22,40 zł

Khrennikov: Violin Concertos, Piano Concertos Brilliant Classics

Nagrania muzyczneMuzyka poważna

Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20th-century Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet government, which took Khrennikov under its wing and appointed him Secretary of the reorganised Union of Composers in 1948 -- a post he held for no less than 43 years. During his tenure in the role, Khrennikov witnessed the persecution of numerous artists who refused to comply with the USSR's dictated enthusiasm for all things socialist in musical culture. Such behaviour surely confirms his political stance, and yet it is known that Khrennikov on more than one occasion came to the aid of several musicians, protecting them from arrest and helping to forge the careers of many young and talented artists.This release centres around the Russian composer's concerto output, coupling Nos. 2 and 3 for the piano with those he wrote for the violin. Energetic movement and infectious emotion are in no short supply throughout, and Khrennikov -- who appears as the soloist for Piano Concerto No.3 -- must have delighted in the fact that three of Russia's most famous 'wunderkinder' (Evgeny Kissin, Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov) appeared alongside for the live recording of these works. Each of the musical starlets subsequently abandoned the USSR, having barely crossed the threshold into adolescence; this recording therefore offers a rare glimpse into their early careers, playing the music of a man who spent his whole life standing guard over the 'iron curtain'.Other information:- Recorded live in 1988.- For several decades after WWII Tikhon Khrennikov was the embodiment of Soviet musical establishment, setting forth the 'rules of the game' concerning the suitability of newly composed music and its influence and value for 'the People'. His own works are perfect in that matter: bold, optimistic, melodic and lyrical, 'Soviet feel-good music'.This recording is historic in the sense that it features 3 Soviet child prodigies: Yevgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, now household names in western musical life, then the perfect examples of successful Soviet education and training.Khrennikov himself is the soloist in his 3rd piano concerto.- A unique and fascinating CD, and good fun too!- Contains notes on the composer and his music.- Contains biographies on each of the artists.

Sklep: Booknet.net.pl

89,43 zł

Twenty-Five Years with T.Lobsang Rampa Lulu.com

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

When it was suggested to the man who came to be known as T. Lobsang Rampa that he should write a book about his early life in Tibet he rejected the idea. He had no wish for the fame he knew it would bring, nor for the jealousy and the problems that jealousy would engender. But he needed money to do the research he had undertaken for the benefit of mankind, so eventually he agreed and wrote "The Third Eye," a classic that brought Buddhism to the Western world and shed light in countless dark corners the world over. Now, his only close friend and confidante throughout his last quarter century on Earth has given us an inside look at the life of struggle and suffering endured by this fascinating and remarkable man in his effort to help humanity. Her own life of dedication and devotion to Lobsang Rampa is interwoven with his, and this book should be read by his followers and detractors alike, as well as by those new to metaphysics.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

92,85 zł

Strangest Family HarperCollins Publishers

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. George III came to the throne in 1760 as a man with a mission. He was determined to break with the extraordinarily dysfunctional home lives of his Hanoverian predecessors. He was sure that as a faithful husband and a loving father, he would be not just a happier man but a better ruler as well. During the early part of his reign it seemed as if, against all the odds, his great family project was succeeding. His wife, Queen Charlotte, shared his sense of moral purpose, and together they raised their fifteen children in a climate of loving attention. But as the children grew older, and their wishes and desires developed away from those of their father, it became harder to maintain the illusion of domestic harmony. 'The Strangest Family' is an epic, sprawling family drama, filled with intensely realised characters who leap off the page as we are led deep inside the private lives of the Hanoverians.Written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new voice in history writing, it is both a window on another world and a universal story that will resonate powerfully with modern readers.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

171,64 zł

Assassin Legends Bloomsbury Publishing

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

For hundreds of years Westerners have been fascinated by stories of the Assassins, their mysterious leader and their remote mountain stronghold at Alamut in Northern Iran. The legends first emerged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when Crusaders in Syria came into contact with the Nazari Isma'ilis, one of the communities of Shi'ite Islam who, at the behest of their leader Hassan Sabaa (mythologized as the "Old Man of the Mountain"), engaged in dangerous missions to kill their enemies. Elaborated over the years, the tales culminated in Marco Polo's claim that the "Old Man" controlled the behaviour of his self-sacrificing devotees through the use of hashish and a secret garden of paradise. So influential were these tales that the word "assassin" entered European languages as a common noun meaning "murderer". Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted. As such, this book reveals an extraordinary programme of propaganda rooted in the medieval Muslim world and medieval Europe's ignorance of this world.This book also provides the first English translation of French orientalist Silvestre de Sacy's famous 19th-century "Memoir" on the Assassins.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

76,37 zł

Story of the Lafayette Escadrille Leonaur Ltd

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Aces over the Western FrontThe Lafayette Escadrille is now a legend of early aeronautics and warfare in the air. Originally titled the Escadrille Americaine, this squadron of the French Air Force of the Great War was formed in 1916 and as it name suggests was piloted mainly by Americans who came to the Western Front to fight the battle of the skies for the Allies out of conviction-in the hope of encouraging the United States to join the fray-or simply in the spirit of adventure. The élan of this crack squadron has survived it and today its Indian chief insignia is instantly recognisable. There have been several books concerning the Lafayette Escadrille, but this one has unimpeachable credentials since its author was none other than the unit's commander. Few readers interested in the subject of this book will need explanation as to its contents. The wartime action of the squadron and its personnel are recounted here in the most immediate detail by a man who was on the spot to witness it all. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

153,25 zł

Eastbeats. Osaka 1964 - 1970 Spectormag GbR

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Als junger Mann, der frisch vom Land in die Metropole Osaka gezogen war und begonnen hatte, in einem Unternehmen zu arbeiten, leistete sich Yoshihiro Suzuki eine Minolta-SRI-Spiegelreflexkamera. In seiner Freizeit streifte er durch die Stadt, wo er spontan und voller Neugier die urbane Landschaft fotografierte - Boulevards und Einkaufspassagen, das Geschäftsviertel und die traditionellen Seitenstraßen. Suzuki bezeichnet sich selbst als 'Amateurfotografen', seine Geschichte ist typisch für die starke Amateurfotografie-Bewegung im Nachkriegsjapan, die größtenteils unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit agierte, während professionelle Fotograf*innen weltweit ausgestellt wurden. Suzukis frühe Fotografien wurden zufällig entdeckt: Seine Schwiegertochter fand die Negative und ließ Kontaktbögen davon anfertigen. Mehr als 50 Jahre nachdem Suzuki die Fotos gemacht hat, erscheinen sie nun endlich in Form eines Fotobuches. Yoshihiro Suzuki, geboren 1941 in Ashiya (Japan), begann um 1964 zu fotografieren. Er lebt in Osaka. Yumi Son, geboren 1971 in Himeji (Japan), hat das Fotoarchiv ihres Schwiegervaters in Osaka entdeckt. Sie lebt in Berlin.--As a young man who had just moved from the countryside to the metropolis of Osaka, Suzuki Yoshihiro started a new life as a company worker by treating himself to a Minolta SRI single-lens reflex camera. In his free time, he wandered around the city, spontaneously and curiously photographing the urban landscape, in settings ranging from boulevards to shopping arcades and from the business district to traditional backstreets. Suzuki refers to himself as an "amateur photographer," and his story is representative of the strong amateur photography movement in post-war Japan, which is for the most part unknown to the public, unlike the work of professional photographers who have been exhibited worldwide. Suzuki's early photographs came to light by pure coincidence: his son's wife discovered the negatives and developed them as contact sheets. More than fifty years after Suzuki's photographs were taken, they are now finally being published as a photobook. Yoshihiro Suzuki, born 1941 in Ashiya (Japan), first took up photography around 1964. He lives in Osaka. Yumi Son, born 1971 in Himeji (Japan), discovered the photo archive at her father-in-law's house in Osaka. She lives in Berlin.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

66,42 zł

Absalom, Absalom Random House

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him."

Sklep: Libristo.pl

24,00 zł

Khrennikov: Violin Concertos, Piano Concertos brilliant classics

Nagrania>Nagrania muzyczne

Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20th-century Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet government, which took Khrennikov under its wing and appointed him Secretary of the reorganised Union of Composers in 1948 -- a post he held for no less than 43 years. During his tenure in the role, Khrennikov witnessed the persecution of numerous artists who refused to comply with the USSR's dictated enthusiasm for all things socialist in musical culture. Such behaviour surely confirms his political stance, and yet it is known that Khrennikov on more than one occasion came to the aid of several musicians, protecting them from arrest and helping to forge the careers of many young and talented artists.This release centres around the Russian composer's concerto output, coupling Nos. 2 and 3 for the piano with those he wrote for the violin. Energetic movement and infectious emotion are in no short supply throughout, and Khrennikov -- who appears as the soloist for Piano Concerto No.3 -- must have delighted in the fact that three of Russia's most famous 'wunderkinder' (Evgeny Kissin, Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov) appeared alongside for the live recording of these works. Each of the musical starlets subsequently abandoned the USSR, having barely crossed the threshold into adolescence; this recording therefore offers a rare glimpse into their early careers, playing the music of a man who spent his whole life standing guard over the 'iron curtain'.Other information:- Recorded live in 1988.- For several decades after WWII Tikhon Khrennikov was the embodiment of Soviet musical establishment, setting forth the 'rules of the game' concerning the suitability of newly composed music and its influence and value for 'the People'. His own works are perfect in that matter: bold, optimistic, melodic and lyrical, 'Soviet feel-good music'.This recording is historic in the sense that it features 3 Soviet child prodigies: Yevgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, now household names in western musical life, then the perfect examples of successful Soviet education and training.Khrennikov himself is the soloist in his 3rd piano concerto.- A unique and fascinating CD, and good fun too!- Contains notes on the composer and his music.- Contains biographies on each of the artists....

Sklep: Bonusmedia

22,62 zł

Khrennikov: Violin Concertos, Piano Concertos brilliant classics

Książki naukowe>Sztuka>Muzyka, śpiew i taniec>Muzyka poważna

Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20th-century Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet government, which took Khrennikov under its wing and appointed him Secretary of the reorganised Union of Composers in 1948 -- a post he held for no less than 43 years. During his tenure in the role, Khrennikov witnessed the persecution of numerous artists who refused to comply with the USSR's dictated enthusiasm for all things socialist in musical culture. Such behaviour surely confirms his political stance, and yet it is known that Khrennikov on more than one occasion came to the aid of several musicians, protecting them from arrest and helping to forge the careers of many young and talented artists.This release centres around the Russian composer's concerto output, coupling Nos. 2 and 3 for the piano with those he wrote for the violin. Energetic movement and infectious emotion are in no short supply throughout, and Khrennikov -- who appears as the soloist for Piano Concerto No.3 -- must have delighted in the fact that three of Russia's most famous 'wunderkinder' (Evgeny Kissin, Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov) appeared alongside for the live recording of these works. Each of the musical starlets subsequently abandoned the USSR, having barely crossed the threshold into adolescence; this recording therefore offers a rare glimpse into their early careers, playing the music of a man who spent his whole life standing guard over the 'iron curtain'.Other information:- Recorded live in 1988.- For several decades after WWII Tikhon Khrennikov was the embodiment of Soviet musical establishment, setting forth the 'rules of the game' concerning the suitability of newly composed music and its influence and value for 'the People'. His own works are perfect in that matter: bold, optimistic, melodic and lyrical, 'Soviet feel-good music'.This recording is historic in the sense that it features 3 Soviet child prodigies: Yevgeny Kissin, Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, now household names in western musical life, then the perfect examples of successful Soviet education and training.Khrennikov himself is the soloist in his 3rd piano concerto.- A unique and fascinating CD, and good fun too!- Contains notes on the composer and his music.- Contains biographies on each of the artists....

Sklep: Madbooks.pl

60,99 zł

Twin Ambitions - My Autobiography Hodder & Stoughton

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

4 August, 2012. Super Saturday. On the most electric night in the history of British sport, Mo Farah braved the pain and punishment to seize Olympic gold in the 10,000m - and in the process went from being a talented athlete to a national treasure. Seven days later, Mo seized his second gold at the 5000m to go where no British distance runner has gone before. Records have tumbled before him: European track records at 1500m, 5000m indoors, and 10,000m; British track records at 5000m, 3000m indoors and 10k on the road have all fallen to Mohamed 'Mo' Farah: the boy from Somalia who came to Britain at the age of eight, leaving behind his twin brother, and with just a few words of English, and a natural talent for running. His secondary school PE teacher Alan Watkinson spotted his potential and began easing this human gazelle towards the racetrack. In 2001 Mo showed his promise by winning the 5000m at the European Junior Championships. Soon he was smashing a string of British and European records. He began living with a group of elite Kenyan runners, following their strict regime of run, sleep, eat and rest.Mo was determined to leave no stone uncovered in his bid for distance-running glory. After a disappointing Olympics in Beijing Mo took the bold decision to relocate to Portland, Oregon to work under legendary coach Alberto Salazar. The results were emphatic as Mo took silver at the 10,000m and then raced to gold in the 5000m at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. Even better would soon follow at London 2012. TWIN AMBITIONS is much more than an autobiography by a great Olympic champion. It's a moving human story of a man who grew up in difficult circumstances, separated from his family at an early age, who struggled to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and realise his dream.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

