Treasures of Irish Music

VA - Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Volume 1 & 2 (2018-2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 6, 2023
VA - Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Volume 1 & 2 (2018-2020)

VA - Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Volume 1 & 2 (2018-2020)
1. EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 489 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 362 Mb | Covers included | 02:37:21
2. EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 494 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 457 Mb | Covers included | 02:38:49
Classical | Label: Marston Records

This release features a collection of what might be called piano orphans: commercial and non-commercial recordings of great pianists that simply have never found their way onto compact disc. Among these treasures are fifteen minutes of Dinu Lipatti playing Scarlatti and Brahms that have only recently surfaced; an unpublished disc of Alfred Cortot playing the “Russian Dance” from Petroushka; and previously unpublished excerpts of the Tchaikovsky first piano concerto played by Vladimir Horowitz with the Philadelphia Orchestra, recorded during a 1932 concert conducted by Fritz Reiner and recorded as an experiment by the Bell Telephone Laboratory. This is Horowitz's earliest known concert performance and is in amazing sound for that time. It is unfortunate that the entire concerto was not recorded, but hearing these excerpts will be a revelation for Horowitz fans. Also included are live concerto performances by Lev Puishnov and Guiomar Novaes. We feel certain that piano enthusiasts worldwide will treasure this 2-CD set as nothing like it has been heard since Gregor Benko produced his acclaimed Landmarks of Recorded Pianism LP forty years ago.
Vinciane Béranger, Dana Ciocarlie, Hélène Collerette, David Louwerse - Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola (2022)

Vinciane Béranger, Dana Ciocarlie, Hélène Collerette, David Louwerse - Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 243 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 132 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:28
Classical | Label: Aparté

Today, with the amount of recordings aimed at rediscovering the buried treasures of past centuries, it is difficult to ignore the work of Rebecca Clarke. Viola player Vinciane Béranger, along with Dana Ciocarlie, Hélène Collerette and David Louwerse, have devoted a recording to the Clarke's works for viola. Both a composer and a performer, Clarke was one of the foremost professional women in England. Her music, at the crossroads of various currents, navigates at different moments through French music, modality, British folklore, harmonic boldness and exoticism. There is, however, no pastiche: Clarke creates her own honey from these trends in order to construct a quite atypical language that is resolutely modern. From her masterly Viola Sonata to the poetic Morpheus, and not forgetting the trio Dumka or the duet Chinese Puzzle, the performers are keen to paint the musical portrait of this iconoclastic composer. The recording is enhanced with the world premiere of Irish Melody, a long lost score that was recently rediscovered.

Tempest: CD Collection (1992 - 2010)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 4, 2021
Tempest: CD Collection (1992 - 2010)

Tempest: CD Collection (1992 - 2010)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
7CD | Magna Carta, Beacon, Firebird | ~ 2434 or 824 Mb | Scans -> 931 Mb
Folk-Rock, Prog Folk, Celtic Rock

Tempest has a band name that might suggest a group of sneering, leather-wearing, head-banging metal heads, but the group's music is less threatening and more expansive than its name suggests. Tempest plays traditional Celtic music with a rock & roll intensity that's accented by a wide range of influences from the blues to American country music, Cajun 2-steps, and Arabic music, with some old-time San Francisco psychedelic flair…

Tempest - 15th Anniversary Collection (2004)  Music

Posted by v3122 at April 9, 2021
Tempest - 15th Anniversary Collection (2004)

Tempest - 15th Anniversary Collection (2004)
3CD | Folk-Rock/Prog Folk/Celtic Rock | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Magna Carta | MA-1503 | ~ 1861 + 676 Mb
Scans(300dpi) Included | Box Art -> 26 Mb

LIMITED EDITION CD BOX SET A chronicle of rare & unreleased studio, radio & live recordings. Almost four hours of music. Includes booklet with color photos, track history and more!

Les Witches - Lord Gallaway's Delight (2013)  Music

Posted by tiburon at April 12, 2013
Les Witches - Lord Gallaway's Delight (2013)

Les Witches - Lord Gallaway's Delight (2013)
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 430MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Classical, Chamber Music, Irish Folk

The Witches continue their exploration of the music of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This series, successfully launched with the disc Nobody’s Jig, sheds new light on songs and dances at the intersection of the art music and folk music repertories. Our team of witches is joined here by Siobhán Armstrong, a talented harpist specialising in the Irish repertory. Together they recount an alternative history of Great Britain and Ireland, following the tunes as one goes up the course of a river, discovering with delight the treasures each of them has in store: spellbinding melodies and vivid titles which, in their evocation of people and places, bring the pages of history back to life.
Davy Graham - From Monkhouse to Medway 1963-1973 (2010) {Hux Records HUX 113}

