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 $31.98   | | Cheyenne Jackson Power Of Two CD (2009)
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| | Beethoven: Symphony no 6 "Pastorale", Symphony No 2 / Paavo Jarvi, et al CD (2009) SACD Hybrid
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| | Richard Rodgers Victory At Sea CD (1992)
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The 1952 NBC series Victory at Sea was one of the earliest network documentary series to capture the public's imagination in a serious way, and one of the more enduring offshoots was the music by Richard Rodgers, which was recorded by RCA-Victor in what ultimately became a series of four LPs. Rodgers was chosen by series producer Henry Salamon based on his being the "leading American composer of his day," a somewhat exalted (though understandable) judgement for a man who was most closely associated with the Broadway stage and Hollywood. The albums were popular, probably due in part to the fact that the music was accessible and unchallenging, and that it insinuated itself for months into the household of seemingly every American family that had someone fighting in World War II -- and that a lot of veterans owned stereo systems in the late '50s, and these recordings took full advantage of stereo's two-channel sound separation. As to the music itself, one finds on listening to it 40+ years later that a little goes a long way. Rodgers devised a straightforward melodic score whose most inspired moments (such as the main title theme) seem to have been lifted from the early work of Ralph Vaughan Williams. An astonishing amount of what is on this CD (which runs 67 minutes) is banal, predictable musical accompaniment, broken up with a few surprises, such as "Dangers ...
| | Dvorak Dvorák: Symphony No 7 Op 70, Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 / Kreizberg, Netherlands Po CD (2009) SACD Hybrid
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| | Gershwin Night DVD (2005)
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| | Merry Christmas CD (1996) Naxos
$7.89 | | And Then There Was You What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger CD (2009)
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| | Agathodaimon Phoenix CD (2009)
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Personnel: Sathonys (vocals, guitar).
Audio Mixer: Agathodaimon.
Agathodaimon's suitably named fifth album, 2009's Phoenix, acknowledges the band's by now far from certain rebirth after five years of silence, numerous personnel changes (four of these six musicians are in fact new to the fold), and, perhaps, continuing reinvention from a stylistic standpoint. After all, when they last crawled out of their cobwebbed catacombs hoisting 2004's Serpent's Embrace LP, Agathodaimon were in the midst of a sonic metamorphosis that saw portions of their harsher black metal qualities supplanted by more sedate goth and dark metal overtones, causing some understandably mixed reactions from their acolytes. And in a move that's sure to prove just as divisive, Agathodaimon's ongoing creative shape-shifting sees Phoenix generally confining the symphonic orchestration that was once so integral to the group's sonic aesthetic to a supporting or background role (the rare exception, "Oncoming Storm," is hidden toward the end), and restricting black metal to the raspy screeches of longtime frontman Sathonys -- himself now taking a back seat to new goth-flavored vocalist Ashtrael. As a result, unfamiliar but certainly more accessible new offerings like "Heliopolis" and "Ground Zero" boast harmonies reminiscent of Gothenburg death metal bands like In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, while the likes of "Devil's Deal" and "Winterchild" howl to the same goth metal gods as Moonspell or Tiamat once did. Usually, these token examples of the band's new direction comport themselves with significantly less pomp and circumstance than may satisfy the doleful, blood-craving undead among the band's retinue, as well as the extreme metal-loving contingent, who may actually ...
| | Lucky Dragons Rara Speaks CD (2009) (Import)
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| | Mary Roos Amour Toujours: French Song Collection 1972-1975 CD (2009) (Import)
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| | Smith Westerns CD (2009)
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