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Christian Lindberg, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.15; Viola Concerto (2022)

Christian Lindberg, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.15; Viola Concerto (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 347 Mb | Total time: 67:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2480 | Recorded: 2020

Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 15 is characterized by a high degree of tension right from the striking opening: brief, emphatic chords from horns and trombones above the tremolo of a side drum. Soon an expressive melodic subject is heard from the first violins, followed by contrasting rapid scales – at which point Pettersson has presented the greater part of the symphony’s building blocks. Like so many of the composer’s symphonies, the 15th is in one movement, but with clearly defined sections. It was completed in 1978, two years before Pettersson’s death, and was followed in 1979, by the sixteenth symphony, the last work that the composer submitted for performance.

Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 22, 2024
Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}

Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 417 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 224 Mb
Full Scans | 01:06:15 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, Folk Rock, Acoustic | Stockfisch Records #SFR 357.9001.2

Allan Taylor is one of England's most-respected singer/songwriters. His songs have been covered by artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Don Williams, Frankie Miller, Fairport Convention, Dick Gaughan, the McCalmans, the Fureys, the Clancy Brothers, and De Dannan. Folk Roots praised him for his "ability to crystallize a mood and evoke an era with the ease of a computer memory access, crafting perfect songs with dramatic changes in the spirit of Brecht, Bikel, and Brel." The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse felt as strongly, writing that Taylor was "one of the most literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries."

Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 22, 2024
Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}

Allan Taylor - Behind The Mix (2000) {2017, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 417 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 224 Mb
Full Scans | 01:06:15 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, Folk Rock, Acoustic | Stockfisch Records #SFR 357.9001.2

Allan Taylor is one of England's most-respected singer/songwriters. His songs have been covered by artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Don Williams, Frankie Miller, Fairport Convention, Dick Gaughan, the McCalmans, the Fureys, the Clancy Brothers, and De Dannan. Folk Roots praised him for his "ability to crystallize a mood and evoke an era with the ease of a computer memory access, crafting perfect songs with dramatic changes in the spirit of Brecht, Bikel, and Brel." The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse felt as strongly, writing that Taylor was "one of the most literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries."

Allan Taylor - The Traveller (1978) {1999, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at May 12, 2023
Allan Taylor - The Traveller (1978) {1999, Reissue}

Allan Taylor - The Traveller (1978) {1999, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 246 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 124 Mb
Full Scans | 00:37:29 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, Acoustic | Rubber Records #RUBCD026

Allan Taylor is one of England's most-respected singer/songwriters. His songs have been covered by artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Don Williams, Frankie Miller, Fairport Convention, Dick Gaughan, the McCalmans, the Fureys, the Clancy Brothers, and De Dannan. Folk Roots praised him for his "ability to crystallize a mood and evoke an era with the ease of a computer memory access, crafting perfect songs with dramatic changes in the spirit of Brecht, Bikel, and Brel." The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse felt as strongly, writing that Taylor was "one of the most literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries."
Allan Taylor - There Was A Time (2016) {Hybrid SACD} Audio CD Layer

Allan Taylor - There Was A Time (2016) {Hybrid SACD}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 303 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 138 Mb
Full Scans ~ 184 Mb | 00:57:05 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, World, Orchestral | Stockfisch Records #SFR 357.9015.2

For 40 years Allan Taylor, born in Brighton in 1945, has been considered as the consummate performer, a writer of literary gracefulness whose troubadour chronicles encapsulate the realism of otherwise unsung heroes, otherwise uncharted lives. His songs are written from a lifetime of travelling; always the observer passing through, each song is a vignette of life, like a story told over a drink in a bar. Each has an integrity that tells you it comes from something real; characters come to life like people you know and places become as familiar as if you had been there. Stockfisch Records again produced a special project including a symphony orchestra: We speak about the 2016 production with the grandseigneur of songwriting, Allan Taylor! The SACD will be titled: "There Was a Time".

Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor - Old Friends In Concert (2013)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 25, 2024
Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor - Old Friends In Concert (2013)

Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor - Old Friends In Concert (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 506 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 235 Mb
Full Scans | 01:11:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, Country, Acoustic | Boutique / Universal Music #06025 3726777

Allan Taylor is one of England's most-respected singer/songwriters. His songs have been covered by artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Don Williams, Frankie Miller, Fairport Convention, Dick Gaughan, the McCalmans, the Fureys, the Clancy Brothers, and De Dannan. Folk Roots praised him for his "ability to crystallize a mood and evoke an era with the ease of a computer memory access, crafting perfect songs with dramatic changes in the spirit of Brecht, Bikel, and Brel." The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse felt as strongly, writing that Taylor was "one of the most literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries."

Allan Holdsworth - Secrets (1989)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 15, 2020
Allan Holdsworth - Secrets (1989)

Allan Holdsworth - Secrets (1989)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
EMI/Intima, CDP 7 73328 2 | Austria | ~ 216 or 88 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 29 Mb
Jazz Fusion

A true masterpiece, Secrets is the massive culmination of Allan Holdsworth's years-long legato technique and SynthAxe development. Conceptually inspired by but significantly different from the electric guitar, the SynthAxe is not a guitar-controlled synthesizer; it's a completely unique instrument of its own, making the guitarist's gripping performances all the more impressive…

Allan Clarke - I'll Never Forget (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 2, 2023
Allan Clarke - I'll Never Forget (2023)

Allan Clarke - I'll Never Forget (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 302 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 103 Mb | 00:45:08
Classic Rock, Pop Rock | Label: BMG Rights Management

After returning unexpectedly from a 20-year retirement with successful comeback album Resurgence in 2019, the voice of The Hollies - Allan Clarke - is back with I'll Never Forget. The album reunites Allan with his old Hollies bandmate, Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills And Nash fame. The two old friends from Manchester began writing together during the pandemic after over 40 years, resulting in the effortlessly catchy Buddy's Back, a tribute to the rock & roll great The Hollies were named after. Graham's beautiful trademark harmonies are present throughout the album, but this is very much Allan's record.

Allan Taylor - Lines (1988)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Nov. 21, 2024
Allan Taylor - Lines (1988)

Allan Taylor - Lines (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 401 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 178 Mb
Full Scans | 01:04:58 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk, Folk Rock, Acoustic | T. Records #T.002

Allan Taylor is one of England's most-respected singer/songwriters. His songs have been covered by artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Don Williams, Frankie Miller, Fairport Convention, Dick Gaughan, the McCalmans, the Fureys, the Clancy Brothers, and De Dannan. Folk Roots praised him for his "ability to crystallize a mood and evoke an era with the ease of a computer memory access, crafting perfect songs with dramatic changes in the spirit of Brecht, Bikel, and Brel." The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse felt as strongly, writing that Taylor was "one of the most literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries."
Carolyn Sampson, Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton - Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (2022)

Carolyn Sampson, Allan Clayton, Joseph Middleton - Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 295 Mb | Total time: 78:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-2553 SACD | Recorded: 2020, 2021

Composed in feverish bouts interrupted by long periods of inaction, Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch was brought to completion in 1896. The 46 songs are settings of poems in German by Paul Heyse, after Italian folk songs – miniatures with a duration of less than 2 minutes in most cases. Heyse’s collection numbered more than 350 poems, but Wolf ignored the ballads and laments, and concentrated almost exclusively on the rispetti. These are short love poems which chart, against a Tuscan landscape, the everyday jealousies, flirtations, joys and despairs of men and women in love. Heyse’s translations often intensify the simple Italian of the original poems, and in their turn, Wolf’s settings represent a further heightening of emotion. Miniatures they may be, but many of the songs strike unforgettably at the heart.