Harry Gregson-Williams - Gladiator II (Original Soundtrack) - Limited - VINYL LP

Established as one of Virgin Classics bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as the Apollo of countertenors by Germany s Die Zeit, stands out among his many talented contemporaries as much for the sopranolike beauty of his tone as for the elegance and insight of his interpretations and his adventurous and erudite approach to repertoire whether unearthing neglected scores by little-known composers or venturing beyond the Baroque into the 19th and 20th centuries. Jaroussky s diverse achievements are celebrated in two new collections on Virgin Classics the 2-CD set The Voice and the DVD La Voix des rêves. Greatest moments in Concert. Displaying the breadth of his repertoire from Vivaldi, Handel and lesser-known masters of the Baroque to Faure, Hahn and even Tango King Ástor Piazzolla these two releases prove once again that there is much more to Jaroussky than the voice of an angel.

Double vinyl LP pressing. The highly anticipated 2024 sequel, Gladiator II - directed by Ridley Scott and starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington - is an epic historical action film with a blockbuster original score by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Few years ago, an idea germinated while reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. An idea not driven by the narrativity of the book, but by the traces and the aura invoked in it. That was it an audible auratic journey trough the memories of a place lost in the heights of the swiss mountains.A century after the events depicted in the book, we went where the story took place, trying to capture the remaining sounds that could have been heard at the time, and the ghosts who might have still wandered around.Zauberberg is based on these captures, on recordings of the music played by Hans Castorp (the novel's main character), on acoustic/electronic instrumentation and digital processing. The result is an evokation of time and duration, an exploration of what remains and what is lost, a meditation of the dissolution and persistence of the aura surrounding everything.- Kassel Jaeger, Nov. 19, 2015