Thomas Köner - La Barca

Label: Fario

Released: 2009

Style: Experimental, Ambient

"There are few artists in the world of recorded music who have such an innate understanding of the use of silence and atmosphere as Thomas Köner. Next to Helge Sten, The Hafler Trio or Mika Vainio, Köner is an acclaimed master of ultra-subtle ambient acoustics, providing some of the finest records on labels like Mille Plateaux, Die Stadt and Chain Reaction, both under his birth name, and as half of seminal techno act Porter Ricks. Like a friendly apparition emerging from the ether, his latest album - the first in nearly five years - has just dropped into our world, with little prior warning, to completely remove us from our day and place us within an environment coloured with moving air, tones of sublime melancholy and indistinct aural landscapes. The tracks are titled by a set of coordinates, which we're sure the more intrigued folks out there will be researching on Google maps, but those looking to leave the mystery intact can attempt to imagine the locations through their associated voices, languages and surrounding aura. For example, without checking, on '48º 52' N 2º 21' E' you could be standing in a train station in Azerbaijan, wrapped up in an intangible moment of cinematic bliss, while on '31º 46' N 19º 6' E' one feels like a ghost in the midst of a Central American pueblo, or somewhere completely unknown. This is music ripe for the imagination, from an unrivalled mind dedicated to enhanced auditory experience and deserves undivided attention from anyone unafraid to let themselves be taken by it. Amazing music - Essential Purchase." - Boomkat

Tracklisting:

1 35° 40' N 139° 42' E Hour One (6:36)

2 43° 42' N 7° 16' E Hour Two (5:06)

3 45° 26' N 12° 20' E Hour Three (4:50)

4 28° 41' N 17° 45' W Hour Four (4:59)

5 41° 53' N 12° 29' E Hour Five (4:55)

6 33° 31' N 36° 19' E Hour Six (4:56)

7 48° 52' N 2° 21' E Hour Seven (5:26)

8 30° 3' N 31° 14' E Hour Eight (4:46)

9 78° 54' N 18° 1' E Hour Nine (5:13)

10 31° 46' N 35° 13' E Hour Ten (5:20)

11 42° 7' N 19° 6' E Hour Eleven (5:00)

12 41° 24' N 2° 10' E Hour Twelve (6:07)

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Claude Debussy - Debussy - Orchestral Works

Label: Decca

Released: 2004

Style: Classical

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Tracklisting:

More accurate tracklisting on the actual songs

1. Printemps - 1. Très Modéré 9:42

2. Printemps - 2. Modéré 6:18

3. Fantasy for piano and orchestra - Andante ma non troppo-Allegro giusto 7:54

4. Fantasy for piano and orchestra - Lento e molto espressivo 16:01

5. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 10:39

6. La Mer - 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer 8:49

7. La Mer - 2. Jeux de vagues 6:12

8. La Mer - 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 8:00

1. Nocturnes - orchestral version - 1. Nuages 7:52

2. Nocturnes - orchestral version - 2. Fêtes 6:19

3. Nocturnes - orchestral version - 3. Sirènes 10:46

4. Images for Orchestra - 1. Gigues 7:28

5. Images for Orchestra / 2. Ibéria - 1. Par les rues et par les chemins 7:20

6. Images for Orchestra / 2. Ibéria - 2. Les parfums de la nuit 8:16

7. Images for Orchestra / 2. Ibéria - 3. Le matin d'un jour de fête 4:24

8. Images for Orchestra - 3. Rondes de printemps 7:31

9. Jeux (Poème dansé) 17:28

1. La Boîte à joujoux - Prelude 2:33

2. La Boîte à joujoux - Premier Tableau 11:24

3. La Boîte à joujoux - Deuxième Tableau 9:12

4. La Boîte à joujoux - Troisième Tableau 6:46

5. La Boîte à joujoux - Quatrième Tableau 1:51

6. La Boîte à joujoux - Epilogue 1:16

7. La plus que lente (L. 121) 5:16

8. Children's Corner - Doctor Gradus ad parnassum 2:37

9. Children's Corner - Jimbo's Lullaby 3:54

10. Children's Corner - Serenade for the Doll 2:41

11. Children's Corner - The Snow is dancing 2:43

12. Children's Corner - The little Shepherd 2:46

13. Children's Corner - Golliwogg's Cake-Walk 2:52

14. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments symphoniques - 1. La Cour des Lys 3:48

15. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments symphoniques - 2. Danse extatique et Final du 1er Acte 7:16

16. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments symphoniques - 4. La Passion 6:22

17. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments symphoniques - 5. Le Bon Pasteur

1. Petite suite - 1. En bateau 3:45

2. Petite suite - 2. Cortège 2:58

3. Petite suite - 3. Menuet 3:13

4. Petite suite - 4. Ballet 3:18

5. Danses for Harp and Orchestra - 1. Danse sacrée 4:36

6. Danses for Harp and Orchestra - 2. Danse profane 4:33

7. Marche écossaise 6:45

8. Berceuse héroïque 4:02

9. Préludes - Book 1 - 10. La cathédrale engloutie 6:36

10. Rhapsody for clarinet & orchestra 7:27

11. Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune 4:13

12. Khamma 19:59

13. Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) (L. 69)

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