Musik

The Tower of Babel of performances and recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff's music pleases the ear and the sight of the music lover today as it has been throughout the 20th century. In that Tower one can easily distinguish the voices of Rachmaninoff's music's "native speakers" - performers who spoke Rachmaninoff's mother's tongue, breathed the same air and enjoyed the same autumnal landscapes in childhood. In fact, it is the Tower of its own: looking through the list of Rachmaninoff's works and the names of Russian and Soviet performers in the Rachmaninoff Collection offered by legendary label Melodiya on the composer's 145th anniversary, one can assume just that. To a great surprise of the scholars and amateurs, such a collection has never been assembled previously. The "Russian idiom" (if we are to continue with the metaphor) has never been presented in such a massive and powerful way, reaching the "critical mass" that may lead to important conclusions about the Russian musical style and interpretation in general. The list contains the names of great singers from the generation of Soviet classics such as Irina Arkhipova, Ivan Kozlovsky, Georgy Nelepp, Elena Obraztsova, Mark Reisen, to the most current internationally renowned stars such as Hibla Gerzmava. One can find a smorgasbord of chamber music performed by the exceptional ensembles and individuals such as David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gidon Kremer and Daniil Shafran. An unusual component in the collection is the recordings of Rachmaninoff's Russian Orthodox church music - something that was carefully shoved under the rug in the Soviet times. The operas are represented by the best that the country could give - and here, for sure, the native Russian diction raises the level of performance to the classical height. And, of course, that poetics of the piano, in which Sergei Rachmaninoff expressed himself in the most unencumbered way, is represented in the Collection by the names that do not need promotion: Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Grigory Sokolov, Vladimir Krainev, Alexei Nasedkin, Pavel Serebryakov - the list goes on until it reaches the latest acquisition on the Montparnasse of piano, Dmitry Masleev. For the connoisseurs, the Collection offers rare examples, many of them previously unreleased by Melodiya, together with those delicious brand-name tube-mic recordings that carry an unrivaled human quality and a tint of nostalgia. The edition comprises 33 CDs and 1 LP with previously unreleased recordings (Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Vladimir Krainev and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov; and Vocalise orchestrated by the composer and performed by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Kitaenko). The edition includes a booklet in four languages (Russian, English, French and German).

Collector's edition. Limited edition Box Set. 180 g LP Sky Blue coloured. Another world - Original CD. Another world - Collector's CD. 32 page book. Art print.

Artisten Karin Park har samarbetat med DJ-stjärnan Maya Jane Cole, The Knife-producenten Christoffer Berg, skrivit låtar med Guy Chambers samt lånat ut sin röst till en av Axwells hittar. Trots detta är det få människor som känner till henne på hemmaplan. "Apocalypse Pop" <br/>levererar just det - underbara catchy rockpop-synth-låtar spunnet av djupt personliga texter. Med varje låt berättar Karin en historia från början till slut, och till varje berättelse följer ett soundtrack.

Denna gång fokuserar man på perioden 1979-1981 då Dylan blev kristen och släppte albumen Slow Train Coming (1979), Saved (1980) and Shot of Love (1981) samt på hans konserter under dessa år. Under dessa år då Dylan turnerade med ett supertajt band och gospelkör, var konserterna helt magiska men reaktionerna från publiken kunde dock variera. Mycket beroende på hans låtval som präglades av hans nyskrivna material.<br/><br/> 4-LP + 2-CD-boxen innehåller 30 fantastiska konserttagningar från turnéerna 1979, 1980 och 1981.

Denna box innehåller elva volymer, uppdelade på tio snygga digipack-CDs och en 180 grams vinyl. 'The Archives' tar oss med på en resa genom Per Gessles hela karriär som låtskrivare och artist. <br/><br/>I boxen finns fyra volymer som går under parollen 'Demos & Other Fun Stuff!<br/>Här hör vi tidigare outgivna låtar, låtar som av olika anledningar inte spelades in till Roxette, Gyllene Tider, eller solo-plattorna. Låtar som skrevs för t ex film eller till andra artister. Massor av Fun Stuff helt enkelt! <br/><br/>Fem volymer tituleras 'The Roxette Demos!' och tar oss med till grunden och skapandet till en av Sveriges genom tiderna största grupper - Roxette. <br/>En av dessa volymer ligger i boxen på en exklusiv 180 grams vinyl. <br/><br/>Till sist, två volymer som ger oss samtliga demos till Pers största soloplattor, 'Mazarin' och 'En händig man'. <br/><br/>Med följer också en 52-sidig bok med utförliga texter om alla volymer i boxen.

Young Gods: Appear disappear (Pear) [Vinyl LP + CD]

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Expectations of them were sky high when the Scorpions entered the studio to record the follow up to the hugely successful albums LOVE AT FIRST STING and WORLD WIDE LIVE, yet the band were not in a rush. Instead, it took the Scorpions almost three years before they finally released SAVAGE AMUSEMENT. The album surprised fans and critics alike, not least because of the musical changes it introduced. Some were subtle, others less so. SAVAGE AMUSEMENT documents the band's ability to react to changes in the musical landscape as well as their willingness to experiment. SAVAGE AMUSEMENT turned out to be yet another brilliant album from a great band. Since its release on 16 April 1988, it has proved to be yet another global success for the Scorpions and became the sixth consequent album to go platinum. Its release was followed by a ground breaking world tour. <br/><br/>The release contains the newly remastered original album tracks and also six unreleased bonus tracks. "Taste Of Love", "Edge Of Time", "Don't Wait Too Long", "Dancing In The Moonlight" and "Fast And Furious" are thrilling demo takes, while "Living For Tomorrow" is a song that was first recorded live in Leningrad on 26 April 1988.<br/><br/>The LP comes in an original replica version with the CD in paper sleeve incl. all bonus tracks.