Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, explorer, and mystic Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) ranks as one of the twentieth century’s great enigmas. Despite mystery and scandal, he left a deep, if understudied, cultural imprint on Russia, Europe, India, and America. As a painter and set designer Roerich was a key figure in Russian art. He became a major player in Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, and with Igor Stravinsky he cocreated The Rite of Spring, a landmark work in the emergence of artistic modernity. His art, his adventures, and his peace activism earned the friendship and admiration of such diverse luminaries as Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, H. G. Wells, Jawaharlal Nehru, Raisa Gorbacheva, and H. P. Lovecraft. But the artist also had a darker side. Stravinsky once said of Roerich that “he ought to have been a mystic or a spy.” He was certainly the former and close enough to the latter to blur any distinction. His travels to Asia, supposedly motivated by artistic interests and archaeological
Woyrsch Felix: Complete Organ Music
Woyrsch Felix: Complete Organ Music [CD]
Hersch Fred: Silent. Listening
Tillskott till ECM:s serie med högklassiga solopianoalbum, med den briljante improvisatören Fred Hersch. Albumet innehåller sju originallåtar, samt några särskilt utvalda standards, som Billy Strayhorns "Star-Crossed Lovers" och Sigmund Rombergs "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise".
Hersch Fred: Silent. Listening
Hersch Fred: Silent. Listening [Vinyl LP]
Hersch Fred / Trio: Whirl
Hersch Fred / Trio: Whirl [CD]
Hersch Fred / Trio: Floating
Hersch Fred / Trio: Floating [CD]
Hersch/Haden/Baron: Sarabande
Hersch/Haden/Baron: Sarabande [CD]
Hersch Fred: Open Book
Han är en av de pianister som kanske är bäst i soloformat. Denna skiva är inspelade när Fred är ensam på scenen i Seoul i våras, och han lyckas med att skapa intresse hela vägen, precis som en viss Keith lyckas med.
