Various Artists - Monuments Emerge - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Masterpeace, originally released in 1999, is a milestone in the history of Metal Church and marked the reunion with legendary vocalist David Wayne. The album combines the band's powerful, classic metal sound with a fresh energy, delivering highlights such as InchSleeps With ThunderInch, InchInto DustInch and InchFalldownInch that have delighted fans worldwide. With the 2024 remastered edition, this important work receives a sonic upgrade that brings out the concise riffs and epic vocal melodies more than ever. A timeless album for connoisseurs of US metal and anyone who wants to experience Metal Church's unmistakable sound.

Rudolf Innig - Messe de la Pentecote / Livre D'orgue [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/31/2001

Spreading throughout Europe from the 12th century onwards, the vast Gothic church spaces, like wonders of stone suffused with light, inspired the Ensemble VocaMe to produce this album. Four female singers with an enchanting fusion in unison and large spectra in polyphonic singing, along with the tonal colors of multi-instrumentalist Michael Popp, represent the musical extension and interpretation of the church space. The program consists of sacred music that evolved up to the Gothic period. At it's center is the Tournai Fair held in the 14th century. It is regarded as the earliest testimony of a mass, which was entirely set to music, as evidenced by medieval manuscripts. During the Gothic period, Paris was one of the most important cultural centers from whence the new Gothic spirit spread throughout Europe. The intellectual elite of this period gathered around it's large cathedral and many new compositions of the 13th century emanated from this environment, the so-called InchNotre Dame SchoolInch. The compositions, like the Tournai Mass, are part of a high culture of music - music that could probably only be heard in the great cathedrals. VocaMe combines this with more folk-like or modest melodies from the Codex Calixtinus (book of Saint James) and the Las Huelgas Codex, among others. Thus, a Gothic soundscape emerges, ranging from simple monophony to the splendor of medieval polyphony.