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Alfred Hitchcock - The Classic Soundtrack Collection (2018)

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Alfred Hitchcock - The Classic Soundtrack Collection (2018)

Alfred Hitchcock - The Classic Soundtrack Collection (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 818 MB
4:51:48 | Score, Soundtrack, Theme | Label: Enlightenment

With a total of over 50 full length feature films to his name, Alfred Hitchcock remains one of the most influential and esteemed movie directors in cinema history. During his career, which spanned six decades, he created some of the finest and most critically acclaimed films ever made, for which he received any number of awards, and which are still hailed as classics. Hitchcock was a master too of choosing the right composers to score his celluloid creations, and the music was often as important as any other feature in his completed picture. Working regularly with esteemed music-writers such as Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman and Lyn Murray, the movie going public considered his choice in this area as important as that of his leading actors and actresses. This collection brings together five original, full soundtrack albums for Hitchcock films, along with numerous themes for others of his classic creations Totaling nearly five hours of music over four discs, this compilation offers a unique experience by isolating the scores from their original setting, thereby allowing the listener to hear them in unfamiliar surrounds.

Alfred Hause - Legendäre Original-Alben (2023)

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Alfred Hause - Legendäre Original-Alben (2023)

Alfred Hause - Legendäre Original-Alben (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 2.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 940 MB
6:35:51 | Jazz, Latin, Pop, Easy Listening, Tango, Soundtrack | Label: Electrola

Man muss kein Tangotänzer sein um die Musik von Alfred Hause zu genießen. Der Hamburger Orchesterleiter war einer der langjährigsten und erfolgreichsten Polydor-Künstler. Seine Schallplatten mit mehrheitlich Tango-Repertoire waren herrlich schwelgerische, traumhaft tönende Werke, die einen auch heute noch geradezu verzaubern können. Angefangen hatte Hause als musikalischer Leiter für Künstler wie Freddy Quinn, Rudi Schuricke, René Carol, Lonny Kellner oder Friedel Hensch und die Cyprys, aber schon bald konzentrierte er sich auf Schallplatten unter eigenem Namen und startete mit Beginn der 1960er Jahre mit dem Tango in Deutschland richtig durch, nicht zuletzt durch vollmundige Arrangements von Profis wie Hans Last (vor seinem Durchbruch als James Last), Karl Heinz Loges und Heinz Schultze, mit schwelgerischen Streichern, eleganten Flötensätzen, Harfen-Glissandi und solistischen Akzenten von Oboe, Gitarre, Bandoneon und Akkordeon.

Savoy Brown - Looking In (1970) Reissue 1990

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Savoy Brown - Looking In (1970) Reissue 1990

Savoy Brown - Looking In (1970) Reissue 1990
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 214 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 90 Mb | Scans ~ 29 Mb
Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, British Blues | Label: Deram | # 844 017-2 | 00:39:38

Savoy Brown's blues-rock sound takes on a much more defined feel on 1970's Looking In and is one of this band's best efforts. Kim Simmonds is utterly bewildering on guitar, while Lonesome Dave Peverett does a fine job taking over lead singing duties from Chris Youlden who left halfway through the year. But it's the captivating arrangements and alluring ease of the music that makes this a superb listen. The pleading strain transformed through Simmonds' guitar on "Money Can't Save Your Soul" is mud-thick with raw blues, and the comfort of "Sunday Night" is extremely smooth and laid back. "Take It Easy" sounds like it could have been a B.B. King tune as it's doused with relaxed guitar fingering. The entire album is saturated with a simple, British blues sound but the pace and the marbled strands of bubbly instrumental perkiness fill it with life. Even the Yardbirds-flavored "Leaving Again" is appealing with its naïve hooks, capped off with a heart-stopping guitar solo. This album along with Street Corner Talking best exemplify Savoy Brown's tranquilizing style.

Otis Spann - The Bottom Of The Blues (1968) Reissue 1990

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Otis Spann - The Bottom Of The Blues (1968) Reissue 1990

Otis Spann - The Bottom Of The Blues (1968) Reissue 1990
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 186 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 91 Mb | Scans included
Chicago Blues, Piano Blues | Label: BGO | # BGOCD92 | Time: 00:36:47

An integral member of the nonpareil Muddy Waters band of the 1950s and '60s, pianist Otis Spann took his sweet time in launching a full-fledged solo career. But his own discography is a satisfying one nonetheless, offering ample proof as to why so many aficionados considered him then and now Chicago's leading post-war blues pianist.

