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Il Volo - Ad Astra (2024)

Posted By: Rtax
Il Volo - Ad Astra (2024)

Il Volo - Ad Astra (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 242 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 85 MB
36:54 | Pop | Label: Masterworks

AD ASTRA è il titolo del nuovo album de IL VOLO, il primo composto interamente da inediti, disponibile da venerdì 29 marzo su tutte le piattaforme digitali. Un viaggio sonoro dal sapore internazionale attraverso undici tracce, che arriva dopo la partecipazione al 74esimo Festival di Sanremo con Capolavoro, a coronazione dei 15 anni di carriera del trio.
AD ASTRA è un vero e proprio abito fatto su misura, cucito sulle tre distinte e complementari personalità di Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto e Gianluca Ginoble. Un progetto discografico unico nel suo genere, nato da un intenso lavoro condiviso con un eccezionale team composto da alcuni dei più importanti autori e producer del momento.

Jeremiah Fraites - Piano Piano 2 (2024)

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Jeremiah Fraites - Piano Piano 2 (2024)

Jeremiah Fraites - Piano Piano 2 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 154 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 81 MB
35:16| Classical | Label: Mercury Classics

Two years after his #1 classical crossover hit Piano Piano, cofounder of The Lumineers and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites is back with a breath-taking follow up record Piano Piano 2. With arguably bolder and more genre-bending instrumentation, Piano Piano 2 features a stunning vocal performance by Grammy-nominated folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov on a reimagined orchestral cover of the Radiohead classic "No Surprises."

Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 679 Mb | Total time: 79:59+65:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Profil Medien | # PH11029 | Recorded: 1966

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner (1912-96), learning his trade from masters like Walter, Busch, Richter and Karl Muck (as rehearsal pianist at Bayreuth), gained the experience that lead to his being dubbed the "singers' conductor" by all who worked with him during a long and lustrous career marked by his tenure as Zurich Opera music director (1969-84) and some 300 commercial recordings. The 1970s-80s Bayreuth stalwart, bass-baritone Franz Mazura as Tamerlano and famed American lyric soprano Helen Donath as Asteria headline this 1966 Leitner-led performance of Handel’s Tamerlano.

Miriam Feuersinger, Les Escapades - Johann Rosenmüller et al.: Habe deine Lust an dem Herren (2018)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Miriam Feuersinger, Les Escapades - Johann Rosenmüller et al.: Habe deine Lust an dem Herren (2018)

Miriam Feuersinger, Les Escapades - Johann Rosenmüller et al.: Habe deine Lust an dem Herren (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 283 Mb | Total time: 66:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Christophorus | # CHR 77425 | Recorded: 2017

The outstanding musical significance of Johann Rosenmüller, who was said to be able to merge Italian sensuality and German “gravitas” in his compositions in the most harmonious way, was already undisputed among his contemporaries. He studied in Leipzig, and quite soon the town council realized that he was a musician of an immense talent. Rosenmüller therefore received a position at the famous Leipzig Thomasschule, and was considered as the future successor of the ill Thomaskantor, Tobias Michael.

Area - Are(A)zione (1975) [Japanese Edition 2007]

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Area - Are(A)zione (1975) [Japanese Edition 2007]

Area - Are(A)zione (1975) [Japanese Edition 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 253 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 98 MB | Covers - 170 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Strange Day Records (POCE-1159)

According to classic 1970s dictums, 1975's Are(A)zione is a "live" record by Italian vanguard progressive rock group Area. Taking one song from each of its four previous albums (recorded at as many festivals) and adding a complete freakout on the title track for over 15 minutes, the band nonetheless gives the impression that this is from a single performance. Area's energy and intensity were unequaled by anyone on either side of the Atlantic - rumor has it that Emerson, Lake & Palmer, who headlined a gig in Italy, wouldn't come onto the stage for a full two hours because they didn't want to follow the band that had driven ELP's crowd intro a frenzy…

Žak Ozmo, L’Avventura London - Handel in the Playhouse (2009)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Žak Ozmo, L’Avventura London - Handel in the Playhouse (2009)

