Dee Carstensen -- Regarding the soul
竖琴才女 Dee Carstensen 蒂卡儿自五岁起学钢琴;八岁起学竖琴,从小就读于Eastman音乐学校的儿童实验班。青少年时期开始受到詹姆士.泰勒、卡洛.金、贾尼丝.卓普琳、艾尔顿.强与琼妮.米契尔等钢琴家与民谣摇滚歌手的影响,立志成为一位创作歌手。后来在学业与事业间挣扎的一段时期里,她曾赴欧洲旅游一阵子,接着又自我放逐了一段时间,最后才在落脚纽约后,致力开发自己的创作潜能,尝试将生活上的点点滴滴与心情记事化作歌词与音符。
九○年代初期,蒂卡儿开始为一些知名艺人担任竖琴演奏与和声的工作,像93年她发表第一张专辑《Beloved One》之前,就曾在亚特.葛芬柯(Art Garfunkel)的专辑《Up "til Now》里露过脸。但严格说起来,还是95年发表的第二张专辑《心灵之约》(Regarding the Soul)为她奠定了演艺事业的基础。蒂卡儿的嗓音清晰纯净、情感丰富,正如她演奏的竖琴音色一样,充满了光辉润泽的质感。她创作的曲风虽然被归属于民谣类,但却掺进了许多别的音乐元素而显得多样化。
《Regarding the Soul》心灵之约
这张由史汀与险峻海峡的制作人Neil Dorfsman操盘的专辑,将蒂卡儿的歌声、琴艺与词曲作了最完美的结合,由于得到了险峻海峡团长兼吉他手马克.诺夫勒(Mark Knopfler)的背书,赞誉她是乐坛下一位琼妮.米契尔而大受好评。从此之后,蒂卡儿成为美加各地民谣节与地方俱乐部的常客。
专辑《心灵之约》中的〈Angel〉是翻唱吉他巨人吉米.罕醉克斯之作,蒂卡儿在其中竟然加入了非洲黑人部落的多声部合音效果,使得全曲呈现出前所未有的新鲜感。第一首〈Time〉中她展现了较多的竖琴弹奏才艺,晶莹剔透的弦响配上她清丽高亢的歌声,非常悦耳动听。第三首〈Underneath My Skin〉呈现相当低沉迷离的摇摆乐氛围,蒂卡儿压低了声调唱歌竟有点莎黛?vSade?w的味道。第七首〈To You, From Me〉低回而伤感,是整张专辑中最感性的歌曲。
唱片曲目:
01.Time
02.Before You
03.Underneath My Skin
04.Love Thing
05.Angel
06.What A Little Love Can Do
07.To You From Me
08.Hemingway"s Shotgun
09.Stay
10.This Time Around
11.The Light
Nana Mouskouri -- Why Worry
娜娜·莫斯科利(Nana Mouskouri)1934年10月13日出生于希腊雅典。Nana Mouskouri擅长在音乐中溶入Classics和Jazz风格,她丰富的想象力使得她具有地域特色的音乐更具吸引力。1958年,Nana推出了单曲唱片《 Les Enfangs Du Piree》,它主要是针对国外乐众出版的。由于这张唱片取得了一定的国际影响,Nana便向德国发展。在那里她为电影《Traumland Der Sehnsuche》演唱的《Weiss Rosen Aus Athen》销售出了万张的佳绩。作为希腊重要的音乐大使,她凭借音乐才能向欧美发展,并且取得了成功。尤其是在法国,《L"EnFant Au Tambour》、《Parapluies De Cherbourg》等歌曲极受乐迷青睐。
60年代来,Nana以专辑《Over And Over》闯入了具有排外特质的英国排行榜。1976年Nana的《Passport》成就了她在英国流行乐排行榜的巅峰时期。Nana是一位永恒的歌者,世界上最美丽的声音,通过她的诠释你才知道真正伟大的音乐的优雅:感性及朴实无华,近四十年的音乐生涯任何音乐形式,流行、爵士、民谣、古典,并且你得至少精通六国语言:法语、希腊语、德语、英语、意大利语。至今她已至少有1350首以上的畅销曲,超过300张以上的金、白金、钻石唱片,共计2亿多张的销量。若不是对音乐的热爱,若不是有过人的音乐才华,哪会有今日享誉乐坛的奇迹。
唱片曲目:
01 Ready For The Times To Get Better ●
02 Crazy ●
03 For The Good Times
04 Silver Threads And Golden Needles
05 When I Dream ●
06 Talkin" In Your Sleep
07 Oh Lonesome Me
08 I Fall To Pieces
09 Beyond You
10 Don"t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue ●
11 Break My Mind
12 Always ●
Prologue [序言]
The Mummers" Dance [艺者之舞]
Skellig
Marco Polo [马克·波罗]
The Highwayman (McKennitt/Noyes) [强盗]
La Serenissima
Night Ride Across the Caucasus [夜骑高加索]
Dante"s Prayer [但丁的祈祷]
Kate Price -- Deep Heart"s Core
One reviewer described Kate Price as "half fairy and half Gypsy." This is the album that proves it to be wonderfully true. Easily lumped in with Celtic or folk genres by unknowing music chains, Kate Price"s music is in fact a mixture of those traditions combined with her own inspired compositions. Indeed, in the liner notes, Price remarks on how she spent many of her childhood nights listening to Bulgarian music, and that flavor has definitely stayed with her through the years.
