World at War August September 2022

Jubilant Sykes, Baltimore SO, Marin Alsop - Leonard Bernstein: Mass (2009) 2CDs

Leonard Bernstein - Mass (2009) 2CDs
Jubilant Sykes, Celebrant; Asher Edward Wulfman, Boy Soprano; Morgan State University Choir;
Peabody Children's Chorus; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 490 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 241 Mb | Scans ~ 115 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.559622-23 | Time: 01:43:59

When Leonard Bernstein was asked by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to compose the inaugural work for the opening of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., he wrote: “The Mass is also an extremely dramatic event in itself—it even suggests a theater work.” Premiered on September 8, 1971, with additional words by Stephen Schwartz of Godspell fame, Mass is a remarkable, visionary work with a kaleidoscope of musical styles that touches on themes of political protest, existential crisis and religious faith lost and found.
An Anzac on the Western Front: The Personal Recollections of an Australian Infantryman from 1916 to 1918 [Repost]

An Anzac on the Western Front: The Personal Recollections of an Australian Infantryman from 1916 to 1918 by H.R. Williams
English | January 15, 2022 | ISBN: 184884767X | 208 pages | EPUB | 2.22 Mb
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) & Let's Get It On (1973) [1986, Japan]

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) & Let's Get It On (1973) [1986, Japan]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Smooth Soul, Motown | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:07:21 | 544,30 Mb
Label: Motown/RVC Corporation (Japan) | Cat.# R40M-1002 | Released: 1986-12-20 (1971/1973)

Motown's 1986 double-LP, What's Going On/Let's Get It On combined Marvin Gaye's two best-known albums in one set. Although the moods of the two albums aren't necessarily compatible the first is a reflective social protest piece, the second, well, the title is self-explanatory it was an excellent bargain to have the two classic albums together.