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London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron - O Holy Night (2019) Music

Posted by varrock at Nov. 12, 2019

London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron - O Holy Night (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 262 MB | Tracks: 20 | 66:06 min
Style: Classical | Label: Orchid Classics

The young professional singers of Michael Waldron's London Choral Sinfonia open fresh perspectives on the music of Christmas with a captivating debut album for Orchid Classics. O Holy Night unites familiar carols arranged by Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Carter and Max Pappenheim with little-known seasonal treasures by, among others, Peter Maxwell Davies, Humphrey Clucas, Robert Saxton and ex-Swingle Singer, Carol Canning. The tracklist also includes Lo, He comes with clouds descending and O Holy Night in spellbinding arrangements by composer and theatre sound designer Max Pappenheim, former organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. London Choral Sinfonias Musical Director, Michael Waldron, built his Christmas album around five traditional carols. The recordings repertoire mix includes Martin Neary's fresh take on We Three Kings, a dramatic setting of the Coventry Carol by Jonathan Rathbone, Richard Pantcheff's haunting A Christmas Carol, and the beguiling No Small Wonder by Paul Edwards.

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Finnish RSO, Hannu Lintu, Virpi Raisanen - Luciano Berio: Sinfonia; Calmo; Ritirata Notturna di Madrid (2014) Music

Posted by Designol at May 15, 2024

Ondine continues its exciting releases focusing on 20th century masterpieces together with conductor Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. This release is dedicated to the orchestral works by the pioneer of Italian modernism Luciano Berio. Berio’s 5-movement Sinfonia, is undoubtedly his most well-known work, written for the New York Philharmonic and dedicated to Leonard Bernstein. It has become one of the key works and principle musical manifestations of the 1960s bringing together collage technique and modernism.

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Les Double Six - Les Double Six (1960-1962/2016) Music

Posted by Domestos at June 18, 2018

Les Double Six of Paris was a French Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – times-two – and the striking-looking singer/lyricist Mimi Perrin was their Jon Hendricks. They had a thicker, more intricately arranged texture, impeccable diction, a fine sense of swing and great taste, and this generously loaded CD gives you a good idea of their range with three different lineups of singers. Included here are several transcriptions from the Quincy Jones and Count Basie big bands, the combos of Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, and others from both genres.

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Procol Harum - Home (1970) [MFSL, MFCD 793] Music

Posted by v3122 at May 10, 2021

The fourth album by Procol Harum was released as the band was in the midst of a significant shift. With the departure of organist Matthew Fisher, guitarist Robin Trower stepped more to the fore. The two-keyboard approach was still being utilized, with singer Gary Brooker's piano being joined on some selections by the organ playing of multi-instrumentalist Chris Copping. However, the stately grandeur that had been previously applied with grace and subtlety gave way to a band that rocked much harder…

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Procol Harum - Home (1970) [MFSL, MFCD 793] Music

Posted by v3122 at July 31, 2010

The fourth album by Procol Harum was released as the band was in the midst of a significant shift. With the departure of organist Matthew Fisher, guitarist Robin Trower stepped more to the fore. The two-keyboard approach was still being utilized, with singer Gary Brooker's piano being joined on some selections by the organ playing of multi-instrumentalist Chris Copping. However, the stately grandeur that had been previously applied with grace and subtlety gave way to a band that rocked much harder…

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Procol Harum - 9 Albums (1967-1977) [2009 Salvo Reissues] Re-up Music

Posted by v3122 at May 8, 2021

1967 - Procol Harum; 1969 - A Salty Dog; 1970 - Home; 1971 - Broken Barricades; 1972 - Live With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; 1973 - Grand Hotel; 1974 - Exotic Birds & Fruit; 1975 - Ninth; 1977 - Something Magic.

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Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (1971) [MFSL, MFCD 846] Music

Posted by v3122 at May 9, 2021

Despite the departure of organist Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum survived, and this album is ample proof. Fisher was one of the prime architects of the Harum sound, and his work on such classics as "Shine on Brightly" and, of course, "Whiter Shade of Pale" underline that. Procol continued as a four-piece, and it was indeed a good thing that they decided not to replace Fisher…

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Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968) [1998, Westside, WESM 533] Music

Posted by v3122 at May 12, 2021

Shine on Brightly was influential in the development of progressive rock by breaking all pop and rock music standards with the 17-minute epic "In Held Twas In I", which marked the beginning of the lengthy progressive rock suites that would occur later in the 1970s…

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Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973) [1995, Castle, ESM CD 290] Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 9, 2010

Procol Harum's Grand Hotel- recorded in 1973 - is a masterpiece of progressive rock. You all know about the other classic from the same year- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon ( for this reviewer, ELP's Brain Salad surgery also qualifies). Like Dark Side of the Moon, Procol's Grand Hotel album has excellent production and sound quality. It also represents a step further for this band on every level- as noted by another reviewer- this is where it all came together for them…

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Jem - Finally Woken [Japan Edition] Music

Posted by jetset at May 7, 2009

Jem - Finally Woken [Japan Edition] (2004)
EAC Rip | APE+CUE, LOG | 319 MB
Pop, Rock, Trip Hop, Downtempo | Label: BMG | Hotfile + Depositfiles + Filefactory

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