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Mongolie - Musique Vocale et Instrumentale [INEDIT/Audivis]
Posted By : solaz | Date : 28 Mar 2022 22:20:49 | Comments : 0

Mongolie - Musique Vocale et Instrumentale
EAC FLAC cue (280 MB) | NO LOG | booklet (10 MB) | ogg.160 (70 MB)
INEDIT, Auvidis W 260009 (1989) | world-ethnic

“
Mongols distinguish three styles of vocal emission. The first, khaylakh (literally, "to cry out") is the style used by men for the epic, tuuli and for magtaal songs of praise. It is easily recognized by its recitative mode, its grave register and its rough tone.
The second, duulakh "to sing" or ayalakh "melodious", is the sung style properly speaking. It is used in long songs, short songs and in certain magtaal. The voice, clear and strained, lends itself to various ornamental techniques depending on the kind of repertory.
Finally, the third, khöömii "pharynx", brings together all the biphonic voice or singing drone techniques. The khöömii is the simultaneous emission of a basic sound or drone in khaylakh style, and of a melody composed of overtones chosen by means of various pharyngal and buccal techniques. Three of the six techniques listed may be heard in this recording: tseedjnii khöömii or chest khöömii, with a relatively high-pitched, clear drone (upper G); bagalzuuriin khöömii or throat khöömii, with a rough drone of medium pitch (upper D); kharkhira khöömii, which makes use of resonators at chest level and so emits a drone an octave lower than that of the bagalzuuriin khöömii (lower D). Rarely sung by women, the khöömii does not have a repertory of its own. It is usually used for the melodies of short songs, for popular songs, or as an interlude between magtaal, songs of praise. -- booklet notes		”
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Traditional Chinese Music - Phases of the Moon
Posted By : solaz | Date : 28 Mar 2022 08:02:01 | Comments : 1

Traditional Chinese Music - Phases of the Moon
EAC FLAC cue (280 MB) | NO LOG | booklet (10 MB) | ogg.160 (65 MB)
CBS MK 74038 (1981) | world-ethnic - instrumental

“I have compiled this album from stereo recordings made by the China Record Company in 1980—with two exceptions. They were too good to pass simply because they were mono. Spring on the Pamir Plateau includes a virtuouso performance on the dizi (transverse bamboo flute), and Purple Bamboo Melody is a joyous explosion—with an Irish (!) touch. They have both been tastefully reprocessed for stereo and add to the value of this record.
In preparing this album I have picked the music for its beauty, excitement (not all excitement is loud) and variety. The performers are perfectionists. My choices were personal, but my Chinese colleagues approved.
All recordings are on traditional instruments. -- Earl Prices, booklet notes		”
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The Consort of Musicke - The Mantle of Orpheus
Posted By : solaz | Date : 27 Mar 2022 22:46:07 | Comments : 1

The Consort of Musicke - The Mantle of Orpheus
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Musica Oscura 070977-2 (1994) | Classical Baroque

“Henry Purcell's last songs, and the songs of his fellow composers who survived him: John Blow, John Eccles, John Weldon and Daniel Purcell.”
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Eduardo Paniagua - 22. Merlín y otras Cantigas Celtas / 23. - 24.
Posted By : solaz | Date : 26 Mar 2022 07:44:24 | Comments : 0

Eduardo Paniagua - 22. Merlín y otras Cantigas Celtas
EAC FLAC cue (350 MB) | NO LOG | booklet (20 MB) | ogg.160 (65 MB)
Pneuma PN-820 (2006) | medieval

“Estas Cantigas Celtas son canciones del siglo XIII. Músicas hechas en los Reinos de Castilla, León y Andalucía que cantan sucesos recogidos en las dos Bretañas, la mayor y la menor. Canterbury, San Dustán, monasterios bretones y sobre todo la disputa de Merlín, mago pagano, contra los judíos en defensa de Santa María, son algunas de las maravillosas cantigas que componen este repertorio inédito del otro extremo del mar Atlántico en la Edad Media y que son una rara muestra de la materia bretona en el cancionero alfonsí. -- booklet”
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Eduardo Paniagua - 15. Cantigas de Flauta y Tamboril / 16. - 21.
Posted By : solaz | Date : 22 Mar 2022 11:14:32 | Comments : 2

Eduardo Paniagua - 15. Cantigas de Flauta y Tamboril
EAC FLAC cue (440 MB) | NO LOG | booklet (18 MB) | ogg.160 (75 MB)
Pneuma PN-400 (2001-2002) | medieval

