Victor Fournelle-Blain - Tzimtzum - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With a tradition going back to it'sformation in 1941, The United States AirForce Band has long been the Air Force'spremier musical organization, inspiringaudiences in America and all over theworld. Many of the works on this albumdemonstrate the history and importanceof flying, from Philip Wilby's vision of abygone era in Dawn Flight, Bruce Yurko'sRed Tail Skirmish dedicated to theheroism of Tuskegee Airmen in WWII,and the futuristic excitement of Asimov'sAviary by Joel Puckett. The spectacular virtuosity of TheUnited States Air Force Band can alsobe heard in Time Travels by the band'schief arranger, Senior Master Sgt.Robert Thurston, and in the superbarrangement of three movements fromHolst's The Planets.

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In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and Brunelleschi, this composer from the Abruzzi region could almost be likened to a sort of musical Hieronymus Bosch, for the texts he set to music conjure up a 'topsy-turvy universe' where the obscene, the imaginary and the grotesque go hand in hand. In his ballata Amor ne tossa he writes 'Let him understand me who can, for I understand myself', foreshadowing the proud egotism of the Romantic artists who were to come 400 years after him. With this four-album set presenting the world premiere of Zacara's complete works, La Fonte Musica offers us an initial approach to understanding his music. And thereby, through the timeless character of art, to understanding a so-called 'renascent' era that seems as 'topsy-turvy' as our own.