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Gackt – Crescent (2006) [SACD / Nippon Crown – CRGP-40004]

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Title: Gackt – Crescent (2006)
Genre: Rock, Pop, J-Pop
Format: DSF DSD64

Crescent is the fourth full-length studio album released by Japanese solo artist Gackt on December 3, 2003. It is a concept album linked to its predecessor Moon and comes with booklets for both records (Moon did not originally contain one). Crescent also features a duet with L’Arc-en-Ciel vocalist Hyde for “Orenji no Taiyou” with whom Gackt co-starred in the 2003 movie Moon Child.

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Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Gabriel Yared – The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (1996) [Reissue 2003] [SACD / Fantasy – FCD-16001SACD]

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Title: Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Gabriel Yared – The English Patient: Original Soundtrack Recording (1996) [Reissue 2003]
Genre: Soundtrack
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Gabriel Yared composed most of the music for the soundtrack of one of 1996’s most acclaimed dramas, which was largely performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; John Constable (on solo piano) and Marta Sebestyen (vocals) are also featured. Yared’s score is mostly typical wide-screen epic stuff–nothing special. More interesting are Hungarian folk singer Sebestyen’s occasional contributions. A few period pop/jazz cuts by Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and Fred Astaire are interspersed throughout, and are most likely more effective on screen than on disc, where they juxtapose uncomfortably with the orchestral instrumental pieces.

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Gabriel Castagna, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen – Astor Piazzolla: Orchestral Works (2000) [Reissue 2003] [SACD / Chandos – CHSA 5006]

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Title: Gabriel Castagna, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen – Astor Piazzolla: Orchestral Works (2000) [Reissue 2003]
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Astor Piazzolla become hugely popular thanks to his ‘tango nuevo’ band and his short tango pieces. This disc shows his other, more serious side in some of his symphonic music, still mostly inspired by tango rhythms and catchy tunes. It is a great joy to have this music so well recorded and performed, and if you like Piazzolla’s music, you should definitely check this one out.

Piazzolla wanted to be a ‘serious’ classical composer and ready to throw away his Argentinian musical heritage, but under the influence of Nadia Boulanger he used his tangos to create some truly original and engaging symphonic music. The best example for that is the first piece, Tangazo, which meanders between Bartok, Stravinsky, Shostakovich and many others till it turns all powers of full symphony orchestra into a truly magnificent tango-like theme. The rest is just as brilliant. Three symphonic tangos are more like what we would expect from this composer, in a regular exchange between the orchestra and solo groups. “Milonga del Angel” is probably my favourite of all Piazzolla’s tangos, and even if it looses some of it’s edge in a full orchestral version, it gains some other aspects, it sounds HUGE and even more sensual. Last piece, sinfonietta, is the earliest composed piece on here, from 1953, written before Boulanger’s advice. Piazzolla is exiting as ever, the music swings wildly around solo clarinet jazzy tune, with dance rhythms always present. The slow movement is a sombre grieving tune, owing much of its musical language to Bartok’s “Music for strings, percussions and celesta”. The finale is still in Bartok’s domain, but with ever present rhythmic twists and turns and unusual colours. It is definitely the piece you wouldn’t expect from a tango master. Recording is (like all other Chandos SACDs) fantastic, orchestra’s sound is solid and detailed, stage huge (in surround), solo passages focused and clear, dynamic range natural. As I said, if you like Piazzolla and feel like exploring more, go for it. This disc is a perfect accompaniment to his chamber-tango discography.

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Gotan Project – La Revancha Del Tango (2001) [Reissue 2004] [SACD / Barclay – 981 878-7]

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Title: Gotan Project – La Revancha Del Tango (2001) [Reissue 2004]
Genre: Electronic, Latin, Tango
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

