E. K Blair

Trevor Pinnock - The Harmonious Blacksmith: Favourite Harpsichord Pieces (1984) Reissue 2014

Trevor Pinnock - The Harmonious Blacksmith: Favourite Harpsichord Pieces (1984) Reissue 2014
George Frideric Handel, J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Caspar Fischer, François Couperin
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Louis-Claude Daquin, Claude-Béninge Balbastre

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 374 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 478 7901 GB | Time: 00:52:50

Trevor Pinnock is one of the world's leading exponents of historical performance practice, and this collection of Baroque keyboard favorites is one of his most successful attempts to communicate his musical values to a broad audience. These popular works are often anthologized, but seldom have they sounded as fresh and exciting as they do here. Handel's Harmonious Blacksmith and Bach's Italian Concerto are the best known of these selections, though Pinnock's playing liberates them from their use as flashy encore pieces and instead treats them as more intimate entertainments. François Couperin's magical Les baricades mistérieuses and Rameau's Gavotte Variations are also well known, and their inclusion on any disc of the harpsichord's "greatest hits" is de rigueur. Domenico Scarlatti's two Sonatas in E major are still brilliant, even at the lower tuning (A=415). The remaining works of this collection are perhaps less-widely heard, but each offers insights into both Pinnock's interpretive skills and the instrument's wealth of possibilities.
Riccardo Muti, Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra - Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (2013)

Riccardo Muti, Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra - Saverio Mercadante: I due Figaro (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 692 Mb | Total time: 53:42+38:14+74:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ducale | # DUC045-47 | Recorded: 2011

Riccardo Muti's 2011 performances of Saverio Mercadante's I due Figaro (The Two Figaros) were the first it had received since 1835, and this Ducale release of the presentation at the Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Italy, is the world-premiere recording. The story of this comic opera is a sequel to events in the Beaumarchais plays, which inspired Rossini's Barber of Seville and Mozart's Marriage of Figaro; the characters of Figaro, Susanna, Cherubino, and the Count and Countess Almaviva are seen a decade later in another farce of disguises and deception. The music is very much in the animated style of Rossini, with an exotic quality that Mercadante discovered on his visit to Madrid, and the mood of the opera is brightened by the combination of Neapolitan tunefulness and Spanish dance rhythms.

David Oistrakh - David Oistrakh in Prague (1999)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 11, 2019
David Oistrakh - David Oistrakh in Prague (1999)

David Oistrakh - David Oistrakh in Prague (1999)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 06:44:43 | 1.93 gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Praga | Catalog: PR256007

David Oistrakh is considered the premiere violinist of mid-20th century Soviet Union. His recorded legacy includes nearly the entire standard violin repertory up to and including Prokofiev and Bartók. Oistrakh's violin studies began in 1913 with famed teacher Pyotr Stolyarsky. Later he officially joined Stolyarsky's class at the Odessa Conservatory, graduating in 1926 by playing Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto.
Bertrand Cuiller - François Couperin L'Alchimiste: Un petit théâtre du monde (2018)

Bertrand Cuiller - François Couperin L'Alchimiste: Un petit théâtre du monde (2018)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:07:45 | 881 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: HMM90237576

The title of the first volume in Bertrand Cuiller's projected series on Harmonia Mundi, François Couperin L'Alchimiste: Un petit théâtre du monde, hints at the background of these French Baroque pieces for harpsichord, which were often inspired by the colorful society surrounding the composer. Couperin's titles have always intrigued listeners with their mysterious allusions, and the teasing quality of the music often reveals a quirky sense of humor, though the titles and musical images point to a tradition that extended from Renaissance literature and the practices of the French lute school: to make a piece emblematic of some person, object, or quality by giving it a symbolic title.
Vadym Kholodenko - Scriabin: Preludes, Etudes & Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 (2018)

Vadym Kholodenko - Scriabin: Preludes, Etudes & Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 (2018)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:11:46 | 209 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Nundi | Catalog: HMM 902255

Sampling the three periods of Alexander Scriabin's music, Vadym Kholodenko presents a coherent and colorful program that includes a representative handful of the early preludes, two of the middle piano sonatas, a set of etudes, and three of the poems for keyboard. While Scriabin's music steadily evolved from his youthful Chopinesque phase and a transitional, impressionistic period, similar in evocative harmonies and effects to Debussy, to a nearly atonal and atmospheric style all his own, there was always a virtuosic complexity in his piano pieces that makes it challenging for performers and listeners alike.

Measurement Errors in Surveys (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Jan. 20, 2019
Measurement Errors in Surveys (Repost)

Measurement Errors in Surveys By
2004 | 770 Pages | ISBN: 0471692808 | PDF | 19 MB

Latin Quarter - Bringing Rosa Home (1997)  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 29, 2021
Latin Quarter - Bringing Rosa Home (1997)

Latin Quarter - Bringing Rosa Home (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 356 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 124 Mb
Full Scans ~ 83 Mb | 00:51:25 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock | SPV Recordings #CD-085-44742

Where does one begin to praise this CD? The bitter-sweet lyrics, the brilliant intertwining of piano and guitar, the perfect vocal harmonies, the atmospheric texture, the magic of the melodies? "Bringing Rosa Home" is the sixth and strongest CD so far from the English band Latin Quarter. The richness of ideas of joint band- leaders Steve Skaith and Richard Wright is overwhelming, their musical taste undeniable. The twelve pop-songs on their new CD sound smooth and effortless almost as a matter of course. Like all really first-class things.
The Elephant's Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions in Captive Asian and African Elephants

The Elephant's Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions in Captive Asian and African Elephants By
2001 | 147 Pages | ISBN: 0813828201 | PDF | 6 MB

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Aug. 10, 2018
No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (Repost)

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies By E. Patrick Johnson (ed.)
2016 | 439 Pages | ISBN: 0822362228 | PDF | 35 MB

The encyclopedia of the modern world : 1900 to the present  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Dec. 11, 2021
The encyclopedia of the modern world : 1900 to the present

The encyclopedia of the modern world : 1900 to the present By William R. Keylor & Michael E. McGuire
2007 | 1426 Pages | ISBN: 081604872X | PDF | 32 MB