The British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, twice nominated for a Grammy, here performs a collection of songs by Robert Schumann, which combines two song cycles from the extremely prolific song year 1840 with several songs from the composer’s last years. She is accompanied by Eugene Asti. Sarah Connolly fell in love with Schumann’s songs in her youth. She has sung them since her early days as a performer and in the booklet she and Eugene Asti write, ‘at the heart of Schumann’s music on this recording lie a profound melancholy and a personal and completely honest, open-hearted empathy for the poetry, which is totally disarming. All the stories and situations depicted in these songs were so much a part of the composer’s own life experience that we just cannot help but be touched and moved by them. Perhaps it is for these reasons that our love for Schumann is especially great, and we feel privileged to be able to share this extraordinary music with you’.
Most notably the 90s, when Ministry of Sound was born and owned the club sound of that decade. As anyone from the 90’s will testify, the nights were longer, the fashion was cooler and the music was even better. With this in mind, it will come as no surprise that Ministry and bringing back the nostalgia with one of our most popular compilation series to date.
Hed Kandi presents the Back To Love Anniversary Edition - a celebration of the music that gave birth to a whole generation of clubbing, indeed to Hed Kandi itself!
Back To Love celebrates the finest club classics that paved the way for a whole generation of music lovers. With a 90s revival in full swing and the sounds of the 80s still influencing new music, it's always time to wipe the dust off the 80s and 90s records we once loved. This album will bring back memories of legendary soul-infused house and hip hop anthems. Including vocally dominated anthems from Incognito & Jocelyn Brown, Degrees of Motion and Donna Summer as well as house classics from Nightcrawlers and Ultra Naté, Back To Love represents hip hop and house with the likes of Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and DJ EZ Rock.
After 3 successful hits 90 years sharing with all the series is now complemented with the 90's megamix. Top acts such as Snap, Robin S, Technotronic, Blackbox, C & C Music Factory, King Bee, Dr.. Alban, Leila K but also T99, Technohead and Paul Elstak come over and make this compilation a must have for anyone who want to come back to that glorious 90 years or just a true music lover. The result, 40 of the biggest dance hits from the 90 tightly together and mixed by Martin Boer 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor!
These two LPs combined on one CD (with one bonus track) show off the duo's strong and weak points at once. Peter & Gordon did good Beatlesque songs, although they couldn't really compete with the real article without the occasional outside song like "A World Without Love" or "I Go to Pieces" coming their way. And they did all right, if not exceptionally well by folk-style numbers such as "Pretty Mary" and "Willow Garden," on which they compare favorably with the Everly Brothers. But when they do blues ("My Babe," "Trouble in Mind"), they sound plain silly, and pretty lightweight when they cover songs like "Lucille" as well. Additionally, they do the occasional over-orchestrated number that breaks the spell altogether…