Udo Wachtveitl - Die Geheimnisse Der Harmonie - Eine Hoerbiografi - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Handel's journey from Halle via Hamburg, Rome and Hanover to London is the story of an unprecedented ascent from the auxiliary organist to the child of the High Aristocracy, from the courtly conductor to the free-lancing artist in the most exciting cultural metropolis of Europe. At the age of 26, he was a European celebrity, claiming to be a leading opera composer in the hard-fought music market of London, through his activities for the royal house and his church music, which also played a political role in the Anglican state religion the king was the head of the church and The glorification of God served at the same time to represent it's temporal power. The dramaturgically directed effect of Handel's mighty splendor could and cannot escape. In Jörg Handsteins audiobiography InchThe Power of MusicInch in nine chapters and on a total of 3 albums you can hear about the life of Handel, his most famous and most important compositions are heard, which are closely interwoven with the very exciting biography. The numerous musical examples are from well-known interpreters, choirs and orchestras - all of them important baroque specialists. A lively, music-rich portrait of Handel and his time - strictly according to the original sources, but always alive and narrated and inspired.

Don Williams - Drummer and also on vocals, is a career musician for over four decades. Don has recorded with legendary artist such as Arthur Prysock, Jimmy McGriff, Hank Crawford, Ronnie Earl and others. He performed with Arthur Prysock, Red Prysock, Jimmy McGriff, Hank Crawford, Red Halloway, David InchFat HeadInch Newman, Groove Holmes, and others. Don's touring experiences have taken him on national and international excursions where he has displayed his magnanimous talent on his instrument. Now he wants to intensify audiences of the Jazz world with compilations of great tunes and the versitility of many of his great fellow musicians. As is stated in the tile of this work of audio art 'Smokin' is to say the least about the formation of this fine group of musicians and their performances on each track. This CD supports what listeners need to and deserve to hear as a resource for relaxation and entertainment, like a supplement for the mind and spirit.

The son of a distiller in the Moravian provinces became the Director of the Royal-Imperial Court Opera in Vienna, the Inchgod of the southern zonesInch. Gustav Mahler's life is the story of a triumphant career. Cheered as a conductor, admired and met with hostility as an operatic stage director, as a composer he remained misunderstood InchDo you always have to be dead before people wish long life to you?Inch Not only did the arts thrive in fin de siècle Vienna - so did anti-Semitism. This was why Mahler's life was also the story of a man who felt homeless wherever he went in Hamburg and Budapest, in Vienna and New York. He prohibited his wife Alma, the darling of Viennese society, from composing. Personal catastrophes overshadowed his final years the death of his daughter, a heart condition, finally Alma's affair with architect Walter Gropius, which sent Mahler to Sigmund Freud in quest of counsel. In his ten-part audio biography, Jörg Hanstein tells Mahler's story before the background of a high-tension era, colorful and multi-voiced, factually correct and close to the sources. Actors like Udo Wachtveitl, René Dumont, Laura Maire and Gert Heidenreich guarantee listening pleasure on the highest level.