Extremist Carl Klang

Rosemary Tuck, English CO, Richard Bonynge - Carl Czerny: Grand Concerto in A minor; Grand Nocturne Brillant (2016)

Carl Czerny - Grand Concerto in A minor; Grand Nocturne Brillant;
Variations de Concert de l'Opéra "Le Siège de Corinthe" (2016)
Rosemary Tuck, piano; English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bonynge

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 256 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.573417 | Time: 01:06:13

Carl Czerny, one of Vienna’s most illustrious musicians, was Beethoven’s student and devoted friend. Renowned today for his piano treatises, he was also a prolific composer in almost every genre, but it is the music for his own instrument that has aroused the most curiosity. The Grand Concerto in A minor, a work both serene and spirited, is historically important as one of the first romantic concertos ever written. The lyricism and playful bravura of the Grand Nocturne Brillant is balanced by the delicious Rossini Variations de Concert.

Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 4, 2024
Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)

Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 416 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 153 Mb | Scans included
Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz | Label: Atlantic Jazz | # 82755-2 | Time: 01:06:43

Allen's a decent though hardly extraordinary mainstream drummer who here leads an all-star neo-bop contingent in a set of standards and originals. Nothing surprising about the general conservatism of the date, given the personnel – Vincent Herring on alto sax, Nicholas Payton on trumpet, and Cyrus Chestnut on organ, to name a few. There's also nothing in particular wrong with the music, which is heartily played and deeply felt. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that it's covering ground that's been pretty much trampled into dust. It's a pleasant-enough listen, however, and since Cannonball Adderley isn't around to make albums like this anymore, maybe it's a good thing that musicians like these are. On the other hand, as long as guys like Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, and Phil Woods still walk the planet, the need is somewhat diminished.

Martin Roscoe - Carl Nielsen: Complete Piano Music (2008) 2CDs  Music

Posted by Designol at March 2, 2024
Martin Roscoe - Carl Nielsen: Complete Piano Music (2008) 2CDs

Martin Roscoe - Carl Nielsen: Complete Piano Music (2008) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 313 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67591/2 | Time: 01:56:42

Apart from Grieg, no Scandinavian composer has written for the piano with more individuality and insight than Nielsen. Right from the very outset of his Five Piano Pieces, Op. 3, there is no doubt that his is an individual voice. The first emerges from a Schumannesque innocence to speak with personal accents, but all five are strong on humour and character. Nielsen’s greatest piano music is clustered into a period of four years (1916-20) with his final thoughts in the medium, the Three Pieces, Op. 59 of 1928 being composed in the immediate proximity of his Clarinet Concerto, music that already breathes the air of other planets. With the exception of Leif Ove Andsnes, no pianist of international standing has championed it on record, and apart from John Ogdon and John McCabe it has been the almost exclusive preserve of Nordic artists. True, the American scholar Mina Miller, who edited the autographs for the Hansen edition, recorded a complete survey in 1995 – also for Hyperion. But although Schnabel was the dedicatee of the Suite, Op. 45, he never broke a lance for it on the international scene. The Suite is not only Nielsen’s greatest keyboard work but arguably the mightiest ever written in Scandinavia. Martin Roscoe is right inside this music and guides us through its marvels with great subtlety and authority.
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting: The Best Of Carl Douglas (2022)

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting: The Best Of Carl Douglas (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 870 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 423 MB
1:49:46 | Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Sanctuary Records

The one-hit wonder behind the disco novelty smash "Kung Fu Fighting," Carl Douglas was also the first Jamaican-born artist to score a number one single in the United States. Douglas was raised in both California and Jamaica, and eventually moved to England to study sound engineering. In 1964, he formed a group called the Big Stampede, which released a couple of U.K. singles; two years later, he formed the Explosions while living in Spain. Upon returning to England, Douglas teamed up with a band called Gonzales, which quickly led to his becoming a session vocalist for Pye Records. In 1972, Douglas worked with Indian-born producer Biddu on the soundtrack to the Richard Roundtree film Embassy; so, two years later, when Biddu was searching for a vocalist to record the Larry Weiss composition "I Want to Give You My Everything," he contacted Douglas. Needing a quick B-side, Biddu set a melody to some lyrics Douglas had written about the kung fu craze sweeping pop culture courtesy of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon and David Carradine's TV series Kung Fu.
Isabella Lundgren, Musica Vitae & Carl Bagge - The Way You Look Tonight: The Songs of Dorothy Fields (2024)