An unrivaled collection of themes representing a unique fusion amid traditional forms of music and the nouvelle fields of electronica, Gotan Project’s La Revancha del Tango discloses unknown frontiers for the modern beat explorers. Inspired by Argentinean tango, Philippe Cohen Solal and Christophe H. Müller, responsible for projects such as Boys From Brazil or Stereo Action Unlimited, united their efforts with Eduardo Makaroff to record what ultimately became a daring musical piece. Mixing styles like dub and downbeat and enrolling the talents of Argentinean musicians like Gustavo Beytelmann and Nini Flores, the founding trio of Gotan Project managed to deliver a unique debut album. “Tríptico,” “Santa Maria (Del Buen Aire),” and “El Capitalismo Foraneo” are just of the three themes revealing the trio’s composing intuition, manipulating the romanticism and dark inspiration of Argentinean illustrative street music with novel electronica. Operating with instruments like the bandoneon, along with modern percussion, Gotan implements an exclusive creative challenge. “Vuelvo Ar Sur,” an Astor Piazzolla original composition vocalized by Cristina Villalonga, closes this unequaled set of melodies, confirming Gotan’s sole extent of melody exploration.

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Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian – Think Like The Waves (2006) [SACD / Songlines Recordings – SGL SA1559-2]

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Title: Gordon Grdina, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian – Think Like The Waves (2006)
Genre: Jazz
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

The young, Vancouver guitarist and oud player Gordon Grdina sought out Gary Peacock after a Keith Jarrett concert in San Francisco in 2000, and for the next five years Gary became his mentor and teacher. At their last meeting at Gary’s house in upstate New York there was virtually no discussion, they just sessioned together for an hour or so, and the next day Gordon asked Gary if he would do a trio record. Gary agreed, and helped bring Paul Motian (another of Gordon’s musical heroes) into the picture. Recorded in Brooklyn in January, Think Like the Waves is a remarkable international jazz debut, full of compelling original tunes by Grdina and deep interaction by the trio.

It’s not every jazz musician who doubles on guitar and oud (the centuries-old Middle Eastern forerunner of the mandolin), but Gordon Grdina makes the combination work. He brought 14 difficult originals to the studio for a recording session with veterans Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, drawing on his interest in blending elements of Arabic music and various jazz genres. When Grdina is playing oud, the songs often seem like they evolved spontaneously in the studio, especially the meandering “Platform” and the dark “Renunciation.” On guitar, Grdina’s gift for spaciousness and lyricism in the longing “Distant” sounds reminiscent of Jim Hall. The brooding “Cobble Hill” is another striking performance. While Peacock and Motian had their work cut out for them engaging this music, they provide terrific interaction with Gordon Grdina throughout the sessions.

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Golden Earring – Naked III: Live At The Panama (2005) [SACD / Universal – 987 021-9]

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Title: Golden Earring – Naked III: Live At The Panama (2005)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Best known in the U.S. for their hard rock material, Golden Earring have been the most popular homegrown band in the Netherlands since the mid-’60s, when they were primarily a pop group.

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Godsmack – The Other Side (2004) [SACD / Universal Records – B0002401-36]

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Title: Godsmack – The Other Side (2004)
Genre: Rock
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

The Other Side is an acoustic EP by the American rock band Godsmack. It includes several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks. The Other Side was recorded in a Hawaiian studio with producer David Bottrill, who worked with the band early. This album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

The Other Side is Godsmack’s first acoustic offering. Totaling seven songs, it’s not quite a full album. But fans will note its mixture old and new material, as well as the departure from Sully Erna and co.’s normal metallurgical sonic signature. The primary influence here is Alice in Chains. New track “Running Blind” is dominated by the high-low harmony sound that’s become Alice in Chains’ legacy, as is “Re-Align,” which otherwise doesn’t drift very far from Faceless’ electrified version. The guitars – and guitar solos – are acoustic throughout Other Side, and the percussion is lighter and more refined than the normal ‘Smack pummel. As for the rest of the new material, “Voices” suggests the more subdued work of the band’s peers (Seether, Staind, etc.), while “Touché” crosses threads of the Allman Brothers with the usual post-grunge throttle. It’s also a little free advertising for Erna’s vanity imprint and its new signing, Dropbox, whose Lee Richards and John Kosco guest. In a way, The Other Side feels like a vanity project for Godsmack itself, the sort of thing a band releases in between official studio records, or just because it can. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad trip for fans, who will no doubt get a kick out of this more jangly side of a band that’s made a tidy career out of going for the jugular.

