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Pierpaola Porqueddu - Haydn: Piano Sonate Nos. 31, 33, 47, 53 - Fantasia in C major, Andante in F minor (2023)

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Pierpaola Porqueddu - Haydn: Piano Sonate Nos. 31, 33, 47, 53 - Fantasia in C major, Andante in F minor (2023)

Pierpaola Porqueddu - Haydn: Piano Sonate Nos. 31, 33, 47, 53 - Fantasia in C major, Andante in F minor (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 183 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 Mb | 01:02:25
Classical | Label: Amadeus

The unpublished CD features the pianist Pierpaola Porqueddu in a tribute to the immortal art of Franz Joseph Haydn: 4 Piano Sonatas, n. 31 in A-flat major, No. 33 in C minor, No. 47 in B minor, no. 53 in E minor; Andante with Variations in F minor; Fantasy in C major.

Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (2020)

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Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (2020)

Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 178 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 Mb | 00:44:19
Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Ambient | Label: M.O.D. Reloaded

Mode for Titan proves that the bass is a melodic and ambient force in its own right. Writing on — and exclusively for — the bass, Josh Werner explores new dimensions of composition and improvisation, effortlessly moving through varying sonic textures, all without a conventional rhythm section. Producer Bill Laswell helps steer seasoned composer and performer (and abstract painter) Werner through novel instrumental territory, including the sitar bass, seven-string bass and fretless bass. The wide array of influences on Mode for Titan reflects Werner's vast experience and diverse skill set, yet the music maintains an introspective focus and understated minimalist beauty. Laswell's production endows this sonic journey with a vast sense of space, painted in an array of colors as boundless as the producer's own palette.

John Beasley - MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)

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John Beasley - MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)

John Beasley- MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 416 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 157 Mb | 01:08:24
Jazz, Bop, Big Band | Label: Mack Avenue Records

Over the course of two albums, bandleader/composer/arranger John Beasley has reimagined Thelonious Monk’s iconic compositions through his inventive, versatile MONK’estra­ – a big band able to deftly navigate the legend’s eccentricities from a variety of perspectives, from boisterous swing to raucous funk to Afro-Cuban explosiveness. MONK’estra, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 each garnered a pair of GRAMMY® Award nominations, alongside widespread critical acclaim. Beasley veers off in new directions on his stunning third album in the series, MONK’estra Plays John Beasley. As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader’s own estimable compositions and piano playing, alongside a quartet of Monk classics and a tune apiece by Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.

Ingrid Laubrock - Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (2020)

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Ingrid Laubrock - Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (2020)

Ingrid Laubrock - Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 485 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 264 Mb | 01:55:20
Avant-Garde Jazz | Label: Intakt Records

The album Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt follows Ingrid Laubrock's landmark orchestral album Contemporary Chaos Practices from 2018 (Intakt CD 314). Ingrid Laubrock presents on this double album five compositions in double version. On the first CD, the EOS Chamber Orchestra Cologne interprets Laubrock's compositions. The soloists are Cory Smythe (piano), Sam Pluta (electronics), Robert Landfermann (bass), Tom Rainey (drums) and Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone). On a second CD of the double album a filigree ensemble around the core trio of Ingrid Laubrock, Cory Smythe, Sam Pluta and the guests Adam Matlock, Josh Modney and Zeena Parkins play the same five compositions.

Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Eva Ollikainen - Anna Thorvaldsdottir: ARCHORA - AIŌN (2023)

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Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Eva Ollikainen - Anna Thorvaldsdottir: ARCHORA - AIŌN (2023)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Eva Ollikainen - Anna Thorvaldsdottir: ARCHORA - AIŌN (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 279 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 146 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:50
Classical | Label: Sono Luminis

The core inspiration behind ARCHORA centres around the notion of a primordial energy and the idea of an omnipresent parallel realm – a world both familiar and strange, static and transforming, nowhere and everywhere at the same time. The piece revolves around the extremes on the spectrum between the Primordia and its resulting afterglow – and the conflict between these elements that are nevertheless fundamentally one and the same. The halo emerges from the Primordia but they have both lost perspective and the connection to one another, experiencing themselves individually as opposing forces rather than one and the same.