Deep Heart"s Core has a feeling of unity that Price"s first album, The Time Between, did not quite manage. Price"s storytelling slips well from selection to selection, making the entire collection vibrate with emotion as well as the irresistible beat.
Kate Price again combines ballads and instrumental songs, some her own and some with lyrics or music borrowed from other sources. The entire album is filled with her trademark hammered dulcimer and hummell, the warmth of her contralto voice and an energy which leads from dancing to dreaming and back again.
The first song on the album, "The Labyrinth," demonstrates immediately both how well she can write as and how keen her sense of how music and words work together. The song creates a vivid and almost palpable vision of the journey toward a wedding. A later addition, "The Journey On," proves that the first is no fluke, providing an energetic and poignant portrait of nomadic life.
"Rest Sweet Nymphs," "Si"il a R"in" and "So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In" are the songs which have borrowed lyrics and newly arranged music. "Rest Sweet Nymphs" is a sweet and playful lullaby accompanied by just the right amount of comfort and humor in Price"s voice and music. "Si"il a R"in" is a commonly recorded traditional from Ireland, and here Price gives it more beat than is often done, which stresses the narrator"s anguish and strength. "So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In" borrows its lyrics from poet Robert Hillyer, and the music is all Kate Price. In this song you can hear echoes of her first album"s "Calling Me Home," the longing and delicate, ethereal music making a powerful emotional impact.
Of the instrumental selections, which are fewer than on The Time Between, "Rio Del Corazon" is a favorite, filled with layers of her voice as a wordless instrument and a story which the listener can create for himself. Traditionals such as "Eliz Iza -- Jump at the Sun" and "Sonatina Montenegro" sparkle with spirit.
There were no disappointments with this album for me. Every song leads easily into the next without losing their unique feel, and once again, Price"s voice connects the album and emotions together. The entire album is at a higher energy level than her last, and the shift works well. There were many moments when first listening to the album for the first time when I was moved to boogie a little around my room, or at the very least chair dance, which for me illustrates just how much power a CD can have.
