David Timson - Introduction to Debussy: Pelleas Et Melisande - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Roger Norrington - Enigma Variations [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/26/2011

Monteverdi's Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera. Notable for it's precise orchestration and powerful drama it was a groundbreaking work. It concerns the legend of Orpheus, the demi-god whose music had the power to conquer the forces of Hell and to bring his wife back, briefly, to life. The extracts used in this introduction are from Naxos's full recording; it uses authentic period instruments, which serve to evoke the early Baroque period of the opera's composition.

Vinyl LP pressing. InchFor most people who create art I would assume there is some kind of deep unanswerable hole in your soul as to why you're making it...Inch So says Stef Chura ahead of the of Midnight, her gritty, vehement new album - recorded and produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest -and her first new collection of songs for the Saddle Creek tag. Illuminating that search for answers with a fevered sense of exploration, Midnight is a bold leap forward from Messes, Stef's contagious debut album, with every aspect of her new work finding bold ways to express itself as it rips through twelve restless and relentless new tracks.