Sledge Horvath

Hélène Antoinette Marie de Nervo de Montgeroult (1764–1836) was a student of Clementi in Paris. She survived the French Revolution – during which, as an aristocrat, her life was in grave danger – to become a celebrated pianist, composer and author of a famous piano method. Her compositional language in these nine sonatas is wide and includes Italianate models as well as elements that reflect the influence of Haydn and Mozart, with chromatic and surprising harmonies, contrasts of register, chorale-like nobility and brilliantly athletic finales.

Inédit en France, le livre d’Eugene B. Sledge, Frères d’armes, est considéré comme le témoignage de référence sur la guerre du Pacifique par les historiens et les cinéastes. Sledge a vingt ans quand, avec ses camarades de la 1re division des Marines, il débarque sur la petite île de Peleliu, où vont se dérouler de furieux combats contre les troupes japonaises. Ce sera ensuite l’assaut sur l’île d’Okinawa, dont la conquête va coûter 50 000 hommes, tués ou blessés, aux Américains, 25 000 autres étant évacués pour stress post-traumatique. …

The Percy Sledge volume of Warner U.K.'s Platinum Collection series is nearly identical to Rhino's It Tears Me Up: The Best of Percy Sledge, albeit with a different track order. All of the hits are here ("Take Time to Know Her," "Warm and Tender Love," "Sudden Stop," and, of course, "When a Man Loves a Woman"), as well as numerous album cuts and less popular singles, making it the perfect entry point for new listeners and a great anthology for longtime fans.