126,01 zł

David Park, Painter Counterpoint

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

A half century after his death, David Park (1911-1960) is recognized as one of America's most important twentieth-century painters. He was the first of the brilliant post-World War II generation of artists to break with Abstract Expressionism's hegemony and return to painting recognizable subjects, most powerfully the human figure. Park's original cohorts of Bay Area Figurative painters were his close friends Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, and Hassel Smith. All outlived him-Smith by nearly fifty years-and enjoyed recognition and fame during their lifetimes. Park's reputation is just now fully coming into its own. In David Park, Painter, Park's younger daughter, writer Helen Park Bigelow, paints a mesmerizing, deeply moving portrait of her father's life and early, difficult death. Park left high school in New England without graduating and came west in order to paint. He married Lydia (Deedie) Newell when he was nineteen and was the father of two by the time he was twenty-two. We are brought into a family rich with moral conviction, ingenuity, smart and gifted friends, music, and art: four complex people guided and inspired by values of integrity.Those same values guided and inspired David Park's painting. Yet this is much more than an artist biography. David Park, Painter is a skillful blend of memoir and observations about life in the Bay Area just before and just after World War II, when some of America's most original, even radical, artists and writers gathered there. This close-up portrayal is unlike other accounts of artists. It is the story of a family built on the love and dedication of one man who held nothing back from his art, and of the spirit of the wife and daughters who supported him. Richard Armstrong, in reflecting on Park's generation of artists in his foreword to this beautiful book, observes that David Park, Painter is "especially valuable as we persist in seeking to make real and human the commanding artistic figures."

Sklep: Libristo.pl

133,25 zł

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night Hal Leonard

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Stevie Ray Vaughan tightly grips a place in music history as an unmatched blues man and guitar legend. His unique style is unmistakable and has never been repeated. His otherworldly talent and relentless drive took him from humble beginnings in Texas bars to world tours and superstar status. His bustling career and steady stream of inspiring music came to an abrupt end all too soon at the age of 35, immediately following his triumph over the demons of addiction that followed him for years. Finally free and ready for bigger, better things, Vaughan was killed in a plane crash in 1990, leaving his many fans to mourn the musician they had grown to love and wonder what could have been. In a day-by-day format, Craig Hopkins presents an unprecedented celebration of this artist. This book is the second installment of a two-volume account of Vaughan's life. With this work, Hopkins delivers one of the most detailed biographies of any musician. "His Final Years" covers Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's recording career, from their debut release through their rise to stardom, an exciting journey with its fair share of glory and controversy.Filled with testimonials from those who knew him best and from fans everywhere, along with facts about tour dates and recordings, and a lavish gallery of rare photographs, this illustrated book (along with its companion, "His Early Years, 1954-1982") is the ultimate collector's item for any Stevie Ray Vaughan fan.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

97,57 zł

Seven Storey Mountain SPCK Publishing

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The complete and unedited edition of Thomas Merton's famous autobiography, one of the greatest works of spiritual pilgrimage ever written. Travelling in his early years with his artist father in the United States, France and England, Thomas Merton prided himself on his worldly accomplishments. His year at Clare College, Cambridge, was indulgent, and although Columbia University to which he went next suited his temperament better, it did nothing to assuage his restlessness. Gradually Merton recognized his need for faith and became a Catholic. With his baptism he began entertaining thoughts of monasticism but his desire to enter the priesthood in a Franciscan monastery came to nothing, and he remained a lay teaching member of the order for some time. However, when he was twenty-seven he made a retreat to a Trappist monastery in Kentucky. This momentous experience convinced him that the silence of the Cistercian Order was what he craved. The Seven Storey Mountain tells the story of Merton's search for faith and peace in a world which first fascinated and then appalled him. It is written with the profound insight of a man who has seen himself clearly.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

