Klangkollektiv Wien Ballot - Eroica / Egmont Overture - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The musicians of the multinational ensemble Klangkollektiv Wien, comprised of members of renowned Viennese orchestras, feel the need to interpret works from their everyday professional lives in another manner, outside of the music industry, in their own right and for the audience. The co-founder, violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot, born in Paris and living in Vienna, a student of Celibidache, has for years now had great success as musical director of the symphony cycle at the Brucknertage festival in St. Florian. On this album Klangkollektiv Wien presents a concert recording of Mozart's Figaro-Overture, his equally popular InchJupiter SymphonyInch and Haydns Symphony No. 101 InchThe ClockInch, which he wrote for his London journey. Connecting element of the program is Joseph Haydn's famous saying to Leopold Mozart InchI tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me in person and by name; he has taste, and, what is more, the most profound skill in composition.Inch Album Tracks 1. Figaro Overture (From Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492) 2. Symphony No. 101 in D Major InchThe ClockInch, Hob. I 101 3. Symphony No. 41 in C Major InchJupiterInch, K. 551

The repertoire of KLANGKOLLEKTIV WIEN with it's conductor Rémy Ballot is focused on a core of famous and lesser-known works of the First Viennese School. This live recording presents the two late String Quartets No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 131 and No. 16 in F major Op. 135 by Ludwig van Beethoven in a version for string orchestra. The working title of this concert InchMusic from a Place of Inner SilenceInch refers to the fact that Beethoven had presumably completely lost his hearing by the time of composition of these works - he appears to have been turning more and more to an inner, spiritual world. Thus, these two great quartets encompass in their musical substance all possible moods and states of the soul and our being and were not only considered avant-garde at the time, but in many ways pre-shadow the daring of the Second Viennese School and the innovations of the Béla Bartók string quartets. This effect is significantly augmented by the expansion of the ensemble from the original four to 16 musicians. Album Tracks 1. Streichquartett NR. 16 F-Dur Op. 135 2. Streichquartett NR. 14 Cis-Moll Op. 131

A Jockey's Christmas | Willy Vlautin Willy Vlautin, novelist and singer/songwriter for the Americana band Richmond Fontaine, has produced his first spoken word CD. A Jockey's Christmas is a dark comedy about JD, a misfit, overweight, alcoholic jockey whose career has dried up. The story chronicles his adventures on a journey home to Reno to spend the Christmas holiday with his family. A Jockey's Christmas is told in Vlautin's signature style-compassionate, spare, bleak, hilarious-and melds his two loves, music and letters. Running 33 minutes, Vlautin's narrative is accompanied by Paul Brainard's (Richmond Fontaine) pedal steel and Vlautin's acoustic guitar, as well as noted Portland musician Ralph Huntley on accordion. It plays like an old-time radio show, with music woven into the story. A Jockey's Christmas is divided up into seven chapters and is followed by two race-themed bonus songs, each telling the story of the same race from two dramatically different perspectives. Chapters 1. Trying to Get Back Home 2. Dinner With Mom 3. The Brother-in-Law 4. The Drunk Uncle 5. The Crying Sisters 6. The Roofers & The Casinos 7. Christmas Dinner With a Broken Nose Bonus Songs 8. The Track 9. The 5th Race Players Willy Vlautin | vocals, guitar Ralph Huntley | accordion, keyboards Paul Brainard | pedal steel Farnell Newton | trumpet Vlautin's critically acclaimed debut novel, The Motel Life (2007), won the Nevada Silver Pen Award and also has been shortlisted for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. His second novel, Northline (2008), is set to be adapted for the screen and directed by Courtney Hunt, whose film Frozen River won top honors at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Vlautin's band, Richmond Fontaine, has been praised internationally for their releases Winnemucca, Post to Wire, The Fitzgerald, and Thirteen Cities. For additional information please contact El Cortez Recor