Sang D'encre

TEXTURES IN CLASSICS from renowned pianist and music scholar Sang-Hie Lee explores the rich musical possibilities offered by the piano. To do so, Lee performs works from some of the seminal composers in Western music including Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms. The album captures Lee’s unique pianism at the height of her maturity as an artist. While contemporary performers often place an outsized emphasis on virtuosic technical skill, Lee’s performances examine the notion of texture in piano music; this ranges from the clean, crisp soundscape of Mozart’s early pianoforte to Beethoven’s exacting technique and lush harmonies. There is little doubt that TEXTURES IN CLASSICS will cement Lee’s legacy as a scholarly-artistic pianist.

Toute définition du sang appelle son contraire. Le sang souille et purifie, il est masculin et féminin, faste ou funeste, bienfaisant ou dangereux, et le répandre peut être crime ou acte sacré.
Or, devant le sang, l'humanité, en règle générale, a réagi de la même façon. Le sacrifice sanglant fut universel, et s'il disparut très tôt dans le monde judéo-chrétien, il atteignit le sommet de l'horreur chez les Aztèques. Universelles aussi furent les blessures rituelles. …

The names may not be familiar, but the songs on this compilation certainly are! Because these are the original versions of songs later made famous the world over. Rock & roll legends like the Beatles and Beach Boys, the Clash and Elvis Presley, would have first heard these songs as treasured 45rpm singles or LP tracks, played over and over on juke boxes and family gramophones. In some cases, the remake was a note for note cover; at other times, the original artist would struggle to recognize their own song! So when it comes to settling arguments about who did the original version, in future you can settle them by referring to the 40 tracks collected here.

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI - Bal-Kan - Miel et Sang (2013) {3CD Set Alia Vox AVSA 9902}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.19 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 552 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 322 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Alia Vox | AVSA 9902
Classical / World Music / Chamber Music

The name of the Balkans has an unusually graphic etymology: having discovered the beauty of this pivotal part of Europe, which stretches from Italy to the Bosphorous, and the ruggedness of its people, who put up fierce resistance to invasion, the Turks chose to describe the region with the words Bal (Honey) and Kan (Blood). Honey & Blood: never was there so apt a metaphor! So much richness and drama packed into such a small area is guaranteed to fire the imagination of historians and artists, especially musicians. Thanks to the magic of an ambitious programme built around the cycles of life, Jordi Savall invites us to travel the length and breadth of a region which has always had more than its share of human and historical drama. 230 minutes of music scan the full range of human emotions illuminated by 1001 different musical traditions, all of which nevertheless spring from a common source. "The future belongs to those with the longest memory", wrote Nietzsche. Once more, Jordi Savall brilliantly demonstrates that music is a key component of the collective memory that enables us to face our future. This lavishly documented CD-Book, translated into 12 languages, is a must for any self-respecting collector.