De Profundis: Gidon Kremer (2010)

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Doce piezas dedicadas a aquellos que se rehusan a ser silenciados.

The album’s 12 pieces, selected from Gidon Kremer’s performing repertoire, all hold very special meaning to him, and are connected to each other on a deep, intuitive level.

The composers, whose works span nearly two centuries, are: Jean Sibelius, Arvo Pärt, Raminta Šerkšnytė (whose piece De Profundis lends the album its title), Robert Schumann, Michael Nyman, Franz Schubert, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, Dmitri Shostakovich, Lera Auerbach, Astor Piazzolla, Georgs Pelecis, and Alfred Schnittke.

Kremer explains: “The artists featured on this record affirm a deep-rooted personal expression that can resonate within anyone. Their spiritual missive can sustain humans by appealing to their profoundest emotions, by letting them open up, become more conscious, rather than ‘forget themselves.’ Each of the 12 pieces selected for this album sends its own individual message to the listener, one that my colleagues from Kremerata Baltica and I have tried to illuminate.”

Gidon Kremer dedicates De Profundis to all those who refuse to be silenced, “namely to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who—being a real patriot of Russia—can be seen as a symbol for democratic changes in his home country. Khodorkovsky continues to spend years of imprisonment in Siberia, where he has been sent by a questionable trial.” (Arvo Pärt recently dedicated his fourth symphony, Los Angeles, to Khodorkovsky as well.)

Kremerata Baltica was founded by Gidon Kremer in 1996 and is composed of a group of young musicians from the three Baltic States. They first performed in the violinist’s hometown of Riga, Latvia, in February 1996 and have since toured throughout the world. Kremer, who is the group’s artistic director, described the Kremerata Baltica, in an interview with the New York Times, as “a musical democracy ... open-minded, self-critical, a continuation of my musical spirit.”

Works on This Recording
1.Kuolema: Scene with Cranes, Op. 44 no 2 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1906; Finland
Date of Recording: December 8/11, 2008
Venue: Latvian Radio, Riga, Latvia
Length: 6 Minutes 01 Secs.
2. Passacaglia for Violin, String Orchestra and Vibraphone by Arvo Pärt
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 21st Century
Written: 2007
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.
Notes: Composed for the 60th birthday of Gidon Kremer.
3.De Profundis by Raminta Šerkšnytė
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 21st Century
Written: Lithuania
Length: 12 Minutes 44 Secs.
4.Fugues (6) for Organ on B-A-C-H, Op. 60: no 6 in B flat major by Robert Schumann
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs.
5. Trysting Fields (after Mozart), for ensemble by Michael Nyman
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.
6.Minuets (5) for String Quartet, D 89: no 3 in D minor by Franz Schubert
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: Romantic
Written: 1813; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 52 Secs.
7.Saint John Passion, BWV 245: no 54, Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs.
Notes: Arranged by Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer.
8. Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op 29: Adagio by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 39 Secs.
9. Sogno di Stabat Mater by Lera Auerbach
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 21st Century
Written: USA
Length: 12 Minutes 06 Secs.
10. Canto de Octubre: Melodia en La menor by Astor Piazzolla
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs.
11. Flowering Jasmine by Georgs Pelécis
Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Length: 6 Minutes 47 Secs.
12.Fragment from Cantata for counter-tenor and chamber orchestra (unfinished) by Alfred Schnittke Conductor: Gidon Kremer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1994; Russia
Date of Recording: October 23, 2001
Venue: Recording Studio, Riga, Latvia
Length: 6 Minutes 30 Secs.

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Arvo Part: Symphony No. 4, First CD edition (2010)

