First News – 02 August 2019

Giuseppina Torre was born in Vittoria (Italy). After achieving the Diploma in Piano at the High School of Musical Studies “V. Bellini” of Caltanissetta, under the direction of Maestro Sergio Carrubba, she refines her skills with Maestro Giuseppe Cultrera and Maestro Francesco Nicolosi. After the Diploma in Piano she starts her career as a concert pianist at first as a classical music interpreter and then as an interpreter of her own compositions, which, as regards atmosphere and contents, approach Contemporary Music.

Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites (2019) {3CD Set, 40th Anniversary Edition}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44.1kHz - Official Digital Download -> 942 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 368 Mb | Cover | 5% repair rar
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Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock / Modern Composition

Three-disc deluxe edition includes original album remastered from master tapes plus recording of previously unreleased two-hour concert, extensive liner notes and newly created cover art. When Frank Zappa’s Orchestral Favorites was eventually released in 1979 as part of fulfilling his contract with his contentious former label, the album was dumped into the world along with several other titles without the legendary musician’s permission or quality control. It did not include liner notes or credits and the artwork and audio wasn’t approved by Zappa who publicly criticized it as not being up to his standards. As a result of not receiving any promotion, it was quickly relegated to the bargain bin shortly after its release.

Motley Crue have released the title track, track listing and cover art for The Dirt, the soundtrack to their upcoming Netflix biopic.

For decades there has been only one recording of Admeto available: a quite splendid performance from 1977 (Virgin Records 5613692) directed by Alan Curtis with Il complesso barocco. One of the first baroque operas to be recorded with original instruments, it reflects the best of the historical performance movement. It is thus with considerable anticipation and curiosity that one approaches this new release of Handel’s Admeto, sung in English (to a fine translation by Geoffrey Dunn), directed by Sir Anthony Lewis, and recorded just nine years earlier in 1968. The cast for this recording is no less remarkable. Dame Janet Baker plays the self-sacrificing Alcestis; Admetus is sung elegantly and expressively by Maureen Lehane; Sheila Armstong is a brilliant and stylish Antigona, and the mezzo soprano Margaret Lensky provides a touching portrayal of the lovesick Thrasymedes.