Gerard Arau

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Léçons de Ténèbres (1993, 1995)

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Léçons de Ténèbres (1993, 1995)
EAC | FLAC | Track (Cue & Log) ~ 974 Mb | Total time: 63:52+66:13+70:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | 5 45107 2 / 5 45075 2 / 7 59295 2 | Recorded: 1992-1994

The services of Matins and Lauds in the Roman rite for the last three days of Holy Week, the so-called Sacred Triduum are – or were before being replaced by the vernacular liturgy – beautiful and complex. Matins for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday consist of psalms with antiphons, readings from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and versicles and responsories related to and reflecting upon the events of those days. Over the centuries they have proved fruitful inspiration for music, even in post-reformation England, where the Book of Common Prayer continued to prescribe readings from Lamentations and settings of them, often in Latin, continued to be sung in cathedrals and collegiate churches.
Gerard McChrystal - Aria (2011) works by Handel, Michael Nyman, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Ravel, Philip Glass, Faure, McGlynn

Gerard McChrystal - Aria (2011)
with Shiroma de Silva, piano; Craig Ogden, guitar; Smith Quartet
Codetta; Trinity Laban String Ensemble; Nic Pendlebury, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 311 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 197 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Chamber, Saxophone | Label: First Hand | # FHR13 | Time: 01:13:40

This brilliantly devised CD from Gerard McChrystal is a deeply personal album; at times mystical, the music is always beautiful and captivating. Indeed 'Aria' has similar qualities to Jan Gabarek's 'Officium' (which sold 1.4 million copies) and will appeal to this fan-base. Featuring soprano and alto saxophone with a colourful array of different ensemble accompaniments — string orchestra, choir, guitar, piano, solo, string quartet and electronics. Baroque music blends seamlessly with contemporary; Handel resolves into Michael Nyman, Debussy's Syrinx morphs into Ravel's Piece en forme de habanera. All the tracks lead to the next by key or by starting and ending on the same note. Other works include Philip Glass Façades, Faure Les Berceaux, Bozza Aria, as well as original works by Billy Cowie, Karen Tanaka, Andy Scott and Michael McGlynn (from the vocal group Anúna who featured in Riverdance). Accompanying Gerard on this album are some of the UK's finest classical musicians including the Smith Quartet and the No. 1 best-selling classical artist, guitarist Craig Ogden. Gerard McChrystal is a multi-award winning saxophonist who has performed as a soloist in over 30 countries with many of the World's leading orchestras and ensembles.
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz - Ernest Bloch: America; Concerto Grosso No.1 (2012)

Ernest Bloch - America; Concerto Grosso No.1 (2012)
Seattle Symphony, conducted by Gerard Schwarz; Patricia Michaelian, piano

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 221 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 147 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.572743 | Time: 01:01:54

Swiss-born Bloch, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe, emigrated to the United States in 1916. Written in 1926, two years after Bloch had become an American citizen, America: An Epic Rhapsody, is the composer’s tribute to his adopted country. This romantic and patriotic score vividly surveys the history of the US from the native American melodies of pre-colonial days to the modern era of 1920s jazz and beyond. The Concerto Grosso No 1 is a bold statement which unites the eighteenth-century concerto grosso form with a modern tonal language.
Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale - Handel: Lucrezia. Cantates pour alto solo (1991)

Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale - Handel: Lucrezia. Cantates pour alto solo (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 334 Mb | Total time: 70:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics ‎| VC 7 91480-2 | Recorded: 1990

Handel's stay in Italy between the years 1706 and 1710 resulted in a time of intense creative activity, and he quite naturally gravitated towards the cantata.

Querer no es Poder, Gerard Lauzier  Comics

Posted by Coda at July 27, 2020
Querer no es Poder, Gerard Lauzier

Querer no es Poder, Gerard Lauzier
Grijalbo-Dargaud, 1993 | Spanish | CBR | 58 páginas | 37.7 MB

Colección de álbumes que reproducían diferentes obras del autor francés GÉRAD LAUZIER en la que se integró la serie COSAS DE LA VIDA.

