The Tenor Scene

The Royal Danish Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård - Poul Ruders: Kafka’s Trial (2006) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 31, 2018

Although it is an unfinished and in many ways defective novel, Franz Kafka's The Trial has fascinated readers for more than 80 years. Several attempts have been made to film it – notably, by director Orson Welles – and also to turn it into an opera. Danish composer Poul Ruders is the latest but probably not the last person to do so. His librettist is Paul Bentley, who also provided Ruders with an excellent libretto for his compelling operatic version of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

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VA - Havergal Brian: The Cenci - Opera in Eight Scenes (Live) (2024) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at May 5, 2024

Helen Field, David Wilson-Johnson, Justin Lavender, Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir, Stuart Kale, Jeffrey Carl, Nicholas Buxton, Serena Kay, Millenium Sinfonia & James Kelleher - Havergal Brian: The Cenci - Opera in Eight Scenes (Live) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 101:27 minutes | 1,04 GB
Classical, Opera | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

The Cenci (1951–52) is Havergal Brian’s operatic realisation of Shelley’s gruesome tale of incest and parricide in Renaissance Italy. The score calls it simply ‘Opera in Eight Scenes’, but it rarely goes in for grand tunes; instead, its dark colours reflect Shelley’s fascination with the struggle between good and evil. Stylistically, it is an unusual but highly effective hybrid: a music-drama focused on the intense delivery of Shelley’s text, with the declamatory style of the vocal lines echoing such recent oratorios as Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, and the freewheeling orchestral writing producing something of a vocal symphony.

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Johnny Griffin - Seven Classic Albums, Vol.2 (4CD) (2014) {Compilation} Music

Posted by Domestos at July 22, 2020

Johnny Griffin - Seven Classic Albums, Vol.2 (4CD) (2014) {Compilation}
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 1,63 Gb | 4:35:22 | Scans included
Hard Bop | Label: Real Gone Jazz - RGJCD464

This second entry in Real Gone Jazz's Johnny Griffin classic albums series focuses on dates cut for Riverside and Prestige between 1956 and 1962. All of these titles have been issued either individually or in various compilation forms for decades. First up is the saxophonist's first date as a leader in 1956, in the company of pianist Junior Mance, bassist Wilbur Ware, and session drummer Buddy Smith.

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Tucker Antell - Grime Scene (2018) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Aug. 29, 2018

Tucker Antell - Grime Scene (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) & front cover - 363 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 MB
Label: OA2 Records | Tracks: 08 | Time: 63:31 min
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For Boston saxophonist Tucker Antell's debut recording, he looks to the rich tradition of the tenor sax/B3 Organ groups and his many influences and experiences with Jazz, Blues and groove-infused music he's spent the last decade performing across New England. His virtuosity on the tenor saxophone is undeniable, while his passion for this particular fusion of Jazz & Blues comes across in a fun and honest way: singable melodies, danceable grooves, and stretched, creative improvisations, with a few twists and turns along the way. From the churning shuffle groove of "Grime Scene," to the Cubist re-working of Monk's "I Mean You," or the unfurling slippery funk of "Madness," Antell's music strikes a fine balance between the head and the soul.

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Dominik Schürmann Ensemble - The Seagull's Serenade (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 29, 2023

Dominik Schürmann Ensemble - The Seagull's Serenade (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 49:13 minutes | 600 MB
Jazz, Bebop | Label: Dominik Schürmann, Official Digital Download

Dominik Schurmann has referenced a lot of jazz history. There’s swing, bebop, the cool school, jazz/funk, latin, and the jazz ballad. It’s all there in The Seagull's Serenade.

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Hannes Riepler - The Brave (2012) Music

Posted by mark70 at Jan. 4, 2013

Hannes Riepler - The Brave (2012)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 53:13 min | 115 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Jellymould Jazz

The British music scene produces more than its share of homegrown talent these days, young players who for the most part emerge from the country's music colleges into the professional scene and then, not content with waiting for the phone to ring, go out and create many of their own gigging and recording opportunities. It's a scene that, perhaps because of this can-do attitude, attracts many additional players from around the globe. One such performer is the Austrian guitarist Hannes Riepler, who arrived in London in 2006. The Brave, his debut as a leader, features original tunes recorded in April, 2010 and played with the kind of panache that marks him out as one of the most enjoyable guitarists on the contemporary scene.

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Marcelo Alvarez - French Tenor Arias (2002) SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at April 26, 2024

Marcelo Raúl Álvarez is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s, and at the end of the twentieth century, become an international opera star. This release from Sony Classical features the works of Massenet, Offenbach, Donizetti, Gounod, Verdi, Meyerbeer, and Rossini.

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Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives (2021) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by El Misha at May 7, 2021

Anthony Joseph - The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.10 kHz | Time - 42:31 | 515 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

British-Trinidadian poet/musician/author Anthony Joseph's latest album was inspired by and echoes the fertile London scene. Anthony has surrounded himself with some of the best musicians on the local scene, including Jason Yarde, Shabaka Hutchings (Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming), Crispin Robinson (founder of the iconic acid jazz band Galliano,) and Rod Youngs (Gil Scott Heron's drummer).

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The Tallis Scholars - Sing Flemish Masters (2009, Gimell Records # CDGIM 211) Music

Posted by luckburz at Oct. 29, 2014

"The Flemish masters have been at the heart of our work from the beginning, just as they were at the heart of the whole Renaissance musical scene - and their Masses were the showcase in which they displayed their most sophisticated achievements…"

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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner - Handel: Messiah (1976/2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at March 23, 2024

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner - Handel: Messiah (1976/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 140:19 minutes | 1,45 GB
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Decca Records, Official Digital Download

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

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