Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist.

14 songs. 55 min. the melody of an empty room.

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意大利音乐家Ludovico Einaudi，鲁多维科.艾奥迪，本来从事比较严肃的交响音乐创作，进入80年代中期之后才开始尝试用新的形态来进行进行音乐制作和电影配音创作，却没有想到因此进入newage领域而一发不可收拾。
1955 年出生于意大利都灵的Ludovico Einaudi是著名的交响乐作曲家和钢琴演奏家。97年BMG出版了他的电子竖琴作品《Stanze》，一年后，他的一组钢琴独奏小品《Le Onde》问世。02年3月，《Eden Roc》进入英国古典音乐排行榜前十，而作品《I Giorni》自发行至今一直居于排行榜前二十。
Einaudi早先专门从事古典音乐的创作和电影的配乐，曲风深受巴哈、莫扎特、肖邦和法利亚.M等音乐家的影响。80年代中后期转向更自由的创作风格，意外地和新世纪音乐与极限主义走进同路。
这是Ludovico Einaudi在2001年发行的专辑，并在2004年重新发行。这可以算是他比较成功的作品之一，发行之后就一直停留于排行榜的前20位。Ludovico Einaudi的音乐大都是带着忧伤的，但又一点都不过分，很好的一种减压音乐。他无疑有着更为扎实和浑厚的古典钢琴和交响乐作曲功底和才华，使得他的音乐浑然天成。尽管只是独奏，气势依然独到。另外值得一提的是作者所用的钢琴乃是来自Fabbrini Collection中Registration 542.741的Steinway & Sons的piano。这张的封面也非常唯美，就象专辑中的曲子一样。

在B.B.King的Blues Club举办的本届爵士音乐奖的颁奖礼中，由蓝音符公司(Blue Note)发行，波普钢琴大师赛罗尼斯·蒙克(Thelonious Monk)与英年早逝的萨克斯演奏大师约翰·柯川(John Coltrane)合作的现场专辑《Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall》被评为今年的“年度最佳专辑”。这张专辑是Thelonious Monk四重奏和John Coltrane在1957年合作演出的现场。两人的合作虽然十分短暂，但对爵士音乐的发展却有着重要的历史意义。这张专辑后面还有段故事的...
事情是这样的，1957年11月29日，钢琴大师Thelonious Monk和萨克斯风之王John Coltrane等四位音乐家，在卡内基音乐厅举办了一场演奏会。这场演奏会当时并没有唱片公司作录音发行，不过当时专门对全美播报新闻信息的单位，「美国之声」〈Voice of America〉，利用他们的广播节目时段作了这场音乐会的录音实况转播。播完后，转播带贴上标签就丢进或许是库房什么的地方了。后来，包括这张转播带连同其它许多数据，再一同被移放到位于华盛顿特区的「国会图书馆」〈Library of Congress〉永久保存，大家也就忘了里头有这么一张录音。有趣的是，「国会图书馆」根据卷标为所有录音数据分类，但这张卡内基音乐厅录音的卷标却标示的不清不楚。也就是说，万一哪天有人想起来Thelonious Monk与John Coltrane的音乐会其实是有录音纪录的，想挖出来可是比登天还难。这时候，运气就显的格外重要了。公元2005年1月，「国会图书馆」里一位叫做Larry Applebaum的管理员，他本身对爵士乐也极有研究，在作例行的数字转文件作业〈将老录音转成数字音源延长保存寿命〉时，发现了一张老带子上面注明着：「11/29/57 Carnegie Jazz Concert」，转档时一听可不得了，原来这场传说中的录音确实存在！接下来的事就可以想象了，消息传出去，各大唱片公司开始竞标这场音乐会的发行权，而最后则是由Thelonious Monk之子T.S. Monk与Blue Note Records负责发行。消失的录音重见天日。对爵士迷来说，这个大发现就好比公元1947年，三名少年在死海之滨无意发现的圣经古卷那般重要。这场录音毫无疑问的将是本世纪爵士乐的最大惊奇，终将列名千古。
Thelonious Monk piano
John Coltrane tenor saxophone
Ahmed abdul-malik bass
Shadow Wilson drums
Recorded on November 29, 1957 By Voice of America at Carnegie Hall, NYC

Written and recorded by Daigo Hanada
Mastered by Emil Thomsen (ET Mastering)
Artwork by Kevin Townsend / Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

35 tracks and just one name: Johann Sebastian Bach. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Olafsson continues his successful recording career with a collection of well and lesser known pieces by the famous baroque composer. The selection includes reworks by Bach himself of composers such as Vivaldi and Busoni and Transcriptions / Reworks of Chorals by Víkingur Ólafsson himself. Víkingur Olafsson’s interpretation of the baroque repertoire are crystal clear, modern and hauntingly beautiful. In his very own style Víkingur perfectly captures Bach as a master of balance whose music is the ideal combination of emotion and intellect, singing melody and sculpted counterpoint.

