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Nightfall

Till Brönner

Jazz - Released January 26, 2018 | RCA - Sony Masterworks

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With The Good Life, released in 2016 and for which he took a dip in the Great American Songbook, Till Brönner was at his zenith. The German trumpet player and singer penned an album of smooth classics, leaning toward love songs, which he revisited with elegance and sophistication. With Nightfall, Brönner joins forces with his old accomplice, double bass player Dieter Ilg, to revisit once again the music of great authors. Except that this time, the program couldn’t be more eclectic: from the Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby to Leonard Cohen’s A Thousand Kisses Deep, to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ornette Coleman and Jerome Kern, the duo has tackled a large repertoire. But the virtuosity shared by the two musicians allows them to make the whole project homogeneous. They most of all find a very sensual language. Each note is weighted and the silences and spaces are never forgotten. In short, this Nightfall is the incarnation of elegance. © CM/Qobuz
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Nightfall

Alice Sara Ott

Classical - Released August 24, 2018 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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The German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott is one of several young artists trying to break out from the pack of young recitalists, with creatively enjoyable results for listeners. She cultivates a high-fashion look and, still unusually in the concert music realm, uses videos to promote her music. Here she takes a venerable theme, that of the musical nocturne, and tries to bring fresh approaches to some familiar works. Partly it's that some of the music isn't conventionally thought of as "night music"; the Gnossiennes and Gymnopédies of Satie don't specifically refer to nightfall, and despite its title, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit is no nocturne. Except that, in Ott's hands, it is. Nightfall for her is not a mere atmospheric mood but a moment of deep introspection, and many of her interpretations run counter to type or seem to raise psychological issues. Sample the technically perilous Scarbo movement from Gaspard de la nuit, which is generally a test of pianistic muscle. Ott, in her own trenchant notes, tells you that Scarbo is instead "a gnome who attacks artists in the night and drinks their blood, [and] confronts us with our fear of failure." It's a novel idea but perhaps one not so removed from Ravel's own conception of the work, despite his stated intention of simply outdoing Balakirev's Islamey in terms of sheer virtuosity. Her Debussy is likewise unsettled, with shifts between light and shade that are not smoothed out. A highly recommended outing from a promising rising star.© TiVo
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To Dream is to Forget

Hidden Orchestra

Dance - Released September 22, 2023 | Lone Figures

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Planet of Lana (Original Soundtrack)

Takeshi Furukawa

Film Soundtracks - Released May 23, 2023 | Sony Classical

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Book Of Intuition

Kenny Barron

Jazz - Released March 4, 2016 | Impulse!

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He has played brilliantly alongside double bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake for quite a few years, but Kenny Barron had not yet released an album with this addictive rhythmic approach that suits him so well. The result jumps out at the listener immediately with the magnificent Book Of Intuition released on Impulse!. Elegant, intelligent, refined and with a more than perfect swing, this record is an ambassador for the famous motto: less is more. Not a note overboard, No technical showboating. Each theme (all bearing Barron's signature except for two covers Thelonious Monk, Shuffle Boil and Light Blue, and one by Charlie Haden, Nightfall) is discussed here with formidable class. Kenny Barron is one of the last giants of the eternal and timeless piano, and one that does not seek to revolutionize the genre nor the instrument but rather to find the just the right tone. A project that succeeds thanks to the precious involvement of Kitagawa and Blake. The three musicians reach a sort of aesthetic grace together here. A great album to listen again and again.© MZ/Qobuz, Translation/BM
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We Are The Apocalypse

Dark Funeral

Metal - Released March 18, 2022 | Century Media

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Symphony of Enchanted Lands II (The Dark Secret)

Rhapsody

Metal - Released September 27, 2004 | Magic Circle Entertainment

"[A] metal symphony, replete with Turilli's galloping solos, Lione's touch-the-heavens vocals and intricate orchestration..." © TiVo
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Nightfall in Middle Earth

Blind Guardian

Rock - Released April 27, 1998 | Nuclear Blast

Complete with anthemic choruses, spoken word story lines, and plenty of bombastic power metal punctuating every dramatic turn, Nightfall in Middle-Earth is perhaps Blind Guardian's most triumphant effort. After spending ten years and numerous releases building a large following in Europe and Japan, Blind Guardian took on the task of creating this progressive concept record based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Silmarillion. The story recounts events from the first age of Middle-Earth, Tolkien's parallel world that serves as the mythological backdrop for his classic Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Blind Guardian interpretation features bassist/vocalist Hansi Kürsch's first-person character portrayals and narrations of the medieval quest for truth and glory. It's really quite grandiose. Except for a couple of quick-paced numbers, Blind Guardian favors an operatic prog rock approach on Nightfall in Middle-Earth, suggesting comparisons to Queen, with dense choir-like vocal harmonies set against swirling multi-part guitar lines. Kürsch lacks the technical abilities of metal's most theatrical frontmen, but his conviction and craftiness make up for these limitations as the vocalist stretches and twists his voice to create that rarest of metal attributes, a genuine sonic signature. Plainly, this music is not for everyone. Listeners who can't take the theatricality of Manowar, Hammerfall, or Helloween probably won't be able to stomach Nightfall in Middle-Earth either. However, power metal aficionados and prog fans with a taste for Celtic minstrel counterpoint, shredding guitar solos, thousand-voice marching choruses, and just about everything in between should have more than a passing interest is this hyper-ambitious release.© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo
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Nightfall

