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VA - Mojo Presents Handle With Care: New Music 2022 (2022)

Posted By: delpotro
VA - Mojo Presents Handle With Care: New Music 2022 (2022)

VA - Mojo Presents Handle With Care: New Music 2022 (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 433 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 166 Mb | Covers included | 01:11:22
Rock, Indie, Folk | Label: Mojo Magazine

THIS MONTH’S COVERMOUNT CD compiles the best new music around right now, with 15 tracks from Yard Act, Curtis Harding, Anaïs Mitchell, Arooj Aftab, Working Men's Club, Binker & Moses, Imarhan, Billy Strings and more.

Le Nuove Musiche & Krijn Koetsveld - Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri V & VI (2018)

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Le Nuove Musiche & Krijn Koetsveld - Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri V & VI (2018)

Le Nuove Musiche & Krijn Koetsveld - Monteverdi: Madrigali Libri V & VI (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 515 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 263 Mb | 01:52:21
Classical, Choral | Label: Brilliant Classics

With this recording the acclaimed ensemble Le Nuove Musiche, led by director Krijn Koetsveld, have come full circle and at last completed their monumental undertaking of a complete cycle of Claudio Monteverdi’s books of madrigals. In bringing this endeavour to a close the group have returned to their starting point, recording a fresh take of perhaps the most famous set, Monteverdi’s groundbreaking Books V & VI, previously released by Le Nuove Musiche one decade ago at the start of this musical journey.

Sara Aldén, August Björn & Daniel Andersson - There is no Future (2024)

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Sara Aldén, August Björn & Daniel Andersson - There is no Future (2024)

Sara Aldén, August Björn & Daniel Andersson - There is no Future (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 199 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 105 Mb | 00:45:49
Vocal Jazz | Label: Prophone Records

Jazz on life and death! In There Is No Future, Swedish jazz singer Sara Aldén makes her album debut with self-written music and arranged jazz standards with a focus on grand crescendos and vulnerable intimacy. She creates jazz as if her life depended on it where the question of the end of everything is allowed to exist, the small endings and the big ones. Sara Aldén and her trio present a musical sinkhole in the ongoing history of jazz, where doom-filled and intimate compositions alternate with dizzying arpeggios and dystopian and lyrical sound worlds.

Sean Shibe - Profesión: Villa-Lobos, Barrios, Ginastera (2023)

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Sean Shibe - Profesión: Villa-Lobos, Barrios, Ginastera (2023)

Sean Shibe - Profesión: Villa-Lobos, Barrios, Ginastera (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 240 Mb | Total time: 62:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5187 054 | Recorded: 2023

Sean Shibe returns to the acoustic guitar on Profesion, bringing together works by Agustin Barrios, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Alberto Ginastera. The album derives its name from Barrios's "Profesion de fe" (profession of faith), a poetic, mythological text praising the divine power of music, often used as a preface to his concerts. Barrios's La Catedral and Julia Florida are combined with Villa Lobos's 12 Etudes, while Ginastera's Guitar Sonata completes the programme. These works by Southern American composers share a spirit of homage and pastiche, bound together by magical realism.

Severin von Eckardstein - Nikolai Medtner: Piano Music (2007)

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Severin von Eckardstein - Nikolai Medtner: Piano Music (2007)

Severin von Eckardstein - Nikolai Medtner: Piano Music (2007)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 213 Mb | Total time: 73:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 604 1465-2 | Recorded: 2007

The constant movement and passionate stream-of-consciousness of Nikolay Medtner's music suits Severin von Eckardstein wonderfully, and he it. The difference between his performance of these character pieces/tone poems for piano and that of other pianists is his touch. He is light and graceful enough that feverishly ardent passages do not burrow deeply into a good, indulgent brood and drag the listener along for the ride. Instead, he propels himself through the moodiness, but still fully acknowledges the feelings within the music.

Earl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody (1999)

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Earl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody (1999)

Earl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody (1999)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 615 Mb | Total time: 02:13:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN7114 | Recorded: 1965

Wild is a 'larger than life' pianist, one who can spin out a lyrical line and use romantic gestures without ever sounding self-conscious. His balance of excitement and control, and, indeed, his gorgeous sound, are a constant marvel.

Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - Motel Shot (1971) Japanese Reissue 1998

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Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - Motel Shot (1971) Japanese Reissue 1998

Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - Motel Shot (1971) Japanese Reissue 1998
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 282 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | included
Label: ATCO Records | # AMCY-2765 | Time: 00:45:53
Blues-Rock, Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Gospel, Soul, Blues, Folk-Rock

Motel Shot is a studio album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, released in 1971. The album, their third for Atco/Atlantic (catalog no. SD 33–358) and fifth overall, is a mostly acoustic set. The album's title refers to the impromptu, sometimes late-night, jam sessions pursued by touring musicians when on the road. The album reached #65 on the Billboard album chart, and includes Delaney and Bonnie's biggest chart single, "Never Ending Song of Love", which peaked at #13. "Never Ending Song of Love" would immediately become a popular tune to cover, with hit versions being recorded by The New Seekers and Dickey Lee at the same time as Delaney & Bonnie's version (each becoming a hit in different markets) and the Osmond Brothers having a minor hit with it a decade later. Guest musicians on the album include Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Clarence White, Gram Parsons and Bobby Whitlock.

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)

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Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 231 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 98 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Genre: Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Magnet | # 242 371-2 | Time: 00:42:45

Though Chris Rea has been around for nearly 25 years now, it's good to go back to his beginnings as a songwriter and guitarist who carved out a niche for himself with a late-night brand of very British formalist rock & roll that owes as much to J.J. Cale as it does to Dire Straits. But it's the late-night sound that is his trademark and it was in evidence on this, his very first outing. He has help from drummer Dave Mattacks, keyboardist Pete Wingfield, percussionist Ray Cooper, bassist Dave Paton, and a host of other dignitaries.

Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)

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Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)

Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 419 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 146 Mb | Scans ~ 92 Mb
Label: Blue Note Records | # 7243 5 93651 2 1 | Time: 01:03:43
Jazz-Blues, Vocal Jazz, Blues, Blues-Rock, Celtic, Blue-Eyed Soul

While 2002's Down the Road was the best Van Morrison release in ages – with its autobiographical allusions, cultural critiques, and new band – it could not have prepared listeners for the jolt of this, his Blue Note Records debut What's Wrong With This Picture? While the album is hardly a straight jazz record, it does take the territory he explored on Down the Road another step further into the classic pop music of the 20th century filtered through his own Celtic swing, R&B, vocal jazz, and blue-eyed soul. The title track that opens the album is as close to an anthem as Morrison's ever written; he states with an easy, swinging, jazzy soul groove that he is not the same person he once was and wonders why that was so difficult for others to accept. There is no bitterness or bite in his assertions. If anything, the question is asked with warm humor and amusement as if it is indeed the listener's hangup if he/she can't accept Morrison "living in the present time." He asks, "Why don't we take it down and forget about it/'Cause that ain't me at all," as the song whispers to a close.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Moore, Pablo Urbina & Michael Seal - Dani Howard: Orchestral Works (2024)

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Moore, Pablo Urbina & Michael Seal - Dani Howard: Orchestral Works (2024)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Moore, Pablo Urbina & Michael Seal - Dani Howard: Orchestral Works (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 265 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:58:05
Classical | Label: Rubicon Classics

Dani Howard is a British composer and orchestrator who is fast establishing a reputation across Europe for her music. The Times called her Trombone Concerto ‘An instant classic…lush..rivetting’. She has had major commissions from UK orchestras, including the RLPO, and her works have been performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, CBSO, Hallé, BBC Scottish SO, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, NCPA Orchestra of China, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, NYOGB, RLPO (conducted by Domingo Hindoyan).

Korkmaz Can Sağlam - Solace (2024)

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Korkmaz Can Sağlam - Solace (2024)

Korkmaz Can Sağlam - Solace (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 200 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 138 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:50
Classical | Label: Sono Luminus

Turkish pianist KCS is the Grand Prize winner of the 2022 Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize, where he was also awarded the Recording Prize.

