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Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Trionfi! A Florentine Festival (1994)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Trionfi! A Florentine Festival (1994)

Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Trionfi! A Florentine Festival (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 344 Mb | Total time: 72:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau Lyre | # 436 718-2 | Recorded: 1992

Italy was a very progressive country in the fine arts during the late medieval to the baroque eras; the arts were especially great in Florence! This is a fine tapestry of Italian renaissance music with rich instrumental sounds and voices that can swoon the senses. The instrumental arrangements are perfect and the singers sound like they're celebrating the songs, instead of performing them. Philip Pickett has always recorded some of the finest early music.

Krystian Zimerman - Debussy: Preludes (1994)

Posted By: tirexiss
Krystian Zimerman - Debussy: Preludes (1994)

Krystian Zimerman - Debussy: Preludes (1994)

EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 84:04 | 237 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 4357732

This award winning set from 1991 will not be to everyone's tastes. The recording and the playing are perfectly suited to each other being exceptionally clear and precise and with wide dynamic range. The playing on this pair of discs is, as mentioned above, exceptionally clear and precise and came as quite shock to me when I bought it some 20 years ago. Everything is laid out for inspection without the slightest hint of softness or textural shading. It is like going into a room with all the main lights on rather than finding the room lit by numerous lamps on tables and other furniture. There are no subtleties of nuance attempted in the normal way allowing for shadows and half-lights metaphorically.

Urs Schneider, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) - Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 6, Overtures (1994)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Urs Schneider, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) - Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 6, Overtures (1994)

Urs Schneider, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) - Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 6, Overtures (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 295 Mb | Total time: 65:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Marco Polo | # 8.223638 | Recorded: 1993, 1994

Joachim Raff enjoyed the highest reputation in his lifetime but was later remembered only for his famous Cavatina, an attractive short piece that appeared in many arrangements. Encouraged by Mendelssohn and then by Liszt, he served the latter as an assistant at Weimar, orchestrating Liszt’s earlier symphonic poems. His own work as a composer started in earnest when he left Weimar in 1856, to settle in Wiesbaden and then, from 1877, in Frankfurt as director of the Hoch Conservatory, a position he retained until his death in 1882.

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

Posted By: gribovar
Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]

Marian McPartland - Contrasts: Plays the Music of Alec Wilder (1974) & A Sentimental Journey (1994) [Reissue 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 608 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 248 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, New Orleans Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: The Jazz Alliance (TJA2-12044-2)

Contrasts is a two-fer collection of work by pianist Marian McPartland featuring the albums Plays the Music of Alec Wilder and Marian and Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey. Showcasing the exquisite playing of the NPR jazz host, both albums are worth checking out. Disc one should appeal to longtime McPartland fans with the pianist working through the compositions of Alec Wilder in a straight-ahead trio style. Disc two, though, is the real revelation, with McPartland joining her cornetist/vocalist husband, Jimmy, and his New Orleans trad-style band for a live date. The music is much hotter than McPartland's solo work - she "comps" beautifully behind soloists - and it's a treat to hear her in this more bluesy, extroverted context.

Murray Perahia - Chopin: 4 Ballades, Valses, Nocturne, Mazurkas, Etudes (1994)

Posted By: tirexiss
Murray Perahia - Chopin: 4 Ballades, Valses, Nocturne, Mazurkas, Etudes (1994)

Murray Perahia - Chopin: 4 Ballades, Valses, Nocturne, Mazurkas, Etudes (1994)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:00:40 | 191 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | Catalog: SK 64399

This Chopin recital represents Murray Perahia's return to the Sony studios after a two-year absence due to serious injury. So may I start by saying that this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest, of all his many and exemplary recordings. Once again his performances are graced with rare and classic attributes and now, to supreme clarity, tonal elegance and musical perspective, he adds an even stronger poetic profile, a surer sense of the inflammatory rhetoric underpinning Chopin's surface equilibrium. In other words the vividness and immediacy are as remarkable as the finesse. And here, arguably, is the oblique but telling influence of Horowitz who Perahia befriended during the last months of the old wizard's life.