“Las cantigas de este disco obedecen a la selección de bellas melodías adaptadas a un instrumento solista: la flauta de tres agujeros indisolublemente acompañada por los tambores o cuerdas golpeadas que interpreta simultáneamente el mismo músico con la otra mano. El canto y otros instrumentos de percusión, cuerda y viento: dulzaina, gaitas y otros tipos de flautas acompañan al mundo sonoro de la familia de las flautas de tres agujeros. Triple interés ofrece esta muestra; inusual riqueza de instrumentos, melodías inéditas en primera grabación mundial y la maestría de Enrique Almendros, genial interprete de la música tradicional española. Una perfecta unión entre la culta música histórica y la viva música tradicional. (booklet)”
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Ensemble Unicorn. Fortuna desperata. Secular Music of the 15th c. / Alexander AGRICOLA - discography
Posted By : solaz | Date : 13 Mar 2022 21:22:49 | Comments : 2

Ensemble Unicorn. Fortuna desperata. Secular Music of the 15th c. / Alexander AGRICOLA
EAC FLAC cue (340 MB) | NO LOG | scans (10 MB) | ogg.160 (70 MB)
Naxos 8.553840 (1995) | Renaissance

“Despite titles that would inspire music of passion, Agricola was a very 'serious' musician, his music rarely happy. Much of it is slow moving, and though the texts dictate that they must fall under the 'Secular' heading, the general mood of the music is of a religious genre. Most of the songs are written for three voices, and most are brief in duration. His ability to work in this medium is undoubted, the skill with which he weaves the voices makes for a fascinating experience.”
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Chants de la Cathédrale de Benevento / Ensemble Organum / DISCOGRAPHY III. 1993-1996
Posted By : solaz | Date : 05 Mar 2022 13:18:20 | Comments : 1

Ensemble Organum - Chants de la Cathédrale de Benevento. Semaine Sainte & Pâques
EAC FLAC cue (235 MB) | NO LOG | scans (10 MB) | ogg.160 (55 MB)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1476 (1993) | medieval
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Le Jeu des Pèlerins d'Emmaüs. Drame liturgique du XIIe siècle / Ensemble Organum / DISCOGRAPHY II. 1990-1992
Posted By : solaz | Date : 03 Mar 2022 17:56:20 | Comments : 1

Ensemble Organum - Le Jeu des Pèlerins d'Emmaüs. Drame liturgique du XIIe siècle
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Harmonia Mundi 901347 (1990) | medieval
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Polyphonie aquitaine du XIIe siècle. Sant Martial de Limoges / Ensemble Organum / DISCOGRAPHY 1983-1989
Posted By : solaz | Date : 02 Mar 2022 23:26:03 | Comments : 1

Ensemble Organum - Polyphonie aquitaine du XIIe siècle. Sant Martial de Limoges
EAC FLAC cue (235 MB) | NO LOG | scans (10 MB) | ogg.160 (55 MB)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1134 (1983) | medieval
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al-ºIrāq / Yūsuf ºUmar - Maqāmāt / يوسف عمر- المقام العراقي / Yusuf Omar - Iraq / العراق
Posted By : solaz | Date : 02 Mar 2022 08:29:38 | Comments : 1

al-ºIrāq / Yūsuf ºUmar - Maqāmāt / يوسف عمر- المقام العراقي / Yusuf Omar - Iraq / العراق
magiclab LP extraction, FLAC+scans (200 MB) | NO LOG | ogg.160 + scans (55 MB)
ORTF / Disques Ocora OCR 79 (1976) | classical iraqi / world-ethnic

“Le maqām (pluriel maqāmāt), musique classique citadine qu'une terminologie occidentale ne saurait correctement définir, est particulièrement cultivé en Iraq où il représente un élément important du prestigieux héritage abasside.
Un maqām est généralement exécuté par un chanteur soliste accompagné par un orchestre : soit du type al tchālgī al Baghdādī, autrement nommé al djawq al Baghdādī, soit du type dit "oriental" (charqī).
L'ensemble al tchālghī al Baghdādī, composé de musiciens bagdadiens, comporte, comme dans l'enregistrement présenté, un santūr, un djoza, un ṭabla, un daf, auquels on ajoutait autrefois le nakara, instrument constitué de deux timbales de dimensions différentes.		”
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Musica Antigua, Eduardo Paniagua / Batalla de Alarcos, 1195 - Trovadores occitanos para Alfonso VIII de Castilla
Posted By : solaz | Date : 01 Mar 2022 10:49:12 | Comments : 0

Musica Antigua, Eduardo Paniagua / Batalla de Alarcos, 1195
Cantos de Cruzada y otras canciones de trovadores occitanos para Alfonso VIII de Castilla
EAC FLAC cue +scans (390 MB) | NO LOG | ogg.160 + scans (80 MB)
Pneuma «Colección Historica (Tres culturas)» PN-950 (2007) | medieval

