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Orange Mountain Music is proud to release the new album Aguas da Amazonia in a new orchestral version. In the 1990s Philip Glass composed a ballet for the Brazilian Grupo Corpo titled “Seven or Eight Pieces for a Ballet.” That music was picked up by the famous percussion group UAKTI and later recorded for the album Aguas da Amazonia. Aguas da Amazonia became the launching point and inspiration for arranger Charles Coleman who worked with conductor Kristjan Jarvi on adapting Glass’ music for large symphony orchestra. This new recording captures Coleman's orchestration in all its majesty showcasing the inherent symphonic possibilities.The performance showcases the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under Kristjan Jarvi as well as the dynamic Absolute Ensemble.

The Dresdner Philharmonie and Marek Janowski present a recording of Antonin Dvorak's Stabat Mater, together with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Hanna-Elisabeth Muller (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor) and Tareq Nazmi (bass). In terms of scope and duration, Dvorak's Stabat Mater is the largest setting of this sacred text to date.

Cellist Matt Haimovitz, the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies present the first commercial recording of Ukrainian unsung composer Thomas de Hartmann’s cello concerto. De Hartmann was an important compositional voice in his own time, connected to the greatest musicians and artists of his era, but has sunk into oblivion after his death in 1956.

The more you lose yourself in the wonderful world of the Christmas carols, the deeper you want to dive into them. It was like this with the MDR Radio Choir, and we can be happy that the much-loved Genuin Classics CD of this top ensemble and its leader, Philipp Ahmann, will be followed by a second. What treasures are there to discover: an endless variety of songs with a broad range of expression and mood, sung lovingly and with the highest level of musical skill! Carols such as Macht hoch die Tür ('Lift up your heads') or O du fröhliche ('Oh how joyful') stand side by side along treasures from England, France, Japan and many countries.

Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was regarded as Hitler's beacon of hope, but led his 6th Army into the most devastating defeat of the entire Second World War: the Battle of Stalingrad. Under his supreme command, the city on the Volga becomes a mass grave, and the failure becomes the great turning point of the war. He survived and was taken prisoner of war by the Soviets. Since then, the death of 200,000 German soldiers has been forever associated with his name. How does Paulus deal with this trauma, who is the person behind the catastrophe? At the Nuremberg war crimes trials, he did not sit in the dock, but appeared as a witness.

This book compiles the latest information in the field of antibacterial discovery, especially with regard to the looming threat of multi-drug resistance. The respective chapters highlight the discovery of new antibacterial and anti-infective compounds derived from microbes, plants, and other natural sources. The potential applications of nanotechnology to the fields of antibacterial discovery and drug delivery are also discussed, and one section of the book is dedicated to the use of computational tools and metagenomics in antibiotic drug discovery. Techniques for efficient drug delivery are also covered. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the progress made in both antibacterial discovery and delivery, making it a valuable resource for academic researchers, as well as those working in the pharmaceutical industry.

Der Westen im DDR-Film: Im Dezember 1961 listet der Direktor des DEFA-Spielfilmstudios in einem Brief an das DDR-Kulturministerium auf, was alles in Potsdam-Babelsberg fehlt, seit die Mauer Ost- und Westdeutschland trennt: Perückenfedern, Nadeln für Maskenbildner, Sprühfarben, Sägeblätter für den Dekorationsbau, Künstlerpinsel für die Kulissenmaler und vor allem Filmmaterial. Und daran wird sich die nächsten 28 Jahre kaum etwas ändern. Die DEFA, die große DDR-Traumfabrik, trennt keine 1.000 Meter Luftlinie von der Grenze zu Westberlin und doch gibt es für die Kreativen in Babelsberg und Adlershof keinen schwierigeren Job, als diese nah gelegene kapitalistische Welt halbwegs glaubhaft in die DDR-Kinos und -Wohnzimmer zu tragen.

Das war die DDR - Eine Geschichte des anderen Deutschlands (That Was the GDR - A History of the Other Germany) is an epic documentary series, originally made for television in Germany. This astonishing chronicle of the German Democratic Republic (or as we called it, East Germany) features illuminating interviews complimented by rare archival materials from film, photographs, posters, caricatures, popular songs and speeches.