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This magazine is edited for young adults who have a special interest in popular culture. Its regular features include state-of-the-art audio and electronics columns, record reviews, reader correspondence, interviews and photojournalism features.

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Nikki Sixx Autographed Bass Guitar - Authentic

Authentic Autographed bass guitar by Nikki Sixx. Production Number 1 off the line, Autographed.

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Brahms Concertos

Hélène Grimaud – A Biographical Timeline

“This is one of the most intriguing yet bewildering recitals I have encountered in a long time. At her fines Hélène Grimaud is a truly remarkable artist capable of transcending the piano’s essentially percussive nature to create magical worlds of tonal half-lights and ecstatic vocal metaphors.”
International Record Review (London), December 2008 (CD review Bach)

Hélène Grimaud was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1969. She studied with Jacqueline Courtin at the conservatory there and subsequently in Marseille with Pierre Barbizet. At the age of 13 she was accepted by the Paris Conservatoire where she won the first prize in piano in 1985. In July, immediately after graduating, she recorded Rachmaninov’s Sonata no. 2 and the complete Études-Tableaux op. 33 (Grand Prix du disque, 1986). She studied additionally with György Sándor and Leon Fleisher. The year 1987 marked a decisive turning point in her career with her first recital in Tokyo and Daniel Barenboim’s invitation to perform with the Orchestre de Paris.
1988 First performs for pianist Dmitri Bashkirov, who becomes an important influence on her playing. Appearance at the Lockenhaus Festival at the invitation of Gidon Kremer; he and Martha Argerich become further important influences in her career
1990 Debuts with leading orchestras in the USA and Europe. Settles in the USA. New York recital debut; European debut with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Temirkanov at the Aix-en-Provence Festival
1993 Tours Germany with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi
1995 Debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Claudio Abbado
1996 Highly successful tour of Spain with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra; performs with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Abbado at the Lucerne and Pesaro festivals
1997 Records Brahms’s Concerto no. 1 with Kurt Sanderling and the Berlin Staatskapelle (Cannes Classical Recording of the Year, 1999)
1999 New York Philharmonic debut under Kurt Masur
2000 Debuts with the Boston Symphony and Philadelphia orchestras. European festival tour with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. Performs Beethoven’s Concerto no. 4 with the Berliner Philhar¬moniker and gives a solo recital in the Philharmonie which is filmed for telecast
2001 Debut in Amsterdam with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly. Beethoven’s Concerto no. 4 in Paris, and at the London Proms with the Orchestre de Paris and Eschenbach
2002
She is appointed an “Offi¬cier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture. Signs an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
2003
Gives world premiere of new work by Arvo Pärt at London’s Tate Modern and performs Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia at the Festival Hall. Festival appearances at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh. Records Pärt’s Credo in the composer’s presence; the recording also features Coriglia¬no’s Fantasia on an ostinato and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and “Tempest” Sonata (Choc du Monde de la Musique, Diapason d’or 2004). Publication of her autobiographical book Wild Harmonies (“Variations sauvages”)
2004 Beethoven’s Concerto no. 4 in San Francisco; US tour with the Russian National Or-chestra; Beethoven’s Concerto no. 5 on a European tour with Michael Gielen. Records the Second Sonatas of Chopin and Rach¬maninov, plus Chopin’s Barcarolle and Berceuse, and Bartók’s Concerto no. 3 with Boulez and the London Symphony Orchestra (German Record Critics Award, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2005; Midem Classic Award, 2006), both released in 2005
2005 Records Reflection – music inspired by Clara Schumann, including her husband Robert’s Piano Concerto, songs by Clara herself, and solo and chamber music by Brahms (release: 2006). Echo Award in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year”. In October 2005 her second book Leçons particulières is published
2006 Concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, St. Petersburg Philhar¬monic, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, San Francicso Symphony, Gul¬benkian Orchestra, Vienna Symphony and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (London Proms), as well as recitals at Carnegie Hall, with the LSO Chamber En¬semble and at festivals including Lucerne and Bremen
2007 Concerts include appearances with the Dallas, Chicago and Toronto Symphony orchestras, the New York Philharmonic, Russian National Or¬chestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Berliner Philhar¬moniker and Berlin Staatskapelle. She performs Beethoven’s Concerto no. 5 with various orchestras on tour throughout Europe and the USA. Recitals in Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Vienna and Germany. Festival appearances at Caramoor Festival, Aix-en-Provence, Verbier (with Maisky and Quasthoff) and Salzburg. Release of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the Dresden Staatskapelle under Vladimir Jurowski
2008 Concerto appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Carnegie Hall), San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester of Berlin, Dresden Staats¬kapelle and La Scala Orchestra. Concerts in Japan with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orches¬tra, on tour in Germany and Great Britain with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and on tour in Israel with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Concertos nos. 4 & 5. Solo and chamber-music recitals in London, France and numerous German cities; festival appearances in Istanbul, Verbier, Lucerne and the “Last Night of the Proms” in London. Release of works by J. S. Bach, including the Harpsichord Concerto no. 1 and three Preludes and Fugues, and transcriptions of Bach by Busoni, Liszt and Rachmaninov
2009 This year’s appearances include tours with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Jurowski in France, Frankfurt and Basle; concerts in Italy with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Harding and in London, Bremen and Bucharest with the Philharmonia under Ashkenazy; performances of Bach’s Piano Concerto BWV 1052 in New York with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and in Spain, Italy and Germany with the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra; further concerts with the Houston Symphony, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra (with Claudio Abbado in Caracas), Orchestre de Paris and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; solos recitals in New York, Germany, France, Korea and China; appearances at the Verbier, Lucerne and Gstaad festivals. DVD release: “A Russian Night” with Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2010 European tours with Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony, with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and with Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony; further concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Israel, Oslo, London and Moscow Philharmonic orchestras, Detroit Symphony, Philharmonia and Gewandhaus Orchestra; chamber concert in Tel Aviv; festival appearances include Verbier and Salzburg (recitals with Villazón), Lucerne and Bonn (recitals with Quasthoff) and the Ruhr and Rheingau Musik Festival; solo recitals in Mannheim and Ramallah (West Bank) as well as a world tour of the Austro-Hungarian themed programme (Mozart Sonata in A minor K. 310, Liszt Sonata, Berg Sonata and Bartók Romanian Folk Dances) that she is recording live in Vienna in May for release later in the year.