Etran de L'Air - Agadez (2022)

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Etran de L'Air - Agadez (2022)

Etran de L'Air - Agadez (2022)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 286 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 95 Mb | 00:41:26
World, Desert Blues, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Sahel Sounds

Etran de L’Aïr (or “stars of the Aïr region”) welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock. Playing for over 25 years, Etran has emerged as stars of the local wedding circuit. Beloved for their dynamic repertoire of hypnotic solos and sun schlazed melodies, Etran stakes out a place for Agadez guitar music. Playing a sound that invokes the desert metropolis, “Agadez” celebrates the sounds of all the dynamism of a hometown wedding.

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck - Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance, Mazurek (2013)

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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck - Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance, Mazurek (2013)

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck - Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance, Mazurek (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:08 | 261 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 479 1984 GH

Even though Anne-Sophie Mutter recorded most of the great violin concertos early in her career, working closely with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, she hadn't recorded the Violin Concerto in A minor of Antonín Dvorák. This 2013 recording with Manfred Honeck and the Berlin Philharmonic fills that gap in her legacy, and this is an exceptionally bright and passionate performance, well worth the wait.

Steve James - American Primitive (1994)

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Steve James - American Primitive (1994)

Steve James - American Primitive (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 264 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb | Scans included
Contemporary Blues, Folk-Blues | Label: Antone's Records | # ANT 0030 | 00:47:30

Utilizing a jug band of fellow Austinites Danny Barnes (tenor guitar and banjo) and Mark Rubin (stand-up bass and Sousaphone – both of the Bad Livers) and harpist Gary Primich on some tracks, James sounds more mature here, evidenced by six originals (the John Hurt-esque "Talco Girl" is particularly nice) and one collaboration with bassist/songwriter Sarah Brown ("My Last Good Car") and effective rather than affected vocals. Stellar guitar throughout, with an added treat: James's blues mandolin on "Midnight Blues."

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The KLF) - Shag Times (1989)

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The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The KLF) - Shag Times (1989)

Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The KLF) - Shag Times (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 453 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 165 Mb | Scans ~ 126 Mb
Label: KLF Communications | # JAMS CD3 | Time: 01:12:02
Electronic, House, New Beat, Hip Hop

The only band to use the Beatles, Whitney Houston, Mission Impossible, Petula Clark, Doctor Who, ABBA, and the French national anthem as art statements. Circa 1987: Shag Times, one of the many deliberate cash-ins released in the wake of the Timelords, confirmed Bill Drummond and Jimi Cauty's supremacy over every last imitator and pop stunt plagiarist.

B.B. King & Bobby Bland - Together For The First Time...Live (1974)

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B.B. King & Bobby Bland - Together For The First Time...Live (1974)

B.B. King & Bobby Bland - Together For The First Time…Live (1974)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 385 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 187 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Texas Blues, R&B | Label: MCA | # MCAD-4160 | Time: 01:08:41

Onetime rivals for R&B supremacy, the two blues greats hit the road together in the Seventies, where they soon discovered how well their styles complemented one another while bantering with expert comic timing. "Nothing is planned tonight," King announces early in this hour-long set, and whether or not that was true there's a spontaneous but never sloppy spark. It's instructive and exciting to hear King's guitar supporting another vocalist, particularly a master such as Bland.

