to free themselves from the liturgical context and to demonstrate that the organ could match a symphony orchestra in its range of colours and fullness of sound.
Terje Winge (born 1950) is Professor of Organ at the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he has taught since the early 1980s. He received his own organ education from the Norwegian organists Ludvig Nielsen and Arild Sandvold, before studying with Jiri Reinberger in Prague and Gaston Litaize in Paris.
Immersive Audio is a sonic sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. Dolby Atmos and the Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio.
Tracklist: Kjell Mørk Karlsen Sonata “De profundis” opus 143 1. I. De profundis clamavi 08:18 2. II. Monodi 05:35 3. III. Aus tiefer Not 07:20 Trygve Madsen Le Tombeau de Dupré opus 62 4. I. Prelude 04:44 5. II. Fugue 03:24 6. III. Scherzo 05:23 7. IV. Cantabile 03:21 8. V. Final 05:37 Kjell Flem Ecclesia in mundo 9. I. Ecclesia in mundo 06:10 10. II. Communion 06:22 11. III. Jubilus 13:03
