Performer June 2013

Steven Osborne - Modest Musorgsky: Pictures From an Exhibition; Sergei Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, Five Sarcasms (2013)

Steven Osborne - Modest Musorgsky: Pictures From an Exhibition;
Sergei Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, Five Sarcasms (2013)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 175 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67896 | Time: 01:05:57

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER: INSTRUMENTAL AWARD 2013 & BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE MONTH. Steven Osborne has become one of the most valuable pianists recording today. His recent complete Rachmaninov Preludes release was critically acclaimed as the greatest modern version since Ashkenazy. Now he turns to further cornerstones of the Russian repertoire in this recording of Musorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition (a work which has been in Osborne’s concert repertoire for many years), and two sets of Prokofiev’s miniatures. Musorgsky’s masterpiece is one of the most popular programmatic works of the 19th century. Yet it is also a great pianistic challenge, with the spectacular textures of the climactic movement ‘The Great Gate of Kiev’ requiring the highest technical accomplishments.

Palms - Palms (2013)  Music

Posted by delpotro at May 14, 2017
Palms - Palms (2013)

Palms - Palms (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:46:56 | 318 Mb
Post-Rock, Progressive, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic | Label: Ipecac Recordings

Palms is an American post-metal supergroup that formed in 2011. The group features Deftones' vocalist Chino Moreno and three members of the post-metal band Isis: bassist Jeff Caxide, drummer Aaron Harris and guitarist Bryant Clifford Meyer.
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Seesaw (2013) CD + DVD, Limited Edition

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Seesaw (2013) CD + DVD, Limited Edition
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 312 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb | 00:49:22
DVD5 | PAL | 16:9 (720x576) VBR | AC3, 2ch, 192 kbps | 01:02:24 | ~ 3.6 Gb
Blues-Rock, Blues, Soul | Label: Provogue | # PRD 7414 5 | Scans ~ 91 Mb

CD+DVD deluxe edition of the powerhouse blues duos second album of soulful covers. Featuring classics made famous by Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Lucinda Williams and many more. In 2014 Hart was nominated for a Grammy Award for Seesaw and she was also nominated for a Blues Music Award in the category 'Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist'. The DVD includes 48 minutes making of footage with exclusive interviews and 3 Studio music videos.

Frøy Aagre - Frøy Aagre Electric (2013)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 23, 2018
Frøy Aagre - Frøy Aagre Electric (2013)

Frøy Aagre - Frøy Aagre Electric (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 196 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 96 Mb | 00:41:11
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion | Label: momentum rec.

Almost 10 years after her debut album Norwegian saxophonist and composer Frøy Aagre releases her fourth album, the most ambitious, epic and diverse album in her career. The album marks a distinct stylistic change in Aagre´s music with the entry of electronic sounds and influence from pop and electronica. The music is warm, challenging and inventive, it is a masterful mix of genres performed with musical energy and enthusiasm.
Masaru Imada Trio +2 - Green Caterpillar (1975) {2013 Japan Three Blind Mice Mini LP Blu-spec CD Remaster THCD-222}

Masaru Imada Trio +2 - Green Caterpillar (1975) {2013 Japan Three Blind Mice Mini LP Blu-spec CD Remaster THCD-222}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 284 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 104 Mb | Artwork | 5% repair rar
© 1975, 2013 Three Blind Mice / Sony Music Direct (Japan) / Think! Records | THCD-222 | LP TBM-39
Jazz / Jazz Funk / Post Bop / Electric Piano / Piano

Three Blind Mice Blu-spec CD reissue series! Limited paper sleeve edition! Pianist Imada Masaru was 42 years old when he recorded this album in 1975. His adventurous spirit led him to use the electric piano for the first time in a recording, and thanks to his musicianship, he made it sound like he'd been playing the instrument for years. The program opens with the title track, a sophisticated urban funk. Guitarist Kazumi Watanabe plays a big role here. It is followed by a more intricate, fusion-like "Straight Flash."
Barry Douglas - Johannes Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 2 (2013)

