Marco R. Wagner My Old Spain (2014)

R. Wagner - Bridal Chorus “Wedding March”  Sheet music

Posted by Salieri at Jan. 28, 2021
R. Wagner - Bridal Chorus “Wedding March”

R. Wagner - Bridal Chorus “Wedding March”
2 pages | PDF | 4.0 MB
Al Jarreau - My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke (2014) {Concord}

Al Jarreau - My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke (2014) {Concord}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 309MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 121MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Soul, Jazz-Funk

Al Jarreau and George Duke were friends long before they became household names. They began playing together in the mid-1960's in San Francisco as Al Jarreau and the George Duke Trio. The successes of these performances are what helped to launch both their careers. George's tragic passing in August, 2013, inspired Al to record this loving tribute to his longtime friend. With the exception of the fitting title track composed by Jarreau, all the tunes were written by George. Guest artists/collaborators include Gerald Albright, Stanley Clarke, Dr. John, Lalah Hathaway, Boney James, Marcus Miller, Jeffrey Osborne, Kelly Price, Dianne Reeves and Patrice Rushen. There's even a song with George Duke playing on it!
Christian Thielemann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (2014) [Blu-Ray]

Christian Thielemann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (2014) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21986 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 140 min | 34,4 Gb
Audio1: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3949 kbps / 24-bit

BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 140 min | 7,62 Gb
Audio: German / DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24-bit
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, French, German, Korean

Last year's revival of Jan Philipp Gloger's controversial 2012 production was greeted (as so often in Bayreuth) with huge acclaim. He translates the tale of the Dutchman, whose travails can only be redeemed through the unconditional love of a woman (Senta), to a future time, where part-human/part-cyborgs grind out an existence in a world completely subservient to business and commerce. In the modern fan-making factory, which replaces the world of Senta and her fellow seamstresses, we see a final tableau in which the Dutchman's and Senta's heavenly union is commemorated' by the factory workers now producing souvenir statuettes of the couple. The production stars Samuel Youn, Ricarda Merbeth, and Franz-Josef Selig, and is conducted by Christian Thielemann, arguably the greatest Wagnerian conductor of today.

Marco Ragni - Mother From The Sun (2014)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 14, 2018
Marco Ragni - Mother From The Sun (2014)

Marco Ragni - Mother From The Sun (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 564 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 223 MB | Covers - 142 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Melodic Revolution Records (MRRCD22109)

Italian composer and musician Marco Ragni has been a presence in the Italian music scene for a quarter of a century or thereabouts, and following a couple of decades in various band constellations he decided to venture out as a solo artist a few years back, launching his first solo album back in 2010. "Mother from the Sun" is his fourth studio recording, released towards the end of 2014. To give you an idea, think of the Pink Floyd albums A Saucerful of Secrets, More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother (side two), Meddle, and Obscured By Clouds as major inspirations. Add to this the late sixties California hippy scene and the fact that Marco is Italian, and you have three strong foundations for a unique blend of psychedelic music with folk and funk and classic prog.

PBS - My Wild Affair (2014)  Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Jan. 28, 2020
PBS - My Wild Affair (2014)

PBS - My Wild Affair (2014)
HDTV | 1280 x 720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3228 Kbps | 4x~53mn | 4.33 GB
Audio: English AAC 152 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Hear extraordinary stories of the bonds between humans and their animal companions, including an orphaned baby elephant, an orangutan raised as a human child, a rhinoceros raised in suburbia and a harbor seal that entered the human world but remained wild at heart.