“Alfonso VIII de Castilla (1158-1214) casó en 1170 con Leonor de Inglaterra, hija de Leonor de Aquitania y Enrique II, y por tanto bisnieta de Guillermo de Aquitania, el primer trovador. Esto facilitó la presencia de los cantos provenzales occitanos en Castilla y la amistad del rey con muchos trovadores contemporáneos. Algunos de esos trovadores se han incluido en esta grabación por estar sus poemas en relación directa con Alfonso VIII en sus contiendas contra los almohades. No se conservan las melodías de la mayor parte de estos poemas, por lo que para cantar sus versos se ha utilizado la técnica de “contrafacta”, con otras melodías de los mismos trovadores (y en algún caso de cantigas o melodías andalusíes).”
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John TAVENER. Akathist of Thanksgiving / Bowman, Wilson, BBC SO & Ch, Neary
Posted By : solaz | Date : 23 Feb 2022 19:51:44 | Comments : 1

John TAVENER. Akathist of Thanksgiving / Bowman, Wilson, BBC SO & Ch, Neary
EAC FLAC cue (270 MB) | NO LOG | scans (55 MB) | ogg.160 (80 MB)
Arc of Light / Sony SK 64 446 (1994) Live recording | classical contemporary.

“The akathist in the Orthodox Church is a hymn of thanksgiving or supplication, used on special occasions. This Akathist of Thanksgiving was written in the late 1940s by Archpriest Gregory Petrov shortly before his death in a Siberian prison camp. He took as his inspiration the dying words of the patriarch St. John Chrysostom, "Glory to God for everything", and created a soaring hymn of radiant faith - an ikon in words.
I have set 10 sections of the poem. Each is musically distinct, beginning with a chorus, "Glory to you, O God", and ending with a refrain of "Amen" - both sung in Slavic tongue. The intervening texts contain many allusions to the feast days of the Church, and here I have used the appropriate 'tones' from both the Russian and Byzantine systems. The work is scored for a large choir, soloists (mainly countertenors and basses, who may be chosen from the choir), separate groups of solo voices, and a string orchestra with bells and timpani - placed at a distance from the other forces. -- John Tavener"		”
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he Greek Folk Instruments, vol. 1 - Lyra
Posted By : solaz | Date : 21 Feb 2022 21:49:47 | Comments : 0

The Greek Folk Instruments, vol. 1 - Lyra
EAC FLAC cue (330 MB) | NO LOG | scans (30 MB) | ogg.160 (60 MB)
F.M. Records FM 678 (1995) | world-ethnic

“This is the first in a series of greek folk instruments albums. Three types of lyra has been recorded, politiki (from Constantinople or Istanbul), cretan (island of Crete) and pontic (Pontus, southern coast of the Black Sea, nowmodern-day northeastern Turkey)”
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Tangerine Dream - Exit [Virgin, reup]
Posted By : solaz | Date : 21 Feb 2022 20:58:16 | Comments : 3

Tangerine Dream - Exit [Virgin edition, reup]
EAC FLAC cue + scans (240 MB) | NO LOG | ogg.160 + scans (55 MB)
Virgin cdv 2212 (1981) | electronica

“Gone are the days of albums with very long tracks, one track per disc side usually. They sound almost commercial, we would say. Not for amazon:
"Released during a period of tense Cold War saber rattling, Tangerine Dream's Exit (1981) shows that even a machine-driven electronic band can claim a social conscience. Its first track, "Kiev Mission" (which the label misspelled on the album), opens with explosions, sirenlike wails, and then, against a stark sonic backdrop, a whispered plea (a female voice speaking Russian) to end the threat of a "limited" nuclear war, a genuine and much-discussed danger at the time. Some of the album's atmospheric pieces are a touch dated and static (though the X-Files-like "Remote Viewing" merits a thumbs-up). Still, Exit contains two of the most intriguing short-form compositions the group ever released: the driving "Choronzon" and the pulsing, ever-evolving "Network 23," a truly arresting piece in its day, and one that still sounds good a few decades later. --Terry Wood"		”
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Hilliard Ensemble - The Romantic Englishman (reup)
Posted By : solaz | Date : 21 Feb 2022 19:45:28 | Comments : 0

Hilliard Ensemble - The Romantic Englishman
EAC FLAC cue + scans (280 MB) | NO LOG | ogg.160 + scans (65 MB)
Meridian DUOCD 89009 (1977) | classical

“One of their first recordings, with a classical line-up, countertenor (James), 2 tenors (Elliot and Nixon) and bass (Hillier). Only Covey-Crump is missing, he would join later. The repertoire consists of glees, songs and partsongs from 1750 though 1900. On some tracks a piano accompanies the voices.”
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