Maria BC - Hyaline - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Maria BC returns with their third studio album, and sophomore Sacred Bones , Marathon. Born from a sense of urgency, masochistic determination and endurance, Marathon reflects what it means to keep going whether you're resisting or just surviving, you're in it for the long haul. On this record, Maria BC delves into themes of resistance, environmental ruin, personal disruptions and destruction, all entwined in musical grit and drive. Where 2023's Spike Field felt like one long breath, Marathon is a dynamic exploration of endurance, of pushing forward, resisting, observing and surviving. InchFor this record I decided to spend less time on production and recording and more time on songwriting,Inch Maria BC explains. InchThe result, I think, is more thematically consistent, lyrically speaking, and more concise... I set out to make something more dynamic and varied.Inch On a micro level, Marathon dissects our existence-how it's driven by personal ambitions, determination, and our desires to make the most of our life. On a macro level, Maria BC analyzes the destructive, extractive energy systems that drive our world Inchmachines that, at all costs, will keep running until they run themselves into the ground,Inch as they describe. Written and recorded throughout the West Coast, the album is both expansive and immediate, ranging sonically from aerial acoustic songs, to glitchy distorted tracks channeling chaos and disillusionment, all while maintaining a lyrical through line. Across it's thirteen songs Marathon doesn't shy away from difficult topics, cruelty and complicity, loss and destruction. But it holds out hopefully for connection, intimacy and interference. InchSometimes when I write songs, I imagine the voice that's singing is a kind of spirit,Inch they say. InchSomeone from up above or down below calling out to us in warning-'You can't go on like this.'Inch Ultimat

In this new album of music by the young Mendelssohn, Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante explore the influence of Classicism on the Italian repertoire, while researching some of the composer's lesser known works. Mendelssohn is rarely spoken of as a child prodigy, and yet he showed extraordinary talent from a very young age. This program of works composed when he was between eleven and eighteen, selected by Fabio Biondi and his ensemble Europa Galante is proof. InchHere you can perceive,Inch writes the Italian violinist and conductor, Inchthis knowledge of the past uniquely combined with an already profoundly Romantic sensitivity Mendelssohn shows both the teachings of Bach and the Baroque school, and the flamboyant spirit of the young Romantics.Inch. Taking inspiration from his predecessors in the German tradition, Mendelssohn polished his counterpoint, and practiced the fugue - as Mozart had done before him on discovering Bach - and the concerto. We discover a young composer well versed in Baroque and Classical forms, which he embellished with his own sparkling charm. This album is also an opportunity to discover some of Mendelssohn's lesser-known works, including the noteworthy Salve Regina sung by the soprano Monica Piccinini, several solitary fugues, a Largo and Allegro for piano and strings and a Concerto for violin and string orchestra in D minor. InchThis is a profound work,Inch says Biondi, who also plays the violin solo here, Inchwith a rich orchestral part, which does not merely accompany the soloist, but is also fully engaged in all it's sections, and a particularly interesting violin part. It conveys a constant good humor, in a huge kaleidoscope of formulations, while always retaining it's formal construction.Inch

Maria De La Flor - Hilanderas [COMPACT DISCS] Spain - Import date 05/26/2023