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As the day softly closes its eyes, a quiet chorus of birdsong floats above the ebb and flow of lapping waves and the rippling of crystal streams. Like a mantra, the sounds of the natural world blend with gentle, dream-like music to create a place of healing and renewal.Welcome to Dusk: the latest release from the ABC’s best-selling Atmospheres series.Also available in the Atmospheres series: Dawn ∙ Forest ∙ Space ∙ Water
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Wayfaring brings together Italian-Australian cellist Umberto Clerici with German-Australian guitarist Karin Schaupp, for a musical journey through a rich tapestry of cultures, ages and emotions.Clerici and Schaupp discovered an immediate musical connection when they first played together at Musica Viva’s annual festival several years ago. ‘It was a magical connection, as if we just knew each other musically, even though we hadn’t met before,’ says Schaupp. ‘It’s something very rare. We played a few pieces and decided we simply had to do this again. Last year we gave some recitals and built a program. Then we decided to make this album, and built a whole new program.’They settled on the linking idea of ‘songs that trace a path from birth to death, with everything in between’: a ‘wayfaring’ through life. Spending long hours in libraries combing through repertoire, they gradually whittled down their options: the final list expresses joy, grief and every emotion between. The repertoire stretches from the early baroque (Monteverdi and Caccini) to the present day, with contemporary works by two Australian composers: Elena Kats-Chernin’s Eliza Aria and A Flower’s Purpose by Katie Noonan, the singer-songwriter with whom Schaupp has toured and recorded. They also cover music by Dvořák, Rodrigo (a stunning song adapted by the composer himself from his beloved Concierto de Aranjuez), Rachmaninoff, Schubert and more. Track Listing:1. DVOŘAK Lasst mich allein (Let Me Be Alone) 2. BRAHMS Es steht ein Lind (There Stands a Lime Tree) 3. TRADITIONAL Wayfaring Stranger 4. RACHMANINOFF Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do Not Sing, My Beauty) 5. RUTTER Shadows6. CACCINI Amarilli 7. MONTEVERDI Lasciatemi morire (Let Me Die) 8. NOONAN A Flower’s Purpose 9. FALLA Jota 10. CASALS Song of the Birds 11. SCHUBERT Lob der Tränen (In Praise of Tears) 12. RAVEL Kaddisch 13. FALLA Polo 14. KATS-CHERNIN Eliza Aria 15. SCHUBERT Frühlingstraum (Spring Dream) 16. RODRIGO Aranjuez, ma pensée (Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio) 17. TRADITIONAL Wild Mountain Thyme 18. RUTTER Close Thine Eyes
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In the infinite quiet of the dawn air, the land and its creatures turn their faces to the lifegiving warmth of the sun, smiling at the promise of a fresh, new day. Like a mantra, the sounds of the natural world blend with gentle, dream-like music to create a place of healing and renewal.Welcome to Dawn: the latest release from the ABC’s best-selling Atmospheres series.Also available in the Atmospheres series: Dusk ∙ Forest ∙ Space ∙ Water
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Now in its 25th year, triple j’s Hottest 100 remains the most talked about and listened to radio event of the year, counting down the hottest songs of 2017.This year’s Hottest 100 Volume 25 will be jam packed with the year’s biggest and best songs and wrapping up another huge year in music on this awesome double album!Track Listing:CD 1:Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.Gang Of Youths - Let Me Down EasyAngus & Julia Stone - ChateauLorde - Green LightPNAU - Go BangThundamentals - Sally {Ft. Mataya}Vance Joy - Lay It On MeThe Jungle Giants - Feel The Way I Do Peking Duk & AlunaGeorge - Fake MagicBROCKHAMPTON - SWEET Khalid - Young Dumb & BrokeVera Blue - Regular TouchBall Park Music - Exactly How You AreTash Sultana - MystikBaker Boy - Marryuna {Ft. Yirrmal}The Smith Street Band - BirthdaysThe Wombats - Lemon To A Knife Fight Alex The Astronaut - Not Worth HidingWinston Surfshirt - Be About You Touch Sensitive - Lay DownAmy Shark - WeekendsHockey Dad - Homely Feeling CD 2:Methyl Ethel - UbuThe Killers - The ManMeg Mac - Low BlowsSkegss - Got On My Skateboard Calvin Harris - Slide {Ft. Frank Ocean & Migos}Mallrat - BetterHoly Holy - True LoversAngie McMahon - Slow MoverCamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola Hayden James - NUMB {Ft. GRAACE}Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 Alex Lahey - I Haven’t Been Taking Care Of MyselfHAIM - Want You BackAllday - In Motion {Ft. Japanese Wallpaper}Billie Eilish - bellyacheDune Rats - 6 Pack Camp Cope - The OpenerCharli XCX - Boys Future - Mask OffOdette - Watch Me Read YouOcean Alley - The Comedown
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Combining their collective talents into a joyous sound of brooding guitars, primal drums and howling harmonies. Mama Kin Spender is a new sonic force to be reckoned with. New Album ‘Golden Magnetic’ Out February 23rd 2018.