Candlemass

Metal - Released November 9, 1987 | Peaceville Records

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NARUTO SHIPPUDEN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Yasuharu Takanashi

Anime - Released December 19, 2007 | Aniplex Inc.

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The Pacific (Music From the HBO Miniseries)

Hans Zimmer

Film Soundtracks - Released March 9, 2010 | Rhino

Credited to composers Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, and Blake Neely, the soundtrack to the HBO mini-series The Pacific owes more than a courtesy nod to the late Michael Kamen’s elegiac work on the Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks-produced 2001 companion series Band of Brothers. Appropriately melancholy and drenched in French horns and sepia-toned nostalgia, The Pacific yields a more reflective tone than its older brother, although Zimmer makes sure to toss in a few of the bold, heavily percussive military themes that have become his forte over the years. This uniquely American, stoic, brass-heavy approach to scoring historical military drama may feel well worn (the main theme could be applied to nearly every WWII film, documentary, or video game released since Saving Private Ryan), but that’s because it works so remarkably well, acting as a cooling agent for the horrific images that war so deftly burns into our collective psyche.© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Live Beyond the Spheres

Blind Guardian

Rock - Released July 7, 2017 | Nuclear Blast

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Charlie

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Jazz - Released January 5, 2016 | 5Passion

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The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini

The Colorist Orchestra

Alternative & Indie - Released December 9, 2016 | Rough Trade

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Sacrificium

Xandria

Metal - Released May 2, 2014 | Napalm Records

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The Devil Wears Prada

Metal - Released May 21, 2021 | Solid State Records

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Nightfall - The Cal Arts Sessions

Charlie Haden

Jazz - Released March 1, 2004 | Naim Records

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Nightfall

Little Big Town

Country - Released January 10, 2020 | Capitol Records Nashville

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Despite comparisons to the fashionable-again Fleetwood Mac (which they irresistibly lean all the way into on the dusky title track of their ninth album), Little Big Town resist trends and end up setting them. This time, that means sticking to ballads and mid-tempo treats. Opener "Next To You" is a slow burn that builds to soaring four-part harmonies; that formula also works on the plaintive, piano-driven "Forever and a Night." The foursome should offer a master class for younger country artists tempted by pop crossovers, cowboy-hat posturing and TV talent-show histrionics. The Cliff's Notes version: "Sugar Coat," on which Karen Fairchild deftly communicates the pain of infidelity by refusing to over-sing the chorus—no show-off runs here—even as the Nashville Sound-style strings swell. There's also an art to knowing when you don't need to reinvent the wheel. Mariachi-laced "Wine, Beer Whiskey" is a guaranteed crowd pleaser, which cheer-like chanted lyrics that name-check the MVPs of the back bar: "my friend named Jack, he's got my back…my friend named Tito, he's my amigo." © Shelly Ridenour / Qobuz
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Open Letter

Ralph Towner

Jazz - Released July 1, 1991 | ECM

Ralph Towner's a difficult case. The snoozy noodlings of his former band Oregon can be downright stupefying, but his solo work is often, though not always, quite a bit more interesting. Open Letter walks both sides of the line, but succeeds more often than it fails. Towner teams up with jazz drummer Peter Erskine on this set, and while guitar and drums may sound like kind of a dry instrumentation, Towner fleshes things out with some synthesizer and Erskine puts electronic percussion to tasteful use. But it's the more traditional fare that is most successful here -- while "Magic Pouch," awith its imitation flute, is almost a new age parody, the similarly gentle "Nightfall" hits the spot perfectly, and Towner's solo turn on the Bill Evans classic "Waltz for Debby" is exquisite. In general, Towner seems to do best with standards rather than originals; he acquits himself beautifully on "I Fall in Love Too Easily," but the faux-Spanish modality and synthesized seagull cries of "Alar" sound like muzak for tourists. Other Towner compositions, notably "The Sigh" and "Short 'n Stout," are far more successful.© Rick Anderson /TiVo

Unbreakable

J2

Pop - Released February 28, 2020 | A&G Records

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