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Ragus - A Unique Irish Experience (DVD)
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Hawaiian slack key guitar-playing has inspired fingerstyle guitarists around the globe. In this instructional program, slack key guitarist Keola Beamer displays his expertise on a wide range of subjects while giving viewers the essential knowledge they need to start playing in his style. Through seven traditional and original songs, viewers will learn how to create the slack key's original sound by tuning their instruments in various ways. Songs include: Grandmother's Wish, My Yellow Ginger Lei, and Bath House. Complete with written music and tablature, THE ART OF HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR serves as a solid introduction for anyone new to this playing-style.
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Placido Domingo conducted this production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY, performed in Torre del Lago, where Puccini made his home in a local villa he owned. The story unfolds as the American Lt. Pinkerton marries a geisha in early 20th Century Nagasaki. In love for the moment, Pinkerton declares his intention to someday find a real American wife, and later proceeds to do just that. The loyal and honorable Madama Butterfly chooses suicide over a life of disgrace. The illustrious cast of this presentation features the celebrated soprano Daniela Dessi, as well as Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons, and Rossana Rinaldi. The costumes were created by Maison Gattinoni, and the sets were designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro.DVD Features:Region OKeep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS PCM Stereo
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Shirley Verrett, Krjstian Johannson, and Ettore Nova star in a live performance of Pietro Mascagni's opera of Sicilian peasant life, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, with Baldo Podic conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra of Russe from the Teatro Comunale dei Rinnvati in Siena, Italy.DVD Features:Region (Unknown)Keep CaseSingle Side - Single LayerFull Frame - 1.33
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After influencing a wide range of musicians who followed, including David Bowie, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and even the punk movement, the Krautrock sound experienced a revival in the early 2000s. Born in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s at the same time as the hippie countercultural movement in the States, Krautrock--originally a derogatory name coined by the British press--combined traditional rock instrumentation with a similar, though more radical, taste for experimentation. Like their American counterparts, Krautrock bands were influenced by psychedelia, and embraced an ambient sound, but fused this aesthetic with the electronic avant-garde. All the bands collected here were part of the original movement, and all have continued to contribute to the music scene ever since. Guru Guru, Karthago, Peter Panka`s Jane, Epitaph, Amon Duul II, and Birth Control--a representative selection of the first wave of this influential, though nebulous, genre--all deliver live performances of their seminal music. The Krautrock influence has never been far from rock & roll innovation, and the bands found here have kept this experimental spirit alive and well.
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