1. Labyrinth
2. Rio del Corazon
3. Sonatina Montenegro
4. Place of Spirit
5. Rest Sweet Nymphs
6. Journey On
7. Temple of the Wind
8. Siúil a Rún
9. Eliz Iza-Jump at the Sun
10. So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In
The best of Mary Black -- Looking Back
02.No Frontiers
03.Summer Sent You
04.Columbus
05.Adam At The Window
06.Bright Blue Rose
07.Looking Forward
08.Only a Woman"s Heart
09.Vanities
10.Loving Time, The
11.Carolina Rua
12.Ellis Island
有关Rebecca Pidgeon这张“The Raven”专辑,发烧友大概都很熟悉了,我就不再多话。很多朋友喜欢拿第十二首的“Spanish Harlen”来斗机,一开始的贝斯拨奏那么有弹性.Rebecca的歌声又那么的温暖醇厚,陆续加进来的钢琴饱满圆润,前面的小提琴木头味满溢,后方的打击乐器清脆透明,编织出一幅令人动容的立体音场。这些录音是1994年以Chesky自家的128倍超取样A/D转换器录制的,虽然真空管模拟器材由George Kaye炮制过,但结果还是百分之百的数字录音。已经是数字录音,还能变出什么花样吗?所谓的DSD Mastering不过是把LPCM讯号转成由同一台唱机播放这张软件的CD层与SACD层,直接进行两种规格的比较,我必须说其间的差异并非天壤之别,尤其是系统不够敏感的话,差异还会小一些。SACD胜在空气感更多了,乐器的质感比较圆滑有光泽,人声更娇艳柔软,低频也更加有弹性,形体感则非常凝聚生动,Chesky著名的三度空间感有很明确的诠释。Chesky的出现,让我们看到SACD的一个新方向,到目前为止,我认为它是正面的。
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蕾贝卡,轻亮如同水晶般晶莹剔透的音色,就是一部无懈可击的人声乐器。
完美的演出及录音,与其说听她专辑就像在我们的面前演唱,倒是说听众被带到了她演唱时的现场比较贴切,当我们闭上双眼聆听,轻易地忘记自己身在何方。
--Stereophile
本片对Cheksy而言,有特别的纪念性,同时也是最受欢迎也是最有名的一张专辑。在Chesky历年所出的精选集、音响测试片之中(列为音场定位、深度的测试项目),一定会有此片的踪影,这张著名的专辑“大乌鸦”并作为chesky首张发行sacd。
蕾贝卡?B碧瑾这张专辑在****圈俗称“大眼妹”,她出生于美国,五岁随双亲定居苏格兰,18岁进入皇家戏剧学院研习。由于自幼浸濡民谣国度,聆听音乐像呼吸一样自然,虽然不曾以歌唱为职志,却也从未忘情天生禀赋兴趣,早期随意灌录的二张唱片,意外的大获肯定,竟为她促成与乡村鬼才Lyle Lovett和爱尔兰民谣大师Van Morrison同台良机,就此建立了跨行唱歌事业的信心,本辑即是她专致投入的全新出击。
大乌鸦(The Raven)这张由蕾贝卡.碧瑾与国际名导夫婿大卫?B马密(David Mamet)共同谱写专辑,是她加盟Chesky的首张,也是“一鸣惊人”的作品。因为她一直希望能够摆脱现代录音技术的过份修饰,所以开启了她和Chesky合作的契基,也创下了一个****乐史上的辉煌典范--最完美的人声录音示范,没有过多的录音室录制,专辑呈现了最自然的美声质感。
专辑十三首作品,曲风融合美声派居尔特民谣、蓝调、爵士以及流行乐,有一种带着强烈入世的叙事性格,并带有特别欧式高原民谣风格。蕾贝卡的嗓音向来环罩一晕清灵脱俗的地空韵致,透过她淡雅超凡的美嗓来诠释,成就了这张愉悦、冷静、清澈、高贵的新民谣经典,更是人声发烧录音的经典示范,身为发烧友不可以错过此片。
Track Listing
1. Kalerka
2. Witch
3. Raven
4. You Need Me There
5. Grandmother
6. You Got Me
7. Heart and Mind
8. Her Man Leaves Town
9. Seven Hours
10. Wendy"s Style Shop
11. Height of Land
12. Spanish Harlem
13. Remember Me
2 Caribbean Blue
3 Book of Days
4 Anywhere Is
5 Only If
6 The Celts
7 China Roses
8 Shepherded Moons
9 Ebudae
10 Storm in Africa
11 Watermark
12 Paint the Sky With Stars
13 Marble Halls
14 On My Way Home
15 The Memory of Trees
16 Boadicea
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