Thursday 17 January 2008

Sunday 18 November 2007

A Temporary Warning (hopefully so):

It seems that “link-protector.com” has been experiencing problems today.
___ If this is still the case, please try again later on. ___

Wednesday 14 November 2007

Cold & Lonely Up Here, And The Days Too Short

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“Winter Sun”
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Etching/aquatint with silver leaf; 40cm x 39cm 16 ½" x 15"
Artwork by Brenda Hartill => http://www.brendahartill.com/

Les amours finissent un jour
Les amants ne s'aiment qu'un temps
Mais pour nous c'était différent
On aurais pu s'aimer longtemps... longtemps
~~ Georges Moustaki

Passent les jours et passent les semaines
Ni temps passé
Ni les amours reviennent
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
~~ Guillaume Apollinaire
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Michael Kamen - The Raggedy Rawney (1988)

The R.R. @ 320

17trax _|_ 40mns _|_ 95MB _|_
(booklet included)
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• a di(aphanous rip
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Music by M.K., except:
No. 2, Bob Hoskins (dialogue) —
Nos. 6, 10 & 11 by John Tams —
No. 13, by & with Maggie Bell —

Sunday 28 October 2007

Один Луис Б. многоптих для eda-88 (и другие)

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The Italian Western of Luis Bacalov (1995)


TIWOLB1 @ 320
TIWOLB2 @ 320

28trax _|_ 72mins _|_ 98+70MB _|_


thanks go to:
Dichtung
und
Wahrheit

Friday 28 September 2007

Cliff Martinez - Kafka (1992)


Kafka1 @320
Kafka2 @320

19trx _|_ 48 mns
_|_ 97+13MB _|_

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• a di(aphanous rip
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Irregular occurances!


A rather ill-conceived blog of mine [victim of 'all or nothing'], that won't ever be regularly updated...






simply because it can't be seriously maintained — as I would wish to do it.

Monday 25 June 2007

Umberto Eco : The Name of The Rose


Una miniatura
fatta da
Franco Corti





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• Il nome della rosa ...
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... è il primo romanzo scritto da Umberto Eco, edito per la prima volta nel 1980. Dopo aver scritto moltissimi saggi, Eco decide di scrivere il suo primo romanzo, dopo alcuni anni di meticolosa preparazione, cimentandosi in un genere abbastanza difficile come il giallo, in particolare con il sottogenere deduttivo.

L'opera è ambientata nel medioevo e viene presentata come il manoscritto di un anziano monaco che ha trascritto un'avventura vissuta da novizio, molti decenni addietro, in compagnia del suo maestro presso un monastero benedettino dell'Italia settentrionale.

La narrazione, suddivisa in sette giornate, scandite dai ritmi della vita monastica, vede protagonisti Guglielmo da Baskerville, frate francescano, e il novizio benedettino Adso da Melk, il narratore della storia.
Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera.
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Armando Trovaioli for Dino Risi, 1974


Profumo @320
13trx __ 34mns __ 79,6MB __

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• a di(aphanous rip
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Profumo booklet
(late upload)

Luis Bacalov for Federico Fellini, 1980


Donne1 @320
Donne2 @320

12trx _|_ 45mns _|_ 51+53MB _|_

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• a di(aphanous rip
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Donne booklet
(late upload)

Three Morricone pieces played by the guitarist John Williams and small ensemble


The Mission - Medley
7 minutes

Once Upon a Time in America
5 minutes

Once Upon a Time in the West
5 minutes

Vanguard Luciano, Folk Songs and Kurt Weill


+ Cathy Berberian

BerCat1a @320
=> 100MB
BerCat1b @320
=> 48 MB

24trx _|_ 64mns _|_ 148MB _|_


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• a di(aphanous rip
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Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition Sinfonia for voices and orchestra) and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.
... He was born in Oneglia (now Borgo d'Oneglia, a small village 3 km N of Imperia). He was taught the piano by his father and grandfather who were both organists. During World War II he was conscripted into the army, but on his first day he injured his hand while learning how a gun worked. He spent time in a military hospital, before fleeing to fight in anti-Nazi groups.
... Following the war, Berio studied at the Milan Conservatory under Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Giorgio Federico Ghedini. He was unable to continue studying the piano because of his injured hand, and so instead he concentrated on composition. In 1947 came the first public performance of one of his works, a suite for piano.
... Berio made a living at this time accompanying singing classes, and it was in doing this that he met American mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian, whom he married shortly after graduating (they divorced in 1964). Berio would write many pieces exploiting her versatile and unique voice. [...]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Claudio Monteverdi, through The Beatles, to comic Stripsody


A uniquely flexible voice - @320

CatBer2a
=> 100MB
CatBer2b

11trx _|_ 44mns _|_ 101,5MB _|_


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• a di(aphanous rip
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Catherine Anahid Berberian (Attleboro, Massachusetts, July 4, 1925 - Rome, Italy, March 6, 1983) was a composer, mezzo-soprano singer, and vocalist.

