Roger Biwandu est né à Bordeaux en 1972 de parents Congolais ( du Congo Kinshasa). Enfant, il a été influencé par la musique de ses sœurs qui écoutaient du rock blanc (Police, Toto). Il a pris les baguettes dès la fin des années 70 pour ne plus les lâcher depuis jouant aussi bien dun Funk, du Jazz, de la Pop, de la musique africaine, bref toutes musiques où la batterie est indispensable.
Umanamente uomo: il sogno (Humanly man: the dream) is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. It was released in April 1972 by Numero Uno. The album was Italy's second best-selling album in 1972.
The "100 Years of Italian Opera" series released by Opera Rara is unique in the annals of opera recordings. However, this installment is especially exciting as it documents the evolution of Italian opera during the 1820's, the decade when romanticism truly began to come into its own on the operatic stage. Opera Rara has lovingly compiled a variety of arcana written by composers famous and forgotten. Included is everything from overtures to arias, duets, ensembles, and entire scenes.
Leonardo García Alarcón's 2011 recording of Michelangelo Falvetti's 1682 oratorio Il Diluvio Universale is a reminder, if one were needed, that there are untold treasures of Baroque repertoire waiting to be discovered. The story of The Flood is told economically, but with enough peculiar diversions from the Biblical story to keep listeners on their toes about what's going to happen next. There are personifications of Divine Justice, Human Nature, Water, Fire, Land, and Death (a smugly self-satisfied character who sings a triumphant, gleeful little gigue once humanity has been wiped out).
Alfredo Catalani is best known today for his opera La Wally, but he also experimented with a number of orchestral works, including three symphonies. Ero e Leandro, Catalani’s last orchestral work, evokes the dramatic tragedy of the Greek mythological lovers Hero and Leander who lived on either side of the Hellespont (the modern Dardanelles). The brief Scherzo is a sparkling piece while the Andantino is noteworthy for its fluid melodic line. The bel canto lyricism of Contemplazione contrasts with Il Mattino, a single-movement Romantic symphony divided into several clearly distinguishable sections.
"Teatro Canzone" è la più sintetica definizione di un certo modo di fare spettacolo a partire dagli anni '70. Questa volta non si tratta però di una definizione ma di un vero e proprio titolo per sottolineare il ritorno a questo genere teatrale dopo alcuni anni dedicati esclusivamente alla prosa. Le canzoni e i monologhi appartengono quasi tutti a precedenti spettacoli, ma non vengono qui proposti per desiderio nostalgico o peggio per auto-celebrazione. Prevale viceversa l'intento di verificare anche a distanza di anni se effettivamente aldilà di alcune necessarie riletture i brani scelti mantengano ancora una loro attualità e validità.