Arpedon Krater Nigel Spivey

Discovery Channel - Panda Adventure with Nigel Marven (2012)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3014 Kbps | 5x~44min | Audio: English AAC 160 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 4.87 GiB
Genre: Documentary

In ‘Panda Adventure with Nigel Marven', the wildlife presenter heads to China to learn about giant pandas for his latest adventure. He visits the beautiful reserves the pandas inhabit, before heading into the wild to achieve his ambition of being the first presenter to be filmed with a giant panda in its native habitat. He is also astonished to witness a brown panda cub, one of only five known to science. Along his journey Nigel meets the other amazing creatures that live in the bamboo forest, including naughty macaques, golden snub-nosed monkeys and fluffy bamboo rats. He also feeds adorable red pandas, distant relatives of the giant panda.

There is no question that Kennedy believes Bach is the greatest of composers. He has said so when giving his inimitable introductions to encore items at concerts, and his commitment to Bach's cause is the foundation upon which these recorded performances is based.

"Solar Echoes" is the name of a double album by an ambient electronic artist named Nigel Stanford, who is a native New Zealander and now lives in New York. Nigel Stanford is the kind of musician that has a deep sense of how precise and well-adjusted things have to be in order to produce an efficient music track. And "Solar Echoes" is a clear-cut demonstration of his attention to detail. This is one of those rare albums that doesn't just include great music but it's actually very moving. It's a cinemascape of electronic genius reminiscent of Jon Hopkins and Eno. The quality of sound engineering on this album is at the highest level and although compositionally the music isn't hugely complicated, it doesn't need to be to transport you into another world. This is one of those rare electronic albums that was written for music's sake rather than for a festival crowd.

TimeScapes was the first 4k movie, featuring stunning time-lapse footage from Tom Lowe, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year. This album is immersive, dramatic, and engaging, without becoming maudlin. Stanford avoids tropes and simple repetition to weave compelling tone poems that evolve and develop - in the best tradition of Heart of Space.

Classical superstar Nigel Kennedy returns with a critically acclaimed programme of the music of George Gershwin, hailed by The Guardian as “rip-roaring and exquisitely tender”, spirited and playful gypsy jazz arrangements inspired by his friendship with the legendary violinist, Stéphane Grappelli, reminiscent of jamming together as a teenager during his time at the Menuhin School.