Various Artists - Les Plus Belles Valses Musette - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jazz, and Java have had for all eternity only two words to say. They are stories of man and women, songs of musicians that owe and play at the same time for the dancers and for the musicians. Yes a music of musician for musician. Franck Bergerot has united only the best artists, the most famous (Marcel Azzola), the most surprising (the voval virtuosity of Minvielle) and tender ones. LaValse a Margaux by Richard Galliano is perfect. That's rare, perfection. Album Tracks 1. Douce Joie 2. Valse a Margaux 3. Passion 4. Flambmontalbanaise 5. Afro Musette 6. Amargura 7. Adios Sevilla 8. Annie Zette 9. Mdie Au Crscule 10. Valse Chinoise 11. Poker D'as 12. Accord 13. Vraie Valse Musette 14. Mazurka Tzigane 15. Reve Bohemien 16. Matelo 17. Foule 18. Paciencia 19. Viva Murena 20. Panique 21. Paris Dans Chaque Faubourg 22. Envolee Musette 23. Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Ferm

Not only does this celebrate the female voice, but also some largely forgotten female composers. Luzzaschi's Madrigali a uno, due e tre soprano of 1601 represents the sole surviving publication of a unique and highly important repertoire; that of the much famed singing ladies (concerto delle donne) of Ferrara. By the 1580s the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso II, had become so obsessed with the sound of soprano voices, that he was procuring the finest singers of the time and establishing them in his court for his musica secreta, or secret music. It is among the most vocally challenging music surviving, and attests to high quality of vocal training in the sixteenth century. It is something of a miracle that even one copy of the original publication survived. In an age when singer/composers were relatively common, no single woman had as much of her music published as Barbara Strozzi. She led a remarkable life and one most unusual for a woman in Venice in 1619. Her father, poet Giulio Strozzi, was at the centre of the cultural and intellectual life in Venice and through him she was able to partake of that life. Between 1644 and 1664 Barbara Strozzi published 8 books of vocal music. By far the majority of this output is for solo soprano, but just how successful she was is unknown. After her final publication in 1664 nothing more is known of her. As she wrote herself in the dedication to her opus 5 InchSince I am no more held back by feminine weakness than by any allowance made for my S*x, I fly on lightest leaves in devotion to make my bow.Inch

This compilation album features tracks from 13 different prior Saydisc albums, and takes the listener on an auditory journey around the globe. These exotic sounds unite far-flung communities and cultures of the world through the common thread of music. In the Chinese Village Song for Bamboo Flute, performed by the Jing Ying Ensemble, we hear the bamboo flute, also known as the di-zi, which carries the same associations as it's Western counterpart, but is more piercing in timbre. World percussionist Joji Hirota dreams up an exotic, hot, and humid Amazonian scene with the evocative composition, InchAmazon Rain Forest Dream.Inch The ensemble The Burning Bush presents InchIsraeli Chassidic Melody 10,Inch which comes from the repertoire of the Klezmer. Other highlights include performances of Carribean steel pan music, a song with voice and Tibetan singing bowls performed by Alain Presencer, a Turkish Longa, and many more exciting world elements. Album Tracks 1. Chinese Village Song for Bamboo Flute - Jing Ying Ensemble 2. Amazon Rain Forest Dream - Joji Hirota 3. Andean Flower Festival - Caliche 4. Israeli Chassidic Melody 10 - the Burning Bush 5. Papua New Guinea String Band - Rymoko String Band 6. Samba Pacifica - Joji Hirota 7. Mountain Lake Memories - Caliche 8. Caribbean Euphoria - Melodian Steel Band 9. Micronesian Morning Star Choir - Morning Star Choir 10. Tibetan Song of the Night - Alain Presencer 11. Spanish Guitar Dance - the English Guitar Quartet 12. Japanese Spring - Joji Hirota 13. Turkish Longa (Feat. Hassan Erraji) - Arabesque 14. Polynesian Himene - Austral Islands Choir 15. Chinese Night Fishing Song - Jing Ying Ensemble 16. Winds from the Far East - Roger Winfield 17. Tibetian Nya Lam Pass - Zomkyi/Tashi Tsering 18. Tiempo Nuevo - Caliche 19. Vanuatu String Band - Singera String Band