Marie Flore Tout Dit

Charles-Marie Widor - Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor Op. 42, Sinfonia sacra Op. 81
Bamberger Symphoniker / Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie / Stefan Solyom / Christian Schmitt (organ)
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 230 MB | Full Artwork: 118 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: CPO # 777 443-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century, Organ

"…CPO's production is exemplary; informative and detailed notes on the organ and music are given in German, English and French, and the cover reproduces an attractive landscape painting. A most enjoyable recording of two excellent but rarely-performed Widor works, which will delight organ and orchestral lovers in equal measure." ~sa-cd.net

This 1990 Digital Recording is a must for Bach's CD Collector. Recorded using historic organs on which some were played himself by Bach. Marie-Claire Alain's playing here is more in historic and faithful to performance practice. The tempos and the registrations are well planned and the approach of playing is spontaneous and simple. The spirituality of the performer is so evident here.

Anonymous 4 - La Bele Marie: Songs to the Virgin from 13th-Century France
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 260 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Harmonia Mundi # HMU 907312 | Country/Year: Europe 2002
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Style: Medieval, Vocal

"…Perhaps, if you listen very carefully, you’ll notice a few more shades of color have been added to these singers’ usual bright, primary hues. And, if the past is any guide, no one who listens to these four women sing will be listening casually–the voices are just too compelling and the music too beautiful to do otherwise…" ~classicstoday.com

From the notes: "Madame Darré's musical style changed over the years, as we can trace in this selection of her recordings made between the ages of 17 and 42.. In her last New York recitals in the early 1980's, she was no longer the fire-eating virtuoso, and molded cantilena with an exquisite soft legato, always charged with unexpected colors, turns of phrase, or important bass voice-leadings. Nevertheless, one of her trademarks, an infectious sense of rhythm, remained the same. … Her personal style was striking and colorful. She strode on stage like an athlete and the dancer she had been, resplendently gowned in extravagant hues that offset her hair. (At least once, she wore a slightly shocking formal miniskirt for an important New York recital!) Perhaps, if she considered it warm, she'd fling her jacket to the side of the stage before plunging without any fuss into the performance. Her audiences seemed to sense that she was an artist who loved to play" Notes by Gregor Benko

‘Moses and Aaron' finds Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, through their exemplary craft, transforming a familiar Biblical tale into a borderline-surreal cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God’s true message and intent for His creations, a conflict that leads their followers — in extravagantly choreographed song and dance — towards chaos and sin. Set almost entirely within a Roman amphitheater whose history lends every precise line-reading and gesture, every startling camera move and cut, a totalizing force, Straub-Huillet’s adaptation of Schoenberg’s unfinished opera opens us to the stimulating worldview of a filmmaking duo whose masterful efforts are finally coming to light. A new 2K restoration.

Den ständiga resan is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 14 October 1992 by EMI Sweden. Two singles were released from the album: "Så länge det lyser mittemot" ("As Long As the Light Shines Through") and "Mellan sommar och höst" ("Between Summer and Autumn"). It was a commercial success upon release in her native Sweden, spending two weeks atop the Swedish Albums Chart, and was certified platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies…