Tori Amos - Under The Pink (1994)

Tracklist:

All songs written by Amos.

1. "Pretty Good Year" – 3:25
2. "God" – 3:58
3. "Bells For Her" – 5:20
4. "Past the Mission" (feat. Trent Reznor) – 4:05
5. "Baker Baker" – 3:20
6. "The Wrong Band" – 3:03
7. "The Waitress" – 3:09
8. "Cornflake Girl" – 5:06
9. "Icicle" – 5:47
10. "Cloud on My Tongue" – 4:44
11. "Space Dog" – 5:10
12. "Yes, Anastasia" – 9:33

Under the Pink," Tori Amos' second solo album, continues the singer/songwriter's exploration of her life's journey from the confines of a strict religious upbringing to personal and artistic freedom. She is armed with an attention-grabbing mezzo-soprano and lyrics that can kill with a turn of phrase. And Amos is still unsatisfied. God, parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, herself: No one escapes judgment.

Once again, Amos accompanies herself on piano, with drums, bass and guitar assisting; the occasional string arrangement or synth is added for not-so-subtle effect.

Her acoustic bent is well served on the album: The piano is not hidden beneath grandiose group arrangements as it was on her previous outing Little Earthquakes (1992), and her quirky hesitations and sudden shrieks are more in tune with the emotional states of her characters. Under the Pink still doesn't match Amos' riveting, piano-only live performances, but it sure comes close.

Under the Pink is Amos' honest reporting of a life fraught with turmoil and disappointment. Can it take her beyond her devoted cult to greater popularity? Possibly. The album is focused, the lyrics quirky and personable, the melodies eccentric enough to entice and simple enough to be catchy. Those qualities – and her emotional fearlessness – make Tori Amos a musical find to treasure.

Marie Elsie St. Leger

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Keith Jarret - Köln Concert (1975)

Tracklist:

1. "Part I" – 26:15
2. "Part II a" – 15:00
3. "Part II b" – 19:19
4. "Part II c" – 6:59

A musical chameleon, pianist Keith Jarrett was at his finest when he recorded these sustained solo improvisations in a German concert hall in 1975, the first lasting 26 minutes, the second 40. Melodies and rhythmic figures arise fluidly from his fingers as he moves from one idea to another, while his strong left hand is often used for repeated motifs that generate a rolling hypnotic power. This couples with strongly consonant harmonies to impart the flavor of gospel music at times, dance musics and Debussy at others. Above all, it's Jarrett's ability to knit all of his moods and wanderings into an almost seamless tapestry of warm and tuneful ideas that gives this music its enduring appeal.

Stuart Broomer

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Regina Spektor - 11:11 (2001)

Track listing

1. "Love Affair" – 2:22
2. "Rejazz" – 3:37
3. "Back of a Truck" – 5:52
4. "Buildings" – 4:43
5. "Mary Ann" – 2:56
6. "Flyin" – 1:59
7. "Wasteside" – 2:22
8. "Pavlov's Daughter" – 7:43
9. "2.99 Cent Blues" – 3:33
10. "Braille" – 4:55
11. "I Want to Sing" – 3:56
12. "Sunshine" – 2:23

Su primer disco, probablemente el más crudo de todos. La mayoría de los temas son sólo voz y piano, en algunos se suma un contrabajo, y otros son sólo voz y contrabajo o directamente a cappella.

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Now playing: Regina Spektor - Just Like The Movies

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

Track List

1. Crucify
2. Girl
3. Sillent All These Years
4. Precious Things
5. Winter
6. Happy Phantom
7. China
8. Leather
9. Mother
10. Tear In Your Hand
11. Me And A Gun
12. Little Earthquakes
    

With her haunting solo debut Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos carved the template for the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. Amos' delicate, prog rock piano work and confessional, poetically quirky lyrics invited close emotional connection, giving her a fanatical cult following and setting the stage for the Lilith Fair legions. But Little Earthquakes is no mere style-setter or feminine stereotype — its intimacy is uncompromising, intense, and often far from comforting. Amos' musings on major personal issues — religion, relationships, gender, childhood — were just as likely to encompass rage, sarcasm, and defiant independence as pain or tenderness; sometimes, it all happened in the same song. The apex of that intimacy is the harrowing "Me and a Gun," where Amos strips away all the music, save for her own voice, and confronts the listener with the story of her own real-life rape; the free-associative lyrics come off as a heart-wrenching attempt to block out the ordeal. Little Earthquakes isn't always so stomach-churning, but it never seems less than deeply cathartic; it's the sound of a young woman (like the protagonist of "Silent All These Years") finally learning to use her own voice — sort of the musical equivalent of Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia. That's why Amos draws strength from her relentless vulnerability, and that's why the constantly shifting emotions of the material never seem illogical — Amos simply delights in the frankness of her own responses, whatever they might be. Though her subsequent albums were often very strong, Amos would never bare her soul quite so directly (or comprehensibly) as she did here, nor with such consistently focused results. Little Earthquakes is the most accessible work in Amos' catalog, and it's also the most influential and rewarding.

by Steve Huey

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Now playing: Tori Amos - Crucify

Prokofiev - Conciertos para piano Nº 1 y 3, por Marta Argerich (1912-1921)

Concerto Nº1 (1912):

1. Allegro brioso (6:57)
2. Andante assai (4:34)
3. Allegro scherzando (4:31)

Concerto Nº3 (1921):

1. Andante - Allegro (9:43)
   
2. Tema con variazioni (9:39)
   
3. Allegro, ma non troppo (9:48)

Solista: Marta Argerich
Director: Charles Dutoit
Orquesta: Sinfónica de Montreal
Año de grabación: 1998


La escuela de Vienna todo lo que quieran....pero para mí los capos de verdad siempre fueron los rusos. For mother Russia!


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Now playing: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #1 In D Flat, Op. 10 - 2. Andante Assai

Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 18 (1901)

Por Vladimir Ashkenazy con la orquesta Sinfónica de Londres, dirigida por André Previn.

1. Moderato
2. Adagio Sostenuto
3. Allegro Scherzando

Tiempo total: 30 minutos


No me dá el cuero ni para hacer un minireview de esto, asi que mejor juzguen ustedes:

Concierto entero en youtube, por Evgeny Kissin:
1º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2
2º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2
3º movimiento: Parte 1 Parte 2


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Now playing: Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18 - I. Moderato

Regina Spektor - Songs (2002)

Tracklist:

1. "Samson" – 3:54
2. "Oedipus" – 4:50
3. "Prisoners" – 3:03
4. "Reading Time with Pickle" - 5:33
5. "Consequence of Sounds" - 5:09
6. "Daniel Cowman" - 4:51
7. "Bon idée" - 4:10
8. "Aching to Pupate" - 2:13
9. "Lounge" - 3:34
10. "Lacrimosa" - 5:14
11. "Lulliby" - 2:27
12. "Ne me quitte pas" - 4:38

Regina Spektor es una cantante/pianista/compositora nacida en Rusia, desde los 9 vive en Nueva York. Tiene una importante formación clásica, aunque su música se podría decir que es pop con influencias del jazz, soul/blues, hip hop, (y también clásico).

Sólo piano y la (hermosa) voz de Regina.


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Samson
Oedipus


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Now playing: Regina Spektor - Oedipus