Sacris Erudiri 21

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 8
Beuchet-Debierre Organ, Cathedrale Saint-Pierre, Angouleme
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 220 MB | Full Artwork: 95 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 1230-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2007
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 8
Beuchet-Debierre Organ, Cathedrale Saint-Pierre, Angouleme
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 220 MB | Full Artwork: 95 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 1230-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2007
Genre: Classical | Style: Style: 20th Century, Organ

"…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…" ~wikipedia

Perhaps better than any other composer in early 16th-century Spain, Peñalosa combined artistic imagination with unadorned spirituality to produce works of striking simplicity and remarkable expressive power. Although the Westminster Cathedral Choir makes a compelling case for the importance of Peñalosa's music, the recording projects an unusually bright sound that overly highlights the trebles and contributes an edginess to the choral tone.

Gerry Mulligan - Mosaic Select 21: 1957-1958 (2006) {3CD Set Mosaic Records MS-021}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.27 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 523 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 104 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1957-58, 2006 Mosaic Records / EMI | MS-021 | 24-bit remaster by Ron McMaster
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Saxophone

Gerry Mulligan was certainly busy in December 1957. During a two-week period, the baritonist recorded a reunion album with trumpeter Chet Baker, documented a set of his songs with an octet that featured five top saxophonists, recorded a very obscure set with a sextet that included four strings, and cut most of an album in which his quartet teamed up with singer Annie Ross. This limited-edition three-CD set contains all of the music plus alternate takes and the last part of the Ross album, which was recorded nine months later with trumpeter Art Farmer in Baker's spot. The reunion with Baker, one of only two times when Mulligan and the trumpeter got back together (the other was a 1970s concert), has some of the old magic of the famous 1951-1952 pianoless quartet.