1. Cosas de la vida 1
2. Cosas de la vida 2
3. Cosas de la vida 3
4. Cosas de la vida 4
5. La carrera de la rata
6. Querer no es poder
7. Cosas de la vida 5
8. Recuerdos de un joven
9. Diario del artista
Gerard Willems - Ludwig van Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (2011)

Gerard Willems - Ludwig van Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 232 Mb | Total time: 69:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ABC Classics | # ABC 476 4113 | Recorded: 2010

Gerard Willems is one of Australia;s finest concert pianists and Beethoven scholars. He has recorded all the Beethoven sonatas and concertos and has chosen to record the Diabelli on the Australian designed and built Stuart and Sons piano. This instrument features an extra 2 octaves, producing an enhanced resonance and unrivalled sound.
Gerard Korsten, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Weber: Euryanthe (2004)

Gérard Korsten, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari - Weber: Euryanthe (2004)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 5.69 Gb (DVD9) | 169 min
Classical | Dynamic | Sub: English, Italiano, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol

After his success with Freischütz, Weber wanted to write a grand romantic opera and in the end the subject of Euryanthe was chosen, a tale inspired by a legend going back to the thirteen century. Euryanthe is music of inspiration and originality such as is rarely found in the history of German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Italianisms that are occasionally glimpsed in Freischütz are eliminated almost completely. Euryanthe is set to music in its entirety, with accompanied recitative passages that are often of great beauty. We may say that in an opera that has many experimental features Weber sought for the first and only time in his life to overcome the traditional dichotomy between spoken and sung parts, between recitative and closed numbers, creating a highly supple musical structure. The present production features a cast of specialists of German opera and the outstanding direction of Pier Luigi Pizzi.
Gerard Causse, Paul Meyer, Francois-Rene Duchable, Kent Nagano - Max Bruch: Works for Clarinet and Viola (1990)

Max Bruch: Works for Clarinet and Viola (1990)
Gérard Caussé (viola), Paul Meyer (clarinet), François-René Duchable (piano)
Orchestre De L'opéra De Lyon; Kent Nagano, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 292 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 150 Mb | Scans ~ 44 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Erato | # 2292-45483-2 | Time: 01:05:24

For two consecutive years listeners to Classic FM have voted Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto their favourite among 300 classical works. His melodies have instant appeal and it is good to see three comparative rarities on this disc. Bruch loved alto-register instruments such as the clarinet and viola, and he wrote these works in 1911 when giant leaps were taking place in the development of music, all of which he eschewed in favour of mid-19th-century Romanticism. While the clarinet rides orchestral accompaniment with no difficulty, the viola sits right in the middle and can be drowned (a hazard in performing the Double Concerto but avoided in the recording studio). The viola Romance is a gem, while the Eight Pieces are colourful and varied. All the performers do ample justice to this beautiful and unashamedly Romantic music.

Gerard - Irony Of Fate (1991) [Reissue 2006]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 24, 2021
Gerard - Irony Of Fate (1991) [Reissue 2006]

Gerard - Irony Of Fate (1991) [Reissue 2006]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 231 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 88 MB | Covers - 21 MB
Genre: Neo-Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Altovoz/Sky Station (ALT-22)

In the Eighties Novela was a pivotal Japanese band that gradually turned from heavy progressive into hardrock. Their keyboardist Toshio Egawa left Novela to start his own band with a bunch of musicians from which guitarist and singer Yukihiro Fujimura (ex-Vienna) was the most known.
"Irony of Fate" (1991) is their 3rd studio album. All the music of Gerard is around the stunning keyboard wizard Toshio Egawa - his work on hammond, korg and mellotron make envy every key player of of this planet. The music is mainly influence by ELP but with a good cantity of bombastic symphonic arrangements and neo prog moods. Anyway this album is not their best but enjoyble in places. The lyrics are in japanese so for the listners is a minus in Gerard's music.
Gerard Caussee; OSR; Lior Shambadal - Ernest Bloch: Helvetia; Suite for Viola & Orchestra; Suite hebraique (2003)

Ernest Bloch: Helvetia; Suite for Viola & Orchestra; Suite hébraïque (2003)
Gérard Caussée, viola; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Lior Shambadal, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 170 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Cascavelle | # RSR 6170 | Time: 01:12:20

This Swiss Cascavelle disc most adroitly presents the world premiere recording of the orchestral poem Helvetia alongside two less obscure works for viola and orchestra. A highly attractive release, well designed and documented. Enthusiasts of Bloch, the viola and the mountain heights must not miss this.