Vitantonio Caroli - Antonio Molinini: 8 studi per pianoforte - Vitantonio Caroli (Piano) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Joseph Martin Kraus, regarded in his lifetime (1756-1792) as one of the world's six most formidable composers, has like many other contemporaries since languished in the historical shadow of Mozart. Kraus was hailed by none other than Joseph Haydn as Mozart's equal in terms of creativity and genius but had a career more like Haydn's and was more of a polymath. Born in central Germany, he studied composition in Mannheim, Mainz, Erfurt and Göttingen. In 1778 he decided on a career in music and emigrated to Sweden, where he became Vice-Kapellmeister at the court of Gustav III in 1781 and Kapellmeister in Stockholm in 1788. Trained as a violinist (who, like Mozart, preferred the viola), he nonetheless was a talented pianist. Francisco de Miranda, a nobleman on a grand tour in 1787, described Kraus playing the fortepiano 'like an angel'. Sadly, the composer left relatively few works for the keyboard. This disc provides a thorough exploration of these works, from the satirical to the sublime, the expansive to the perfunctory, with the real tours de force being the two fortepiano sonatas, both issued in 1788 by Swedish Olof Ålström. Though limited in number, these works for solo keyboard (almost certainly composed for the fortepiano) represent the variety and originality that are among Kraus's musical trademarks. The two sonatas in particular challenge the technical limits of the instrument, requiring both dexterity and interpretive ability and often foreshadowing the piano music of thirty years hence in content and scope. Album Tracks 1. Zwei Neue Kuriose Minuetten VB190 2. Rondo in F VB191 3. Svensk Dans VB192 4. Thema con Variazione VB193 5. Larghetto VB194 6. Sonata in E flat VB195~I. Allegro Moderato 7. Sonata in E flat VB195~II. Andante con Variazione 8. Sonata in E flat VB195~III. Allegro ma non troppo presto 9. Sonata in E VB196~I. Vivace 10.

Trapped in a nightmarish psychic landscape midway between the bars of Austin and the bass-bins of Berghain, S**t and Shine are back for the attack, volleying forth across the consciousness with a delirious voyage into the nether. 'Bad Vibes' is a singularly appropriate moniker for a collection of audial explorations that dauntlessly set off down labyrinthine mind-maps to oblivion, all the while with an Acid-House-style smile plastered on their face. S**t And Shine, a beast under the wayward ownership of Texan transgressor Craig Clouse has - over the course of the last fourteen or so years and thirty plus releases on labels as disparate as Riot Season, Editions Mego, Diagonal and Load - proven itself capable of morphing into new, terrifying and destructive shapes seemingly of it's own volition. This fourth for Rocket however is a culmination of everything Clouse has lurched towards thus far, infusing the monomaniacal mindset of techno and house with the Caligulan mania of The Butthole Surfers, as skeletal techno, sample-strewn collages, kraut-fried repetition and dementoid electronic scree are thrown into a blender with tantalising and terrifying results. 'Bad Vibes' is the sound of the S**t and Shine jalopy rocketing way beyond the speed limit on the lineage of the lysergic. Frankly, you'd better either get on board or get well out of the way. The Quietus 'There's no other band working today for whom the words 'post-everything' ring quite as true as they do for S**t & Shine. They're utterly unlike anything else, but only by being sort of like everything else all at once'01. Bottle Brush 02. Yeah, I'm On Acid! 03. Northwest Pool 04. Mingler 05. 7896 06. Backstage Passes! 07. Bad Vibes 08. Sunrise Sam 09. At the Bar On The Rocks Album Tracks 1. Bottle Brush 2. Yeah I'm on Acid! 3. Northwest Pool 4. Mingler 5. 7896 6. Backstage Passes! 7. Bad Vibes 8

Album Tracks 1. Elaborazione Pianistica Del Valzer Da Il Gattopardo Di G. Verdi 2. Incantesimo (Op. Extra) 3. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Poco Andante 4. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Moderato, in Uno 5. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Ma Non Troppo 6. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante Molto Moderato Ma Libero 7. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Ma Non Troppo-Quasi Andante 8. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Ma Non Troppo 9. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Scorrevole Eguale Fluido 10. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Allegro Strepitoso 11. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante Cantabile 12. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Cantabile 13. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Adagio Lunare 14. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Moderato 15. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente 16. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andantino 17. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andantino 18. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Veloce E Fluido 19. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante Quasi Lento 20. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente 21. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante 22. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Allegro Energico Strepitoso 23. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Con Fantasia 24. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente 25. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Moderato Ma Rubato 26. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Mosso Ma Non Troppo 27. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Allegramente 28. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) 29. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Moderato (Ma Libreramente) 30. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante Molto Moderato E Liberamente 31. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Andante Molto Moderato 32. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Allegro Brillante 33. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Ma Libero 34. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) 35. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Moderato 36. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente 37. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente 38. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Presto 39. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lento-Cantabile 40. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Adagio Espressivo 41. Dedeche (Op. 510-548) Lentamente Com