Smokey Robinson - Deep In My Soul (1977/2014)  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 9, 2021
Smokey Robinson - Deep In My Soul (1977/2014)

Smokey Robinson - Deep In My Soul (1977/2014)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul | WEB FLAC (tracks) / MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Front | 31:51 | 224,82 / 75,93 Mb
Label: Uni/Motown (EU) | Released: 2014-08-19 (1977-01-18)

"Deep in My Soul" is an unusual Smokey Robinson LP in that he only contributed one song, "Vitamin U," a forgettable attempt at disco, though an amusing play on words. Kathy Wakefield and Mike & Brenda Sutton's "There Will Come a Day" uses a similar piano opening to "You Really Got a Hold on Me"; while pleasant, it is far less riveting than the Miracles' classic. The standouts are the tingling "In My Corner" and two Donald Baldwin/Jeffrey Bowen tunes, "If You Want My Love" and "You Cannot Laugh Alone." For years, the latter cut alone made this an essential Smokey Robinson LP. You couldn't find it anywhere else, not even on a 45; Motown has since released it on Smokey's Motown Legends collection. The lyrically clever song has a great chorus with Smokey crooning "Your love was crackerjack/A surprise in every pack/A myth a fantasy/A package C.O.D." Deep in My Soul only had seven songs, and surprisingly climbed to #47 on the pop charts, a far better showing than his debut, which peaked at #70.
Massimo Farao' Trio - My Funny Valentine (2014) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Massimo Faraò Trio - My Funny Valentine (2014) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 54:50 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,78 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,57 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,32 GB

Massimo Farao is a wonderful Italian pianist who has played and recorded with Red Holloway, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Tony Scott, Franco Ambrosetti, Nat Adderley, Jeff Tain Watts, Jack DeJohnette and Chris Potter, among others. Venus Records' producer Tetsuo Hara must have really fallen in love with Farao's music because in less than a year he has released no less than five of the Italian pianist's albums. The debut CD by his trio Luiza was followed by Bohemia After Dark which featured his bassist Aldo Zunino in a duo setting. Now we have three new albums (Autumn Leaves, My Funny Valentine and I Left My Heart In San Francisco) that were all recorded in a three-day session in February, 2014.

O'Bryan - Be My Lover (1984) [2014, Digitally Remastered Reissue]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Feb. 25, 2021
O'Bryan - Be My Lover (1984) [2014, Digitally Remastered Reissue]

O'Bryan - Be My Lover (1984) [2014, Digitally Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Partial Scans (JPEG) | 40:10 | 262,13 Mb
Label: PTG Records (Netherlands) | Cat.# PTG 34166 | Released: 2014-03-17 (1984)

"Be My Lover" is the third studio album by R&B singer O'Bryan. It was O'Bryan's highest charting collection on the Billboard R&B Albums charts, peaking at #3. The first single - the insistent, chugging "Lovelite" - marched to the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The success of "Lovelite" prompted Capitol to release "Breakin' Together" as the next single. But it was O'Bryan's penchant for ballads - the quiet storm staple "Lady I Love You;" the lovelorn "You’re Always On My Mind;" and "Go On And Cry," which was the third single - that shone as the album’s highlights. The title track also became known as one of O'Bryan's better uptempo songs.

Jon Spear Band - Old Soul (2014)  Music

Posted by Domestos at March 15, 2018
Jon Spear Band - Old Soul (2014)

Jon Spear Band - Old Soul (2014)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 271.45 Mb | 45:54 | Cover
Blues-Rock | Country: USA (Scottsville, Shenandoah Valley, VA) | Label: Jon Spear Band

This is a blues album that doesn’t sound like everyone else’s blues album. Nine of the ten songs are originals featuring award-winning lyrics and top-notch musicianship, running the gamut of blues styles from funk to jump and acoustic to swing.

R.E.M. by MTV (2014)  Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 14, 2018
R.E.M. by MTV (2014)

R.E.M. by MTV (2014)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3673 Kbps | 1 h 44 min | 2.91 GiB
Audio: English AC3 320 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

On April 5, 1980 four college pals-Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe-took the stage together for the first time to play at a friend's birthday party. The band they started that night stayed together for thirty years and changed the shape of rock music. R.E.M. By MTV tells R.E.M.'s story in their own words, through three decades of performances and interviews R.E.M gave to MTV channels in the USA and around the world. Featuring revealing, never-before-seen footage, R.E.M. By MTV tells the amazing story of a band that did it their own way, and changed how a generation of musicians after them did it, too.