10cc - Two Classic Albums: '10cc' (1973) & 'Sheet Music' (1974) 2LP on 1CD, Remastered By Steve Hoffman, 1990

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10cc - Two Classic Albums: '10cc' (1973) & 'Sheet Music' (1974) 2LP on 1CD, Remastered By Steve Hoffman, 1990

10cc - Two Classic Albums: '10cc' (1973) & 'Sheet Music' (1974)
2LP on 1CD, Remastered By Steve Hoffman, 1990

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 457 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 181 Mb | Scans included
Label: DCC Compact Classics | # DZS-053 | Time: 01:16:51
Classic Rock, Soft Rock, Art Rock

10cc's first two albums, recorded under the sponsorship of entrepreneur and one-time pop star Jonathan King, are combined on one disc for this CD reissue. 1973's 10cc shows that from the start, the group had an uncommon command of recording studio technique; the performances are polished, the harmonies superb, and the production flawless and often witty (all the more remarkable from a new band producing themselves, albeit one comprised of music-biz vets). However, the group was still getting up to speed in terms of their songwriting at this point, and while the craft is fine, there isn't a lot of inspiration on hand. Except for the sardonic "Rubber Bullets" and sarcastically sprightly "The Dean and I," the '50s-inspired parodies on side one don't wear well, and most of side two is clever but not terribly distinguished. 1974's Sheet Music was where 10cc truly hit their stride; the album is full of effective barbed humor buffered by the superbly polished production, which leans toward pretension without quite falling into the pool.

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Orgy (The Rare-Songs Collection 1971-1995) (1997)

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Tangerine Dream - Electronic Orgy (The Rare-Songs Collection 1971-1995) (1997)

Tangerine Dream - Electronic Orgy (The Rare-Songs Collection 1971-1995) (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 694 MB
4:53:22 | Electronic, Ambient, Berlin-School, Soundtrack | Unofficial Release | Label: Telex International

The Rare Songs Collection 1971 - 1995. Featuring music performed by: Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke, Peter Baumann, Johannes Schmoelling, Paul Haslinger, Linda Spa, Zlatko Perica, Jerome Froese (misspelled 'Jerone' on the back cover).

Alexander Spence - AndOarAgain (Remastered) (1969/2018)

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Alexander Spence - AndOarAgain (Remastered) (1969/2018)

Alexander Spence - AndOarAgain (Remastered) (1969/2018)
EZ CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 846 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 382 MB
2:46:38 | Full Scans Included - 73 MB | Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Modern Harmonic

AndOarAgain provides unparalleled access to what David Fricke calls “the most harrowing and compelling artifacts of rock & roll’s most euphoric era” across three dozen unheard tracks! In addition to the quintessential original album, AndOarAgain features nearly two hours of unheard music on the way to Oar–along with roads not taken–that both clarifies and muddies the enigma of how psychedelic legend Alexander “Skip” Spence determined the final state of his iconic masterpiece. The time: December, 1968. The setting: the Columbia Recording Studios at 504 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee.

Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording (2017) 2CDs

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Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording (2017) 2CDs

Jaco Pastorius - Truth, Liberty & Soul (2017) 2CDs
Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 810 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 301 Mb | Scans ~ 785 Mb
Post-Bop, Jazz-Funk, Fusion | Label: Resonance | # HCD-2027 | 02:11:18

Resonance Records goes out of its way again to unearth yet another significant chapter in jazz history, and once again, it's one that relatively few fans have ever heard. This performance of Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth Big Band was captured during George Wein's Kool Jazz Festival at Avery Fisher Hall. It was broadcast on NPR's Jazz Alive program, but this double disc contains the entire performance, with more than 40 minutes of additional music.

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia - Passion, Grace & Fire (1983) Japanese Reissue 1997

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John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia - Passion, Grace & Fire (1983) Japanese Reissue 1997

John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia - Passion, Grace & Fire (1983) Japanese Reissue 1997
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 197 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 101 Mb | Scans included
Flamenco, Jazz Fusion, Guitar Virtuoso | Label: Sony Records | # SRCS 9174 | Time: 00:31:55

Two years after they recorded Friday Night in San Francisco, John McLaughlin, Al di Meola and Paco de Lucía reunited for another set of acoustic guitar trios, Passion, Grace and Fire, If this can be considered a guitar "battle" (some of the playing is ferocious and these speed demons do not let up too often), then the result is a three-way tie. This guitar summit lives up to its title.