the MOZART, W.A.: 30 of the Best (8.578353-54) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Mozart was a childhood prodigy, composing from the age of five and performing at royal courts by the age of 10, becoming famous throughout Europe. As an immensely influential composer, his music sits at the very centre of Western musical culture and today casts its spell over the hearts and minds of music lovers throughout the world. This substantial collection presents the cream of Mozart’s imperishable contribution to music through his piano concertos, symphonies, chamber music, operas and choral works. Full Article
the MICHL, J.C.W.: Quartets Nos. 1-6 for Bassoon, 2 Violins and Cello (Hoadley, The Hall String Trio) (8.574054) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Upon hearing a chamber piece by Joseph Michl in Munich in 1772 the English composer and music historian Charles Burney wrote, ‘I hardly ever heard a composition that discovered more genius and invention.’ Even though Michl achieved success writing for the operatic stage and his contemporary reputation rested on his sacred works, the Bassoon Quartets present the epitome of urbane sophistication—elegantly constructed and full of imaginative detail—and at times resembling miniature concertos. Full Article
the Impressions of China - Winning Works from the 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition (G. Luisi) (8.579070) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT All of the works in this programme were prize winners in the hotly contested 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition, an event marking the 80th anniversary of the death of this influential composer and educator. Themes explored include the charm and unpredictability of China’s landscape, alongside elements of Chinese musical and theatrical aesthetics. Joint First Prize winners were Emile Naoumoff, whose Celestial Parade describes the composer’s wonderful experiences while in Shanghai, and Zhiliang Zhang, whose Qiao Ling Liu Dan portrays six widely differing ‘Dan’ or female characters in Sichuanese opera. Full Article
the HERNÁNDEZ, S.: Piano Music Initiation to the Shadow / Terra Santa / Fantasia for Piano / Don't Forget About That (S. Hernández) (8.579072) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT The distinguished Spanish composer and pianist Sira Hernández is known especially for her involvement with multi-discipline arts projects at major international festivals and cultural events. Many of her works are inspired by Italian artists as can be heard on this album. Minimalist techniques and the significance of tonality and timbre in communicating darkness and light are heard in Iniciación a la sombra and the sewing-machine ostinatos of Fantasía para piano. The presence of God amidst the bleak spaces of madness are expressed in Terra Santa, and the intensity of Don’t Forget About That invites us to resist oblivion. Full Article
the GAVRILIN, V.A.: Russian Notebook (The) / Anyuta (excerpts) (Shkirtil, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony, Serov) (8.573883) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Valery Gavrilin was one of the most colourful and significant Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century. He was only 25 when he composed The Russian Notebook, a ‘poem of love and death’ crafted in a new musical language that doesn’t employ folk melodies but does use folkloric texts, and with a virtuosic vocal part. These stylised tunes are combined with rich melodies to form a haunting cycle heard here in a 2018 orchestration. The ten numbers from the ballet Anyuta are lively, melodious and touchingly beautiful. Full Article
the CLASSICAL MUSIC - 30 of the Best (8.578355-56) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT This introduction to the exciting world of classical music will take you on a voyage of discovery as you experience the beauty and drama of some of the most famous music ever written. This essential collection presents something for every moment: excitement, relaxation, elation and more, with critically acclaimed recordings selected from the vast Naxos catalogue. Let your mind and emotions be transported by the greatest music from the greatest composers. Full Article
the CLARKE, N.: Mysteries of the Horizon / Dial 'H' for Hitchcock / Swift Severn's Flood (Vanhoorne, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Thornton, Clarke, S.Smith) (8.574097) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Nigel Clarke has always been fascinated by virtuosity and timbre—it is the brass band genre that has lent itself most to his passion for musical athleticism. Dial ‘H’ for Hitchcock is an imaginary film score in the film noir vein, complete with classic and chilling sound effects, while the heroic, brooding and violent Swift Severn’s Flood was inspired by a line from Shakespeare. Cornet concerto Mysteries of the Horizon examines the atmosphere of paintings by René Magritte, and Earthrise celebrates one of the most iconic photographs in history and the drama of the Apollo 8 mission. Full Article