Barry Douglas - Johannes Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2 (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 211 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 164 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN10757 | Time: 01:08:36

Following the varied programming of Johannes Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1, Barry Douglas presents a mix of early and late pieces to give the second volume emotional balance, and sets a series of short pieces against a monumental masterpiece. Douglas is a thoughtful and eloquent performer, and his Brahms has the hallmarks of serious consideration and introspection; nothing here is superfluous or simply offered for show. The sensitive selection of three Ballades and three Intermezzi to frame the muscular Rhapsody Op. 119/4, gives the first part of the program an internal unity and feeling of logical organization, even though the shifting moods feel as effortless and unplanned as clouds passing on a sunny afternoon. The Sonata No. 3 is placed at the end of the recital, as befits its stature, and Douglas' interpretation gives it the feeling of gravitas and inevitability. Yet it also partakes of the fleeting moods that were carefully prepared in the early part of the program, so Douglas' shaping of this album shows great care in preparation.

Oliva - Raise The Curtain (2013) [Limited Ed.] Digipak  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Feb. 2, 2018
Oliva - Raise The Curtain (2013) [Limited Ed.] Digipak

Oliva - Raise The Curtain (2013) [Limited Ed.] Digipak
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 421 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 141 Mb | Scans | 44 Mb | 56:42
AFM Records | AFM 287-9
Heavy Metal

More than thirty years after the start of his career with Savatage, and successive projects/bands like Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Jon Oliva’s Pain, now legendary songwriter und performer Jon Oliva releases his first ever solo album, titled „Raise The Curtain”.
Klaus Schulze & Günter Schickert - The Schulze-Schickert Session [Recorded 1975] (2013)

Klaus Schulze & Gunter Schickert - The Schulze-Schickert Session [Recorded 1975] (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 466 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Progressive Electronic, Berlin School | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mirumir Music (MIR100704CD)

For the first time, from the vaults of electronic music guru, Klaus Schulze, comes The Schulze-Schickert Session, a rare and previously unreleased private session featuring echo-guitar pioneer Günter Schickert. Recorded on 26 September 1975 in Klaus Schulze's home studio in Hambuehren, Germany, Schulze can be heard playing an EMS Synthi A, as well as keyboards, and a Syntanorma, while Schickert plays a 12-string Framus with metal strings and also sings on a few tracks. Although Schickert's name is little-known outside of a very select circle of krautrock fans, he was a key member of the Berlin free jazz scene of the 1960s and a pioneer of the echo-guitar.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Martin - Bottesini: Messa da Requiem (2013)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Martin - Bottesini: Messa da Requiem (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:05:15 | 286 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8572994

Renowned worldwide in his lifetime and remembered today as a double bass virtuoso, Giovanni Bottesini excelled in every branch of musicianship, but his operas and sacred works were overshadowed by those of Verdi and have fallen into neglect. Composed in response to the death of his brother Luigi, Bottesini’s large scale Requiem combines ecclesiastical counterpoint with formal innovation and the expressive lyricism and dramatic orchestration of operatic models.

Yasmine Hamdan - Ya Nass (2013)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 19, 2017
Yasmine Hamdan - Ya Nass (2013)

Yasmine Hamdan - Ya Nass (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:46:01 | 267 Mb
Electronic, Pop, World, Female Vocal | Label: Crammed Discs, Kwaidan Records

Ya Nass is the debut solo album by the Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan, previously a member of the band Soap Kills and one half of the duo Y.A.S.. The album was originally given a limited release, in France and Lebanon, on the French Kwaidan label in 2012, under the title Yasmine Hamdan. It was released internationally by Crammed Discs in April 2013, under the title Ya Nass, featuring five new songs. It was produced by Marc Collin, best known for his new wave covers project Nouvelle Vague.