Traffic - Far From Home (1994)

Posted By: gribovar
Traffic - Far From Home (1994)

Traffic - Far From Home (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 401 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 147 MB | Covers - 39 MB
Genre: Pop Rock, Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin (CDV 2727, 7243 8 39490 2 1)

It could be argued that, in its most basic form, Traffic was a vehicle for the songs of Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, who wrote most of the material and on some tracks were the only musicians performing. But the question of whether Winwood and Capaldi could validly constitute Traffic by themselves was not addressed until 1994, 20 years after the group disbanded, when the two surprisingly announced they would be recording and touring under their old band name. The album they made together sounded for the most part like a Winwood solo album. He played most of the instruments and sang (Capaldi drummed and sang occasional backup vocals), and he didn't show much interest in the lengthy instrumental passages that characterized Traffic in its heyday…

Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

Posted By: popsakov
Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 405 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 150 Mb
Covers Included | 01:00:13 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Pony Canyon #PCCY-00654

For anyone who loves Camel, Genesis and early Marillion, this is a must. Pendragon were one of a clutch of bands including IQ, Pallas, Solstice and the aforementioned Marillion, who made up a new wave of British Progressive Rock in the 1980s. By 1985, Pendragon had released an EP, played the Reading Festival and toured with Marillion as well as doing a session for Tommy Vance's legendary Friday Rock Show. Despite that, they were still largely ignored by the mainstream. 'The Jewel', the band's debut album shows a band that has clearly spent a lot of time playing live, as they are extremely proficient and tight musically throughout the record.

Terre Thaemlitz - Tranquilizer (30th Anniv. Restored & Expanded Ed. 1994-2024) (1994/2024)

Posted By: Rtax
Terre Thaemlitz - Tranquilizer (30th Anniv. Restored & Expanded Ed. 1994-2024) (1994/2024)

Terre Thaemlitz - Tranquilizer (30th Anniv. Restored & Expanded Ed. 1994-2024) (1994/2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 647 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 373 MB
2:35:50 | Electronic, Trance, Experimental, Ambient, Deep House, Breakbeat | Label: Comatonse Recordings

Among our most loved ‘90s ambient house records, Terre Thaemlitz’s debut album is mercifully - finally - expanded and reissued for its 30th anniversary, including an incredible prototype for ambient Memphis rap instrumentals and some would even say dubstep - now expanded to well over two hours long, with a delectable bonus disc full of deep cuts. One that puts a lump in our throat from the opening strokes, ‘Tranquillizer’ marks a key point of departure for Thaemlitz from the deep house they DJ’d at NYC clubs from the late ‘80s to fully embrace its spiritual descendants - ambient house and downbeat - and embark on a stellar oeuvre defined by a timeless sound sensitivity and pathos.

Ellis Marsalis - Whistle Stop (1994)

Posted By: gribovar
Ellis Marsalis - Whistle Stop (1994)

Ellis Marsalis - Whistle Stop (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 400 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 171 MB | Covers - 45 MB
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Columbia/Sony Music (CK 53177)

For this CD, veteran pianist Ellis Marsalis performs songs composed by some of the top modern New Orleans players of the 1960s, including drummer James Black, tenor saxophonist Nat Perrilliat, clarinetist Alvin Batiste, saxophonist Harold Battiste, and himself. With the exception of Alvin Batiste's tunes (based on "Cherokee" and a Dixieland-ish blues), the originals have strong melodies, slightly tricky chord structures, and sound quite fresh. Marsalis utilizes his son, Branford, on tenor and soprano; bassist Robert Hurst; and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts; the young Jason Marsalis sits in on drums during two numbers. Ellis Marsalis is in particularly inventive form on this unusually obscure material.

Alexander Blachly, Pomerium - Antoine Busnois: In hydraulis & other works (1994)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Alexander Blachly, Pomerium - Antoine Busnois: In hydraulis & other works (1994)

Alexander Blachly, Pomerium - Antoine Busnois: In hydraulis & other works (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 72:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dorian Recordings | # DOR-90184 | Recorded: 2013

One of the delights of exploring early music is that there's always some wonderful discovery just around the corner–some composer or work you've never heard of or were afraid to take a chance on last year, but who now compels your attention. And you're pleasantly surprised, as you will be when you discover the works of 15th-century Burgundian composer Busnoys. From the very first minute of his fantastic In hydraulis–a tribute to Ockeghem–you'll realize that here was a composer of considerable talent for part writing, for melody, and for intricate rhythmic structures.