Davy Graham - From Monkhouse to Medway 1963-1973 (2010) {Hux Records HUX 113}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 416 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 186 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 25 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1963-73, 2010 Hux Records | HUX 113
Folk / Jazz / Blues / Celtic / Progressive Folk / Guitar / Acoustic

Leave it to Hux to uncover hidden treasures. This 21-cut collection by guitar legend Davy Graham is just such an item. Best-known in America for Paul Simon's cover of Graham's instrumental "Angi” on Sounds of Silence, he was, in British folk circles, the undisputed guv’nor of the acoustic guitar by his peers and aficionados who included John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page, Michael Chapman, and Roy Harper – all of whom were two to four years his junior, and held him in absolute reverence for his grasp of blues, jazz, classical, and Eastern modes. The music included here was compiled and annotated with a wonderful essay by Colin Harper, who offers convincing evidence for even the most cynically minded listener that Graham was a guitar god.

Kim Robertson (celtic harp) and Steve Kujala (flute) - Wild Iris  Music

Posted by nervoustwitch at Sept. 19, 2006
Kim Robertson (celtic harp) and Steve Kujala (flute) - Wild Iris


Celtic New Age / MP3 / Lame VBR 224kbps / 69.95 MB

VA - Café del Mar: 20th Anniversary 1980-2000 (2000) 2CD  Music

Posted by Designol at July 7, 2022
VA - Café del Mar: 20th Anniversary 1980-2000 (2000) 2CD

VA - Café del Mar: 20th Anniversary 1980-2000 (2000) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 864 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 330 Mb | Scans ~ 60 Mb
Label: Cafe Del Mar Music | # 20-2000-20 | Time: 02:23:23
Genre: Lounge, Chillout, Downtempo

The premier purveyors of Ibiza comedown have selected two dozen tracks of laid-back, cozily experimental music to help celebrate their 20th anniversary, and while it at times feels ungainly, it never seems too scripted. The first disc has Amalagation of Soundz creating a rustic drum'n'bass mantra ("Enchant Me"), Moodrama mixing tribal beats with flitters of jazz (the appropriately titled "Jazz Tip"), and even Deep & Wide constructing a gorgeously subtle native twinkle along the lines of Dario G's "Voices." The other disc tends to go for the more celestial (Jean Michel Jarre, Jon & Vangelis) or the post-sunset reawakening (Foundland, Christian Alvad), but begins to sag with the drugged-out self-importance of a born-again hippy. Luckily, with so many tracks on offer, it's easy to sift out the treasures. This is a fine, calming collection of indigenous, open-door attitude.

The Band - The Last Waltz [4 CD Box Set, Remastered] (2008)  Music

Posted by Toxxy at June 10, 2009
The Band - The Last Waltz [4 CD Box Set, Remastered] (2008)

The Band - The Last Waltz [4 CD Box Set, Remastered] (2008)
Year/Label: 2008 Rhino/Warner Bros | Box#: 8122-79899-3 | File-host: RS.com
FLAC & Mp3 images + Mp3 tracks (@320 CBR) | Complete Artwork (600dpi)
Rock | Combined play-time: 246 mins. | 1.66 GB (FLAC) | 584 MB (Mp3) | WinRAR Recovery 5%

EAC Secure-rips with LOG+CUE+COVERS | Source: my CD-collection

The Band - The Last Waltz [4 CD Box Set, Remastered] (2008)

2008 UK issue, 54-track, 4-CD album set - 'The Last Waltz' is the definitive version of this popular 1978 concert recording. Bringing in diverse sources [rehearsals, performances from the film and concert], and a cast list that is Star-studded to say the least: Bob Dylan [who performs the hugely in-demand 'Hazel'], Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Paul Butterfield, Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, Emmylou Harris, The Staples, Ringo Starr and many more make this release an event not to be missed!
Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition Vol.1: Box Set 51CDs (2012) [Re-Up]

Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition Vol.1: Box Set 51CDs (2012)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 8,14 Gb | Covers 130 Mb
Label: Decca | Release Year: 2012

The Collector's Edition - Celebrating a groundbreaking label - The true legacy of a legendary label. Long hailed as an audiophile's label, Mercury represents an important milestone in the history of classical recordings. A s The New York Times described, 'One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra'. 60 years after the landmark first recording, Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition celebrates this special anniversary.