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Praise Him with Stringed Instruments & Organs Psalms
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Astronio, C: Obras De Musica-Complete Edition
Blind from childhood, Antonio de Cabezon (b.1510) was was appointed organist in the chapel of Queen Isabella at the age of 16, and in 1538, became músico de la cámara to her husband Charles V. After Isabella's death he was appointed the musical tutor of Prince Philip and his sisters. Cabezon accompanied Philip on trips to Milan, Naples, Germany and the Netherlands between 1548 and 1551. These tours would doubtless have given him exposure to a wide range of music performed by leading musicians of the period. His music reveals both cosmopolitanism and traits that have been identified as belonging distinctly to Spanish musical style or to a personal style.This complete recorded survey of his Obras de música para tecla arpa y vihuela represents one of the most remarkable, and celebrated collections of instrumental music of the sixteenth-century. The collection divides by genre into instrumental elaborations of liturgical texts, intabulations and transcriptions of popular motets by composers such as Mouton and Josquin, and the famous and original tientos, prized for their combination of the composer's intensity of expression with a good deal of variety and ingenuity.The performances on a variety of instruments and ensembles are masterminded by the Italian keyboard player and musicologist Claudio Astronio, whose musical enthusiasms range from early music to jazz and pop.Other information:- A new and original INTEGRALE of Brilliant Classics, the only available complete recording, recorded in 1995--2010.- Excellent liner notes written by Spanish musicologist Andrew Woolley- Cabezon was a master of the keyboard (organ and spinet), and most of his works are instrumental, either solo keyboard or for ensembles of stringed instruments.- A unique survey of an important era in the musical history, played by expert musicians, using period instruments: Claudio Astronio and his Harmonices Mundi.- Shop: odax
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Old Friends
These compositions are truly like old friends to me. A selection of works that I have learned over the years, the pieces are organized in a roughly chronological order. They begin with pieces from the 16th century where, in Spain, Italy and Portugal, the vihuela was played. The vihuela was a six-stringed instrument with double strings like our modern twelve string guitar (although the strings were gut). Luis Milan and Louis de Narvaez composed for this instrument and several of their pieces are included. From there we move into music for the lute, with two pieces by the English composer John Dowland. Some of the great JS Bach's music was played on the lute (Prelude in D minor). An arrangement of his Air In G is also included. S.L. Weiss, a German composer, composed hundreds of pieces for the lute, "Tombeau sur le mort...." is a beautiful example. We move now toward the development of the modern classical guitar. Roncalli composed for the five string baroque guitar. His "Giga" is included here. Fernando Sor was one of the most prolific composers for the guitar in the Romantic Period. His guitar studies are learned by all modern classical guitar students. His "Variations on a Theme by Mozart" is one of his better known works. Late Romantic Spanish composer Fransico Tarrega's music was obviously influenced by his experience of flamenco music. (As a young man he ran away and spent time living with the gypsies.) Two of his pieces are included. Finally the modern era brings us two composers. Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Brazil. His" Choro No. 1" written in 1929 in Paris gives us the sense of that exciting era. Manuel Ponce, a Mexican composer, has composed a number of works that are well known in the guitar repertoire. His piece "Por ti mi Corazon" from his suite "Three Mexican Songs" is included. Also included are several of his guitar studies. I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I do when I play them. Perhaps they will become good "friends" for you! Lars Hill 2012.- Shop: odax
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Rules of Dating
I was raised in a small town by two crazy alcoholics who one day took a break from beating the crap out of each other just long enough to buy me a nylon stringed acoustic guitar. I was 12 and all about the rock (especially Def Leppard) but I got bored playing riffs on an acoustic so I started teaching myself to play classical guitar out of a book. A year or so later I convinced my mom to pay for classical lessons and eventually I got an electric guitar too. I played a lot with my brother who had just gotten a drum kit and when I was 14 we played in a band with two other kids in front of our entire high school. When I was 15 I started trying out my super twisted songwriting on friends. I remember grabbing my acoustic saying 'hey listen to this!' and I'd sing a song about killing my date on prom night for fresh blood. Pretty much all of the songs I wrote as a teenager were meant to be funny and to entertain. Over the years I think I've gradually become more comfortable with expressing my (ahem) feelings, but lyrics even now that are supposed to be funny are still pretty dark, a theme that just suites me I suppose. When I was 18 I moved to Portland and took music classes at Mt Hood Community College delving way deep into classical guitar and music theory. (I could dork out all day talking about music theory.) I hooked up with a girl from class who played drums. We played my funny little songs together at house parties, on the street, for friends and pretty much anyone who would listen since we were too young to play in clubs. I banged away on my nylon strings and she played a snare drum with brushes. We recorded a handful of songs with Chad Crouch for a Hush Records compilation calling ourselves simply 'Morgan & Jolie'. It got written up in the Portland Rocket saying that we added 'unexpected sparkle to the singer-songwriter vibe' of the comp and it was pretty exciting to see our name in the paper. Finally we both turned 21 and had our first real show at NXNW 1998. I went crazy booking shows and I remember having a pretty fun year before we split in 1999. Since those days I've traded off alot between playing solo and having a band. I've always really enjoyed watching a song morph from group to group. In May 2004, shortly after my last band split, I opened for Gothic Outhouse and met Sam Henry. We started working together on a recording project out of which emerged this new and amazing band I'm playing with now. Sam and I are hard at work on my second album and I've decided to take a break from playing shows until it's finished... But for now this album The Rules of Dating was released on my own label Lady Lush Records in April of 2003. Most of it was recorded live at Rocket Science by Sean Flora, some tracked by my old band and the rest in front of an in-studio audience as part of an open house we hosted for Last Thursday. (Rocket Science is on ALberta and 20th) I hope you enjoy it. My new record should be out by early 2005. Thanks for stopping by! Morgan Grace Nov 2004.- Shop: odax
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