Schubert / Yontov - Franz Schubert: Piano Variations - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The small-scale motet was at the heart of daily and weekly musical practice in the Roman Catholic Church of the mid-seventeenth century. One of the genre's most distinguished exponents was the maestro di cappella in the Jesuit Church in Rome, Bonifazio Graziani. An ordained priest, he was commissioned by Pope Innocent X to compose solemn music for the Inchmost holy yearInch of 1650, and his works were in demand across Europe. His elegant mixture of text, melody, and harmonic accompaniment is highly distinctive, with the two oratorios revealing the extent of his compositional breadth.

Schubert / Tan - Var Piano (6)/Moments Musicaux [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/14/1995

Cinema is baked into Krassner's musical DNA, and these recordings sometimes veer from evoking a lost psychedelic sci-fi flick to a desolate western, or from a horror film to a sun-dappled romance. Listening closely, you hear the years in these songs, but also the freshness of a brand new moment. Though one could read the title Ancient Music as a cheeky display of Krassner's self-deprecating humor, listening to it's majestic swells and spooky corners, it becomes clear that Krassner means it the other way too. These are songs that have somehow always existed. And somehow, they always will.1. The Bare Earth2. The Incandescent Wanderer3. The Other Shore4. Cuckoo Symposium5. An Illuminated Afterthought6. Mountain Music7. The Death Of An Ancient Star8. The Swallowing Sea9. A Quiet Place10. Elephant Architecture11. Between The River Banks12. Desert Fugue13. The Cadence Of Lunar Time14. Rodan Crater15. Three Dimensional Memories16. Moth17. Ancient Music18. Life Cycles19. A Farewell Under The Palo Verde Tree