From 1950 to 1966 she was married to composer Luciano Berio, who deconstructed her voice in Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) (1958) and wrote his Circles (1960) and Recital I (for Cathy) (1972) for her. In addition Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage, Hans Werner Henze and Igor Stravinsky wrote works for her voice.

She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music, Armenian folk songs, Monteverdi, The Beatles, and her own compositions. Her best known work is her Stripsody (1966), in which she exploits her vocal technique using comic-book sounds.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Re-post (originally provided by "Anonymous")


Cefal.EM

13trx _|_ 55mns _|_ 50MB _|_






also thanks to:
Morricone Lover

Sunday 17 June 2007

Re-post - originally provided by mr-lucky[?]


PS_EM_LV1 01-15
PS_EM_LV2 16-22

22trx _|_ 74mns _|_ 96+74MB _|_

+
PSLV_covers 27MB


also thanks to:
Morricone Lover

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Re-post (originally provided by Watson)


LV_01-15
= 'La Venexiana'

MA_16-29
= 'Mosca Addio'

29trx _|_ 71mns _|_ 78+83MB _|_


also thanks to:
Morricone Lover

Friday 15 June 2007

Sweet, blessed Emmanuel!


I miss him terribly!

It is thirteen years ago on the day (and not 12, as I thought) that Manos Hadjidákis has passed-away. He was one of the 20th century's very best songwriters. Not for what he was mainly known abroad [Never on Sunday, and such, that he came to despise long before the end of his life] but for all that, which he had offered irregularly to his countrymen.

Manos Hadjidákis hated pomposity, indoctrination, oppression of any kind, commercialism, the "fans", the song as a form of lolly-pop consumption... He wanted to provoke, inspire, sharpen -- if that's not an unfortunate word -- our sensitivity. I'd say that he died of a broken heart.

Pity (or, was it?) that he would remain Greek, to the bone, working more-or-less stubbornly around the age-long Mediterranean musical idioms, and the folk-rhythms of his native land.

13 meager years have gone-by; and yet, we still hurt because of your absence. We light a modest bee-wax candle to your memory, Manos.

With Quincy Jones, in-between recording sessions

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Below is one of his most-beloved works. Enjoy it... in sensuous company!

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Manos Hadjidákis : "Gioconda's Smile" (N.Y. 1965) 10 Orchestral Songs [Without Words]


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=> re-post ! <=
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Gioconda @320
10trx _|_ 27mns _|_ 63MB _|_

— Produced by Quincy Jones —


Pass = Emmanuel




'These ten songs were composed with a blend of despair and reminiscences. The theme is a solitary woman in the big city.
Each song is a monologue of hers, and all the songs together compose
her story. A Story which is modern and yet, at the same time, old.'M.H.

A definitive "slimcase-inlay" solution !


Samples of my Word-template,
with the album's title on the spine!
(for collections, CDs, DVDs, MP3)
= 4MB 'Word' docs

[all of which are re-editable !!!]

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• Included is a
'how to proceed'
guidelines.txt



Having struggled for years to design, cut, and glue in various ways the album's title on a slimcase's "spine", I came up with this straight-forward single-page solution! May it inspire you to create your own variations...
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Tito Gobbi, Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo ; London Symphony Orchestra, Maazel _|_ 1976


APE_GS.part1 => 100MB
APE_GS.part2 => 100MB
APE_GS.part3 => 33 MB

Pass : babbino

MP3_GS1 @320
1trk _|_ 21mns _|_ 48 MB _|_

MP3_GS2 @320
1trk _|_ 31mns _|_ 75 MB _|_


Surely one of the funniest one-act operas! From here's "Oh, mio babbino caro", too.

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A 24-page bi-lingual (It-En) libretto, liner-notes and pictures are included.

Thursday 7 June 2007

E. Pieranunzi, M. Johnson, J. Baron (2 discs) Play Morricone [now also as a 4-part on RS]


Piera1
11trx _|_ 64mns _|_ 147MB _|_

Piera2
11trx _|_ 67mns _|_ 164MB _|_

thanks go to:
Segroeg
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* RapidShare:
Piera1a (01-07)
Piera1b (08-11)
Piera2a (01-07)
Piera2b (08-11)

In Lounge [GRC001]


E.M.IL1

4trx _|_ 10mns _|_ 15MB _|_

thanks go to:
Segroeg

Prima della Rivoluzione (1964)


E.M.PDR

5trx _|_ 21mns _|_ 48MB _|_

thanks go to:
Morricone Lover

Teorema (1968)


E.M.TRM

5trx _|_ 14mns _|_ 23MB
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thanks go to:
Morricone Lover