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Peter Neumann, Kolner Kammerchor, Collegium Cartusianum - Mozart: Masses [5CDs] (2000)

Peter Neumann, Kölner Kammerchor, Collegium Cartusianum - Mozart: Masses [5CDs] (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.48 Gb | Total time: 5:43:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 5 61769 2 | Recorded: 1988, 1990

As for the Masses, Mozart kept to the traditional plan in six sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei), even when the inpression is that the sections are more numerous (as many as 21 in the "Orphanage" Mass), it is actually a matter of sub-sections, of varying number according to the requirements of the particular work, including famous and impressive settings of the 'Laudamus te' and 'Et incarnatus est'.
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2007)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.10 Gb | Total time: 74:52+73:43+69:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 475 8285 | Recorded: 1991-1992

Agrippina – a portrayal of lust and power set in first century Rome – was first performed in December 1709 at the Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo, Venice. This "arrangement" by John Eliot Gardiner was recorded in 1991/2 in London and has now been re-released. It was Handel's second and last opera to be composed during his time in Italy, from 1706 to 1710. Written against some resistance (the composer at first saw "no good reason" to write (such) an opera) in three weeks while in Venice, it represented the first such popular acclaim of Handel's career being performed over two dozen times in succession.
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - The Handel Collection [12 CDs] (2010)

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - The Handel Collection [12 CDs] (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3,32 Gb | Total time: 11 h 43 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: CORO | # COR16080 | Recorded: 2002-2006, 2009

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their recordings and performances of Handel. Over the past three decades Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble have expanded their Handel repertoire to take in his greatest works. They have also made numerous recordings of Handel’s masterpieces and this twelve CD boxed set features a selection of some of their finest discs along with three remarkable solo albums featuring The Sixteen’s celebrated orchestra and acclaimed sopranos Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray and Elin Manahan Thomas.
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 [3CDs] (2000)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 [3CDs] (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 0,98 Gb | Total time: 03:44:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 8573-80220-2 | Recorded: 1998

The tenth volume of the complete recording of Bach's cantatas contains a final group of works (BWV 44, 73, 119 and 134) from the first cycle of 1723-1724. It continues with the first of a substantial series of chorale cantatas that give the second Leipzig cycle of 1724-1725 its particular character. This volume ends with the serenata BWV 134a, which completes the secular cantatas in Volumes 1 to 3; it provided the musical model for the Easter cantata BWV 134, which was composed in 1724. Bach's commitment in composing this second cycle of cantatas went well beyond his undertaking in the previous year. Whereas in the first cycle, existing cantatas from the Weimar period could be found alongside new pieces, the second cycle contains a sequence of newly composed works that continued uninterrupted until the spring of 1725.
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 19 [3CDs] (2005)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 19 [3CDs] (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 820 Mb | Total time: 03:01:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72219 | Recorded: 1999-2003

The cantatas of volume 19 can be relegated to three groups: Four works (BWV 72, 88, 129 and 193) belong to the third Leipzig series, lasting from 1725 to 1727; five (BWV 145, 159, 171, 174 and 188) belong to the group known as the Picander cycle of 1728-29, which was not completed or has not survived complete; two works (BWV 51 and 117) belong to the period after 1730, in which Bach composed new church cantatas only sporadically.
Michael Jackson - Number Ones (2003) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Michael Jackson - Number Ones (2003)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 79:17 minutes | 1,75 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Like the Beatles and Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson is one of the handful of artists that can release an album of their number one singles. "Number Ones" includes his solo chart toppers in the UK and abroad from the period beginning with his Off the Wall album right up to the new song "One More Chance", a collaboration with R Kelly. The remaining 17 songs on the album are all classics drawn from the disco-soul Off the Wall, the funky Thriller, the good Bad, the safe Dangerous, the semi-best-of History and the weak Invincible. Regardless of whether the bulk of Number Ones has appeared on other greatest hits albums, this is still an incredible selection of Michael Jackson's best music.
Fidelio Trio - Michael Nyman: Chamber Music Vol.I: Piano Trios 1992-2010 (2012)

Fidelio Trio - Michael Nyman: Chamber Music Vol.I: Piano Trios 1992-2010 (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 333 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Label: Michael Nyman Records | # MNRCD120 | Time: 01:03:13
Genre: Classical, Minimalism, Chamber Music

This disc of the complete Piano Trios of Michael Nyman, performed by the Irish Fidelio Trio, is the first volume in a set of the composer's complete chamber music. Each of Nyman's trios has a programmatic element. Poczatek, a world premiere recording, contains five movements derived from Nyman's score to the film of the same name. Its musical material is inspired by classic Polish feature and documentary films of the 50s, 60s and 70s. The Photography of Chance, another world premiere, refers to the re-seeing of industrial reality in early Soviet photography. The trio Yellow Beach is a transfigured version of 'Come Unto These Yellow Sands', from Nyman's score to the film Prospero's Books. Time Will Pronounce was inspired by Joseph Brodsky's poem Bosnia Tune, which deals with the horror of the staggering daily death toll of the Bosnian war in the 1990s.
Narada Michael Walden - Garden Of Love Light (1976), I Cry I Smile (1977) & Awakening (1979) [2CD] [2015, Remastered]

Narada Michael Walden - Garden Of Love Light (1976), I Cry I Smile (1977) & Awakening (1979) [2CD] (2015)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Jazz-Funk | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Partial Scans (JPEG) | 02:04:22 | 801,21 Mb
Label: BGO Records (UK) | Cat.# BGOCD1210 | Released: 2015-09-25 (1976/1977/1979)

The first three solo albums from multi-talented drummer, keyboardist and producer Walden He made his name as a drummer with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck and Tommy Bolin These three albums date from 1976, 1977 and 1979, originally released on Atlantic The Top 50 hit 'I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)' came from 'Awakening' Digitally remastered.
Michael Feinstein - Change Of Heart: The Songs Of Andre Previn (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Michael Feinstein - Change Of Heart: The Songs Of André Previn (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 40:23 minutes | 792 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

American singer, pianist and champion of the Great American Songbook Michael Feinstein records an album from the beloved repertoire of dynamic pianist, conductor and composer André Previn. Some of the songs include melodies by Previn and lyrics by dynamic talents including Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Alan Jay Lerner and Johnny Mercer.

Michael Burks - I Smell Smoke (2003)  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 7, 2023
Michael Burks - I Smell Smoke (2003)

Michael Burks - I Smell Smoke (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 373 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues | Label: Alligator | # ALCD 4892 | Time: 00:51:46

A continuation of the sound established on his Alligator debut, I Smell Smoke is even more impressive than its much-heralded predecessor. While vocally Michael Burks still invites comparison to Albert King, especially on gospel-fried ballads like "Lie to Me" (the Flying V guitar he sports on this album's cover shot further reinforces the similarities between the two artists), his guitar work has become more electrified and confident. With a tone sounding at times like Eric Clapton's psychedelic work in Cream and a rugged four-piece band supporting him, this is a tough, uncompromising contemporary blues/blues-rock/R&B album that doesn't pull punches.