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La Sinfonía no.4 del estoniano Arvo Part es editada, por primera vez en formato de CD, por el prestigiado sello ECM en su colección New Series.
Se trata --como nuestros amigos frecuentes saben bien- de la primera composicion sinfonica en casi 40 años de Arvo Part, quien debió abandonar el gran formato como resultado de la persecución del régimen soviético y su policía de la cultura contra los creadores que no se sujetaran a los cánones del "realismo socialista".
La grabación corresponde al concierto de Estreno Mundial realizado en el L.A,'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, en enero de 2009, desde luego con la Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra dirigida por Esa-Pekka Salonen, quien la comisiono al compositor, presente en el estreno mundial.
La cuarta sinfonía, fue compartida aquí a escasos días de su premiaré, en una grabación bootleg, llena de ruidos, pero que permitió a miles de escuchas en todo el mundo asistir virtualmente a este evento. Luego hemos compartido dos estrenos de la obra: El primero en Finlandia el 16 de abril pasado, con ejecución de la Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra bajo la dirección de Cem Mansur, --que también presentamos a días de su trasmisión radial-- y, el blog hermano Música del Siglo XX, recién compartió el estreno en Londres del 17 de agosto de este añoen el que Esa-Pekka Salonen dirigió a la Philharmonia Orchestra.
Hoy, traemos la primera edición en formato CD, que incluye, por decisión del autor fragmentos del Kanon Pokajanen.
Invitamos regalar este estreno a todos los amigos que gustan del minimalismo sacro, a subirla a nuestras páginas Web y Blogs y a comentarla. Esta es la música clásica de nuestra hora.


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I Was Born in Love with You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand

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Una incursion de la hermosisima Jessye Norman cantando musica popular francesa de Michel Legrand, el compositor de Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (The Windmills Of Your Mind), cancion celebre de la pelicula "Los Paraguas de Cherburgo" .

Just in case the name of Michel Legrand is not familiar, he is the composer of the infuriatingly catchy "The Windmills of My Mind" (actually "The Windmills of My Heart" in the original French) and all the songs in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, the charming Catherine Deneuve film musical. The material on this disc ranges from the smoky melancholy of "Je vivrai sans toi" ("I Will Live Without You") to the hyperbolic camp of "Celui-là" ("The One") but mainly hovers in the realm of anguished longing. Jessye Norman uses the material to show off the extraordinary range and flexibility of her voice. She slips between a pure, almost boyish sound and a full-throated luxurious warble with ease. But idiomatically she may not be to everyone's taste: for the most part this is the musical territory inhabited by the Billie Holidays of the world, and Norman's technique puts her at a disadvantage. Michel Legrand in his role as pianist is another matter, however. His carefully nuanced accompaniments flow with improvisatory ease, and inspire some great moments from the bass and drums. --Warwick Thompson

1. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - The Summer Knows (4:45)
2. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Dans Ses Yeux (4:05)
3. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Je Vivrai Sans Toi (4:42)
4. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life (6:43)
5. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - I Was Born In Love With You (3:28)
6. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Dis Moi (3:07)
7. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Les Enfants Qui Pleurent (3:52)
8. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - The Moon And I (3:38)
9. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Celui - La (2:32)
10. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (The Windmills Of Your Mind) (4:49)
11. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - You Must Believe In Spring (4:56)
12. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - La Valse Des Lilas (3:55)
13. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Afterthoughts (3:46)
14. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (3:46)
15. Michel Legrand - Jessye Norman - Between Yesterday And Tomorrow (6:09)


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Stephen Hawking: The Grand Design Audiobook-PDF & E-pub

Stephen Hawking: The Grand Design
Audiobook-PDF & E-pub
Publisher: Random House Audio | ISBN: 0739344269 | September 7, 2010 | Length: 4 Hours and 32 Mins | Mp3 320kbps 44.1khz | 623MB

How can we understand the world in which we find ourselves? Over twenty years ago I wrote A Brief History of Time, to try to explain where the universe came from, and where it is going. But that book left some important questions unanswered. Why is there a universe--why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why are the laws of nature what they are? Did the universe need a designer and creator? It was Einstein’s dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein’s day hadn’t made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. And by the time I had begun writing A Brief History of Time, there were still several key advances that had not yet been made that would prevent us from fulfilling Einstein’s dream. But in recent years the development of M-theory, the top-down approach to cosmology, and new observations such as those made by satellites like NASA’s COBE and WMAP, have brought us closer than ever to that single theory, and to being able to answer those deepest of questions. And so Leonard Mlodinow and I set out to write a sequel to A Brief History of Time to attempt to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. The result is The Grand Design, the product of our four-year effort. In The Grand Design we explain why, according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence, or history, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. We question the conventional concept of reality, posing instead a "model-dependent" theory of reality. We discuss how the laws of our particular universe are extraordinarily finely tuned so as to allow for our existence, and show why quantum theory predicts the multiverse--the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. And we assess M-Theory, an explanation of the laws governing the multiverse, and the only viable candidate for a complete "theory of everything." As we promise in our opening chapter, unlike the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life given in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer we provide in The Grand Design is not, simply, "42."

