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Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Vietnam 1
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21406CD
Artists: Phong Lan Ensemble; Sinh Kim, vocals & guitar; Hat Quan ho singers, Choir; Bon Quy, vocals; Dan The Nguyen, dan nhi; Phuong Bach, vocals & percussion; Sinh Kim, lute. "Vietnam is a land with an immense wealth of musical tradition. With its long history as one of the points of intersection in the dynamic cultural fabric of Asia, and with 50 or more minority cultures within its borders today, the abundant diversity of its music is represented on the CD. This CD contains generous samples of the work now being done, for example, in Hanoi with regard to earlier traditions and their renewal. The Phong Lan Group, consisting of musicians from the traditional section of the Hanoi Conervatory, bases its 'new traditional music' on earlier folk and traditional music forms, using both arrangements and new compositions in the traditional idiom."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Ethiopia
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21432CD
"This recording gives rich samples of the sounds of tradition in urban musical life in Ethiopia today. The ancient ceremonial music played on the embilta flutes or the vocal art of Alemayehu Fanta or Gebre Hiwot Lemma represent older traditions. The group Sne Bahel offers samples of singing and music which accompanies lively traditional dances from the Oromo and Wollaita ethnic groups. Modern pop music is represented in six tracks by the Abyssinia Band."
"The diversity and quality of music featured is very impressive"
-- Dirty Linen 1994. Artists: Gebre Hiwot Lema, vocals, masinko; Abyssinia Band; Yohannes Afework, washint flute; Asnakech Worku, vocals; Areru Shegane, embilta flute; Teka Tema, embilta flute; Yohannes Afework, embilta flute; Yared Orchestra; Alemayehu Fanta, vocals; Sne Bahel-Ensemble.
Artist:
RASCHER SAXOPHONE QUARTET, THE
Title:
The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21435CD
The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet is Christine Rall (soprano saxophone), Elliot Riley (alto saxophone), Bruce Weinberger (tenor saxophone) and Kenneth Coon (baritone saxophone). Featured works: Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006):
Etwas Rascher
; Richard Dünser (B. 1959):
Personae
; Yannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001):
XAS
; Michael Denhoff (B. 1955):
Pnoxoud
; Günter Bialas (1907 - 1995):
6 Bagatelles
; Dimitri Terzakis (B. 1938):
Panta Rei
.
Artist:
KROUMATA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE & THE RASCHER SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Title:
Krasch!
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21441CD
Featured works: Anders Nilsson (1954):
Krasch!, for saxophone quartet, percussion ensemble & tape
(1993); Miklos Maros (1943):
Picchiettato for 5 percussionists
(1986); Hans Kox (1930):
The three chairs for saxophone trio
(1989) Sofia Gubaidulina (1931):
In Erwartung (In Anticipation), for saxophone quartet & 6 percussionists
(1994). Performed by Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & The Rascher Saxophone Quartet (Christine Rall, soprano saxophone; Elliot Riley, alto saxophone; Bruce Weinberger, tenor saxophone; Kenneth Coon, baritone saxophone).
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Cape Verde
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21451CD
"Where world music is concerned, Cape Verde is one of the regions. It has a fascinating musical tradition, incorporating elements from Portugal, Brazil and Africa. Melancholy mornas and rhythmical coladeras. The acoustic group Simentera presents the modernized form. There is also funaná, dance music. The gentle, friendly music of Cape Verde was recorded on the spot as a selection of the different kinds of music existing. The contents include finaçon, women's vocal music with strong African roots, and funaná, played on electrified and amplified instruments, the dominant local style of popular music in Cape Verde today. A slightly more European-influenced form of local traditional dance music is also represented." Artists: Simentera Ensemble; Entera Ensemble; Augustinho de Pina, violin; Joao Teixeira, guitar; Manuel de Jesus de Pina, guitar; Antonio Sanches, vocals, ferro; Tchota Suari, harmonica; Nacia Gomi, vocals.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Vietnam 2 - The City Of Hue
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21463CD
2005 release. Artists: Doan Nghe Thuat Truyen Thong Hue Ensemble; Hien Luong, vocals; Doan ca Kich Hue Ensemble; Ai' Hoa, vocals; Kieu Oanh, vocals; Kim Kieu, vocals; Thanh Tam, vocals; Lan Phuong, vocals; Thanh Tam, vocals; Dinh Dung, vocals; Thuy Van, vocals. "In the mind of a Vietnamese listener, spoiled for choice with the country's infinite wealth of musical forms and traditions, music from the imperial city of Hue has a very special place. This music is known and loved for its distinctive melodic beauty, with a typical dash of melancholy. Many believe that the origins of its particular charm are to be found in the cultural dominance of the Hindu kingdom of Champa for many centuries before and after 1000 A.D."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Musica Sveciae - Traditional Folk Music Volume 3
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21474CD
"
Musica Sveciae/Folk Music in Sweden
is a series consisting of 28 CDs which for the most part comprises remastering of documentary folk music recordings. Here you can hear the 'classical' Swedish Radio folk music recordings of the 1950s and 60s and the Caprice series
Folkmusik i Sverig
produced together with Svenskt visarkiv (The Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research). The CD version also include previously unpublished material from the archives as well as the vigorous mixture of musical styles developed during recent years."
"A survey of the whole breadth of Swedish folk music. Many of the recordings were made in the summer pastures and in the homes of folk musicians and singer, while others reflect the Swedish folk music of the present day. Among the contributors are Eric Sahlström, Nils Agenmark, Susanne Rosenberg, Frifot and Hedningarna."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Musica Sveciae - Adventures In Jazz And Folklore Volume 4
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21475CD
"In 1965 some of Sweden's best jazz musicians arranged Swedish folk music for radio broadcast. Bengt Hallberg, Jan Johansson, Georg Riedel and Bengt-Arne Wallin were given access to unique folk music recordings, many of which they made direct use of in their own music."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Vietnam 3 - Ethnic Minorities
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21479CD
1995 release. "Vietnam's long history at the point of intersection between different political and cultural spheres is reflected by the large number of minorities living in different parts of the country, especially in the highlands to the north and west. Today, these regions present an extraordinary linguistic and cultural mosaic of immense variety. The present CD is a sample from that copious treasury, most of which, regrettably, has yet to be documented. The contents include a number of examples of the fantastic rhythmic music played on tuned gongs by the E De people in the central highlands, as well as other exciting instrumental and vocal instruments."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Musica Sveciae - Ancient Swedish Pastoral Music Volume 8
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21483CD
"Here are recordings of herding calls, of the lur (wooden horn), duct flutes, cow horn and willow flute. The recordings were made in the farm pastures of Dalarna and Härjedalen between 1949 and 4977. The CD also includes a live recording from Stångtjärn at the Falun Folk Music Festival 1995."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Folk Music In Sweden: Fiddlers From Five Provinces
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21487CD
"Some of the best-known fiddlers of the 1950s from five Swedish provinces are presented here. Both playing styles and instruments used reveal clearly the distinguishing characteristics of these different areas. All these players had an important role in the development and survival of Swedish folk music. Several of them carried out significant collecting work, while others created a greater interest in folk music among the general public, for instance through their many public appearances - also on radio and TV. Some, like Gustaf Jernberg, took great pains to make sure that the melodies he had learnt from earlier generations did not die out. The recordings took place between 1955 and 1960."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Folk Tunes From Jamtland
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21489CD
"The memory of the legendary player, Lapp-Nils, Nils Jonsson (1804-1870), was still very much alive in the province of Jamtland at the beginning of the fifties. This Matts Arnberg realized when he undertook a fourteen-day recording expedition in Jamtland for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in 1951. In this selection of 47 tunes, eight of the most outstanding players are heard: two diddlers, one clarinetist and five fiddlers, namely Erik Axel Nasstrom, Alanas and Mans Olsson, Mattmar, Eric Nilsson, Mattmar, and the fiddlers Nestor Lofstrom and Anders Martensson, Strom, Olle Falk and Per Viktor Rost from Offerdal, and Bengt Bixo , Morsil. The melodies have been written down and collected in many different variants, both in Jamtland and outside the province, and also on the Norwegian side of the border. Some of the polskas and marches go back to the earlier eighteenth century. The style of its tone language is confident and a strong awareness of tradition is here given expression."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Uganda 1. Traditional
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21495CD
"A first-ever digital sound presentation of one of the fantastic music countries in Africa. A selection from the many cultures that fill Uganda with excitingly rhythmical traditional music, from the royal kabaka court of the Baganda people, featuring dynamic, storytelling troubadours, 'rap' choirs and lilting dance music." Artists: Joseph Ochom, vocals & fiddle; Watamuna Constant, vocals & litungu; Ikoce Ensemble; Wollo Women Handicraft and Commercial Farming Group; Albert Ssempeke and the Master Musicians Ensemble; Tongoli Fumbo Adhola Music Ensemble; Planets Ensembl.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Musica Sveciae - Folk Music In Sweden No 15
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21540CD
Subtitled:
Songs Of Sailors & Navvies
. "Created by sailors and navvies, these songs concern women, lively teamwork, insufferable working conditions, accidents, long voyages and homesickness. Their rhythms were often designed to align the actions of working groups... The recordings were made in the homes of elderly sailors and navvies -- or other bearers of the tradition -- in the 1960s and 1970s."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Uganda 2 - Modern Traditional
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21553CD
1996 release. Artists: Dim Abilo Ensemble; Holy Rosary Church Choir; Bernard Kabanda Ssalongo, vocals & guitar; Kazana Vizana Ensemble. "Development and change -- parallel to the preservation of traditions -- have always been a characteristic of living folk music. Uganda, of course, and its fantastic treasury of musical cultures are no exception. This record presents a few samples of music originating from recent decades, but deeply rooted in popular tradition, hence the rather paradoxical heading!"
