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Antonio Vivaldi is best known for his concertos. Of the 241 violin concertos he composed, many of them have got programmatic nicknames. Italian baroque violinist Enrico Casazza, violin solo of the ensemble "The Musiche Nove," has selected six concertos whose names all refer to human passions ("L'Amoroso" or "The Inquietudine). The bonus CD includes four concertos originally composed for other instruments than the violin. These works were arranged for violin and string orchestra by Vivaldi specialist Pablo Queipo de Llano.

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Esoteric Antenna are pleased to announce the release of the new album by Soft Machine Legacy, "Burden Of Proof". This wonderful new studio album was recorded in Italy in the closing months of 2012 and features John Etheridge (Electric Guitar), Theo Travis (Tenor Sax, Flute, Fender Rhodes), Roy Babbington (Bass Guitar) and John Marshall (Drums and Percussion). Following in the fine tradition of Soft Machine, "Burden of Proof” is arguably Soft Machine Legacy’s finest album to date, featuring a host of outstanding new compositions, along with a new recording and arrangement of Hugh Hopper’s ‘Kings and Queens’. The excellence of "Burden of Proof” rests with Soft Machine Legacy.

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You think you know the Spin Doctors? Think again. When the legendary New York quartet release 'If The River Was Whiskey' on April 29th through Ruf Records, casual fans will discover the secret past the hardcore have never forgotten. To the wider world, the Doctors might be the multi-million-selling icons behind hits like 'Two Princes' and 'Little Miss Can't Be Wrong', not to mention the classic' Pocket Full Of Kryptonite'. But in 2013, Chris Barron (vocals), Aaron Comess (drums), Eric Schenkman (guitar) and Mark White (bass) are reconnecting with the flat-broke twenty-somethings who scraped for dollars at the sharp end of the Big Apple blues circuit. The Spin Doctors have come full-circle.

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Cherif’s music is a seamless blend of jazz, Western classical, and Arabic influences, his tunes as true to the Western classical tradition as they are original, maintaining the pure elegance of the best jazz while adding a necessary component, essential not only to the vitality of jazz but also to its ongoing existence: the influence of other cultures, in this case the musical genres of Cherif’s native Tunisia.

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The French label Barclay Records, with which singer/songwriter Jacques Brel was associated for most of the 1960s and '70s, released a compilation of recordings of his songs in March 2004 that differs significantly from this U.S. edition. The French version of Next Brel has 15 tracks to the American 12, but that doesn't mean simply that three tracks have been deleted. In fact, there are six tracks on the French album not found on the American one: "If We Only Have Love," by Dionne Warwick; "Amsterdam," by Anne Watts; "If You Go Away," by Emiliana Torrini; "Next," by Gavin Friday & the Man Seezer; "The Desperate Ones," by Nina Simone; and "Seasons in the Sun," by Terry Jacks (a number one hit in the U.S.). But there are also three tracks on the American album not contained on the French one: "Les Flamandes," by French chanteuse Barbara; "Ne Me Quitte Pas," by Nina Simone; and "My Death," by Scott Walker. The deletions and substitutions make for less repetition of songs on the American album.

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This guitar compilation provides you with a knock-out collection of full albums by guitar icons such as Lee Ritenour (Captain Fingers), George Benson, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, John Pizzarelli, G3 and many more. If you’re lucky, you can find this box set for less than € 50,00, so you get a lot of awesome music at a cheap price! The genres range from Jazz, Blues and Rock to Fusion. Great work by great guitarists.

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this is a good collection of early 80's speed metal. The track of interest is, of course, metallica's, as they're the only band in the album to achieve any real commercial success...

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The second release by The Cazanovas captures the live studio sound of this hard-driving blues band. Just Gettin' By melds timeless blues style that everyone relates to with a fresh energy sure to satisfy the hard core blues lover.

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With 50 years of collective musical experience, The Cazanovas have been pleasing audiences for more than 3 years. With a covey of original songs featured on their first release, Borrowed Time (2006), and another CD in the works, The Cazanovas are working hard to make an impression on how modern blues is viewed in today's music world.

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First released in 1995, Document's Earliest Negro Vocal Groups, Vol. 2 reaches back to 1893 for one of the earliest known recordings by an African-American singing group, unveiling a fascinating array of 27rarities by seven different ensembles, and ultimately inching no closer to the present day than 1922. As is the case with each of Document's sacred and secular vocal ensemble compilations, this installment is packed with recordings so rare as to fill the receptive listener with gratitude for access to such historic treasures. Fifteen years after its first appearance, this was released in a new edition with a different cover photo as Earliest Negro Vocal Quartets, Vol. 2.....

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MINDFUEL, great Hard’n'Heavy Metal band from Sweden! The upcoming album titled ”Time For A Change” contains 12 songs, really strong in vein of the traditional metal meet epic sound, as Saxon, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Edguy, Avantasia… Hailing from Skåne län, Sweden, MindFuel combines elements of Hard Rock, Heavy and Power Metal to create a sound that is wholly their own and undeniably awesome!

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