Estreno mundial: El nuevo libro de Stephen Hawking que está revolucionando el mundo científico y cimbrando los postulados religiosos al descartar la necesidad de Dios.

El sueño de Albert Einstein fue descubrir una teoría unificada que pudiera explicar la coherencia del todo: desde lo más grande hasta lo inimaginablemente pequeño. La ciencia de su época, nos dice Stephen Hawking, no le permitió entender las fuerzas de la naturaleza que hoy nos son conocidas. Hoy, con el desarrollo del set de toriasconocido como "la teoría M" (M-theory),que es el más desarrollado estadio de la Cosmología y las nuevas observaciones realizadas por los satélites COBE y WMAP de la NASA, hemos llegado al punto más cercano imaginable a una Teoría Unificada. Hoy si es posible responder a las preguntas que quedaron pendientes en La Historia de Tiempo, --el celebérrimo libro que convirtió a Stephen Hawking en el científico vivo más importante del planeta- a saber:
¿ Porque existe un universo?, ¿Porque existe algo en lugar nada?, ¿Por qué existimos nosotros?, ¿Porque las leyes de la naturaleza son lo que son?, ¿Necesitó el universo un creador o un diseño?. Quien se interese y entienda ingles, este es el audio libro para descarga gratuita.4 archivos rar que suman 623 MB,un PDF de 325 paginas y un E-pub para leer en iPad,iPhone, iPod touch y algunos telefonos inteligentes.

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Beethoven and the construction of genius, by Tia DeNora

Beethoven and the construction of genius: musical politics in Vienna, 1792-1803, by Tia DeNora-
University of California Press 1995- 252 pages, HTML-Book-1 RAR of 683 KB.

In this provocative account Tia DeNora reconceptualizes the notion of genius by placing the life and career of Ludwig van Beethoven in its social context. She explores the changing musical world of late eighteenth-century Vienna and follows the activities of the small circle of aristocratic patrons who paved the way for the composer's success. DeNora reconstructs the development of Beethoven's reputation as she recreates Vienna's robust musical scene through contemporary accounts, letters, magazines, and myths--a colorful picture of changing times. She explores the ways Beethoven was seen by his contemporaries and the image crafted by his supporters. Comparing Beethoven to contemporary rivals now largely forgotten, DeNora reveals a figure musically innovative and complex, as well as a keen self-promoter who adroitly managed his own celebrity. DeNora contends that the recognition Beethoven received was as much a social achievement as it was the result of his personal gifts. In contemplating the political and social implications of culture, DeNora casts many aspects of Beethoven's biography in a new and different light, enriching our understanding of his success as a performer and composer.

Contents
List of Figures vii List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1. Beethoven and Social Identity I
2. The Emergence of Serious Music Culture, 1784-1805 II
3. Musical Patronage and Social Change 37
4. Beethoven's Social Resources 60
5. "From Haydn's Hands": Narrative Constructions of
Beethoven's Talent and Future Success 83
6. Beethoven in the Salons 115
7. The Beethoven-Wölffl Piano Duel: Aesthetic Debates and Social Boundaries 147
8. Beethoven's Early Aesthetic Campaigns 170
9. Beethoven and the Resources of Cultural Authority 186
Notes 193
References 209
Index 225

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Musicophilia, de Oliver Sacks en PDF y E-Pub.

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

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Para quienes ya escucharon el audiolibro en ingles, o para lo solicitaron en texto reproducible en Computadora o lectores de libros digitales, he aqui la version de Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, en dos formatos mas: PDF y E-Pub.

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Bernard Haitink-CSO-LIVE.

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Como parte de los conciertos en vivo que la Chicago Symphony Orchestra ha presentado en su sello RESOUND, compartimos hoy la Sinfonía no.1 de Gustav Mahler, dirigida por el maestro Bernard Haitink en grabación realizada del 1 al 3 de mayo de 2008 en el Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center.
Nos alegra presentar este registro como homenaje al Maestro Haitink y su renovada fortaleza y alegría como director de orquesta.



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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Bernard Haitink-CSO-LIVE.

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La Chicago Symphony Orchestra ha editado, con marca propia, la Sinfonia no.2 de Gustav Mahler con direccion de Bernard Haitink. El registro, en vivo, fue grabado en el Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, en Noviembre 20, 21, 22 y 25, de 2008, las voces son del Chicago Symphony Chorus, de Miah Persson (Soprano), y Christianne Stotijn (mezzo).

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