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Tanzania And Zanzibar 1
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21554CD
"The focus is on traditional music, with several groups from two African countries whose music is less well known and highly exciting. For the first time is a selection from some of these forms of music available in modern recordings....Here is Tanzania's legendary singer Saleh Ramadhani Mwinamila, whose career has spanned more than 30 years, with the group that has been formed around him at the bidding of his admirer, President Julius Nyerere, namely the National Cultural Troupe. In the southern parts of the country and in neighbouring Mozambique, there is a people called the Makonde, whose fantastic traditions in the fabrication of wooden sculptures -- and drums -- are well known the world over! Makonde Kawe are an amateur music group that keep traditions from their home village alive in the big city Dar es Salaam." Other artists include Nyati Ensemble; Sanaa Kariakoo Ensemble; Morogoro Cultural Troupe arrangements by S.R. Mwinamila, Mchoya Mtachi Malogo, Sanaa Kariakoo.
Artist:
BIG FIVE
Title:
Music From Uganda 3 - Modern Echoes Of Kampala
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21555CD
1996 release. "James Muwanga, drummer; Giles Warugaba & Ded Majoror, guitar; Master Musicians of Uganda Group directed by Albert Ssempeke. Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is a city that is now throbbing with life again after many difficult years. And once again it has plenty of music, with bars, clubs, discos and hotels rhythmically vibrant with everything from modern rap to traditional folk music. Much of the music is rooted in two of the Country's many fantastic musical cultures: Baganda, from the south, and Teso, from the northeast."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Tanzania And Zanzibar 2
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21573CD
1997 release. Artists: Patric Balisidya and Nyota Ensemble; Tondo Ensemble; Kusini Dela Dela Group; Beni Ensemble; Dunga Ngoma Group; Kakamka Taarab Group; Jeshi la Kugenga Taifa Ensemble. "The music of East Africa has been unjustly neglected compared to the music in the western parts of the continent. And yet we find there a gigantic treasure-trove of indigenous musical traditions, of advanced rhythm and melodic excitement, a music that has evolved in the meeting of Arabic and African cultures. Since the dawn of history, seafarers and merchants from the four corners of the globe have been fascinated by the coast of Tanzania and by the nearby islands, the special attraction being Zanzibar, with its fragrances, it surrounding sea and its myths."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Tanzania And Zanzibar 3
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21577CD
"The Kilimani Muslim School Choir -- irresistible Muslim 'Gospel' with lead singers, youth choir and pitched tambourines. Previously forbidden outside religious spheres, and now on CD for the first time."
Artist:
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE EXPERIENCE, THE
Title:
Wake Up
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21587CD
Artists: George Kentros, violin; Mats Olofsson, cello; Marten Landstrom, piano; Anders Jonhall, flute. "The peärls before swïne experience take new music out of its traditional milieu with great intensity and a newly written repertoire. They commission short pieces and work in close contact with some of the best young composers from Sweden and abroad. Their setting is actually that of a 19th century salon orchestra, but they instead put their energy towards creating a totally new attitude towards modern music."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Guatemala 1
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21598CD
1999 release. Artists: Marimba Alma Sololateca Ensemble; Grupo de Pito, Tambor y Cajita Ensemble; Banda de la Zona Militar No. 21 Ensemble; Marimba Galones Y Ritmos Ensemble; Duo de Pito Tamboron Ensemble; Grupo de Rabe, Guitarrilla Y Arpa Ensemble; Banda Union Musical 3-85 Ensemble; Francisco Quisquinay, harp; Marimba de Conciertos de Bellas Artes; Grupo del Baile-Drama Rabinal Achi Ensemble; Duo de Chirimia y Tambor Ensemble. "There are many examples here of Indian traditional music, played on the flute, shawm, fiddle, harp and percussion instruments from a number of the country's many different native cultures. But included here also is music played by a couple of the country's many local wind orchestras, as well as -- above all -- music played on the marimba, Guatemala's national instrument."
Artist:
ELLINGTON, DUKE
Title:
In Sweden 1973
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21599CD
"In October 1973 Duke Ellington gave two special concerts in Malmö, Sweden. Alice Babs, singer, and the Swedish musicians appeared as guest soloists. Highlights from the Swedish Radio Jazz Archives." Artists: Harold Money Johnson, Johnny Coles, Barry Lee Hall, Mercer Ellington, Rolf Ericson, trumpets & flugelhorns; Vince Prudente, Art Baron, Chuck Connors, Åke Persson, trombones; Russell Procobe, alto saxophone & clarinet; Harold Geezil Minerve, alto saxophone, flute & piccolo Harold Ashby, tenor saxophone & clarinet; Percy Marion, tenor saxophone; Harry Carney, clarinet & bass clarinet; Duke Ellington, piano; Joe Benjamin, bass; Quentin Rocky White, drums; Alice Babs, Anita Moore, Tony Watkins, vocals; Invited guest pianists: Nils Lindberg and concert producer George Wein.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Musica Sveciae - Swedish Fiddlers From The Past Volume 26-28
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
3CD
Price:
$51.50
Catalog #:
CAP 21604CD
"Between 1913 and 1920 the ethnographer Yngve Laurell made recordings of folk music using the phonograph. The majority of the recordings were made at Skansen in Stockholm. Many of Laurell's phonograph cylinders have been lost in the course of time, but among them approximately one hundred are now stored by, and belong to, Svenskt visarkiv. These cylinders, also to be heard here, contain recordings of some twenty Swedish folk musicians from Småland in the south to Jämtland in the north."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Guatemala 2 - Garifuna Music
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21631CD
1999 release. "In a way, one can say that the music on this CD derives its origin from dramatic events that took place more than two hundred years ago. For it was then that the British family conquered the island of St.Vincent in the West Indies and moved by force practically the whole populace. The Garifuna's music is unique and irresistible, swinging, and characterized by the African heritage and the soft rhythms of the West Indies."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Honduras 1
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21632CD
2000 release. Artists: Cuadro Nacional de Danzas Folkloricas; Caramberos de Nueva Celilac; Grupo Laka Ensemble; Conjunto Tipico Yuscaran Ensemble; Marimba Alma de Honduras; Grupo Yumpa Ensemble; Voces Copanecas Ensemble. "The abundant and socially important musical life of the country's amateurs is represented here with groups such as Conjunto Tipico Yuscaran and Voces Copanecas. The local music from countryside villages is exemplified by the group Caramberos de Nueva Celilac, from the mountains of Santa Barbara, showing off their fantastic instruments and their unique dance music."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Honduras 2 - Garifuna Music
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21638CD
2000 release. "Lainiqi Mua; baruda; Farm Boys Trio, et al. Featuring traditional music from the village of Triunfo de La Cruz, as well as the modern dance music 'punta rock,' which is a celebration of rhythm based on traditional rhythms. Lastly, West Indian calypso rhythms can be heard to an even greater degree. Music from the English-speaking island of Rotan, located off the coast, is presented by the informal musicianship of the Farm Boys Trio."
