Cashman-Montalbano Project - Forever Young - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the church year 1730/31, Telemann performed a volume of special conception Regular oratorios were to be heard in the church service. And so the focus of our latest Telemann album is his magnificent oratorio for the feast of St. John, Gelobet sei der Herr, with expressive texts by the poet and musician Albrecht Jacob Zell. Zell succeeds in imagining dramatic, almost theatrical scenes, thus providing Telemann with models for tone-painting. Not only is the vocal cast extremely rich, including three basses, but the instrumentation is also very rich, including the use of four horns and three transverse flutes. Once again, Telemann unfolds a wide range of expression. The lament of the Egyptians over the slain children, in F minor and chromatic turns, is moving; the depiction of the fleeing people and their pursuers, who cannot reach them, is full of external movement and tension, with chains of sixteenth notes on the one hand and syllabic declamation on the other.

Donizetti / Caballe - Eternal Caballe [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/01/2010

On Project Freedom, Philadelphia native Joey DeFrancesco expresses his viewpoints on current world events with uplifting compositions and emotional tributes. With his newly formed band, The People, DeFrancesco is able to tell such a rich, spiritual story through his music. InchAll of my albums mean a lot to me,Inch he says. InchProject Freedom though - this one means just a little bit more.Inch