Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble - Four Seasons - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Throughout the years, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble have had the opportunity to work and tour in a number of countries and continents, among them the United States, China, Australia, Spain, Germany, France, and Japan. Many esteemed artists and musical directors have chosen to collaborate with the ensemble. In Sweden, concerts have been arranged together with Eric Ericsons Kammarkör and Bachkören. Among international names may be mentioned the directors Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Sigiswald Kuijken, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Alfredo Bernardini, as well as soloists such as Anne Sofie von Otter, Malena Ernman, and Emma Kirkby.

Divino Niño are no strangers to bold reinvention. When Camilo Medina and Javier Forero-friends whose bond dates back to their childhoods in Bogotá, Colombia-moved to Chicago and recruited guitarist Guillermo Rodriguez to form a band, they were psych-pop outsiders playing live shows with a drum machine. With the addition of drummer Pierce Codina, their 2019 breakthrough and debut LP for Winspear, Foam, solidified their place as local indie rock mainstays. Soon after, multi-instrumentalist Justin Vittori joined to round out their lineup. Once again, with their masterful, unpredictable, and eminently danceable new album, the band has done something radical They totally upended the way they write songs, eschewing practice room jams for unrelentingly collaborative beats, implied grooves for immersive dance floor heaters, and mellow vibes for frenetic doses of reggaeton, electropop, and trap on their most adventurous and ambitious work to date. Welcome to the Last Spa on Earth. Written and recorded over the past two years, Last Spa on Earth deals in and catharsis confronting your darkest moments and coming out better for it. InchFor most of my life, I was just perfectly happy listening to really chill music and drawing flowers,Inch says Medina. InchHaving no choice but to sit with ourselves during the pandemic was dark but it was also therapeutic dealing with what we weren't dealing with before.Inch By staying present, the band decided to make music that matched what they were going through something heavy, fast, direct, and resonant that ultimately felt good no matter how challenging. Like a necessary massage, the Last Spa on Earth of the album's title is Divino Niño working through their own knots and kinks. Following the of Foam, which elevated them from Chicago underground heroes to the national stage, Divino Niño went on an exhaustive North American tour with Cr

Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble - Recorder Concerti / Suite [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/25/1994