Artist:
STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ
Title:
Zyklus, Kontakte, Klavierstücke V & IX
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21642CD
2000 release. Performed by Jonny Axelsson, percussion; Frederick Ullen, piano. Featured works:
Zyklus
("The piece is composed as a cycle of seventeen periods, characterized by nine dominant timbral groups: marimba-glissandi, guiro, tam-tam/gong, vibraphone, cowbells, triangle, high-hat, snare drum and tom-toms. Each group reaches a climax, and thereafter slowly disappears.");
Kontakte
("Stockhausen worked on
Kontakte
for piano, percussion and 4-track tape, for more than two years (1958-60) at the West German Radio's electroacoustic studio in Cologne. The tape part can also be played by itself as a separate composition, which on its own can be seen as one of the greatest technical and artistic triumphs of early electroacoustic music");
Klavierstücke V
and
Klavierstücke IX
.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Mozambique
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21652CD
"A unique music recording of one of Africa's most exciting and varied musical cultures,
Music From Mozambique
offers a wide range of styles: rural, traditional music, popular acoustic music of older generations, and modern urban rock. Asian xylophones, Arabian scales, European melodies and instruments, Portuguese fado and contemporary pop music are all part of this nation's musical heritage."
Artist:
SINH, KIM
Title:
Music From Vietnam 4 - The Artistry Of Kim Sinh
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21673CD
"The music that Kim Sinh and his pupil and son, Kim Thang, play actually has its origins in a special form of theatre in Vietnam called
cai luong
. Kim Sinh and his son play on reconstructed Western guitars, but of course also on several different traditional Vietnamese instruments. The music is in part improvised and is based on traditional forms that include suspense, drama and lyrical beauty."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Vietnam 5
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21674CD
Subtitled:
Minorities From The Central Highland And Coast
. "Vietnam is a wonderfully rich country -- from a musical perspective! Here, on
Music from Vietnam Vol. 5
, one has for the first time the chance to become acquainted with music from nine of the more than fifty minorities living in the country. The recordings were made using a modern mobile digital studio in the central hills and on the coast of Vietnam, doing justice to a wholly unique and exciting world of timbres, a world that has lived its own life for hundreds of years and now is available to interested ears. They sing and play on drums, flutes, horns, rattles, bamboo, porcelain, and above all on gongs, handed down for generations. In a world where the wheels of communication spin ever faster, these peoples maintain and develop their cultural identities and their music. Meet Cham, Raglai, Bahnar, Xo-dang, and Giarai, and revel in their music from rites and religious ceremonies, work, and celebrations."
Artist:
DRAUPNER
Title:
Arvet (Heritage)
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21691CD
2003 release. "Draupner -- Three young Swedish musicians who, through their dynamic and engaging play, both preserve and renew the rich folk music tradition from the Swedish province of Hälsingland. On
Arvet (The Heritage)
, Draupner shows off both the rich tradition of folk music from the region of Hälsingland and their own songs." Draupner is Henning Andersson, fiddle; Görgen Antonsson, fiddle and 5-stringed fiddle; Tomas Lindberg, guitar, mandola.
Artist:
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE EXPERIENCE, THE
Title:
Swine Live!
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21715CD
2003 release. Performed by: Sara Hammarström, flutes; George Kentros, violin; Mats Olofsson, cello; Marten Landström, piano. "The peärls before swïne experience take new music out of its traditional milieu with great intensity and a newly written repertoire. They commission short pieces and work in close contact with some of the best young composers from Sweden and abroad. Their setting is actually that of a 19th century salon orchestra, but they instead put their energy towards creating a totally new attitude towards modern music. Now, the 'swïne,' Sara Hammarström (flutes), George Kentros (violin), Mats Olofsson (cello), and Mårten Landström (piano), have released a new CD called
swïne live!
This time, they wanted to make a 'live' CD that captures some of the feeling of their concerts. To help, they engaged one of Sweden's true pioneers of electroacoustic music, Sten Hanson, to rework the audience sounds between works - a typical groundbreaking collaboration. On this CD, the peärls before swïne experience perform new works by David Lang, Mårten Josjö, Per Mårtensson, André Chini, Annie Gosfield, Anders Hillborg, Tristan Murail, Mikael Edlund, and S. Pat. Simmerud."
