Dee Carstensen -- Regarding the soul
豎琴才女 Dee Carstensen 蒂卡兒自五歲起學(xué)鋼琴;八歲起學(xué)豎琴,從小就讀于Eastman音樂(lè)學(xué)校的兒童實(shí)驗(yàn)班。青少年時(shí)期開(kāi)始受到詹姆士.泰勒、卡洛.金、賈尼絲.卓普琳、艾爾頓.強(qiáng)與瓊妮.米契爾等鋼琴家與民謠搖滾歌手的影響,立志成為一位創(chuàng)作歌手。后來(lái)在學(xué)業(yè)與事業(yè)間掙扎的一段時(shí)期里,她曾赴歐洲旅游一陣子,接著又自我放逐了一段時(shí)間,最后才在落腳紐約后,致力開(kāi)發(fā)自己的創(chuàng)作潛能,嘗試將生活上的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴與心情記事化作歌詞與音符。
九○年代初期,蒂卡兒開(kāi)始為一些知名藝人擔(dān)任豎琴演奏與和聲的工作,像93年她發(fā)表第一張專(zhuān)輯《Beloved One》之前,就曾在亞特.葛芬柯(Art Garfunkel)的專(zhuān)輯《Up "til Now》里露過(guò)臉。但嚴(yán)格說(shuō)起來(lái),還是95年發(fā)表的第二張專(zhuān)輯《心靈之約》(Regarding the Soul)為她奠定了演藝事業(yè)的基礎(chǔ)。蒂卡兒的嗓音清晰純凈、情感豐富,正如她演奏的豎琴音色一樣,充滿了光輝潤(rùn)澤的質(zhì)感。她創(chuàng)作的曲風(fēng)雖然被歸屬于民謠類(lèi),但卻摻進(jìn)了許多別的音樂(lè)元素而顯得多樣化。
《Regarding the Soul》心靈之約
這張由史汀與險(xiǎn)峻海峽的制作人Neil Dorfsman操盤(pán)的專(zhuān)輯,將蒂卡兒的歌聲、琴藝與詞曲作了最完美的結(jié)合,由于得到了險(xiǎn)峻海峽團(tuán)長(zhǎng)兼吉他手馬克.諾夫勒(Mark Knopfler)的背書(shū),贊譽(yù)她是樂(lè)壇下一位瓊妮.米契爾而大受好評(píng)。從此之后,蒂卡兒成為美加各地民謠節(jié)與地方俱樂(lè)部的?汀
專(zhuān)輯《心靈之約》中的〈Angel〉是翻唱吉他巨人吉米.罕醉克斯之作,蒂卡兒在其中竟然加入了非洲黑人部落的多聲部合音效果,使得全曲呈現(xiàn)出前所未有的新鮮感。第一首〈Time〉中她展現(xiàn)了較多的豎琴?gòu)椬嗖潘嚕К撎尥傅南翼懪渖纤妍惛呖旱母杪,非常悅耳?dòng)聽(tīng)。第三首〈Underneath My Skin〉呈現(xiàn)相當(dāng)?shù)统撩噪x的搖擺樂(lè)氛圍,蒂卡兒壓低了聲調(diào)唱歌竟有點(diǎn)莎黛?vSade?w的味道。第七首〈To You, From Me〉低回而傷感,是整張專(zhuān)輯中最感性的歌曲。
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日出生于希臘雅典。Nana Mouskouri擅長(zhǎng)在音樂(lè)中溶入Classics和Jazz風(fēng)格,她豐富的想象力使得她具有地域特色的音樂(lè)更具吸引力。1958年,Nana推出了單曲唱片《 Les Enfangs Du Piree》,它主要是針對(duì)國(guó)外樂(lè)眾出版的。由于這張唱片取得了一定的國(guó)際影響,Nana便向德國(guó)發(fā)展。在那里她為電影《Traumland Der Sehnsuche》演唱的《Weiss Rosen Aus Athen》銷(xiāo)售出了萬(wàn)張的佳績(jī)。作為希臘重要的音樂(lè)大使,她憑借音樂(lè)才能向歐美發(fā)展,并且取得了成功。尤其是在法國(guó),《L"EnFant Au Tambour》、《Parapluies De Cherbourg》等歌曲極受樂(lè)迷青睞。
60年代來(lái),Nana以專(zhuān)輯《Over And Over》闖入了具有排外特質(zhì)的英國(guó)排行榜。1976年Nana的《Passport》成就了她在英國(guó)流行樂(lè)排行榜的巔峰時(shí)期。Nana是一位永恒的歌者,世界上最美麗的聲音,通過(guò)她的詮釋你才知道真正偉大的音樂(lè)的優(yōu)雅:感性及樸實(shí)無(wú)華,近四十年的音樂(lè)生涯任何音樂(lè)形式,流行、爵士、民謠、古典,并且你得至少精通六國(guó)語(yǔ)言:法語(yǔ)、希臘語(yǔ)、德語(yǔ)、英語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)。至今她已至少有1350首以上的暢銷(xiāo)曲,超過(guò)300張以上的金、白金、鉆石唱片,共計(jì)2億多張的銷(xiāo)量。若不是對(duì)音樂(lè)的熱愛(ài),若不是有過(guò)人的音樂(lè)才華,哪會(huì)有今日享譽(yù)樂(lè)壇的奇跡。
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 [藝者之舞]