Darts - Dig This - Rare & Unreleased Magnet Recordings (2024)

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Darts - Dig This - Rare & Unreleased Magnet Recordings (2024)

Darts - Dig This - Rare & Unreleased Magnet Recordings (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:12:55 | 483 / 168 Mb
Genre: 70s, 80s, Pop, Doo Wop

Darts After the demise of the UK’s John Dummer Blues Band, Iain Thompson (bass) and drummer John Dummer joined forces with Hammy Howell (b. 24 October 1954, London, England, d. 13 January 1999, Torquay, Devon, England; keyboards), Horatio Hornblower (b. Nigel Trubridge; saxophone) and singers Rita Ray, Griff Fender (Ian Collier), bass player Den Hegarty and Bob Fish (ex-Mickey Jupp) as revivalists mining the vocal harmony seam of rock ‘n’ roll. Dave Kelly, an ex-Dummer guitarist, was a more transient participant. Bursting upon metropolitan clubland in the late 70s, Darts were championed by pop historian and Radio London disc jockey Charlie Gillett who helped them procure a Magnet Records contract.

Misia - Canto (2003)

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Misia - Canto (2003)

Mísia - Canto (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 274 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 110 Mb | Covers
Fado, Folk, World Music | Label: Warner Jazz France | # 2564-60850-5 | Time: 00:47:25

Fado is to the Portuguese what the blues is to America: it is the yearning, bloody, naked soul exposed. This 150-year-old art form is so inseparable from its people that it has become the sum of Portugal's cultural identity. The undisputed queen of fado, Amalia Rodriques, is the jewel to which all other performers are compared. Misia, like her native Portugal, is reverent to tradition as well as mindful of the future. Her love for fado is not without a contemporary flair, and although she is perhaps the most celebrated current interpreter of the genre, her work has received an equal amount of praise and outrage. The haunting Canto finds the perfect middle ground between old and new, fusing lyrics by existing Portuguese poets with (12-string) guitarra and the husky cadences of Misia's otherworldly voice. Inspired by composer Carlos Paredes, Misia brings in a classical string quintet, resulting in a serendipitous blend of modern drama that transcends nationalities. The pairing of traditional with classical is seamless, lending an added weight to the already heavy material. These are songs that travel like bullets to the heart, speaking the oldest language know to mankind: despair. Highly Recommended.

VA - Dear Mr Fantasy Featuring Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic: A Celebration For Jim Capaldi (2007)

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VA - Dear Mr Fantasy Featuring Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic: A Celebration For Jim Capaldi (2007)

VA - Dear Mr Fantasy Featuring Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic: A Celebration For Jim Capaldi (2007)
FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | 1:46:21 | 682 Mb
Genre: Classic Rock

Did anybody know that Traffic was planning to regroup and tour!? This fact alone makes the new double CD concert: Dear Mr. Fantasy: Featuring The Music Of Jim Capaldi & Traffic all the more poignant in its release. Put together by the drummer’s wife Aninha, this concert was held at London’s famed Roundhouse and features ex-Traffic mate Steve Winwood, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Bill Wyman, Jon Lord and Paul Weller. Fronting a ‘backing band’ that includes Andy Newmark (heard from too little these days, as far as I’m concerned) Ray Cooper, Mark Rivera, Simon Kirke, Dave Bronze and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens, the ‘stars’ take the stage to perform various Capaldi-penned tunes along with the more famous Traffic tunes he co-wrote.

Mika Kallio - Gong Odyssey (2022)

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Mika Kallio - Gong Odyssey (2022)

Mika Kallio - Gong Odyssey (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 156 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 101 Mb | 00:43:47
Experimental Jazz, Modern Creative, Electronic, Ambient | Label: Eclipse Music

Percussionist Mika Kallio’s fourth solo album, Gong Odyssey, was released in June 2022 and received an enthusiastic reception. The album, which is one of the record cases of the year, features gongs of different sizes, i.e. metallic circular percussion instruments. According to the nature of the gongs, the compositions on the album sway between ambient and improvised music. Kallio boldly throws himself into uncharted territories, conjuring a space of sound, where time ceases to exist.