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Hayden Pedigo: man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. The unorthodox contender for Amarillo City Council, subject of the film Kid Candidate, and creator of the acclaimed Letting Go (2021) and The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored (2023) now embarks upon the release of his new album I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away. An innovator of the instrumental genre, challenger of the stereotypical, son of a truck-stop preacher, he backs up a cherry red Silverado under his own smiling, Brylcreemed and Nudie-Suited billboard. His foot hesitates above the gas pedal as a cloud of dust rises. Where between beaming advert and disillusioned entertainer might his truest self lie? On this intentionally maximalist, genre-resistant work of warped instrumental Americana — an exclamation point at the end of an accidental trilogy of records — we, and Hayden, might just be about to find out.

This opera was recorded at the 2019 Festival Verdi in a new coproduction from Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Comunale di Bologna. I due Foscari, a tragedia lirica in three acts based on a work by Lord Byron, was premiered in 1844. It proved quite popular for the next fifty years, thanks in part to its brevity and ease of staging; in fact it's Verdi's shortest opera. The composer also revised the libretto by the rather inexperienced Francesco Maria Piave. From the musical point of view, this work is characterized by extreme simplicity of form and by the use of distinctive themes for each character, reminiscent of the Leitmotiv technique. The simple plot describes the mortal hatred between a Venetian gentleman, Jacopo Loredano, and two members of the Foscari family - the Doge Francesco and his son Jacopo - whom Loredano holds responsible for the deaths of his father and uncle. The effectiveness of this recording stems from both the cast of singers (notably Vladimir Stoyanov in the role of Francesco Foscari) and the orchestra under Paolo Arrivabeni's direction Paolo Arrivabeni is a highly experienced, international conductor who specializes in this repertoire.

Antonio Vivaldi (Venecia, República de Venecia, 4 de marzo de 1678-Viena, 28 de julio de 1741) fue un compositor, violinista, impresario, profesor y sacerdote católico veneciano del Barroco. Era apodado Il prete rosso («El cura rojo») por ser sacerdote y pelirrojo. Se le considera uno de los más grandes compositores barrocos, su influencia durante su vida se extendió por toda Europa y fue fundamental en el desarrollo de la música instrumental de Johann Sebastian Bach. Su maestría se refleja en haber cimentado el género del concierto, el más importante de su época. Compuso unas setecientas setenta obras, entre las cuales se cuentan más de cuatrocientos conciertos, para flauta, violín y diversos instrumentos musicales, y cerca de cuarenta y seis óperas. Es especialmente popular como autor de la serie de conciertos para violín y orquesta Las cuatro estaciones.

Faith Evans releases her duet album with Notorious B.I.G called "The King & I."
It’s been a long time in the making, but after months of heavy promotion, Faith Evans’ anticipated duet album with Notorious B.I.G titled The King And I has finally arrived two days before what would’ve been Biggie’s 45th birthday.

Passionné par toutes les musiques, spécialement le tango et le jazz, le jeune pianiste allemand Martin Klett propose un couplage très intéressant en juxtaposant le Premier Livre des Préludes de Debussy à celui de Makrokosmos de George Crumb, deux compositeurs qui ont radicalement changé le langage de leur époque.

Hailed by Hans von Bülow as the “Old Testament” of music history, the Well-Tempered Clavier has been the object of a substantial amount of publications and research over the past three centuries. A detailed analysis would surpass the limits of a CD booklet and could not do justice to the work’s complexity: readers will thus excuse me for limiting myself to a few personal remarks.