Dali Domini

Rhino explores this prolific period from the godfathers of heavy metal in a new collection that brings four albums back into print after an extended absence. ANNO DOMINI 1989-1995 will be available from Rhino on May 10 in 4-LP and 4-CD configurations. The set contains newly remastered versions of Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), and Cross Purposes (1994), plus a new version of Forbidden (1995) that guitarist Tony Iommi remixed specially for the collection. Several albums make their vinyl debut in the LP version of ANNO DOMINI, while the CD version contains three exclusive bonus tracks: the B-side “Cloak & Dagger” and the Japan-only releases “What’s The Use” and “Loser Gets It All.” A booklet comes with the set featuring photos, artwork, and liner notes by Hugh Gilmour. The collection also contains a Headless Cross poster and a replica concert book from the “Headless Cross Tour.” ANNO DOMINI picks up Black Sabbath’s story in 1989, two decades and multiple lineup changes into the band’s groundbreaking career as metal originators. At the time, membership had solidified around riffmaster and founding member Tony Iommi, legendary drummer Cozy Powell (Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake), singer Tony Martin, and longtime Black Sabbath collaborator and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls (Quartz, Bandy Legs).

Per tutta la sua vita Salvador Dalí non ha fatto altro che specchiarsi. Un’intera opera e l’intera vita di un genio dell’arte al servizio del narcisismo più patetico? Saremmo in errore. Dalí ha saputo specchiarsi come nessuno nella storia dell’arte e della cultura; nessuno più di lui ha saputo costruire degli specchi segreti sui quali noi, oggi, possiamo vedere interi mondi. Scopriamo o ri-scopriamo un Dalí sorprendente, poiché dietro ad ogni specchio si nasconde un Dalí più intimo, fonte del suo genio artistico ed umano. Ben oltre il surrealismo, oltre la ripresa del figurativo, oltre le boutades e le trovate mondane, Dalí consacrò se stesso a qualcosa che inglobava tutti questi aspetti; egli ricercò l’immagine immortale di Se in molteplici specchi ed in ognuno pensò d’averne trovato un prezioso riflesso. La sua produzione artistica rappresenta una confessione umana straordinaria, una vera e propria confessione mistica.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier was the French composer of the Grand Siècle who left the largestnumber of works specifically related to Christmas. Here, going beyond the famous Messe de Minuit,listeners will be all the more enchanted by his histoires sacrées (brief oratorios) and Noëls pourles instruments when they are presented by thecomposer’s most fervent advocates.

At the head of his very interesting young trio we Kids, drummer Stefano Bagnoli dedicates an album to Salvator Dalì, staging a music that alludes to some traits of the pictorial surrealism of the Spanish master.