the ČIURLIONIS, M.K.: Sea (The) / In the Forest / Kęstutis Overture (Lithuanian National Symphony, Pitrėnas) (ODE1344-2) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the CIPULLO, T.: Parting (The) [Opera] (Strickling, C. Cook, Mayes, Music of Remembrance, Willis) (8.669044) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Heard here in its world premiere recording, The Parting is a daring opera by award-winning composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason that explores the life and art of Miklós Radnóti, one of the most important poetic witnesses to the Holocaust, and one of its tragic victims. Radnóti’s poems express emotions from love and enchantment to absolute loss, and The Parting includes texts found in his jacket pocket after his death. This opera is a profound meditation on what it is about art that outlives us, that enables us to be creative even in the face of unimaginable adversity, and reminds us to guard against hatred and to celebrate what makes us human. Full Article
the CATHER, W.: My Ántonia (Unabridged) (NA0457) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Orphaned at the age of 10, Jim Burden moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. There he meets Ántonia Shimerda, the daughter of an immigrant family from Bohemia, who have come to carve out a life for themselves in the harsh and bountiful Nebraskan landscape. At the urging of her father, Jim teaches Ántonia English and together they share adventures that will bind them throughout their lives, despite the vicissitudes of time and fate, and years of separation. The final book in Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy, My Ántonia is a lyrical tribute to the bygone pioneer life and the struggles and successes of America’s early settlers. Full Article
the BRAHMS, J.: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Handel Variations (Vogt, Royal Northern Sinfonia) (ODE1346-2) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the BOLIVIA Ruphay (Los): Music of the Andes - Jach'a Uru (The Great Day) (EUCD2893) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the BOITO, A.: Mefistofele [Opera] (F. Furlanetto, Filianoti, Theodossiou, Zaramella, Palermo Teatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra, Ranzani) (CDS581) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the BEETHOVEN, L. van: Mass in C Major / Vestas Feuer / Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt (Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic, Segerstam) (8.574017) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT The custom of marking the name-day of Princess Esterházy with a newly composed Mass began in the 1790s and for many years was carried out by Joseph Haydn. In 1807 Beethoven was commissioned and responded with his Mass in C major. Coolly received at court, it is a celebratory work of large-scale brilliance. The cantata Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt is set to Goethe’s poems and contrasts calm with exuberance. In 1803 Beethoven set two numbers from Vestas Feuer, written by Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Full Article
the BEETHOVEN, L. van: 30 of the Best (8.578350-52) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Beethoven is regarded by many to be the greatest composer who ever lived, and this collection presents 30 essential recordings of his most well-known works. From the beautiful moods of lamentation in the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata to the amorous sophistication of Für Elise, and from the heroism of Fidelio to the mighty finale of the ‘Choral’ Symphony, every significant facet of Beethoven’s monumental achievement is represented in this collection of exemplary performances from the Naxos catalogue. Full Article
the VIVALDI, A.: Four Seasons (The) / VERDI, G.: I vespri siciliani: Le quattro stagioni (R.M. Minasi, La Scintilla Orchestra) (PHR0112) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the INDIA Sabri Family (The) (EUCD2904) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the DAUGHERTY, M.: This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie (Socolofsky, J. Daugherty, Dogs of Desire, D.A. Miller) (8.559889) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT In This Land Sings, GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty has created an original musical tribute to the singer-songwriter and political activist Woody Guthrie (1912–1967). Traveling the backroads of America from coast to coast with a guitar and harmonica, Woody Guthrie performed folk songs of love, wandering and social justice during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Daugherty has composed his own original songs and instrumental interludes that give haunting expression, ironic wit and contemporary relevance to political, social and environmental themes from Guthrie’s era. Under the baton of GRAMMY Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller, the Albany Symphony’s new music ensemble Dogs of Desire, joined by soprano Annika Socolofsky and baritone John Daugherty, give a poignant and rousing performance. Full Article