Skellig
Marco Polo [馬克·波羅]
The Highwayman (McKennitt/Noyes) [強(qiáng)盜]
La Serenissima
Night Ride Across the Caucasus [夜騎高加索]
Dante"s Prayer [但丁的祈禱]
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
有關(guān)Rebecca Pidgeon這張“The Raven”專(zhuān)輯,發(fā)燒友大概都很熟悉了,我就不再多話。很多朋友喜歡拿第十二首的“Spanish Harlen”來(lái)斗機(jī),一開(kāi)始的貝斯撥奏那么有彈性.Rebecca的歌聲又那么的溫暖醇厚,陸續(xù)加進(jìn)來(lái)的鋼琴飽滿圓潤(rùn),前面的小提琴木頭味滿溢,后方的打擊樂(lè)器清脆透明,編織出一幅令人動(dòng)容的立體音場(chǎng)。這些錄音是1994年以Chesky自家的128倍超取樣A/D轉(zhuǎn)換器錄制的,雖然真空管模擬器材由George Kaye炮制過(guò),但結(jié)果還是百分之百的數(shù)字錄音。已經(jīng)是數(shù)字錄音,還能變出什么花樣嗎?所謂的DSD Mastering不過(guò)是把LPCM訊號(hào)轉(zhuǎn)成由同一臺(tái)唱機(jī)播放這張軟件的CD層與SACD層,直接進(jìn)行兩種規(guī)格的比較,我必須說(shuō)其間的差異并非天壤之別,尤其是系統(tǒng)不夠敏感的話,差異還會(huì)小一些。SACD勝在空氣感更多了,樂(lè)器的質(zhì)感比較圓滑有光澤,人聲更嬌艷柔軟,低頻也更加有彈性,形體感則非常凝聚生動(dòng),Chesky著名的三度空間感有很明確的詮釋。Chesky的出現(xiàn),讓我們看到SACD的一個(gè)新方向,到目前為止,我認(rèn)為它是正面的。
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蕾貝卡,輕亮如同水晶般晶瑩剔透的音色,就是一部無(wú)懈可擊的人聲樂(lè)器。
完美的演出及錄音,與其說(shuō)聽(tīng)她專(zhuān)輯就像在我們的面前演唱,倒是說(shuō)聽(tīng)眾被帶到了她演唱時(shí)的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)比較貼切,當(dāng)我們閉上雙眼聆聽(tīng),輕易地忘記自己身在何方。
--Stereophile
本片對(duì)Cheksy而言,有特別的紀(jì)念性,同時(shí)也是最受歡迎也是最有名的一張專(zhuān)輯。在Chesky歷年所出的精選集、音響測(cè)試片之中(列為音場(chǎng)定位、深度的測(cè)試項(xiàng)目),一定會(huì)有此片的蹤影,這張著名的專(zhuān)輯“大烏鴉”并作為chesky首張發(fā)行sacd。
蕾貝卡?B碧瑾這張專(zhuān)輯在****圈俗稱(chēng)“大眼妹”,她出生于美國(guó),五歲隨雙親定居蘇格蘭,18歲進(jìn)入皇家戲劇學(xué)院研習(xí)。由于自幼浸濡民謠國(guó)度,聆聽(tīng)音樂(lè)像呼吸一樣自然,雖然不曾以歌唱為職志,卻也從未忘情天生稟賦興趣,早期隨意灌錄的二張唱片,意外的大獲肯定,竟為她促成與鄉(xiāng)村鬼才Lyle Lovett和愛(ài)爾蘭民謠大師Van Morrison同臺(tái)良機(jī),就此建立了跨行唱歌事業(yè)的信心,本輯即是她專(zhuān)致投入的全新出擊。
大烏鴉(The Raven)這張由蕾貝卡.碧瑾與國(guó)際名導(dǎo)夫婿大衛(wèi)?B馬密(David Mamet)共同譜寫(xiě)專(zhuān)輯,是她加盟Chesky的首張,也是“一鳴驚人”的作品。因?yàn)樗恢毕M軌驍[脫現(xiàn)代錄音技術(shù)的過(guò)份修飾,所以開(kāi)啟了她和Chesky合作的契基,也創(chuàng)下了一個(gè)****樂(lè)史上的輝煌典范--最完美的人聲錄音示范,沒(méi)有過(guò)多的錄音室錄制,專(zhuān)輯呈現(xiàn)了最自然的美聲質(zhì)感。
專(zhuān)輯十三首作品,曲風(fēng)融合美聲派居爾特民謠、藍(lán)調(diào)、爵士以及流行樂(lè),有一種帶著強(qiáng)烈入世的敘事性格,并帶有特別歐式高原民謠風(fēng)格。蕾貝卡的嗓音向來(lái)環(huán)罩一暈清靈脫俗的地空韻致,透過(guò)她淡雅超凡的美嗓來(lái)詮釋?zhuān)删土诉@張愉悅、冷靜、清澈、高貴的新民謠經(jīng)典,更是人聲發(fā)燒錄音的經(jīng)典示范,身為發(fā)燒友不可以錯(cuò)過(guò)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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