Various Artists - Greek-Jewish Musical Traditions / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer's Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. The name possibly began with the French 'carrouseaux' and went through patois and Anglicization. There are also suggestions that the name originated with exclamations of encouragement to the singer by the chorus or audience or both. But whatever process brought the word into everyday use, the point is that calypso is here. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior, and comment on it's absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted Time to tag calypso InchThe Living NewspaperInch in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between editorialist, moralist, and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events prove as grist for the mill. Album Tracks 1. Mary Ann 2. Ugly Woman 3. Arima Tonight, Sangre Grande, Tomorrow Night 4. Caroni Swamp 5. Stone Cold Dead in the Market 6. Caroline 7. The Lost Watch 8. Germaine 9. Congo Bara 10. Fire Brigade 11. Uncle Jo's Gimme Mo' 12. Lieuttenant Julian 13. Mathilda 14. Scandal in the Family 15. Jouvert Barrio 16. Good Night Ladies and Gents 17. Saxophone Number I 18. Rum & Coca Cola

The Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya duo was the hub of guitar music in the 1950s and 60s Paris. The energy of this collaboration radiated throughout the music community, resulting in a multitude of new works for guitar duo. Stein-Erik Olsen and Egil Haugland are outstanding interpreters of the music from the golden age of the guitar. In 2009 Stein-Erik Olsen presented premier recordings of music for guitar duo written by Ida Presti, to great acclaim from reviewers world-wide. This project inspired him to go deeper into the music that was created as a direct result of the collaboration between Presti and her husband and duo-partner Lagoya. Stein-Erik Olsen finds the quality of these works quite special InchIt is simply masterpieces, all of it - without question among the best ever written for guitar duo. All the works on the album are written within the span of six years by composers who have their individual style and musical vocabulary. You immediately hear that these works are written for two equal performers with outstanding technical and musical abilities.Inch Liner notes by Graham Wade. Album Tracks 1. Toccata 2. Tonadilla 3. Sérénade Pour Deux Guitares 4. Prélude Et Fugue No. 4 en Mi Majeur 5. Sonatina Canonica Op. 196 6. Tarentelle

Album Tracks 1. Raag Deen Todi 2. Raag Bilaskhani Todi 3. Raag Bhupal Todi 4. Raag Mia Ki Todi