Incognito - Always There: 1981-2021 (40 Years & Still Groovin') (2021)

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Incognito - Always There: 1981-2021 (40 Years & Still Groovin') (2021)

Incognito - Always There: 1981-2021 (40 Years & Still Groovin') (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 3.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.3 GB
9:54:55 | Soul, Funk, Jazz-Funk, House, Garage House, Broken Beat, UK Garage | Label: [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue

40th anniversary, 106 track retrospective feat Chaka Khan, Jocelyn Brown, Stevie Wonder & more. Rarities & exclusives include "You Are In My System" and 2 discs of remixes curated by Gilles Peterson. 106 track retrospective of the band's 40-year career featuring 7 previously unreleased tracks. Presenting the full career-spanning retrospective of the 80s Brit/Jazz Funk pioneers who enjoyed a golden period during the '90s and celebrate the 40th anniversary since their debut album release. The set features singles, live favourites, rarities, remixes and unreleased material from their 19 studio albums, 7 of which were for Gilles Peterson's Talkin Loud label. Remixers include Masters at Work, Roger Sanchez, Morales, Carl Craig, Blaze, MJ Cole.

VA - Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1980-1985 (2024)

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VA - Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1980-1985 (2024)

VA - Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1980-1985 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 251 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 97 MB
41:33 | Electronic | Label: Dark Entries

Dark Entries has raided the bathhouse to bring us Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985, 10 tracks of obscure queer synth bliss. One of Dark Entries' most important missions has been illuminating neglected facets of gay musical history, with crucial archival works by legends like Patrick Cowley, Sylvester, and Man Parrish. On Deep Entries, the label spans 6 years of gay electronics - from sultry to angsty to camp, these songs are overflowing with snappy 808 snares and sinewy analog synth leads. The '80s were a difficult period for many in the gay community as they grappled with the horrors of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

The Beatles - The Decca Sessions 1.1.62 (1987)

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The Beatles - The Decca Sessions 1.1.62 (1987)

The Beatles - The Decca Sessions 1.1.62 (1987)
CD Rip FLAC (tracks) - 118 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 74 MB
32:00 | Pop Rock | Label: Topline Records

The Decca sessions, recorded on 1 January 1962 in West Hampstead.

Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Myung-Whun Chung - Voices from Heaven (1998)

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Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Myung-Whun Chung - Voices from Heaven (1998)

Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Andrea Bocelli, Myung-Whun Chung, Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Voices from Heaven (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 59:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 459 156-2 | Recorded: 1998

This is a beautiful anthology of sacred liturgical music. Chung coordinates his forces in larger choral pieces with power and vertical balance. Contributions by Cecilia Bartoli find the mezzo in top form, and Bryn Terfel brings charismatic presence to “Pie Jesu” from the Fauré Requiem. Also included are the interminable "Song for Athene" by John Taverner and a great performance by Andrea Bocelli in Eric Levi's hymn for the world, "I Believe".

Antoine Guerber, Diabolus in Musica - Historia Sancti Martini (2011)

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Antoine Guerber, Diabolus in Musica - Historia Sancti Martini (2011)

Antoine Guerber, Diabolus in Musica - Historia Sancti Martini (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 297 Mb | Total time: 66:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: æon | # AECD 1103 | Recorded: 2009

Martin was buried on 11 November 397 in Tours. The saint, already famous throughout all of Gaul, had died three days earlier in Candes, at the confluence of the Vienne and the Loire rivers. According to Gregory of Tours, Martin’s distant 7th-century successor, when the inhabitants of Touraine brought back his body by boat, the riverbanks began to bloom again in the course of this first ‘Saint Martin summer’.

Estévan Velardi, Alessandro Stradella Consort - Alessandro Scarlatti: Il giardino d'amore (2003)

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Estévan Velardi, Alessandro Stradella Consort - Alessandro Scarlatti: Il giardino d'amore (2003)

Estévan Velardi, Alessandro Stradella Consort - Alessandro Scarlatti: Il giardino d'amore (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 321 Mb | Total time: 70:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Bongiovanni | # BG 2327-2 | Recorded: 1999

Il giardino d'amore ou Venere e Adone (Vénus et Adonis) est une serenata à deux voix (SA), trompette, sopranino, cordes et basse continue du compositeur italien Alessandro Scarlatti, sur un livret en italien d'un auteur inconnu et composée dans les premières années du xviiie siècle. On ignore les circonstances de la composition de cette sérénade.