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One of Australia’s finest country bands, Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes have been bridging the gap between country and alt-country/Americana music for the past eight years. Built around the storytelling songs of front-man Lachlan Bryan, the sensitive playing of members Shaun Ryan and Damian Cafarella and an assortment of regular ‘special guests’, the band has developed a sound that is at once accomplished and rough around the edges.
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Teeny Tiny Stevies have unveiled their new single, ‘Boss of My Own Body’, lifted from the forthcoming album ‘Helpful Songs For Little People’ - available February 16 through ABC KIDS. The band’s beautifully arranged songs explore the everyday challenges that children experience, with the aim of educating in an entertaining, understandable, and practical manner.When writing Helpful Songs For Little People sisters, Byll and Beth Stephen, wanted to keep to a theme of writing songs that helped parents as much as kids. After reaching out to their social platforms regarding everyday challenges that parents face, they were overwhelmed with the response from parents requesting songs covering important themes that were more difficult to discuss with children. As a result, Byll and Beth got stuck into writing songs that could be used as a conversation starter between parents and children, that would reinforce a useful message or skill while being enjoyable to listen to for the whole family.
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• Second album from Sydney Punk/Rock 4 piece• Debut album (Final Words, 2015) was nominated for an ARIA Award for ‘Best Hard Rock’ album • Produced by Jimmy Balderstone (Luca Brasi, High Tension, Grenadiers) and mixed by Ryan Hazell (The Drones, Green Buzzard).
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Second album from Sydney Punk/Rock 4 pieceDebut album (Final Words, 2015) was nominated for an ARIA Award for ‘Best Hard Rock’ albumProduced by Jimmy Balderstone (Luca Brasi, High Tension, Grenadiers) and mixed by Ryan Hazell (The Drones, Green Buzzard).
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So how is it that they came to be auditioning for the Greatest Orchestra in the World? Well, you’re about to find out!Narrator (and composer) Paul Rissmann and the Young Adelaide Voices join the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to present Jason Chapman’s delightful tale of music-loving animals on a quest for international stardom. And for those who prefer to imagine their own story, this album also includes the complete Stan and Mabel music without narration.
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Mr Lu (whose full name is pronounced ‘Lyu See-Ching’) burst onto the international music stage when he became the first Asian violinist to win first prize at the prestigious Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy, in 1987. Prior to this, at the age of 11, he was selected by legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, England. Whilst based in Beijing, Mr Lu now performs across the globe with the world’s finest orchestras.On this album, Mr Lu performs two of the finest and most treasured concertos in the western repertory: Max Bruch’s career-defining Violin Concerto No.1, composed in 1866; and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, written just three years before the composer died tragically young at the age of 38. When the ABC asked Australia to nominate their favourite concertos in 2007, these works entered at number 4 and 12 respectively, a reflection of their extraordinary enduring appeal.East meets West on this album, with the inclusion of a concerto by China’s foremost composer, Tan Dun. Best known for his scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, Tan Dun has become one of the most widely celebrated Chinese cultural figures of our generation. His concerto Out of Peking Opera starts with a direct quotation from the ‘jing hu’ fiddling of Peking Opera, which unfolds into a glittering reflection of China in the modern world.Recorded in the studio with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and their Associate Conductor Benjamin Northey, this album presents a joyful showcase of music-making from one of the world’s great virtuosos, and a true collaboration between two remarkable musical cultures. Track ListingThe Beauty of the ViolinFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)1–3. Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64 Max Bruch (1838–1920)4–6. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 Tan Dun (born 1957)7. Out of Peking OperaLu Siqing violinMelbourne Symphony OrchestraBenjamin Northey conductor
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Following performances at the BBC Proms and throughout the US in 2017, the foursome has already forged a reputation as a hot new property in jazz, combining experiences and vitality to create unforgettable performances.Recorded at Abbey Road in London over one night, the album captures a moment in time, and gives us the opportunity to eavesdrop on an extraordinary session of music-making.James Morrison himself tells the story:My quartet was recording an album at the fabled Abbey Road Studios in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Peter Cobbin, one of the best engineers in the world. It doesn’t get any better than that, and my only regret was that we didn’t have time to record the quartet on their own while we were there. The orchestra recordings were all day and we had gigs in the evening – so no time, unless you go into the studio between midnight and dawn…This was one of those sessions where the band are relaxed and in the mood to play, the lights are low and the vibe is good, the daytime hustle of a big studio has ended and only the musicians and engineer are there to hear the music. We simply called tunes we felt like playing – some standards, some originals, some ballads, some swingers… All off-the-cuff and all with a sense of just capturing how we were playing at the time.Musicians evolve, planned projects come and go, but this is simply a snapshot of a band on the road, captured mid-tour, almost as though you were listening in on a late-night jam session… Actually, you are.
