Orquesta Suprema - La Suprema - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With SUMMER'S DISTILLATION, Joseph Summer, as composer, offers a new look at the timeless texts credited to William Shakespeare. As artistic director, Summer presents settings by Brahms, R. Schumann, and Benjamin Pesetsky, curating an overall impressive collection of works for voice, harp, and horns. Sonnets V and VI for voice, horns, and harp is raw and unfiltered-in a complex tonal language which illuminates stark text is the foreground. Sonnet CIV is an art song for mezzo soprano wherein the harp accompaniment plays the role of a lute or acoustic guitar. It is simultaneously heavy and graceful. Sonnet XCI for voice and horns, on the other hand, is regal and declamatory. Sonnet LXXIII for vocal ensemble, harp, and horns paints a dark forest scene-a cacophony of textures as soloists take turns, yet no voice or instrument is background. Finally, Sonnet CXXXIII, a duet for tenor and soprano against the scene painting of harp and horns, is a complaint about the interminably long delay between Summer's proclamation of adoration for his (eventual) wife, Lisa Summer, and her prorogued agreement to accept his offer of love. If by Your Art from The Tempest is a through-composed soprano aria with atmospheric harp accompaniment. The harp's echoed scale fragments guide the thoughts of the actress-starting in pain and finishing in sweet respite. O God, That I Were a Man from All's Well That Ends Well is a monologue running the gamut of emotions, from InchI would eat his heart in the marketplaceInch to Inchshe is undone.Inch This is balanced by music of centuries later, with Robert Schumann's Drei Gesänge (Three Songs), Op.95, for soloist and harp, presenting settings of texts by Karl Julius Körner and three of the Hebrew Melodies by Lord Byron. Some of the highest inspiration for this album is Brahms' Vier Gesänge, Op.17.

One of the original exponents of the true InchMiami SoundInch was Orquesta Suprema, a well oiled twelve piece Cuban salsa orchestra that were extremely popular in the early to mid 1970's in the Miami area. Their brand of Salsa mixed with Afro-Cuban rhythms was contagious, and when Suprema played a dance, they drew thousands of people with little or no advertising. Their rare vinyl albums are now highly prized by Cuban music enthusiasts. InchThe Salsa Family,Inch recorded in the early 1970's, is finally available in the digital domain. All selections newly remastered. Album Tracks 1. El Ritmo Pilon 2. Llevatela 3. Elije Tu 4. Alza la Pata y Vete Flaca 5. Bacunayagua 6. Delirio 7. La Tijera 8. Exit Number

One of the original exponents of the true InchMiami Sound,Inch Orquesta Suprema was a well oiled twelve piece Cuban salsa orchestra - extremely popular in the early to mid 1970's in the Miami area. Their brand of Salsa fueled by Afro-Cuban rhythms proved contagious, and when Suprema played a dance, they drew thousands of people with little or no advertising. Their rare vinyl albums are now highly prized by Cuban music enthusiasts and remain hard to find collector's items. Presented here is a collection of some of their finest recorded performances from the mid 1970's for the legendary Sound Triangle tag. All selections newly re-mastered. Album Tracks 1. Tiempos Del Pasodoble 2. Guaguanco No. 3 3. Tu Nombre 4. La Suprema Se Colo 5. El Viejo 6. Vive Tu Vida 7. Ya Yo Llegue 8. Ajiaco Criollo 9. Bacunayagua 10. Delirio 11. La Tijera 12. Exit Number