
Making his Brilliant Classics debut, one of Italy's most accomplished harpsichordists, in the music of a composer fast making up for centuries of neglect as one of Bach's most original and gifted contemporaries. Fernando de Luca has recorded Baroque music both canonic (the Well-Tempered Clavier, Scarlatti sonatas, Rameau suites) and obscure (John Sheales, Christophe Noblet, Charles Moyreau) for a variety of early-music specialist labels. Now in newly released recordings made for Brilliant Classics in 2012-19, he presents the harpsichord music of Christoph Graupner (1683-1760). Hitherto known if at all as the most talented of Johann Kuhnau's pupils, who had been hired by the Town Council of Leipzig to replace his late teacher as Cantor in 1723 before withdrawing his application and remaining in post in Darmstadt - thus clearing the way for the post to be grudgingly offered to one Johann Sebastian Bach - Graupner was renowned in his day for his gifts as a harpsichordist, much as Bach was known for his prowess at the organ. He advanced technical innovations with his first published set of Partitas in 1718. Another set of suites followed in 1722, and in 1733 he began publication of a series of partitas called The Four Seasons, but either he never pursued the enterprise beyond 'Winter', or the others have been lost, like so much else of Graupner's music. However, he continued writing dance-themed partitas into the 1750s. The 'Monthly Keyboard Fruits' of 1722 are structured as a musical diary like Tchaikovsky's Seasons. A different dance suite describes each month, and Graupner allows himself some freedom with the Preludes which draw the curtain on the suites. July's Prelude is like an invention, while August's is structured like a concerto movement.
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Making his Brilliant Classics debut, one of Italy's most accomplished harpsichordists, in the music of a composer fast making up for centuries of neglect as one of Bach's most original and gifted contemporaries. Fernando de Luca has recorded Baroque music both canonic (the Well-Tempered Clavier, Scarlatti sonatas, Rameau suites) and obscure (John Sheales, Christophe Noblet, Charles Moyreau) for a variety of early-music specialist labels. Now in newly released recordings made for Brilliant Classics in 2012-19, he presents the harpsichord music of Christoph Graupner (1683-1760). Hitherto known if at all as the most talented of Johann Kuhnau's pupils, who had been hired by the Town Council of Leipzig to replace his late teacher as Cantor in 1723 before withdrawing his application and remaining in post in Darmstadt - thus clearing the way for the post to be grudgingly offered to one Johann Sebastian Bach - Graupner was renowned in his day for his gifts as a harpsichordist, much as Bach was known for his prowess at the organ. He advanced technical innovations with his first published set of Partitas in 1718. Another set of suites followed in 1722, and in 1733 he began publication of a series of partitas called The Four Seasons, but either he never pursued the enterprise beyond 'Winter', or the others have been lost, like so much else of Graupner's music. However, he continued writing dance-themed partitas into the 1750s. The 'Monthly Keyboard Fruits' of 1722 are structured as a musical diary like Tchaikovsky's Seasons. A different dance suite describes each month, and Graupner allows himself some freedom with the Preludes which draw the curtain on the suites. July's Prelude is like an invention, while August's is structured like a concerto movement.

Around the Fur the follow-up to Deftones' passionate, aggressive Adrenaline, sees the California quartet expanding on the sheer rage of their earlier work, adding new, more sinister shades to their already extreme sound. The opening InchMy Own Summer (Shove It),Inch serves as an introduction to the album's sonic theme sinewy guitars and eerie whispers alternate with fast, violent crunch. Sepultura's Max Cavallero contributes guitar and vocals to InchHeadup,Inch while InchMXInch finds singer Chino trading off vocal lines with Annalynn Cunningham, (wife of Deftones' drummer Abe) in an acerbic take on the rock star mentality. Vocal acrobat Moreno attacks a variety of styles his breathy, psychotic recitations sound downright industrial, while the album's calmer, more brooding moments show his gift for haunting melody. Behind him, guitarist Stephen Carpenter's heavy wall of sound is astoundingly muscular, yet inspiringly agile. When Deftones' hellish fury hits full tilt, as it always does on this album, Moreno's voice erupts into screams which are best described as otherworldly, transforming this intense musical firestorm into a hurtling juggernaut of aggression. This LP version comes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Album Tracks 1. My Own Summer (Shove It) 2. Lhabia 3. Mascara 4. Around the Fur 5. Rickets 6. Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) 7. Lotion 8. Dai the Flu 9. Headup 10. MX

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