American Baroque, Stephen Schultz - Georg Philipp Telemann: The Paris Quartets (1988)

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American Baroque, Stephen Schultz - Georg Philipp Telemann: The Paris Quartets (1988)

American Baroque, Stephen Schultz - Georg Philipp Telemann: The Paris Quartets (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 198 Mb | Total time: 45:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Amon Ra | CD-SAR 39 | Recorded: 1986

It is well documented that Telemann’s contemporaries marveled at his command of the French, Italian and even Polish national musical idioms he incorporated into his works. The ‘Paris’ Quartets (1730) and ‘Nouveaux Quatuors’ (1738) are a fine example of his contribution to instrumental music in the Baroque era. While they reflect his mastery of Corelli’s Italian Sonata/Concerto forms and Lully’s French Suite influences, they also provide a departure point for the forward-looking conversational galant style.

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)

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Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Looking Glass: A Collection (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 354 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 129 Mb | Scans ~ 42 Mb
Pop Rock, Pop | Label: Columbia/Legacy | # CK 48959 | Time: 00:56:35

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (initially credited as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett) was an American pop rock group active in the late 1960s. The group, formed by Gary Puckett, Gary 'Mutha' Withem, Dwight Bement, Kerry Chater and Paul Wheatbread, who eventually named it The Union Gap, had its biggest hits with "Woman, Woman", "Young Girl", "Lady Willpower", "Over You", "Don't Give In to Him, and "This Girl Is a Woman Now". The members featured costumes that were based on the Union Army uniforms worn during the American Civil War. Jerry Fuller gave the act a recording contract with Columbia Records. The group eventually grew unhappy with doing material written and produced by others, leading them to stop working with Fuller. The band eventually disbanded, and Puckett went on to do both solo work and collaborations.

Stefan Temmingh, Capricornus Consort Basel - Leipzig 1723: J.S.Bach, Graupner, Fasch, Telemann (2021)

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Stefan Temmingh, Capricornus Consort Basel - Leipzig 1723: J.S.Bach, Graupner, Fasch, Telemann (2021)

Stefan Temmingh, Capricornus Consort Basel - Leipzig 1723: J.S.Bach, Graupner, Fasch, Telemann (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 406 Mb | Total time: 66:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accent | # ACC24375 | Recorded: 2020

The Thomaskantor position in Leipzig was one of the most important jobs for musicians in Germany in the 18th century; several important musicians applied to succeed Johann Kuhnau after his death in 1722. In the recruitment process, the Leipzig city council was able to choose from the most famous personalities of the time. The first choice was Georg Philipp Telemann, who declined however, after he had obtained a decent salary increase at his Hamburg post.

Andreas Staier - Jan Ladislav Dussek: Sonatas Vol.1 (1993)

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Andreas Staier - Jan Ladislav Dussek: Sonatas Vol.1 (1993)

Andreas Staier - Jan Ladislav Dussek: Sonatas Vol.1 (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 71:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 05472 77286 2 | Recorded: 1992

The Czech pianist Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) had an extremely successful concertizing career throughout Europe and especially in England, where he stayed for ten years. Dussek is credited with being influential in extending the size of the early pianoforte, working closely with British piano-maker John Broadwood and playing one of Broadwood's first six-octave instruments. One has to wonder whether Dussek was aware how much the "future" of pianism belonged to him, and how thoroughly that "future" would forget his existence.

Emma Johnson, Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Finzi & Stanford: Clarinet Concertos (1992)

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Emma Johnson, Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Finzi & Stanford: Clarinet Concertos (1992)

Emma Johnson, Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Finzi & Stanford: Clarinet Concertos (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 271 Mb | Total time: 72:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ASV | # CDDCA787 | Recorded: 1992

The Finzi Clarinet Concerto has been particularly lucky on CD, with a whole series of fine versions issued, including those above. Yet Emma Johnson, spontaneous in her expressiveness, brings an extra freedom and often an extra warmth to make this in many ways the most winning of all. Finzi's sinuous melodies for the solo instrument are made to sound as though the soloist is improvising them, and with extreme daring she uses the widest possible dynamic range down to a whispered pianissimo that might be inaudible in a concert-hall.[[/quote]