Early Music For Meditation

Milhaud was so prolific and also so uneven that few of us stray far beyond the handful of works which have stayed in the repertoire. The last work of his that I heard, Le train bleu, a ballet for Diaghilev which I had long wanted to hear, was typical: it was pleasant, competent and forgettable. So when it comes to his twelve numbered symphonies I wonder whether to take the plunge. Here we have an opportunity to sample his work in the most demanding of genres. This disc of the first two symphonies was a product of Plasson’s short-lived contract with DG.

The pure voices of Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, and Torunn Østrem Ossum combine to make Trio Mediaeval a sensation among early music fans. Yet Soir, dit-elle is largely an album of contemporary works written especially for this group by such active composers as Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, Andrew Smith, and Oleh Harkavyy. With the exception of the late medieval Missa Alma redemptoris mater by Leonel Power and the twelfth century chant on which it is based, the works are modern imitations in the medieval ecclesiastical style.

This CD is markable reissue of very rare first LP of Somei Satoh. Like several other composers of his generation, Somei Satoh has an affinity for mysticism and meditation, and he attempts to convey stillness and timelessness in his extremely slow music. His works may be described as ambient, but their minor key harmonies and step-wise melodies seem more conventional than the blurred, unearthly sonorities usually found in that atmospheric genre.

Tristesse in French means sadness - the quiet heartache of remembrance. Contemplation of such melancholy emotions is the focus of French composer PAUL SAUVANET's eloquently tender music for digital chamber orchestra. Contemplation of Tristesse - the quiet heartache of remembrance emotions is the focus of French composer PAUL SAUVANET's eloquently tender music for digital chamber orchestra.

The five cantatas presented on this disc share several elements. They are all for solo bass and orchestra, and Der am Ölberg zagende Jesus deals with Christ’s agonies in the garden of Gethsemane, with three recitatives setting the scene surrounding two arias for Jesus, ending with an aria by the narrator inviting all to contemplate Christ’s sacrifice. Jesus liegt in letzten Zügen is a meditation on the moment of Christ’s death. Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen expresses the narrator’s desire to follow the way of the cross in Christ’s footsteps. The other two cantatas are more tangentially connected to the events of the passion, although they mention the passion as motivation for the sinner to prepare for eventual union with his Savior.

One of the pioneering projects in genre of dub-ambient. Ultrabass is a project of Peter Sawatzki (founder of german synthband Boytronic). Peter Sawatzki-Bar released two albums under the name of Ultrabass.
Hypnotic sequential circuits, trancegrooves, ambientfunk, worlddance - house music for meditation. Electronic music has been looking fo fresh impulses since the early eights to renew the at the time not any more progressive Berlin School. Recently the techno, dance and house music artists have displayed a lot of innovation when using elrctronics, sequencers and synthesizers. Ultrabass has been able to capture that imaginative innovation an has injected this electronic "attitude" into the context of contemporary electronic music, but rooting itself in ambient music, trance/dance grooves and hypnotic sequencing.

One of the pioneering projects in genre of dub-ambient. Ultrabass is a project of Peter Sawatzki (founder of german synthband Boytronic). Peter Sawatzki-Bar released two albums under the name of Ultrabass.
Hypnotic sequential circuits, trancegrooves, ambientfunk, worlddance - house music for meditation. Electronic music has been looking fo fresh impulses since the early eights to renew the at the time not any more progressive Berlin School. Recently the techno, dance and house music artists have displayed a lot of innovation when using elrctronics, sequencers and synthesizers. Ultrabass has been able to capture that imaginative innovation an has injected this electronic "attitude" into the context of contemporary electronic music, but rooting itself in ambient music, trance/dance grooves and hypnotic sequencing.

Since the first performance of Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien on May 22nd, 1911, there has been much speculation about the reasons which could have led Debussy to compose incidental music for the play of Gabriele d'Annunzio and about the validity and authenticity of the musical work. Granted, the circumstances in which the piece was created are grounds for suspicion.

Never Final, Never Gone is Beck's third Innova CD and consists of works that are predominantly "early" for Beck, dating from 1988 to 1996, though all of the recordings, save that of title work and the percussion piece Kopeyia, were made in the twenty first century. It is apparent from the start that Beck's concern for communication and naturally evolved dramatic form was already in place at this stage of his endeavors………..

Uncle Dave Lewis @ AllMusic