Chuck Cirino - Sorceress (Original Soundtrack) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Teo Usuelli - La Rivoluzione Sessuale (The Sexual Revolution) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [COMPACT DISCS] Italy - Import date 04/06/2018

This recording showcases the breadth and variety of Brazilian music by focusing on composers who explore traditional styles and use native forms, such as the bossa nova, choro, frevo, and samba, combined with neo-Romanticism, Modernism and jazz. Looking beyond cultural stereotypes, it includes Camargo Guarnieri's grandly Romantic Violin Sonata No. 4 and a violin arrangement of one of Villa-Lobos's most colorful character pieces, alongside contemporary works that explore nature painting, song, and the Carnival- offering an abundance of vibrancy, dance, languorous rhythms, and joyful wit. Critically acclaimed violinist Francesca Anderegg is renowned for delivering insightful accounts of contemporary and classical music. Through her inventive programming, active composer collaborations, and impassioned interpretations, Anderegg has earned praise as a musical explorer of the first order. Based in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian pianist Erika Ribeiro is considered one of the most prominent musicians of her generation. Her knowledge of Brazillian music is complemented by a deep grounding in European repertoire, with a special affinity for Mozart, Beethoven and Ravel.

Celestial Love contains recordings made in September 1982 at New York's Variety Studios, which had hosted countless Sun Ra sessions since the late 1960s. This was one of the last extended sessions at Variety, and these recordings were the last studio works released on Sun Ra's own Saturn tag (though the tag did continue to press concert recordings, and new studio recordings did appear on other labels). Aside from their inclusion on Celestial Love, tracks from these sessions landed on the albums A Fireside Chat With Lucifer and Nuclear War. Since Nuclear War's contents overlapped with both Fireside Chat and Celestial Love, we have reconstituted the latter two as complete albums, thus covering all titles from these Variety dates. The music on Celestial Love is mostly InchinsideInch Ra, veering towards mainstream jazz (the lengthy and adventurous InchFireside Chat,Inch not on this album, being an exception). Ra's early hero, Duke Ellington, is represented twice with InchSophisticated LadyInch and InchDrop Me Off in Harlem,Inch and two other standards (InchSmileInch and InchSometimes I'm Happy,Inch both sung by June Tyson) are given snappy Ra arrangements.