Pendragon - The Best Of Pendragon (=The Rest Of Pendragon) (1994) {Japan 1st Press}

Posted By: popsakov
Pendragon - The Best Of Pendragon (=The Rest Of Pendragon) (1994) {Japan 1st Press}

Pendragon - The Best Of Pendragon (=The Rest Of Pendragon) (1994) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 415 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 156 Mb
Covers Included | 01:03:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Pony Canyon #PCCY-00657

Neo-prog band Pendragon formed in London during the heady days of punk, but didn't coalesce until 1983, when the band began playing around London and earned a small spot at that year's Reading Festival. The lineup stabilized, after the 1985 album Jewel, around vocalist/guitarist Nick Barrett, bassist Peter Gee, drummer Fudge Smith and keyboard player Clive Nolan. Pendragon recorded the live album 9:15 in 1986 and began to establish a continental fan base the following year. European audiences proved enthusiastic, spawning a contract with the French M.S.I. label; nevertheless, the group was forced to form its own Toff label just to release material in England.

Geri Allen Trio - Twenty One (1994) {Blue Note}

Posted By: tiburon
Geri Allen Trio - Twenty One (1994) {Blue Note}

Geri Allen Trio - Twenty One (1994) {Blue Note}
EAC 0.95b4 | FLAC Image level 8 | Cue+Log | Full Scans 600dpi | 316MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 164MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop

Pianist Geri Allen has thus far been a very consistent performer, and all of her recordings are easily recommended. This particular set finds her in a trio with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams performing six of her originals along with six jazz standards. Allen's style is fairly original, with hints of Herbie Nichols, and her chancetaking but logical solos are generally quite stimulating.

Pendragon - The Window Of Life (1993) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

Posted By: popsakov
Pendragon - The Window Of Life (1993) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

Pendragon - The Window Of Life (1993) {1994, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 453 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 171 Mb
Covers Included | 01:09:15 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Pony Canyon #PCCY-00653

Neo-prog band Pendragon formed in London during the heady days of punk, but didn't coalesce until 1983, when the band began playing around London and earned a small spot at that year's Reading Festival. The lineup stabilized, after the 1985 album Jewel, around vocalist/guitarist Nick Barrett, bassist Peter Gee, drummer Fudge Smith and keyboard player Clive Nolan. Pendragon recorded the live album 9:15 in 1986 and began to establish a continental fan base the following year. European audiences proved enthusiastic, spawning a contract with the French M.S.I. label; nevertheless, the group was forced to form its own Toff label just to release material in England.

Glenn Frey - No Fun Aloud (1982) {1994, Reissue}

Posted By: popsakov
Glenn Frey - No Fun Aloud (1982) {1994, Reissue}

Glenn Frey - No Fun Aloud (1982){1994, Elektra 60129-2}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 254 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 112 Mb
Covers Included | 00:39:18 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soft Rock | Elektra #60129-2

Glenn Frey's first solo album plotted two Top 40 singles, with "I Found Somebody" going to number 31 in the summer of 1982 and the destitute-sounding "The One You Love" hitting number 15 two months later. With help from Jack Tempchin, who wrote the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling," the album reached number 32 on the U.S. charts, but it's Frey's perfectly guided vocals and impeccable talent for crafting laid-back love songs that make the album noteworthy. The saxophone from "The One You Love," which tags alongside the soothing chorus, makes the song even better, and "I Found Somebody" hints at the Eagles' warm, harmonic style.

Acoustic Alchemy - Against The Grain (1994) {GRP 9783}

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Acoustic Alchemy - Against The Grain (1994) {GRP 9783}

Acoustic Alchemy - Against The Grain (1994) {GRP 9783}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 338MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 135MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion, Smooth Jazz

Against The Grain, Acoustic Alchemy's 8th album, was released October 11, 1994 under the GRP label. Despite having only ten tracks, Against the Grain manages to notch up a total play time of 53 minutes because of the band's experimentation with some longer, more drawn out tracks. The most successful effort from this release was "Lazeez", one of two tracks from this album to appear on the compilation album, "The Very Best Of Acoustic Alchemy" (2002).