Jonas Vitaud - Rhapsodies & Intermezzi & Klavierstucke - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mahler / Wagner - Transcriptions for Soprano & String Quartet [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/24/2014

ROCKY IV (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Rocky IV is the original motion picture soundtrack to the movie of the same name. It was originally released in 1985 on the Scotti Brothers tag. In 2010 Intrada Records released the original score by Vince DiCola, which was not available before. The soundtrack was hugely successful on the strength of two top-five singles, Survivor's InchBurning HeartInch (which Sylvester Stallone personally commissioned for the film and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100) and James Brown's InchLiving in AmericaInch, as well as Robert Tepper's lone top-40 hit, InchNo Easy Way OutInch. It reached the top ten on the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It is the only score to a Rocky film not composed by Bill Conti, but does feature some music he composed for the first film. In the film an extensive part of the soundtrack is part of the training, with one track simply named InchTraining MontageInch.

Antonín Dvorák's solo piano works remain largely unknown today to musicians and music lovers, with the exception of those from the composer's native country. However, they deserve to be highlighted due to their originality and wealth of inspiration. They unusually blend Slavic characteristics with American-born music, without forgetting strong roots in the Austro-German piano literature.