美之瓜9 2 美之瓜

The release of Mahler´s Symphonies Nos. 1 + 2 starts the release the complete Mahler cycle with Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra on DVD and Blu-ray. Each Symphony will have an introduction by Paavo Järvi.

SHAMBLEMATHS is the new project by Norwegian duo Simen Å. ELLNGSEN and Eirik M. HUSUM. This band is actually a direct contiuation of their first collaboration as a duo formed in their student days in 2004 under the name Fallen Fowl. That collaboration actually started as a side project to the band TiaC that was active in the early 2000. Now they've returned as SHAMBLEMATHS with an edgier sound and approach, adding more influences from Magma, Univers Zero and Egg. The band plays an eclectic mix of countless styles and the music is pretty much all over the place, exploring both melodic and quirky areas. Their self titled album was released in the spring of 2016. Shamblemaths 2: If this isn't good enough, we can't help you! The second album is darker, heavier, knottier, yet also more fragile, more vulnerable.

Friedrich Kiel - Works for Violoncello and Piano Vol. 2
Hans Zentgraf, Violoncello / Christoph Ullrich, Piano
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 260 MB | Full Artwork: 107 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 612 1161-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

…Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Johannes Brahms and others, Altmann writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison.”…

Friedrich Kiel - Works for Violoncello and Piano Vol. 2
Hans Zentgraf, Violoncello / Christoph Ullrich, Piano
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 260 MB | Full Artwork: 107 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 612 1161-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

…Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved. After mentioning Johannes Brahms and others, Altmann writes, “He produced a number of chamber works, which . . . need fear no comparison.”…

Michael Denhoff - Player Piano 8: Original Compositions in the Tradition of Nancarrow
Bösendorfer Grand Piano with Ampico Player Piano Mechanism (1927) / Fischer Grand Piano with Ampico Player Piano Mechanism (1925)
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 203 MB | Full Artwork: 105 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 645 1408-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary

…MDG's sound is immaculate. The CD should be of strong interest to new music fans, particularly those who love Nancarrow and want more of a similar sonic experience.

Olivier Messiaen - Rudolf Innig - Livre du Saint Sacrament
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 430 MB | Full Artwork: 187 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 317 0623-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1998
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary, Organ

"…Each gesture, each interpretive nuance – and there are numerous reminders that Innig’s performance is personal and distinct – serves to enhance Messiaen’s faith. So one cannot escape the devout mystery and probity that Rudolf Innig brings in such full measure to the Livre du Saint Sacrement. This performance promises to invigorate the soul." (Fanfare)