Teresa Berganza - Evening of Song 1985 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Double red splatter vinyl LP pressing. Etched side D. Housed in gatefold jacket. Close your eyes and picture this... An apocalyptic alternate reality leaves Australia under the iron fist of the despotic King Baphicho for the second time. In defiance, revolution has begun brewing with Clara Carne-a member of the InchUnholy TrinityInch-at the helm of the resistance. All the while, the paths of an army from Heaven, a detective, and a disgraced ruler converge at an inflection point where Gun Fu shootouts, double-crosses, and drama ensue. This action is set to a soundtrack of inventive, insidious, and infectious metalcore by Melbourne's own The Gloom in the Corner Mikey Arthur [vocals], Jesse Abdurazak [guitar], Paul Musolino [bass], and Joshua Clinch[drums]. Sure, it could be fodder for an Anime epic, your new favorite NETFLIX series, or an open-world video game. However, this is the story told via The Gloom in the Corner's fourth full-length offering, Royal Discordance.

Tebaldi - Tosca [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2005

With Storie di Napoli, la festa musicale now presents it's third production on AUDITE and approaches the varied and expressive Neapolitan baroque repertoire with an innovative approach. Sensual arias and virtuoso concerti by composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Mancini and Nicola Fiorenza combine in this concept album to create a sonic collage that tells Naples' best stories and pages from the Baroque heyday of what was then Europe's third-largest metropolis. These include an encounter with the seductive siren Parthenope, to whom the mythological foundation of the city goes back, a visit to Naples' multi-layered underworld with thoroughly surprising twists and turns, and the exuberant atmosphere of typical Neapolitan street life full of festivities and joie de vivre. Together with the young, promising soprano Maria Ladurner and under the direction of the renowned recorder player Barbara Heindlmeier, who is known for innovative concepts, la festa musicale treads a completely new path in this project. Sometimes the movement sequences of the concerti are broken up and interwoven with the arias. In this way, a new, overarching storyline is told that skillfully captures the multi-layered facets of a fascinating city. The North German baroque ensemble la festa musicale stands for first-class artistic quality, which is reflected in creative, cross-disciplinary concert formats and top-class collaborations. In addition to well-known works, Storie di Napoli also features rarely heard discoveries and a premiere recording of the aria InchNel mio pettoInch (from Il ritorno d'Ulisse) by Giuseppe Porsile. The richness of color, the emotional density and the fast-moving contrasts of this repertoire are underlined by the baroque ensemble with variable instrumentation and - completely dedicated to the art of ornamentation and improvisation of the baroque - it's own contrib