Taking a stroll through Keiko Matsui's musical hypnotherapy session Dream Walk is like entering a funhouse where all previous definitions of contemporary jazz are strikingly distorted, and invention walks on the wild side of East meets West. Crisp melodies have always been at the heart of the keyboardist's best work, only here they come at you as part of the mood, rather than the central theme…

MusiCure is specially composed and evidence based music, designed to have a calming and de-stressing effect, and stimulate the listener's sense of imagination. The music contains instrumental solos and ensemble playing performed on acoustic instruments by highly educated classical artists, and unique nature sounds, which have been carefully selected and integrated into the music.

"Phantasmagoria" was the third album from the original Curved Air, first released in 1972. It was recorded during a period of change and upheaval, with at least one departure from the line up and internal debate about their musical direction. Nevertheless, the music remains of the highest order as befits a group that made such an enormous impact on the progressive rock scene. Vocalist supreme Sonja Kristina is heard on her compositions as ‘Marie Antoinette’ and ‘Melinda (More Or Less)’ and violinist Darryl Way cuts loose on electric violin and keyboards, notably on such interludes as ‘Ultra Vivaldi’. A host of guest musicians form a brass section to fill out the Curved Air sound.

Gustav Mahler - Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Thomas Hampson / Wiener Virtuosen
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 268 MB | Full Artwork: 144 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 477 9289 GH | Country/Year: Germany 2011
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Vocal, Songs

"…unquestionably, no performer has ever had a more comprehensive knowledge of the manuscript sources (…) Instrumentally speaking, the results are fabulous (…) a deeply considered issue." ~Grammophone

Sky released their sixth album 'Cadmium' in December 1983. The album contents were a mixture of Sky traditions and new elements - it contained a classical-rock arrangement of Prokofiev's "Sleigh Ride" (from the "Lieutenant Kijé Suite"), alongside seven original compositions and the first examples of commissioned compositions from contemporary writers from outside the band (in this case, Kevin Peek's old friend and fellow Cliff Richard collaborator Alan Tarney, who provided two original tunes)…