Artist:
TAXIMI
Title:
In The Northern Latitudes
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21716CD
"Many Greek emigrants have settled in Sweden, and these include the musicians of the Taximi ensemble, who perform Greek folk music in their adopted homeland. Also featured on this recording is the Greek singer Roula Manissanou, who has worked with some of the greatest composers and singers in Greek music. Included with the recording is a booklet with notes and texts in Swedish, Greek and English."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Macedonia 1
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21726CD
2004 release. Artists: Stefche Stojkovski and the National Instruments Ensemble; Pece Atanasovski Ensemble; Ansambl Biljana Ensemble; Muzafer Mahmud, zurla; Javet Sefir, zurla; Adna Sefir, tapan; Stara Veleska Chalgija Ensemble; Kaliopi Bukle, vocals; Usref Ensemble.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music from Macedonia 2
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21727CD
"Another CD with music from one of Europe's last 'unexplored regions' on the musical map. Here we get to meet one of Macedonia's most popular groups in the vanguard for the modernized folk music, Synthesis, but also one of the many local groups that fondly cherish the tradition, Kirka. Goran Alachki, perhaps the foremost accordionist is featured, as is one of the many fantastic wind orchestras, Orkestar Ace."
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Montenegro
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21741CD
"Once part of the former Yugoslavia, Montenegro is a country with a long and dramatic history, whose music has been relatively unknown beyond its borders.
Music from Montenegro
, no. 22 in a series produced jointly by SIDA (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and Caprice Records, presents for the first time 76 minutes of traditional music from this country: heroic songs, songs from mountain villages, shepherd songs and even songs from cities that are more influenced by the Central European tradition. One of the groups participating in this CD, Ansambl Podgorica, is one of Montenegro´s best-known and most-loved professional popular music orchestras, which plays both the 'classical' entertainment music from Montenegro and the more traditional music from the countryside."
Artist:
LEOSON, MARKUS
Title:
Malletiana
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD/SACD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21743CD
Markus Leoson performs on marimba, vibraphone and cimbalom. Featured works: Niklas Sivelöv:
Suite para Marimba
; Philippe Manoury:
Solo de Vibraphone
; Alfred Eyser:
Libriccino - 4 Pezzi brevi per cimbalom ongarese
; Markus Leoson:
Ex Machina
; Pietro Rigacci:
Claire per vibragono
; Darius Milhaud:
Saudades do Brasil
. Stereo/multichannel hybrid SACD that can be played on any CD player.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Perceptions Of Time
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD/SACD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21800CD
Featured works: Arvo Pärt:
Fratres
; Sofia Gubaidulina:
Serenade
; Anders Jormin:
Three Angels
;
Lhasa
;
Tiden är ingenting
; Staffan Mossenmark and Jesper Norda:
Green Bridge
;
Notes of Fratres
. Nominated for Swedish Grammy Award 2008. Performed by Mats Bergstrom (guitar); Anders Jormin (double bass); Joakim Svenheden (violin). Stereo/multichannel hybrid SACD that can be played on any CD player.
Artist:
HEDIN & GUNNAR IDENSTAM, JOHAN
Title:
Latar II - Swedish Folk Tunes
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21807CD
"A large church organ with an infinite number of celestial sounds, colours, and moods; a nyckelharpa, this genuinely Swedish folk instrument, as if sprung from the earth -- an old being in itself. These instruments, played by two of our foremost conjurors of the instruments in question, in a wild but tender dance where earth meets sky, the ancient meets the brand new, and hardship meets joy. The prominent conjurors in question are of course the nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin and the organ virtuoso Gunnar Idenstam, and this album,
Latar II
, is the duo's second -- their first album was released in 2004, also on the Caprice label -- and is yet another innovative mixture of old Swedish folk tunes and newly written material. Their music is rooted in Swedish folk music but feels brand new, as the music is created and shaped in the encounter between these two innovators; it twists and turns along mysterious paths, dresses up in symphonic clothing, invokes sacred moods, swirls about in danceable polskas, and sings its lyrical melodies. In short, it is an invitation into a fantastic new world, or as the BBC writer Fiona Talkington writes in the album's liner notes, 'So step into this world of gothic shadows, baroque elegance, fiery furnaces and frozen summits, broken hearts and laughter, of tunes which were hummed by our grandparents, of sounds which they would flee from, but most of all give yourself up wholeheartedly to this inspired creation and dance and weep along the way.'"
