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This is the Classical Music section of Rainlore's World of Music, covering all types of classical and related music, from ancient and medieval to contemporary, and including the classical music traditions of non-western cultures.
In order to secure its future as an ongoing project, and indeed resume regular activity such as new reviews, Rainlore's World of Music urgently needs to raise substantial funds through some kind of sponsorship or similar. (Please also see The Future of Rainlore's World of Music on the About page, and the News entry for 2008/11/09 on the Home page.)
It has regrettably become impossible to keep Rainlore's World of Music going on a purely spare-time basis. The amount of work involved is simply too overwhelming. At the rate that for example CDs kept arriving for review and gigs were covered during 2004, there was enough work to keep two people busy on a full-time basis!
Of course, I wish to preserve the non-commercial and not for profit nature of Rainlore's World of Music, but without some kind of sponsorship the site simply cannot continue in any meaningful active way. Despite not having had any updates for about four years until its re-launch in October 2008, Rainlore's World of Music remains a popular site. The reviews and artists' profiles have always achieved excellent visibility in search results, and have also been referenced widely. There are also many new features I would like to add to Rainlore's World of Music, such as a Gig calendar to replace the old one
and a Features section that should have been added during 2004 already, plus more.
Sadly, without some form of sponsorship none of this will be possible and the site will at some point soon become purely archival.
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News
2010/03/07
The 2008/09 version of this page has now been archived.
Finally, it has come to our attention that there appear to be a few minor problems with our web forms, specifically with radio buttons and check boxes, with some browsers. This is continuing to be checked out, but as everything seems to work just fine in Internet Explorer, it seems likely that the problem lies with the other browsers in that they may not have fully implemented this aspect of forms. In which case there appears little that can be done about it other than to suggest you temporarily switch to Internet Explorer in order to use our forms, if you are affected. Flash based forms might be another option longer term.
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2010/02/28
Just one review to add this time, but of one hell of an album! You've simply got to hear guitar virtuoso Nicolas Meier as the multi-tracked Modern Guitar Orchestra and his 2004 album Vivaldi - Four Seasons to believe it! Consisting of the complete four concertos making up Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, plus a few carefully selected Meier originals in the form of a brief intro and a closing epilogue that also features veteran jazz guitar legend John Etheridge, this is a completely true to the original arrangement by Meier and is Vivaldi like you've never heard before - on steroids! The fabulous sample track with the review will give you a taste of the flavour of the whole. This most original of arrangements is not to be missed! Meier has been making a huge impact on the UK and international jazz guitar and world music scenes in recent years but can't really be pinned down to any one genre, and this excursion into the classical/Baroque world proves it and his incredible versatility.
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2010/01/31
Should have been here long ago, but better late than never, are reviews of one of the very finest of today's maestros of the accordion, Romano Viazzani's albums from 2007. A trio of outstanding solo accordion releases, they could and indeed ought to be treated as a boxed set but work equally well on their own. Piazzolla - Ángel Suite / Bobiç - Liturgical Suite, Encore, and Viazzani takes Stok cover a huge gamut of styles and genres, form Baroque, contemporary classical, via Argentine Tango and Italian dance classics to contemporary music and rock/pop. A veritable gourmet feast for any music lover, and especially for the accordion connoisseur. Delectable sample tracks (if you don't have Flash Player 8 or later set up yet, now's the time!) accompany each of the three reviews and should wet any appetite sufficiently to want more! To buy, just go to the ZZ Music label's web site. (This small Indie label seems to specialise entirely in accordion - something long needed.) Of course, Romano Viazzani will already be familiar on this site, at any rate to jazz lovers, through his long association with the great Gilad Atzmon's extended Orient House Ensemble. The present recordings are accordion at its most glorious. More, please!
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Reviews
Reviews are one of the major features of this site. Generally, reviews feature CD albums, but they will by no means be limited to CD releases. Previews and live performances, and even the odd demo, will also be covered as and when opportunities present themselves. Also, reviews are not necessarily of the latest releases
only, rather, I aim to generally cover the best of what's around and that will often include reviews of older releases. Also, there is an index listing all CD reviews available on Rainlore's World of Music, which includes reviews of music from other genres, for example Jewish music, steel pan music, Jazz, in fact just about anything, and
another one listing all live music
reviews.
Reviews added 2010/02/28:
Nicolas Meier - Modern Guitar Orchestra : Vivaldi - Four Seasons (2010/02/16)
Reviews added 2010/01/31:
Romano Viazzani : Encore (2010/01/28)
Romano Viazzani : Piazzolla - Ángel Suite, Bobiç - Liturgical Suite (2010/01/28)
Romano Viazzani : Viazzani takes Stok (2010/01/28)
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