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Musica Nuda - My Favorite Tunes

Musica Nuda

Vocal Jazz - Released June 14, 2019 | Bonsaï Music

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Louise Bertin: Fausto

Les Talens Lyriques

Classical - Released January 26, 2024 | Bru Zane

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The classical best-seller charts are unfamiliar environs for the Palazzetto Bru Zane label, which specializes in forgotten 19th century opera. However, this release achieved best-seller status in early 2024, and this is absolutely no surprise, for Louise Bertin's Fausto is a remarkable work. One wonders how long it will take programmers to present it in a cycle with Berlioz's and Gounod's versions of the Faust tale (and perhaps Arrigo Boito's); the work is colorful in the extreme and is sure to be a crowd-pleaser even though it closed after three performances in 1831 and was shelved for the next 190 years. Perhaps the opera mixed so many influences that audiences just did not know what to make of it. Bertin, who was 25 when the work had its premiere in Paris, wrote the libretto herself in Italian. It has all the trappings of Rossinian opera -- fortepiano-accompanied recitative, aria, scena, preghiera, cavatina, big multi-part finales ending with a fast stretta -- but the effect of the music is completely different, and the settings stand up to the weighty aspect of the material. It is as if Weber had written a Faust opera, sometimes even as if Beethoven had written one. The role of Faust is sung by a mezzo-soprano, which is how Bertin wrote it, although a tenor version also exists. This results in intriguing equal-status duets between Karine Deshayes as Fausto and Karina Gauvin as Margarita. Conductor Christophe Rousset catches the ambition and the drama; his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques uses historical instruments but wisely bulks up to an adequate size for the work. Palazzetto Bru Zane, as usual, does the opera justice sonically with a studio recording. This is a remarkable release, not only for lovers of 19th century opera or those interested in music by women, but for anyone.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

Classical - Released September 22, 2023 | Gemelli Factory

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Un secolo cantante. The Rise of Venetian Opera

Le Stagioni

Classical - Released November 17, 2023 | Arcana

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The Tubes

The Tubes

Rock - Released January 1, 1975 | A&M

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Produced by Al Kooper, this debut by the notorious San Francisco group is best known for the blazing anthem "White Punks on Dope." Although the Tubes' raison d'être was their shock-rock stage dynamic, Bill Spooner, Fee Waybill, and company could, on occasion, deliver some offbeat pop splendor. A good example is the song "Haloes," co-written with Kooper, a tough power pop jewel that sounds like Todd Rundgren colliding with Roxy Music. Also of note is "Boy Crazy," which shows off Spooner's guitar skills. But for every "Haloes" and "Boy Crazy," there's a novelty number consciously created for the stage and that ultimately embarrasses, such as "Mondo Bondage" and "Space Baby." Kooper's production is faultless, however, as are the horn and string arrangements by Dominic Frontiere (Frontiere did the original score for the '60s cult sci-fi show The Outer Limits). © Peter Kurtz /TiVo
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Undiscovered

Ludovico Einaudi

Classical - Released September 18, 2020 | Decca (UMO) (Classics)

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Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait (Deluxe Edition)

Angele Dubeau & La Pieta

Classical - Released February 24, 2015 | Groupe Analekta, Inc

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The music of Italian pianist/composer Ludovico Einaudi, poised between Glass' minimalism and the shifting shades of the ambient movement, has gained more traction in Europe than in the Western hemisphere. That could change with this release by Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau and her chamber orchestra (with piano), La Pietà. Dubeau and François Vallières have arranged a variety of Einaudi's pieces, most of them at his typical length of four or five minutes, for the violin-and-orchestra combination. Thoughts on it will depend largely on what some think of Einaudi's music to begin with. For those who are new to it, start with one of Einaudi's own recordings. The music of the general minimalist orbit usually stands up well to being arranged -- think of the multiple versions of Arvo Pärt's major works, where such adaptability is almost a hallmark of the style -- but Einaudi is so oriented toward the spaces inside the notes of a solo piano that you might think this version dilutes it a bit. On the other hand, Einaudi has composed music for many instruments other than the piano. Moreover, this group is beautifully recorded in a Montreal studio; Einaudi here receives one of his happiest engineering treatments. Recommended for Einaudi fans. © James Manheim /TiVo
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Blues for the Red Sun

Kyuss

Alternative & Indie - Released June 16, 1992 | Rhino - Elektra

With Josh Homme's guitar tuned down two whole steps to C, and plugged into a bass amp for maximum distortion, stoner metal pioneers Kyuss achieve a major milestone in heavy music with their second album, 1992's Blues for the Red Sun. Producer Chris Goss masterfully captures the band's unique heavy/light formula, which becomes apparent as soon as the gentle but sinister intro melody gives way to the chugging main riff in the opener, "Thumb." This segues immediately into the galloping "Green Machine," which pummels forward inexorably and even features that rarest rock & roll moment: a bass solo. "Thong Song" alternates rumbling guitar explosions with almost complete silence, and "Mondo Generator" plays like an extended acid trip. The slow build of the epic "Freedom Run" and the driving "Allen's Wrench" are also highlights, and though the album is heavy on instrumentals, these actually provide a seamless transition from song to song.© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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Vivaldi: "Il Mondo al rovescio" - Concerti con molti istromenti

Amandine Beyer

Concertos - Released September 2, 2022 | harmonia mundi

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A world turned upside down. Vivaldi’s concerti con molti istromenti are true precursors of the symphony in their amplitude and audacity. In these pieces, the "Red-haired Priest", a creator of boundless imagination, amused himself by devising literally unheard-of combinations of timbres. In the famous Concerto "Il mondo al rovescio, he invited flutes, oboes and harpsichord to double violin and cello in a colourful whirlwind of parallel octaves. This recording by Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti provides an opportunity to discover these incredibly modern compositions. © harmonia mundi

L'Era Del Cinghiale Bianco

Franco Battiato

Pop - Released January 1, 1979 | Universal Music Italia srL.