Isabella Lundgren, Musica Vitae & Carl Bagge - The Way You Look Tonight: The Songs of Dorothy Fields (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 217 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 97 Mb | 00:41:43
Vocal Jazz | Label: Ladybird Production

Dorothy Fields (1904–74) was an American lyricist who wrote the lyrics to classics including I’m in the Mood for Love, On the Sunny Side of the Street, and The Way You Look Tonight. She began her journey in the early twentieth century in New York-based Tin Pan Alley, which was a group of music publishers and songwriters. She eventually worked on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm & Carl Schuricht - Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 (1953/2021)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm & Carl Schuricht - Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 "Unfinished" (1953/2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 281 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 171 Mb | 01:13:56
Classical | Label: Decca Classics

Recorded - Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna 27th May 1953. During the 1950's, Karl Böhm made a handful of orchestral recordings for Decca with the Wiener Philharmoniker of, music by, among others, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Weber. Reappearing here, for the first time on CD, internationally, are his swift recordings of Beethoven's Eighth and of two Schubert symphonies (Nos. 5 and 8). Never imposing his will too strongly on his Viennese orchestra - and they had these classics in their blood - he directs performances that are fresh and gives full rein to the Vienna Philharmonic's wonderful tonal resources. Add the acoustic of the Grosser Saal at the Musikverein, familiar as daily bread to all the participants, and you have the best kind of tradition.

Benjamin Boren - Benjamin Boren plays Carl Vine (2011)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at April 28, 2023
Benjamin Boren - Benjamin Boren plays Carl Vine (2011)

Benjamin Boren - Benjamin Boren plays Carl Vine (2011)
XLD | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:16:06 | 263 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Enharmonic Records | Catalog: ENCD11-021

In his informative review of Michael Kieran Harvey’s excellent CD covering most of this repertoire (Tall Poppies 190), Phillip Scott aptly summarized Carl Vine’s music as “large-gesture Lisztian Romanticism, tempered by the influence of Messiaen, Carter, and other modernists” ( Fanfare 30:5). You might also want to throw Read more Lento middle section of the First Sonata’s second movement).
Cecilia Zilliacus, Helsingborg SO, Daniel Blendulf - Carl Nielsen: Works for Violin, Vol. 2  (2015)

Carl Nielsen - Violin Concerto; Prelude & Theme with Variations; Prelude & Presto (2015)
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Blendulf, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 275 Mb | Scans included | Time: 01:06:03
Genre: Classical | Label: dB Productions | # DBCD162

GRAMOPHONE Magazine Editor's Choice - February 2016. dB Productions celebrate the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen with two CD volumes of his music! Featured again on this second volume is one of Sweden’s leading violinists, Cecilia Zilliacus, in Nielsen’s violin concerto. The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is conducted by young rising star, Daniel Blendulf.

Carl Vine ‎– Chamber Music, Volume 1 (1992)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at May 1, 2023
Carl Vine ‎– Chamber Music, Volume 1 (1992)

Carl Vine ‎– Chamber Music, Volume 1 (1992)
XLD | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:00:40 | 236 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Tall Poppies | Catalog: TP013

Carl Vine has been firmly established as one of Australia’s leading composers for some years now although in the U.K. his name may be most familiar to many for his orchestral work, Descent, which figured as a finalist in the very first Masterprize competition several years ago.
Carl Allen and Manhattan Projects - Piccadilly Square [Recorded 1989] (1993)

Carl Allen and Manhattan Projects - Piccadilly Square [Recorded 1989] (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 337 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 136 MB | Covers - 21 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Timeless Records (CD SJP 406)

The music on this CD is very much in the Young Lions/modern hard bop vein. In this 1989 session, drummer Carl Allen leads a fairly young all-star group - comprised of trumpeter Roy Hargrove, Vincent Herring on alto, soprano, and flute, pianist Donald Brown, and bassist Ira Coleman - through five originals by bandmembers and five standards. Veteran trumpeter Freddie Hubbard sits in on "Piccadilly Square" (a rare chance for one to hear both Hubbard and Hargrove soloing on the same number) and "In the Still of the Night." Few surprises occur, but the musicians (particularly Herring) play up to expectations and fans of hard bop will enjoy this.