22,40 zł

Schubert: String Quartets Vol. 1 Brilliant Classics

Nagrania muzyczneMuzyka poważna

With over 600 lieder as well as sacred, chamber, orchestral and piano music to his name, Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific and influential composers of his generation -- a man whose music, heavily influenced by the likes of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, drove critics to later argue whether he was of a Viennese Classical or Romantic disposition. Many of Schubert's instrumental works remained unpublished during his lifetime, and it was only in the decades following his untimely death that the young Austrian's genius came to be fully appreciated.Schubert is perhaps best known as a song composer, and the first volume of this series focuses on the lyrical qualities of his early string quartets. The disc begins with the 1823 'Rosamunde' Quartet No.13 in A minor D804: rooted in the world of song, the work earned its nickname from the slow movement -- a set of variations on a theme from the composer's incidental music to Wilhelmine von Chézy's play Rosamunde (written the year before). Also featured is the Quartet in D D94, which, despite its late numbering, is now believed to be one of Schubert's earliest string creations. Here the dramatic harmonic shifts point to a composer who, even in his teenage years, was already seeking to escape the confines of the Classical period.Formed in Munich in 1996, the young Diogenes Quartet stands as one of the most acclaimed ensembles of its generation. Here they perform with aplomb, combining freshness of interpretation with technical mastery to create superlative readings that document the beginnings of Schubert's chamber music career.Other information:- A prestigious project: the recording of the complete string quartets of Franz Schubert, by the German Diogenes Quartet.- Recorded in July 2012, Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling.- The German Diogenes Quartet has already recorded extensively, in rare repertoire of Humperdinck, Haas and Gernsheim for CPO and Brilliant Classics, this new release of "standard" repertoire present their excellent qualities: clear structures, long tension lines, tight and immaculate ensemble playing, and a passionate drive to deliver the emotional content of the works they love to play.- Contains booklet notes on each of the pieces and a biography of the quartet.

Sklep: Booknet.net.pl

24,00 zł

Schubert: String Quartets Vol. 1 brilliant classics

Nagrania>Nagrania muzyczne

With over 600 lieder as well as sacred, chamber, orchestral and piano music to his name, Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific and influential composers of his generation -- a man whose music, heavily influenced by the likes of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, drove critics to later argue whether he was of a Viennese Classical or Romantic disposition. Many of Schubert's instrumental works remained unpublished during his lifetime, and it was only in the decades following his untimely death that the young Austrian's genius came to be fully appreciated.Schubert is perhaps best known as a song composer, and the first volume of this series focuses on the lyrical qualities of his early string quartets. The disc begins with the 1823 'Rosamunde' Quartet No.13 in A minor D804: rooted in the world of song, the work earned its nickname from the slow movement -- a set of variations on a theme from the composer's incidental music to Wilhelmine von Chézy's play Rosamunde (written the year before). Also featured is the Quartet in D D94, which, despite its late numbering, is now believed to be one of Schubert's earliest string creations. Here the dramatic harmonic shifts point to a composer who, even in his teenage years, was already seeking to escape the confines of the Classical period.Formed in Munich in 1996, the young Diogenes Quartet stands as one of the most acclaimed ensembles of its generation. Here they perform with aplomb, combining freshness of interpretation with technical mastery to create superlative readings that document the beginnings of Schubert's chamber music career.Other information:- A prestigious project: the recording of the complete string quartets of Franz Schubert, by the German Diogenes Quartet.- Recorded in July 2012, Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling.- The German Diogenes Quartet has already recorded extensively, in rare repertoire of Humperdinck, Haas and Gernsheim for CPO and Brilliant Classics, this new release of "standard" repertoire present their excellent qualities: clear structures, long tension lines, tight and immaculate ensemble playing, and a passionate drive to deliver the emotional content of the works they love to play.- Contains booklet notes on each of the pieces and a biography of the quartet....

Sklep: Bonusmedia

szukaj w Kangoo krainaksiazek the man who came early 20120422

Sklepy zlokalizowane w miastach: Warszawa, Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Katowice

1. Sklepy z krainaksiazek the man who came early 20120422

2. Szukaj na wszystkich stronach serwisu

t1=0.217, t2=0, t3=0.001, t4=0.02, t=0.219