Dimitris Kotronakis - Echomythia - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Schumann Symphony No. 1 - Schubert Symphony No. 3 - The two orchestral works on this new album from BR-KLASSIK reflect early experiments with the symphonic genre by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, who would both later become such important Romantic composers. In his Third Symphony in D major, D. 200, written in the early summer of 1815 and probably first performed at a private concert, the eighteen-year-old Schubert emancipated himself from the style copies of his First and Second Symphonies and finally found his own musical expression. None of his symphonies would be heard in public during his lifetime, however; the Third was first performed as late as 1881 in London, where it was immediately received with great enthusiasm. Schumann's First Symphony in B flat major, op 38 (after an unfinished symphony he wrote in his youth) was an impressive success for the 31-year-old composer. Two months after it's completion, in January 1841, the work was premiered by Felix Mendelssohn at the Leipzig Gewandhaus to great public acclaim. Both works emanate youthful freshness and a profoundly positive attitude to life. Robert Schumann's InchSpring SymphonyInch, which he said was Inchborn in a fiery hourInch, took him just four days to sketch out. Schubert's Third Symphony was composed in only nine days, and, with it's dance-like effervescence and enthusiasm, could equally well have been called a InchSpring SymphonyInch by his contemporaries.

Mozart - Dialogue with Mozart [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/27/2014

In advance of their forthcoming debut album via Prophecy Productions, newly formed black metal trio Vuur & Zijde (Inchfire and silkInch) - featuring members of Laster, Nusquama and Terzij de Horde - will introduce themselves on a split- alongside the similarly enigmatic Impavida. While recording in a remote yurt on the Frisian shoreside, the band opted for a nostalgic production reminiscent of genre-defining demos from the early 90s to fit their own style. Equally grim and epic, Vuur & Zijde's three songs, which will remain exclusive to this , also highlight ethereal female vocals and layers of sounds, lending them a weightless, otherworldly character. The anonymous minds behind Impavida come from Germany and the US, offering two unsettling, discordant dirges to underscore existential questions that are spit out hysterically. With two full-lengths on Ván Records since 2008, the duo remains without face and history, a nihilistic void set to music. Meant not for the faint-hearted but all those who seek transcendental aural darkness, the groups' self-titled joint effort stimulates imagination and - ultimately - leads to remarkable revelations. InchVuur & Zijde / ImpavidaInch is available as Digipak CD and on vinyl (black, ltd. Transparent green).