Puer Natus est by Concerto Palatino, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Christopher ...

Andrea Melath,Mezzo-Soprano Emese Virag,Piano

Maurice Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales present a vivid mixture of atmospheric impressionism, intense expression and modernist wit, his fascination with the waltz further explored in La valse, a mysterious evocation of a vanished imperial epoch. Heard here in an orchestration by Marius Constant, Gaspard de la nuit is Ravel's response to the other-worldly poems of Aloysius Bertrand, and the dance suite Le tombeau de Couperin is a tribute to friends who fell in the war of 1914-18 as well as a great 18th century musical forbear. 'It is a delightful and assorted collection... presented in splendid performances by the Orchestre National de Lyon led by their music director, the venerable American conductor Leonard Slatkin.' (Classical.net / Volume 1, 8.572887)

Gospodi - The Light of Christ(CD of the Year, 1998)There are not many new CDs that I get really excited about, and not many pieces of music that have this certain vibration that goes right down into our innermost soul. Gospodi is such a CD. In my view it is a genuine masterpiece. The title piece itself, "Gospodi", transports the listener into a spiritual trance, into a state of meditation. I was so impressed that I asked Felix for permission to publish the following text. I wish him and his music the success that it deserves: "With this music, I have drawn my own, totally personal picture of Jesus Christ. I have been asked many times over a period of years whether I would like to make a CD of Christian music, but every time I was asked this question I always noticed that I was not yet ready to start writing my own Christian music. I certainly did not want to portray the Jesus Christ of my childhood, the Jesus that the Church had tried to make me believe in. There were too many unanswered questions and discrepancies which even as a child I failed to understand. I knew, deep down inside me, that there was another Jesus Christ, and I first want to find this one. During the course of my extensive studies particularly of oriental traditions and many apocryphal Christian writings, and during my travels, Christ encountered me again in an unexpected way, and this picture of the universal Master took on clearer and clearer outlines. Many of my questions were answered and many obvious mistakes handed down in our tradition were corrected. I rediscovered Jesus' so-called "lost years", and saw his life and works in a completely new context. There I encountered Christ, the Essenite and Aramaean, the Indian and the Tibetan Jesus, called Isa, who is deeply rooted and taught in the teaching and practices of Vedanta and Buddhism. It was not until my own mystic way led me closer to the essence of these teachings that I was able to recognise the cosmic Christ more clearly, beyond the limits of any religion or dogma. Like all great, universal teachers of mankind, and ultimately like all of us, he is the personification of the essence of all ways that we describe as light, love, or godly energy. I have now tried to put this oriental-mystic Christ and our essential Christ as the One and Only into music, and to create this powerful energy musically. A major aspect of my work is explaining the unity of the aims of religion and the existence of the One God. In my view, music is far superior to ...

This 2-DVD boxed set features a variety of live+ programming. Disc 1 includes Live at the Royal Albert hall, 1969, also Danish TV 1969, French TV 1969, Super Show 1969, a promo clip, some bootleg; disc 2 features Splodge Edit live 1972, Madison Square Garden 1973, Earls Court 1975, Knebworth 1979, Australian TV, interviews, promos.

Additional Tracks

2003 remastered, reissue of 1972 album with redesigned booklet (digipak/slipcase), restored LP art, archival photos and new liner notes. Includes 4 bonus tracks 'America' (single version), 'Total Mass Retain' (single version), 'And You And I' (alternate version) & 'Siberia' (studio run-through of 'Siberian Khatru'). Elektra.

Us & Them: Sym Pink buy CD music Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush return with its first new collection of original material in nearly five years, entitled "SNAKES & ARROWS." The album was recorded in the fall of 2006 with Gammy Award-winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver) and Rush co-producing. "It's hard to describe," Geddy Lee recently told Revolver re: "SNAKES & ARROWS.""It's big, it's bold, and I think it's some of the best work we've done in years. I'm really pleased with the ...