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Dorothee Oberlinger, Ensemble 1700 – G.F. Handel: Sonatas For The Recorder (2007) [SACD / Marc Aurel Edition – MA SA 024]

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Title: Dorothee Oberlinger, Ensemble 1700 – G.F. Handel: Sonatas For The Recorder (2007)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Review by Blair Sanderson For its authentic instrumental timbres, exquisite period interpretations, superbly engineered sound, and, above all, the sheer genius of the music, this album of Handel’s recorder trios and sonatas is guaranteed to please connoisseurs of Baroque chamber music, and should catapult Dorothee Oberlinger and her handpicked Ensemble 1700 into international celebrity. A debut release for these exceptional musicians, this remarkable CD reveals both their scrupulous scholarship and enthusiastic participation, and the combination is winning. Oberlinger plays the recorder with a lucid but modest tone, never upstaging the other players but creating an impression of domestic intimacy that surely attended amateur performances in the eighteenth century. Yet these are not fragile or rarefied renditions, for Oberlinger and her companions are quite vigorous in the Allegro movements; the long, lyrical lines in the Larghettos and Adagios are always solidly supported through the soloist’s unerring ornamentation; and the accompaniment is fully realized and strongly characterized, distributed throughout the works to a variety of basso continuo instruments. The illustrated booklet includes an informative essay on the recorder’s history and Handel’s music by Gerhard Braun, and the recording is absolutely clear in details and natural in reproduction. This disc is highly recommended. allmusicguide

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Fury In The Slaughterhouse – The Color Fury (2002) [SACD / EMI Electrola – 7243 5 40046 2 9]

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Title: Fury In The Slaughterhouse – The Color Fury (2002)
Genre: Rock
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Fury in the Slaughterhouse is a rock band from Hannover, Germany, founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2008, before reforming in 2013 and again in 2016. The Color Fury is the band’s ninth studio album.

Fury in the Slaughterhouse is Germany’s equivalent of U2. While FITS is not stylistically similar to U2, they’re a big rock & roll band that commands the same respect in their native country that U2 does in Ireland. Fury in the Slaughterhouse is a hitmaker as well, topping compatriots the Scorpions as Germany’s most popular group and selling over 600,000 records by the early ’90s. Fury in the Slaughterhouse formed in a small backyard in Hanover, Germany, in 1987 by brothers Kai Uwe Wingenfelder (vocals) and Thorsten Wingenfelder (guitar, vocals). The siblings then added Rainer Schumann (drums), Christof Stein (guitar), and Hannes Schafer (bass). Fury in the Slaughterhouse’s self-titled debut LP was released on January 10, 1989; keyboardist Gero Drnek also joined the band that year. Fury in the Slaughterhouse immediately became veterans of the club circuit, gaining new converts that would eventually propel the group to superstar status. The band opened for acclaimed international talent like the Pogues and the Jesus & Mary Chain, creating foreign interest in their music. On February 15, 1994, Fury in the Slaughterhouse finally received exposure overseas as the group’s fourth album, Mono, was distributed in the U.S. by RCA Records. “Every Generation Got Its Own Disease,” a solemn statement about AIDS, was played on modern rock stations and MTV in America. Thanks to Thorsten’s ethereal, meditative riffs, Kai’s gruff vocals, and vividly bleak imagery (such as “Change the girls like underwear/Using bodies without care/The love has gone and what we’ve got/Is sweet perfume of sex and blood”), such a relatively mellow song was able to break the stranglehold of grunge on alternative radio. However, “When I’m Dead and Gone,” which had a video directed by Cyndi Lauper, wasn’t as widely accepted, and Mono vanished into the cutout bins. Nevertheless, the Furies continued to record albums in Germany.

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler – Bruckner: Symphony No.4; Wagner: Parsifal (2016) [SACD / Praga Digitals – PRD/DSD 350 130]

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Title: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler – Bruckner: Symphony No.4; Wagner: Parsifal (2016)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO

Recorded in 1951, this recording features Wilhelm Furtwängler leading the Wiener Philharmoniker in one of the most infamous readings of Bruckner’s Symphony No.4. The legendary maestro is also joined by the Berlin Philharmonic for the Good Friday Music from Wagner’s Parsifal.

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