the ABEL, M.: Intuition's Dance / 4 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva / The Elastic Hours / Clarinet Trio (The Cave of Wondrous Voice) (Shifrin, Sherry, Plitmann) (DE3570) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (THE), Vol. 2 - Sadeh21 [Ballet] (Batsheva Dance Company, 2018) (NTSC) (BAC172) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (THE), Vol. 2 - Sadeh21 [Ballet] (Batsheva Dance Company, 2018) (Blu-ray, Full-HD) (BAC472) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the GALERIE DORÉE - The 300th Anniversary Concert (Devos, Le Concert de la Loge, Chauvin) (NTSC) (BAC171) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the GALERIE DORÉE - The 300th Anniversary Concert (Devos, Le Concert de la Loge, Chauvin) (Blu-ray, Full-HD) (BAC571) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the JANÁČEK, L.: From the House of the Dead [Opera] (Bavarian State Opera, 2018) (NTSC) (BAC173) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the JANÁČEK, L.: From the House of the Dead [Opera] (Bavarian State Opera, 2018) (Blu-ray, Full-HD) (BAC573) By www.naxos.com Published On :: Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
the Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I Was Young By www.music-news.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:17:00 +0100 Overall, this is a fantastic re-issue. The remastering is brilliant, there is a superb booklet Full Article
the Robert Jon & The Wreck - Last Light On The Highway By www.music-news.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:01:00 +0100 ... at this point it is definitely my favourite album of the year. Full Article
the Talk Show - These People E.P. By www.music-news.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:12:00 +0100 Four punch drunk songs of aggrofection Full Article
the Deltaphonic - The Funk, The Soul & The Holy Groove By www.music-news.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:43:00 +0100 At the heart of their music is funk: deep and fluid, soulful and raunchy and thoroughly butt-wigglingly funky Full Article
the One World: Together At Home By www.music-news.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:13:00 +0100 The great and the good of the music industry come together for the mega event One World: Together At Home. Full Article
the Mathea - M By www.music-news.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:57:00 +0100 Back in 2016, Mathea impressed Yvonne Catterfeld with her rendition of Elle King's Ex's & Oh's. As a result her life has changed. She is no longer an Austrian teenager dreaming of a music career, she is a respected and celebrated artist releasing her debut album. While she may not have won her series of The Voice, but her place of the musical map was firmly won. Full Article
the Caleb Landry Jones - The Mother Stone By www.music-news.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:33:00 +0100 A magnum opus dei Full Article
the Andy Fleet - The Sleepless Kind feat Andre Canniere By www.music-news.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:36:00 +0100 It is a fantastic album, full of gems and one I’ll be listening to for a while to come. Full Article
the The Coo - Amsterdam Moon By www.music-news.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:07:00 +0100 Full Article
the Matt Namer of The FMs By www.music-news.com Published On :: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 07:08:00 +0100 Androgynous, Analog, Goth, Rock Supergroup, The FMs, (femmes, female to males, f##k me sillies), have just released their new Full Article
the The Riptide Movement By www.music-news.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:10:00 +0100 The Riptide Movement (Malachy Tuohy: Lead vocals, guitar - Gerry McGarry: Bass, vocals - JPR Dalton: Lead guitar) interviewed Full Article
the The Riptide Movement By www.music-news.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:34:00 +0100 The Riptide Movement (Malachy Tuohy: Lead vocals, guitar - Gerry McGarry: Bass, vocals - JPR Dalton: Lead guitar) interviewed Full Article
the The Who By www.music-news.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:05:00 Z Music-News.com at The Music Walk of Fame Founding Stone unveiling for first recipients The Who on 19th November 2019. Full Article
the Win The Touring Musician's Survival Guide Book By www.music-news.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:14:00 Z Being a musician may be fun, but it isn’t easy. It’s a career of highs, lows, rags, riches and a chance to see some of the world’s most unique places. Full Article
the Win Eurovision 2020: A Tribute To The Artists And Songs 2xCDs By www.music-news.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:48:00 +0100 Luckily for Eurovision fans, all 41 songs will be available on EUROVISION 2020 – The Album - which is released on May 15th On UMC Records. Full Article
the Social power, influence, and performance in the NBA, Part 2: Exploring the individual NBA players By www.ibm.com Published On :: 06 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 In this tutorial series, learn how to analyze how social media affects the NBA using Python, pandas, Jupyter Notebooks, and a touch of R. Part 2 explores individual athletes in the NBA: endorsement data, true on-the-court performance, and social power with Twitter and Wikipedia. Full Article Analytics opensource
