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Pictures at An Exhibition
Liner Notes: Modeste Moussorgsky was a Romantic Russian composer who wrote 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in 1874. Representing an imaginary art show, many of the short compositions are based on works by his artist friend Viktor Hartmann, who died in 1873. I borrowed this idea in reverse for the CD cover by taking pictures related to songs. German Romantic Ludwig van Beethoven finished his 14th Piano Sonata in C# minor in 1801. He called it 'Quasi una fantasia,' Italian for Almost a fantasy, but it's popularly known as the 'Moonlight Sonata.' I played just the first movement, 'Adagio sostenuto.' Also included is his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, 'Fur Elise,' completed in 1810. Claude Debussy was a French Impressionist who began his 'Suite Bergamasque' around 1890, but didn't finish it until 1905. 'Clair de Lune' is the third piece, and the literal French translation is 'Light of Moon.' Classical Austrian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his 11th Piano Sonata in A major circa 1783. I played the third 'Alla Turca' movement, also known as the 'Turkish Rondo.' Scott Joplin was an African-American Ragtime composer who moved to this house at 2658A Delmar, St. Louis in 1900. While living there he composed 'The Entertainer,' published in 1902. The 'Maple Leaf Rag' was published in 1899. Romantic Norwegian Edvard Grieg composed a suite for Henrik Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt' in 1875. 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' is from Act II. German Romantic Richard Wagner included the 'Bridal Chorus' as part of his 1850 opera 'Lohengrin.' It's premiere was conducted by the Hungarian Romantic Franz Liszt, who also transcribed it for piano. Another German Romantic, Felix Mendelssohn, composed the 'Wedding March' in 1842 as part of his incidental music for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' It was transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt, and in 1946 the Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz recorded his own arrangement - which he never published. However technology has since enabled his audio recordings to be transcribed. I intended this picture as a Rorschach. The white-flower-lined path may be appropriate for a wedding procession. The dense foliage could represent the implied polyamory in Shakespeare's forest adventure. George Gershwin was a secular Jewish-American Modern-Romantic who premiered 'Rhapsody in Blue' in 1924. It was his first major piece, and was influenced by the syncopated rhythms of Ragtime like that by Scott Joplin, and the Romantic exuberance in works like Moussorgsky's. Gershwin grew up in Brooklyn to the sounds of trains ('Rhapsody' at 10:44). This is Brooklyn City Hall in 1907 (Gershwin turned 9).- Shop: odax
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, THE PERFECT STORM) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his own chain-mates from the chain gang - bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro, SUMMER OF SAM), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson, HAMLET). with nothing to lose and buried loot to regain - before it's lost forever in a flood - the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman, COYOTE UGLY), it's an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses, and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.- Shop: odax
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi-Odyssee
Der elegante, wortgewandte Ulysses Everett McGill flüchtet kurz entschlossen aus dem Gefängnis - gekettet an seine beiden Mitgefangenen, den übellaunigen Pete und den gutmütigen, etwas dümmlichen Delmar. Alle drei haben wenig zu verlieren und viel zu gewinnen, zum Beispiel die vergrabene Beute aus einem Geldtransporter-Überfall, bevor diese für immer von den Fluten davon gespült wird ...- Shop: odax
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Boombox 1979-1982
Als Old School noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte: Frühe Hip-Hop-Aufnahmen aus New York.Das rhythmische Sprechen oder Singen von gereimten Texten zu einem Beat war in den späten 1970ern unter den afroamerikanischen Jugendlichen New Yorks ein großes Ding. Populär wurde Sprechgesang auch außerhalb der Bronx und Harlems im Anschluss an den Verkaufshit "Rapper’s Delight", mit dem die Sugarhill Gang 1979 die neue Musikrichtung Hip-Hop durch die Decke schoss. Es waren die Tage, als Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc und Afrika Bambaataa zu Ikonen aufstiegen und einen Sound prägten, den Puristen heute als Old School schätzen. Die von Soul Jazz gewohnt liebevoll zusammengestellte und mit dickem Booklet ausgestattete Kompilation "Boombox" taucht mit 17 innovativen Aufnahmen der Jahre 1979-82 in diese Zeit ein. Die Songs wurden damals von kleinen, in Harlem ansässigen und bis dahin auf Rhythm & Blues spezialisierten Labels wie Enjoy, Winley, Delmar oder Rojac and Tayster herausgebracht. Sie erkannten als Erste das kommerzielle Potential von Hip-Hop und produzierten Stücke mit Mr. Sweety G, Super 3, Bon-Rock & The Rhythm Rebellion, Sugar Daddy, Master Jay, Harlem World Crew, Black Bird & Kevski, Spoonie Gee, Mistafide oder Count Coolout. Eine Auswahl deren Tracks findet sich auf "Boombox" wieder.- Shop: odax
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