Held 2020

Sumac - May You Be Held (2020) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 30, 2020
Sumac - May You Be Held (2020) [Official Digital Download]

Sumac - May You Be Held (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 59:47 minutes | 653 MB
Post-Metal, Sludge, Experimental Metal | Label: Thrill Jockey Records, Official Digital Download

“As an artist in this time of significant upheaval, society seemingly having reached the end of its current iteration, it’s of critical importance to absorb and interpret this process of dissolution - and of the transformation that hopefully follows it” says Aaron Turner, guitarist and vocalist for the expressionistic metal ensemble SUMAC.

Sumac - May You Be Held (Japanese Edition) (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 30, 2020
Sumac - May You Be Held (Japanese Edition) (2020)

Sumac - May You Be Held (Japanese Edition) (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 767 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 275 Mb | 01:59:49
Post-Metal, Sludge, Experimental Metal | Label: Thrill Jockey Records, Daymare Recordings

“As an artist in this time of significant upheaval, society seemingly having reached the end of its current iteration, it’s of critical importance to absorb and interpret this process of dissolution - and of the transformation that hopefully follows it” says Aaron Turner, guitarist and vocalist for the expressionistic metal ensemble SUMAC. “While I don’t believe we’re on the brink of collective destruction precisely now, this is clearly a pivotal stage in the story of humankind - and there is something that feels right about this music at this exact and very uncertain moment.” In this case, the music in discussion is May You Be Held, the latest album for the American-Canadian trio.
Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie, Kolner Akademie Choir - Easter Cantatas (2020)

Michael Alexander Willens, Die Kölner Akademie, Kolner Akademie Choir - Easter Cantatas (2020)
FLAC tracks | 01:17:08 | 348 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CPO

On this new production the Kölner Akademie has recorded two oratorios composed by members of the generation after Bach and explicitly focusing on the theme of the Resurrection. Johann Friedrich Agricola composed Die Auferstehung des Erlösers for performance in St. Peter’s Church in Berlin on the First Day of Easter in 1758, and Gottfried August Homilius wrote the Oratorium auf Ostern in 1767, when it was probably performed in the Church of Our Lady in Dresden. Agricola’s Easter cantata Der Gottmensch jauchzt is included with the two oratorios. Regarded during his lifetime as “certainly now absolutely the best church composer,” Homilius wrote an extensive cantata consisting of ten individual movements in the form of his oratorio for Easter.

Pablo Held - Ascent (2020)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Feb. 12, 2020
Pablo Held - Ascent (2020)

Pablo Held - Ascent (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 274.66 Mb + 66.51 Mb (Scans) | 46:51
Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Edition Records - EDN1148

Pablo Held’s new album, Ascent, his second for Edition Records, is a collaboration between his long-running trio (with bassist, Robert Landfermann and drummer, Jonas Burgwinkel) and the great Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras. Regarded as one of the most talented and adventurous pianists and improvisors in Europe, Pablo Held is building a formidable reputation, not only as a pianist of outstanding ability but also for his considerable musicality, energy and risk-taking. Ascent is highly anticipated new album, following their 10th album Investigations, praised internationally for its remarkable quality, deep communication and lyrical elegance, prompting All About Jazz to describe the group as “a world-class trio of exceptional talent”. The new album is a deeply satisfying fusion of the powerful and expressive music associated with Pablo Held’s trio and the fluid invention of Nelson Veras’s guitar stylings.
Alexander Brincken, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Rainer Held - Alexander Brincken: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (2020)

Alexander Brincken, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Rainer Held - Alexander Brincken: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 374 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 175 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:15:42
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics

Alexander Brincken, born in Leningrad in 1952 and Swiss-based since 1992, writes in an accessible and unashamedly late-Romantic language. His grandiose Fourth Symphony of 2014–15, written for a huge orchestra, has echoes of a number of earlier composers, among them Berlioz, Bruckner, Martinů, Wagner and, especially, Franz Schmidt and Richard Strauss, all assimilated into a big-hearted style that blends dignity, lyricism and power, with a strong sense of the Swiss landscapes in which he has made his home. The earlier Capriccio for piano and orchestra – a concerto in all but name – has, in turn, something of the sober strength and wiry energy of Frank Martin – curiously, since it was written seven years before Brincken moved to Switzerland.
Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (1968/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:18 minutes | 842 MB
Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock | Label: A&M Records, Official Digital Download

After the multi-million selling "A Whiter Shade of Pale," Procol Harum coalesced around a new lineup and cut a debut album in two days, the sales of which were only fair (because the hit song wasn't on it originally).

Stefan Karl Schmid - Pyjama (2020)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 19, 2020
Stefan Karl Schmid - Pyjama (2020)

Stefan Karl Schmid - Pyjama (2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 360 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 135 MB | 00:58:35
Jazz | Label: Tangible Music

It's admirable within which accuracy and simultaneous emotional intensity Schmid (saxophone and clarinet) is able to conduct his instruments. Sometimes melancholic-quiet, sometimes explosive and hectic (including all shapes in between) he acts focused and strong.
Duisburger Philharmoniker & Axel Kober - Richard Wagner: Goetterdaemmerung (2020)

Duisburger Philharmoniker & Axel Kober - Richard Wagner: Goetterdaemmerung (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 04:10:31 | 930 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: CAvi-music

Cornel Frey, Corby Welch, Linda Watson, James Rutherford, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Lukasz Konieczny, Aisha Tuemmler, Renée Morloc Duisburger Philharmoniker, Axel Kober.

Joachim Held - Johann Georg Weichenberger: Lute Works (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 1, 2022
Joachim Held - Johann Georg Weichenberger: Lute Works (2022)

Joachim Held - Johann Georg Weichenberger: Lute Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:06:12 | 261 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: haenssler CLASSIC

Weichenberger certainly must have had a certain reputation. In the New Groves, Wolfgang Botticher writes that he was held in high esteem "although he was only an amateur". The more recent perspective does not follow this disparagement, with good reason. Considering the beautifuI works by these composers the idea of dilettantism is far from the truth. We find first class compositions. Weichenberger' s compositions touched especially because of their beauty and naturalness.
Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Matthew Newlin, Klara Ek - Handel: Samson (2020)

Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Matthew Newlin, Klara Ek - Handel: Samson (2020)
FLAC tracks | 02:28:13 | 745 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Ricercar

Samson is not merely an effective narrative, but also a drama of great psychological depth. Over its three acts, we witness the slow but inexorable mental resurrection of a man chosen by God who, overcome by remorse, gradually rebuilds his character. Awareness of his error sustains him and helps him to conceive a decisive reversal of his situation. Though held in chains and for ever deprived of his sight, Samson nevertheless gradually becomes convinced that his strength is intact. In order to set Israel free, he will succeed in regaining God’s mercy and destroying his captors’ people at a single blow. This recording was made live during the Namur Music Festival in July 2018.