the Monitor mobile devices with the Geospatial Analytics service By www.ibm.com Published On :: 11 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Obtain, run, and extend a Node.js starter application that uses the IBM Cloud Geospatial Analytics service. With the Geospatial Analytics service, you can monitor moving devices from the Internet of Things. The service analyzes a device message stream from MQTT and tracks device locations in real time with respect to one or more geographic regions. Full Article Mobile cloud data Cognitive computing Internet of Things
the A deep dive into the new software-defined converged infrastructure for SAS Foundation mixed workloads By www.ibm.com Published On :: 12 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 This article describes the details behind the new software-defined converged infrastructure for deploying SAS Foundation Mixed Analytics workloads using IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS), IBM Spectrum Scale, IBM POWER8, and Mellanox networking technology. This article documents detailed test configurations, test scenarios, performance results, and tuning options for the converged infrastructure. This article provides a methodology to tune each component in the infrastructure horizontally, as well as tuning the solution vertically, which allowed the optimal performance to be achieved. Full Article linux aix
the Offloading your Informix data in Spark, Part 1: Collecting the data By www.ibm.com Published On :: 13 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Learn how to get data from your Informix database and dump it in Spark so you can leverage it against other data sources and compile advanced analytics all that in Java. The targeted audience is Informix and non-Informix users seeking to bring RDBMS data into Spark. Full Article data opensource
the Automate operational business decisions with Weather Data and Business Rules services on IBM Cloud, Part 1: Get started with a sample weather cancellation service By www.ibm.com Published On :: 20 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Businesses can make IT operations smarter by reacting to weather events and automating operational decisions that factor in weather data. This article describes the steps to combine services to automate decisions that consider weather data by running business rules. The business decisions could result in actions such as sending notifications, adjusting prices, generating promotions, triggering IoT devices, or initiating business processes. Full Article Middleware cloud
the Send SMF data directly to the IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator By www.ibm.com Published On :: 20 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 If you are already using IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator and Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS (TDSz), you can now directly load data to Db2 Analytics Accelerator with the TDSz schema, without storing data in Db2 tables. With this feature, you can save CPU and space on expensive storage and also store and query data over a longer period at a more detailed level. This tutorial shows you how. Full Article data Middleware
the Offloading your Informix data in Spark, Part 4: Leverage data against other data sources By www.ibm.com Published On :: 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000 In Part 4 of this tutorial series, you'll learn how to link external and public data to your existing data to gain insights for your sales team. In this scenario for retail sales, you'll learn how to forecast the hot sales areas for new wins. Full Article data opensource
the The top ten security articles you need to read By www.ibm.com Published On :: 26 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000 In this article, I write about great resources that you should keep in your arsenal. I tried to get something for everyone, so whether you're a developer, an administrator, or even just someone who's interested in how security vulnerabilities occur and what can be done about it, this list covers all of this and more. Full Article security
the Think your apps are secure in the cloud? By www.ibm.com Published On :: 02 Nov 2017 04:00:00 +0000 The cloud is not secure. Developers know through experience that software and servers get hacked thanks to bad code and insecure Internet connections to remote servers and data centers. You can compare using the cloud to having valuables that are locked up in a suitcase in a parking lot. By nature, both are susceptible to attacks. In this article, we explain the reasons why the cloud is not secure, but we also examine ways to mitigate any insecurities by illustrating some Django examples through the inception of BugHeist. Full Article security
the Make your websites smarter with Schema.org, Part 2: The Schema.org syntaxes By www.ibm.com Published On :: 05 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000 The second part of this four-part series shows you how to translate the abstract information model for data in your web pages into one of the three formats supported by Schema.org: RDFa, Microdata, and JSON-LD Full Article opensource