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Streaplers: Vad som än händer 2005 [CD]

Jan Allan firar 70 år på jazzscenen!<br/>"Denna dubbel-cd innehåller exempel på hur våra tidiga orkestrar kunde låta när det spelades upp till dans i Folkets Park under 1950-talet.<br/>Musiken på Dansrestaurangen Nalen kom att stå modell för många orkestrar ute i landet som ofta imiterade storband som Count Basie, Duke Ellington eller Stan Kenton. Själv kom jag att spela med Carl-Henrik Norins Orkester 1955-1958, med arrangemang av Carl-Henrik, Georg Riedel, Bengt Hallberg, Claes Rosendahl, Gösta Theselius och Gunnar Svensson." (Jan Allan)<br/><br/>Två konserter inspelade live på Village Jazz Club i Västerås 1991, med oktett respektive nonett. Medverkande:<br/>Jan Allan, Rolf Blomquist, Hans Åkesson, Erik Nilsson, Torgny Nilsson, Lars Bagge, Ove Lundin, Rune Gustafsson, Georg Riedel och Johan Dielemans.

Huelgas Ensemble: Lamentations de la Renaissance [CD]

Coolio: Return of the gangsta 2006 [CD]

Richard Hickox and Opera Australia's Australian premiere production of Dvorák's Rusalka opened to spectacular reviews in March 2007. 'Hickox and the orchestra capture its sudden changeability and dramatic force, elegantly shaping the luscious, sweeping melodies while inflecting the intoxicating, folk music-inspired rhythms with grace and bite', noted The Australian. Chandos recorded the performances live and here releases the opera on a 3-CD set.<br/><br/>Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy-tale The Little Mermaid, Rusalka tells of a water-spirit who falls in love with a prince. Enlisting the help of a witch, Rusalka becomes human so as to marry him. When the prince tires of her, and is unfaithful, she tries to return to the water, but a condition of her becoming human has been violated and she eventually dies together with the remorseful prince. Her story is of human desire, self-sacrifice and the search for enlightenment.<br/><br/>By the time Dvorák came to write Rusalka, he was an experienced opera composer with nine works to his credit; Rusalka was to be his last and is now a seasoned favourite. Part of the secret of the score's magic lies in the instrumental colouring. Dvorák was always inspired in his handling of the orchestra, but in Rusalka he reaches new heights of expressive scene painting. In the hands of Richard Hickox these elements are skillfully realised.<br/><br/>Taking the role of Rusalka for the first time in this production, the Australian-born soprano Cheryl Barker won deserved plaudits for her performances throughout the Australian press. 'It is hard to imagine anyone doing the title role better" (The Australian). 'Cheryl Barker gives an astonishing performance. she manages to capture the ethereal other-worldly quality of the water spirit, both physically and vocally, and her realization that her love for the prince is not returned is heart wrenching' (The Canberra Review). She is joined in leading roles by Rosario La Spina, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Bruce Martin and Anne-Marie Owens who also received excellent reviews. The Sydney Morning Herald, for example, wrote, 'Barker is not the only star. Elizabeth Whitehouse is thrillingly venal as the rival foreign princess, and Bruce Martin, as the water sprite, has insistent potency'.

Dubbla Grammisvinnaren Amanda Ginsburg släpper sitt första album på engelska, tillsammans med gitarristen, sångaren och låtskrivaren Andy Fite från New York, med 900 låtar och 56 album i bagaget. En intimt och humoristiskt möte med en duo det strålar om!

Nyckelharpan Då Och Nu [CD]