The Vapors - Waiting For The Weekend: The United Artists & Liberty Recordings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Franco Gulli was one of the most prominent and active Italian violinists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He began his studies with his father (a pupil of Ševcík and Marák at the Prague Conservatory), then went to Arrigo Serato in Siena and later to Szigeti in Switzerland. His varied and significant career included leading the Orchestra of the Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan, for several years, after which he took up a similar post with Virtuosi di Roma. Gulli's activities included a considerable volume of teaching and he was well-respected in this rôle, giving masterclasses all over the world and sitting on the juries of several international competitions including those in Brussels, London, Genoa, Munich, New York, and Indianapolis. He was a member of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, the Accademia Cherubini, Florence, and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna, as well as holding a Professorship at Indiana University. The present features newly remastered live recordings surveying forty years of Gulli's career.

The Nouvelle Vague is the name given to the great avant-garde trend of the late Fifties that redefined the way in which films were written, produced and directed. Up until then in the film world, music, unlike directing and screenwriting, had been considered of secondary importance, but this new cultural revolution gave pride of place to the music that accompanied the images. Take the recording session for InchLift To The ScaffoldInch for example, which amply illustrated the new role of music trumpeter Miles Davis improvised over the images of filmmaker Louis Malle, and the resulting aura of the film is now a legend. Yet who remembers the famous song InchL'eau à la boucheInch that Serge Gainsbourg and Alain Goraguer wrote for the same film? This set produced by Olivier Julien provides a wonderful perspective that features an impressive array of exceptional musicians, from Georges Delerue to Paul Misraki and Michel Legrand, including Art Blakey and Martial Solal, and with Miles Davis, Alain Goraguer & Serge Gainsbourg of course. Album Tracks 1. Sextuor No. 1 [Extrait] 2. Sextuor No. 1 [Extrait] 3. Générique 4. Florence sur les Champs-Élysées 5. Sur l'autoroute 6. Évasion de Julien 7. Au bar du petit bac 8. 400 Coups/Car de police 9. Machine à écrire 10. Comment Voulez-vous? 11. Balzac–Gymnastique–Trinité–Finale 12. À double tour, Pt. 1 13. À double tour, Pt. 2 14. Tête contre les murs 15. Surprise-partie 16. Stéphanie 17. Enterrement à l'asile 18. No Problem [Première Version] 19. Prélude in Blue (À L'Esquinade) 20. No hay problema 21. Prélude in Blue (Chez Miguel) 1. Duo 2. Mort 3. Poursuite 4. Dixieland 5. Eau à la bouche 2 6. Black March 7. Judith 8. Angoisse 9. Nous avions vingt ans 10. Avenue Henri Martin 11. À Deauville 12. Ursula 13. Carla et Roger aux sports d'hiver 14. Final 15. Valse

Almost forty years after his first recording on Chandos, this unique limited-edition gathers some of the best and most-awarded recordings on the tag by one of the most prolific conductors of all time Neeme Järvi. It highlights a 200+ discography that explores an astonishingly wide repertoire, from the legendary complete series of Prokofiev's symphonies and Tchaikovsky's ballets to the groundbreaking discoveries of composers such as Atterberg or Suchon. It features nearly a dozen of the numerous orchestras with which he has collaborated, including the RSNO, Chicago Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all here celebrated at their best. Offered at a very special price and retaining the original covers, this product also includes very special notes by James Jolly, Editor in Chief of Gramophone, as well as exclusive photos and interviews with figures central to Järvi's extraordinary musical life. Album Tracks DISC 4 1. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Nacht 2. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Sonnenaufgang 3. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Der Anstieg 4. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Eintritt in den Wald 5. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Am Wasserfall 6. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Erscheinung 7. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Auf blumige Wiesen 8. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Auf der Alm 9. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen 10. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Auf dem Gletscher 11. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Gefahrvolle Augenblicke 12. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Auf dem Gipfel 13. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Vision 14. Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)~Nebe