Artist:
BOOT
Title:
Soot
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21817CD
"When three of Sweden´s leading folk musicians join together with traditional instruments and rhythms, but combine this with a modern sound and a lot of attitude, you can be sure that the result will be something extra special. Acoustic music, but with a heaviness that sometimes approaches that of rock. Folk music, music that evolves in harmony with the times and the players. Folk music for the twenty-first century. Boot is made up of Hållbus Totte Mattsson (traditional lute, baroque lute), Ola Bäckström (fiddle, bouzouki) and Samuel Andersson (percussion, string drum, octave fiddle), three experienced folk musicians who have the tradition in their backbones but the possibilities for development and curiosity in their hands and brains. Boot started out as back-up players for the dance group Virvla and was nominated for a Grammy for a joint disc in the year 2000. Now it is time for a real comeback. Hållbus Totte Mattsson has a background in groups such as Groupa and Hedningarna. Ola Bäckström is a fiddler at heart, a top player of Dalecarlian tunes with several impressive solo records under his belt. He has also played with Den Fule and Swåp. Samuel Andersson is one of the most exciting folk musicians of the younger generation and plays in bands such as Hedningarna, Godrun and his own solo project Looptok. Boot has a broad range of sound, from the ethereal and beautiful to the dark, pounding, gnarled and surly polskas. Boot creates music that is definitely the trio´s very own."
Artist:
HONG & CHEN SHASHA, DENG
Title:
Qin: Celestial Music For Qin And Xiao
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21818CD
"In 1989, author and Sinologist Cecilia Lindqvist taught Sweden to see the magic of the written Chinese language with the August Award winning book
China: Empire of Living Symbols
. Now she is going to make us hear the magic of the Chinese instrument qin. In collaboration with Caprice Records, she has produced the CD
Qin
. In the spring of 2009, Cecilia went on a unique tour for Concerts Sweden with two Chinese musicians. The result was crowded concert halls and a large number of CDs sold. In the CD booklet, Cecilia Lindqvist tells the story of the magic instrument. The meditative music is performed by two skilled musicians from China -- Deng Hong, playing qin, and Chen Shasha, playing a bamboo flute called xiao and an ocarina called xun. Qin (pronounced 'chin') is a quiet instrument, best suited to be played in solitude or with a good friend who follows the melody on flute. The instrument is difficult to play, and one problem for new beginners is that there is no sheet music of the kind we are used to. The seven strings are made of tightly thrown silk. To obtain the durable silk threads required for the strings, the silkworms are fed a special leaf from the zhe-tree. Qin music is normally not performed in public, which makes the Swedish tour very special. Throughout history, the instrument has been regarded with immense reverence and celebrated in countless poems. From the mid 1960s and decades onwards, qin was considered too elitist in China, but today the instrument is advancing strongly and has reclaimed its role as its country's foremost national instrument. A few years ago, it was included in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The musicians, Deng Hong and Chen Shasha, were both educated at the Academy of Music in Beijing and are currently employed by the world famous Chinese National Orchestra."
Artist:
SEVDA
Title:
Exclusive Collector's Edition
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
2CD BOX/DVD
Price:
$34.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21820CD
Deluxe box with two reissued albums from Sevda, plus a bonus DVD
Sevda live on Swedish television 1972
. "It was back in the early 1970s, more precisely in 1971, the Turkish trumpet player Maffy Falay decided to start the band that would go on to be legendary -- Sevda. Maffy had been living in Sweden since 1960, working both there and in Europe (for instance with the famous Clarke-Boland Big Band in Cologne and in Kurt Edelhagen's Radio Orchestra), and was widely known in jazz circles. Maffy had this notion -- something he also frequently demonstrated -- that the combination of Turkish folk music and jazz was a match made in heaven. Turkish folk music is modal, highly rhythmic and profoundly improvisational, a fact that corresponded well to the developments in jazz in the 1960s. The sound for the first album,
Jazz i Sverige '72 Maffy Falay/Sevda
, came from the audio-track of a live television recording that was made by Swedish Television on the 15th March 1972. Initially the plan was to make the album by recording a concert with the group at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm in February that same year, and, for the B-side, do a studio session. However, the television recording turned out so good, that it was decided to use it to do the whole album. Besides the original members, Bernt Rosengren (tenor sax & flute) and Okay's younger brother Akay Temiz (darbuka) is also featured on this recording. The second album,
Sevda Live at Jazzhus Montmartre
featuring Salih Baysal (RIKS LP 41/CAP 21822), was recorded only a week after the first album, when the group made a guest appearance at the legendary jazz club Montmartre in Copenhagen. A young Nils Winther-Rasmussen (founder of the label Steeplechase) recorded the concert on his tape-recorder and managed to capture the groove and drive that was the true hallmark of the group. Both albums that Sevda made for Caprice are included in this exclusive and unique collector's edition, available on CD for the first time. Besides these this edition also features a bonus DVD with the two original television programs that Swedish Television broadcast in 1972 and 1973; accordingly the same recording that was used for the first album." Artists include: Maffy Falay, trumpet; Brent Rosengren, tenor sax; Salih Baysal, violin; Gunnar Bergston, bari sax; Ove Gustaffson, bass; Okay Temiz, drums; Akay Temiz, darbuka. DVD is NTSC all-region format; aspect ratio: 4:3; audio: Dolby Digital 2.0.