William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today.

Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist.

The brand new album from Max Richter DGs best-selling artist/composer with music crafted from 2015s outstanding ballet production Woolf Works, a critically-acclaimed ballet triptych by choreographer Wayne McGregor, inspired by the life and works of English novelist Virginia Woolf.
Featuring powerful, compelling, emotional music, encompassing electronic textures and soundscapes, as well as orchestral episodes.
Following the success of SLEEP, this album showcases different sides of Max Richters vast palette of sounds, including upbeat, Arpeggiator pieces
Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works shows Maxs passion for both lavish string and piano melodies, but also his virtuoso electronic side.
The first track on the album features spoken words by Virginia Woolf herself, reading the essay Craftsmanship from a BBC recording of 1937.
The original ballet was met with outstanding critical acclaim on its premiere in 2015, winning the Critics Circle Award for Best Classical Choreography and the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.
The Observer described it as a compellingly moving experience; for The Independent it glows with ambition... a brave, thoughtful work; The Guardian called it a haunting meditation on memory, madness and time and lavishly atmospheric score.
Each of the three acts springs from one of Woolfs landmark novels: Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves enmeshed with elements from her letters, essays and diaries.
What a brilliant creative human being Virginia Woolf was. Its been extraordinary to have the chance to be submerged in the matters that troubled her, the questions she wrestled with and the visionary quality of the answers she discovered Max Richter

Solo Monk is the eighth album Thelonious Monk released for Columbia Records in 1965. The album is composed entirely of solo piano work by Monk. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states "This is perhaps the solo piano record to have by Monk".In addition to various vinyl and CD issues, Sony Music Enterprises issued an SACD (SRGS 4520) in Japan.

《Bewitched》，由欧洲著名的埃迪·希金斯三重奏组（Eddie Higgins trio）担纲演奏。这张专辑是2001年11月Venus版。Eddie Higgins为这张专辑特意挑选了一些他所喜爱的古典音乐和巴西名曲。对于Eddie来说这些所选曲目曾为他的创作带来许多灵感，当然也是他所为之深深感动过的。专辑本身也从一个侧面反应了Eddie的音乐品位。
三重奏组这种类似古典室内乐演奏架构的形式并不复杂，再加上演奏者个个功力深湛，故而此片的艺术魅力和音效的含金量是很高的。
Eddie Higgins爱德华·海登·希金斯1932年2月21日在美国马萨诸塞州的剑桥降生。童年一直由他的母亲教育他。大学时，希金斯在芝加哥的夜总会裏演奏钢琴。有时他领导他自己的三重奏组合，但是他有时也和包括艾尔·格雷，科尔曼·霍金斯，弗雷迪·哈伯德等在内的知名艺术家合作演出。虽然他的曲目有折衷的感觉，但是希金斯的风格承载著跳舞乐队时代一些艺术家的明显痕迹。他善于独奏也善于伴奏，他常常与他的歌手妻子梅雷迪思·丹布罗西奥合作演出。
Eddie Higgins不是一个太出名的爵士钢琴演奏家，他没有Bill Evans的睿智与优雅，但是他的钢琴很流畅，很细腻，是温柔而沈静的，你不需要花费很多的心思去品尝，也不必忍受浮于表面的一些烟火气，在平易近人中隐约散发著自己独特的芳香，简约不张扬却使人受用。总之，在你厌倦苍白的Newage，又不想很认真地听一些有深度的爵士的话，作为一般的欣赏去聆听Eddie Higgins是不错的选择。
洁白无暇如月光的Eddie Higgins三重奏恰到好处的和弦，轻轻触碰沈睡已久的耳朵，叫醒沈寂已久的孤寂的灵魂......
A solid bob-based pianist, Eddie Higgins has never become a major name, but he has been well-respected by his fellow musicians for decades.
After growing up in New England, he moved to Chicago, where he played in all types of situations before settling into a long stint as the
leader of the house trio at the London House (1957-1969). Higgins moved back to Massachusetts in 1970 and went on to freelance, often
accompanying his wife, vocalist Meredith D’Ambrosio, and appearing at jazz parties.
Release Date December 18, 2001
Duration 01:03:39
Genre Jazz
Styles Hard Bop Post-Bop Jazz Instrument Piano Jazz Mainstream Jazz
Recording Date January 30, 2001 & January 31, 2001
Artist: Eddie Higgins Trio
Title Of Album: Bewitched
Year Of Release: Dec 18, 2001
Recording Date: Jan 30, 2001,Jan 31, 2001
Label: Venus Records / Catalog # TKCV-35093
Genre: Jazz / Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Total Time: 62:16:02