Mahler / Pinnock / Royal Academy Of Music Soloists - Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Various Artists - Polish Contemporary Chamber Music / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/18/2002

Schubert's music is as naive as the poet's expressions; the emotions contained in the poems are as deeply reflected in his own feelings, and these are so brought out in sound that no-one can sing or hear them without being touched to the heart. Thus read a Viennese critic's review of Winterreise, a true masterpiece published in the final year of the composer's life. Enthralled by the verse of Wilhelm Muller (1794-1827), Schubert slightly changed the order of the poems so as to make a story - of a wanderer, a homeless man, unrequited in love and disappointed by the whole word. A tale that has always prompted questions as to what degree it reflects the personal experiences of the two artists, the poet and the musician, coevals whose lives ended too soon. The motif of a vagrant, an outcast loner, was characteristic of 19th-century Romanticism, yet it seems to resonate with the feeling of solitude of those living today. Possessing a robust, colorful voice, the bass Jan Martinik inheres an immense sensitivity for expressing the intimacy of Schubert's songs. He has proved his calibre by having attained success at international competitions, as well as by having performed to great acclaim on major opera stages. Following his Supraphon debut, Martinik has recorded Winterreise, splendidly accompanied on the piano by David Marecek. The virtue of their joint music journey lies in modest simplicity and profound intimacy.

2019 . Presented are four previously unreleased cuts from the vault of Ben 'Cozmo D' Cenac, producer of Newcleus, Dream 2 Science, Push/Pull & Sha-Lor. Written in the late '80s/early '90s, these tracks have been sitting on DAT tapes for over 20 years. The tracks themselves feature Ben's wife Yvette Cenac AKA Vai Cee from Dream 2 Science and Lady E of Newcleus, Gregg Fore AKA Buster Fhott from Dream 2 Science and Push/Pull, The Cellar Boyz AKA the original Jam-On DJs and finally Shareen Evans. A career musician, Ben's instrumentation and programming is timeless, it's a sound that cannot be replicated. Also includes three additional mixes.