Artist:
SULTAN, KURASH
Title:
Arkak Su
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
CAP 21825CD
"Kurash Sultan was a prolific and versatile musician, an excellent performer on several traditional Uyghur instruments, as well as on the accordion. However, this CD focuses mainly on Kurash as a singer and dutar player, the artistic role he evidently had the strongest personal attachment to. Also, the dutar and its tradition stands out as an emblem of Eastern Turkestani and Uyghur cultural identity. It is used in the urban muqam ensembles as well as in rural folk singing. It is the most widespread instrument found in the home, among the Uyghurs. Kurash Sultan was only seven years old when he made his first acquaintance with the instrument." Artist includes: Kurash Sultan, dutar, vocals.
Artist:
VA
Title:
Music From Ecuador
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
2CD
Price:
$34.00
Catalog #:
CAP 22031CD
"An exciting selection from the many traditional forms of Ecuadorian music. In February 1993 a Swedish production team went on a gruelling tour which resulted in a series of recordings featuring no fewer than sixteen groups from different parts of the country. Here we have evocative Andean music of pre- Columbian ancestry, we have the traditional music of towns and cities -- full of dance rhythms one moment and caressingly sentimental the next -- with its European and Spanish heritage, and here too we have the stirring popular dance music that is rooted in African tradition, not to mention the unknown music of the Jivaro Indians in the rain forests of the Amazonas. More than two hours of varied, exciting sound experiences from regions whose music, until now has been virtually unknown." Artists: Segundo Conejo, violin; Jose Conejo, guitar; Arturo Aguirre, panpipes; Segundo Guana, guitar; Jose Joaquin Guandinango, harp; Rosa Yamainch Mashiant, vocals; Los Chagras Ensemble; Juventud Trabajadora del Valle Ensemble; Etsa Cultural Group; Estudiantina Quito Ensemble; Canar Manta Ensemble; Banda Mocha San Miguel de Chalguyacu Ensemble; La Voz del Nino Dios Ensemble; Communa de Santa Clara de San Millan Band; Los Hermanos Congo Ensemble; Los Tucumbi Ensemble; Los Chigualeros Ensemble; Tierra Caliente Ensemble; Pucara Ensemble.
Artist:
VA
Title:
The Sound Of The Soul - Music For Qin And Xiao
Label:
CAPRICE (SWEDEN)
Format:
2CD
Price:
$34.00
Catalog #:
CAP 22065CD
Performed by Deng Hong, qin; Chen Shasha, xiao. Deluxe oversized hardbound package, with 21-pages of photos and texts in English and Chinese versions. "
'In no other music does one come so close to a whole civilisation's fate, feelings and dreams as one does with qin music,'
says sinologist Cecilia Lindqvist, and describes her relationship to qin music as one of
'a deep and lasting love for this wonderful, meditative music which in and of itself encapsulates several thousand years' experience in how to live one's life.'
Cecilia Lindqvist has devoted much of her life to the qin, having written the August Prize-winning book
Qin
, which is now in great demand in China and Taiwan, and been involved in the production of the earlier Caprice release
Qin - Celestial Music For Qin And Xiao
. The very positive reception in Sweden and the Asiatic world prompted Cecilia to work on the recording of a new CD. There are, she says, many thousand pieces for the qin, and has chosen 24 for this new recording.
'Almost half of them form the very soul of qin music and have never been recorded before, including some of the most beautiful love songs ever written in the history of music.'
The qin used on this recording once belonged to China's foremost qin player of the 20th century, Guan Pinghu. Cecilia explains that it is extremely important for the sound to follow tradition and play on silk strings, since
'this music is based on the beauty of the individual notes.'
Qin player Deng Hong and Chen Shasha, who plays the xiao, are both employed by China's internationally renowned National Orchestra, and featured on the previous CD. Deng Hong's performance prompted the British world music magazine Songlines to dub her 'Qin's New Queen'."
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