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77 singoli + 7

Ligabue

Rock - Released January 1, 2021 | WM Italy

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A Family Christmas

Andrea Bocelli

Christmas Music - Released October 21, 2022 | Decca (UMO) (Classics)

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Acclaimed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli steps away from the stage and into the warmth of his home for 2022's A Family Christmas. Along with his younger son, vocalist Matteo, and daughter, vocalist Virginia (making her first appearance on record), Bocelli performs some of the family's favorite holiday songs. They evoke a warm, fireside atmosphere with renditions of classics like "Do You Hear What I Hear?," "First Noel," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Handel: Finest Arias for Base (Bass) Voice, Vol. 1

Christopher Purves

Classical - Released December 2, 2012 | Hyperion

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There's no shortage of Handel aria recitals these days, especially in Britain, but this one by bass baritone Christopher Purves stands out from the crowd in several respects. First of all, it is rare in collecting arias for bass voice, which was, in Handel's time as it was later on, generally associated with a few fixed and generally negative character types (tyrants, rogues, repressive patriarchs). Second, it's a very pleasantly varied collection of tunes, including displays of brilliant passagework, out-of-the-norm writing in service of characterization (Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori, from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, track 4), and high climactic drama (the big, three-part Revenge, Timotheus cries, from Alexander's Feast, track 19, is a familiar example). Finally, Purves unearths some rarely heard pieces and programs them intelligently. When did anyone last year anything from Muzio Scevola, or Riccardo Primo, rè d'Inghilterra, which must have pleased London audiences in 1727 despite its Italian-language text. Purves does not have the biggest voice in the bass baritone universe, and there could be a bit more sound in the very low notes. But the dimensions of the music are right for the period. He's pleasingly accurate in the passagework, and he's a real actor who makes these potentially stilted characters come alive. Listeners will want to hear Purves in a small production of one of these operas after hearing this album, preferably accompanied by the strong historical-instrument group Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen, as he is here.© TiVo
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Lucio Battisti

Lucio Battisti

Pop - Released January 1, 1969 | RCA Numero Uno

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The late Italian pop singer's '60s debut set the blueprint for a career that would elevate him from post-Dylan troubadour to a holding the stature of cultural iconoclast in his homeland. With classic '60s production values, his singing was set against elaborate string sections and orchestrations that dabbled in psychedelia, when the market demanded it, and flirted with Baroque arrangements and grandiose song forms that were Beatles inspired, yet laced with Continental decadence. His true art was his ability to take simple texts and arrange them as transcendental poetry, thus he became the mouthpiece for the '60s generation and struggled with all of the responsibilities of being such a figure in his life and art. His debut album is filled with all the inspiration and energy of an artist working in the new communication medium of the time, and often wearing on his sleeve his exposure to English language pop of the era, he codified the methods of Dylan, Beatles, and the Walker Brothers, and transformed them into a true folk music that would speak to a generation through the ensuing three decades. "Non è Francesca" and "Balla Linda" are two exquisitely desperate '60s love songs featuring an inimitable Hammond organ, while "Un'avventura" and "29 Settembre" are glorious reminders of what late-'60s pop was all about.© Sylvie Harrison /TiVo
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A Family Christmas

Andrea Bocelli

Christmas Music - Released October 21, 2022 | Decca (UMO) (Classics)

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Acclaimed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli steps away from the stage and into the warmth of his home for 2022's A Family Christmas. Along with his younger son, vocalist Matteo, and daughter, vocalist Virginia (making her first appearance on record), Bocelli performs some of the family's favorite holiday songs. They evoke a warm, fireside atmosphere with renditions of classics like "Do You Hear What I Hear?," "First Noel," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Venice - Infinitely Avantgarde (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Hania Rani

Film Soundtracks - Released February 25, 2022 | XXIM Records

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De Gregori canta Bob Dylan - Amore e furto

Francesco De Gregori

Italy - Released October 30, 2015 | Caravan

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Essential (Remastered)

Matia Bazar

Pop - Released January 1, 2012 | EMI Marketing

Mondi Lontanissimi

Franco Battiato

Pop - Released January 1, 1985 | Universal Music Italia srL.

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L'Imboscata

Franco Battiato

Pop - Released January 1, 1996 | Universal Music Italia srL.

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Crossing the boundaries between Peter Gabriel, New Order, and Le Orme is Franco Battiato. His arty, lush work on L'Imboscata is some of the best stuff he has ever released. "Strani Giorni" is a brilliant, driving rocker that floats on a bed of keyboards as Battiato and Nicola Walker Smith trade lines back and forth in both Italian and English. "...Ein Tag aus dem Leben des Kleinen Johannes" might be the oddest thing here, a percussion-heavy pop song driven by rambling, gruff chanting set to the rhythm and hidden behind guitar and lead vocals. And in typical Battiato fashion, he turns right back around with a gorgeous ballad, the sweet "Amata Soliudine." Describing this album is entirely too complicated; it simply has to be heard to be understood. Battiato really does take some of the best elements of other genres and makes them into his own wonderful pop stew. He might remind listeners of other musicians at times, especially Peter Gabriel, but that comparison is as favorable as it gets. Adventurous listeners should really give this a listen. There is a lot of material here that transcends language barriers and provides a beautiful mesh of sounds.© Bradley Torreano /TiVo