Žak Ozmo, L’Avventura London - Handel in the Playhouse (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 294 Mb | Total time: 52:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Label: Opella Nova Records | ONCD014 | Recorded: 2009

London-based early music group L'Avventura announces the launch of their debut CD, a unique collection of previously unrecorded music by Handel. Fighting the deluge of re-recordings and re-issued CDs in this Handel anniversary year, Opella Nova Records is pleased to present a new group with a completely different take on the venerated composer. The playful, eminently-listenable Handel in the Playhouse is the debut album of new early music ensemble L'Avventura London, directed by Zak Ozmo, and is based on new musicological research. Consisting mainly of previously unheard English playhouse music composed by Handel, the recording is perfectly timed to coincide with the anniversary of the composer's death.

Ulrike Hofbauer, Ensemble La Ninfea - G.B. Bononcini, A.M. Bononcini: Sono Amante - Kantaten & Kammermusik (2011)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Ulrike Hofbauer, Ensemble La Ninfea  - G.B. Bononcini, A.M. Bononcini: Sono Amante - Kantaten & Kammermusik (2011)

Ulrike Hofbauer, Ensemble La Ninfea - G.B. Bononcini, A.M. Bononcini: Sono Amante - Kantaten & Kammermusik (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 347 Mb | Total time: 75.51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Thorofon | # CTH 2584 | Recorded: 2011

Soprano Ulrike Hofbauer and Ensemble La Ninfea capture the beauty and passion of these works by the still grossly underrated Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747) and his younger brother Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726).

Area - Caution Radiation Area (1974) [Japanese Edition 2007]

Posted By: gribovar
Area - Caution Radiation Area (1974) [Japanese Edition 2007]

Area - Caution Radiation Area (1974) [Japanese Edition 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 205 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 75 MB | Covers - 107 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Strange Day Records (POCE-1157)

Area's second album takes its cues from the most serious side of early-'70s British progressive rock, particularly Soft Machine and King Crimson. There's a high-voltage, at times furious energy to the quasi-jazz-rock fusion, with keyboards showing some influence from Miles Davis fusion records, and the guitars wheeling off lines with a busy anxiety. This is the first album that contains the better known line up, with Ares Tavolazzi replacing Patrick Djivas on bass.
This album is notable also for being the first one in which experimental music is introduced. For example "MIRage? Mirage!" contains a part in which the whole band can be heard whispering readings (for example a negative review of "Arbeit Macht Frei", a TV guide…), and "Lobotomia" is constructed using loud synth noise, with the clear intention to disturb the listener…

Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)

Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 692 Mb | Total time: 122:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Fra Bernardo | FB1503177 | Recorded: 2013

Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni dell'anno per la morte, esultazione e coronazione di Maria Assunta in Cielo, written in 1731, is the second last of the four oratorios by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). As a member of the Venetian aristocracy he didn‘t have to consider the musical conventions as much as his professional contemporaries. Thanks to his unconventional style he is one of the most interesting Italian baroque composers.

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:08:55 | 558 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 447 686-2

Falstaff was one of Verdi's greatest creations and this set is the finest of all reacordings of the work. Only Toscanini comes close and even then his cast is a shade less accomplished. Gobbi may not have a 'fat' voice, but his keen intelligence and magnificent shading of phrases and text more than compensates.

Albero Motore - Il Grande Gioco (1974) [Reissue 2007]

Posted By: gribovar
Albero Motore - Il Grande Gioco (1974) [Reissue 2007]

Albero Motore - Il Grande Gioco (1974) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 252 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: AMS/BTF (AMS118CD)

A five-piece of very good musicians from Rome, Albero Motore were aided and produced by 60's singer-guitarist Ricky Gianco who helped them with a recording deal with the newly born Intingo label. "Il Grande Gioco" seems one of those rock-inspired singer-songwriters' albums so popular in Italy during the 70's, with much more space to the voice than to lead instruments, prog influences are minimal, with honky piano and excellent but short American-styled guitar licks to the fore, helped by a good voice, and the album is a nice listening though with no particular merits.
The only relevant tracks are Israele with lyrics on the Palestinian people and the closing Provvisorietà, introduced by a short instrumental (and much closer to a prog style, this time) called Capodanno '73.

Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert - "Felix Austria": Works for Viola da Gamba Consort (2010)

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Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert - "Felix Austria": Works for Viola da Gamba Consort (2010)

Hamburger Ratsmusik, Simone Eckert - "Felix Austria": Works for Viola da Gamba Consort (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 299 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: cpo | # cpo777451-2 | Time: 01:06:00

Over the years I have heard many recordings of music written for the Imperial court in Vienna. That’s no wonder: Vienna was a centre of music-making in Europe. During the 17th and 18th centuries some of the best musicians and composers were in the service of the Habsburg emperors. Most of the recordings concentrate on music for violins or voice. This disc is different in that it presents music for viol consort. That’s all the more interesting, as it is often thought that in the 17th century consort music was only written in France and England. It is quite surprising that this kind of music was also written in Austria. Most musicians in the service of the Imperial court were from Italy, where the viol consort had gone out of fashion since the first quarter of the 17th century. The fact that Italian composers wrote music for viol consort was due to the personal preferences of the emperors, Ferdinand III and Leopold I, who also wrote some music for this kind of ensemble themselves.

Loredana Bertè - Ribelle (2024)

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Loredana Bertè - Ribelle (2024)

Loredana Bertè - Ribelle (2024)
FLAC (tracks) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 505 MB
3:37:31 | Rock, Reggae, Pop, Ballad, Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Vocal | Label: Warner Music Italy / Bandabebè

In occasione della partecipazione di Loredana Bertè al 74° Festival di Sanremo Warner Music pubblica una splendida Raccolta in 3CD e 2LP. Questa Antologia contiene 57 brani (3CD) e tra questi, anche il brano che Loredana porterà al Festival di Sanremo di Sanremo 2024 dal titolo “Pazza”. Celebriamo così i 50 Anni di carriera di un’Artista che ha segnato veramente un’epoca e che ha accompagnato con la sua musica generazioni intere! I 3CD sono suddivisi in Best Of e Duetti (la selezione è stata fatta dall’Artista stessa), il doppio LP contiene solamente una selezione di 20 tracce dai suoi Best of oltre il brano “Pazza”. L’Artwork, caleidoscopico e colorato, contiene immagini inedite ed esclusive!

VA - AFRICAMORE (The Afro-funk side of Italy (1973-1978) (2024)

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VA - AFRICAMORE (The Afro-funk side of Italy (1973-1978) (2024)

VA - AFRICAMORE (The Afro-funk side of Italy (1973-1978) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 319 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 MB
48:08 | Afro-Funk, Afrobeat, Soul, Afro-Disco | Label: Four Flies Records

Continuing Four Flies' dedication to delving into lesser-explored periods of Italian music, Africamore takes us on a captivating journey into the intersection of Afro-funk and the Italian soundscape during the six years between 1973 and 1978 - a time when disco was looming on the horizon and the nightclub market was rapidly expanding.Before reaching Italian shores, the infectious sound originating from African and Afro-Caribbean roots traversed both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, landing on New York dancefloors, where DJ Dave Mancuso discovered "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango. In 1973, from Mancuso's Loft parties, the song's hypnotic groove spread to the rest of the globe, including in Italy, where it sparked a wave of imitations and variations.

Latte E Miele - Papillon (1973) [Japanese Edition 2001]

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Latte E Miele - Papillon (1973) [Japanese Edition 2001]

Latte E Miele - Papillon (1973) [Japanese Edition 2001]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 262 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-9120)

Like the first album this too has a concept to it but apparently only on the opening side long suite this time. ELP's debut came to mind quite often especially with those powerful, upfront vintage keyboards. A strong Classical and Jazz flavour is mixed in with the Prog Rock.
This young three-piece was one of the Italian bands with the strongest classical influences. They were formed by guitarist Dellacasa, that had collaborated with I Giganti in their « Terra In Bocca », with the drummer Vitanza only 16 year old! A keyboards trio in the same style as ELP or Le Orme in Italy, their first album was « Passio secundum Mattheum », with Bach-inspired music and lyrics on the Gospel…