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MOTLEY CRUE Band Signed By All 4 "Helter Skelter" Album Picture Disc PSA/DNA

Celebrity: MOTLEY CRUE (Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx & Mick Mars) Album: "Helter Skelter" PSA/DNA Certification: Q02161 Note: Picture Disc.

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Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [Limited Edition]

An acclaimed and versatile conductor, Carlo Maria Giulini started his musical studies as a violinist, attending the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He studied conducting with Bernardino Molinari at Santa Cecilia and Alfredo Casella at Accademia Chigiana in Siena. After graduation, he joined the Augusteo Orchestra in Rome as a violist. As an orchestral musician, he came in contact with the great conductors of the time, including Strauss, Mengelberg, Walter, Klemperer, and Furtwängler. After receiving his conscription notice for military service during World War II, Giulini, an ardent anti-Fascist, decided to go into hiding. When the Allies liberated Rome in 1944 he emerged and conducted the orchestra he used to play in (now known as the Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia) in a Brahms symphony to celebrate the liberation. This was his debut as a conductor.

He was subsequently hired as an assistant conductor for the Italian Radio Orchestra, becoming chief conductor in 1946. During his tenure as conductor of the Italian Radio (RAI) Orchestra of Rome, he attracted notice for his innovative programming which included revivals of forgotten operas by Italian Baroque composers, such as Domenico Scarlatti. His theatrical debut was at Bergamo, in Verdi's La Traviata.

In 1950, he was sent to help organize a new RAI orchestra in Milan. His broadcast reviving the nearly forgotten Haydn opera Il mondo della luna was noticed by many, including legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini and La Scala's principal conductor, Victor de Sabata. He began conducting at Milan's La Scala opera house in 1952, debuting with Manuel de Falla's La vida breve. He was engaged as an assistant conductor, succeeding De Sabata as principal conductor in 1953. Among his most notable performances was a classic Traviata with Maria Callas. Giulini added new works to the La Scala repertory, including Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, and worked with stage directors such as Franco Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti. Although Giulini premiered in England at Glyndebourne in Falstaff, it was his direction of Visconti's production of Don Carlos at Covent Garden that made him well-known in Britain. In 1955, he debuted in the United States with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Giulini developed a symphonic repertoire slowly, devoting much attention to each new score; thus, he did not conduct Mozart or Beethoven symphonies until he was in his fifties. He was appointed principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony in 1969, and was the director of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 1976. He succeeded Zubin Mehta as musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1978, remaining at that post until 1984.

Giulini's conducting incorporates elements of Furtwängler's and Toscanini's styles. His dynamism and purity of sound are reminiscent of Toscanini, but the spacious, Romantic approach reminds one of Furtwängler. His particular attentiveness to inner voices results in a rich sound. Giulini eschews podium theatrics or autocratic attitudes. Instead, he approaches the musicians as co-workers serving the music. After his retirement from Los Angeles, Giulini continued working as a guest conductor, mostly in Paris, Chicago, Milan, Berlin, and Vienna, and eventually limiting his activities to appearances with the major orchestras of these cities.

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Late Seventeenth Century Italian Viola Da Gamba (1680 - 1690)

Maker: Nicholas Leidolff Year: 1680-1690 Origin: Vienna/ Italy Viola Da Gamba.

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Hong Kong 96c Olive-Bistre Unique Block of Four Postage Stamps

The unique 96c olive-bistre colour error right margin block of four with full original gum, superb centring and exceptionally fresh colour. The block shows the original streaky gum associated with all stamps printed at this time. This gum is usually lost, if treated at all. There are two pencil marks on the margin which have been on the block for a long time, their origin is unknown. Typical hinge remainders on the reverse and the fourth stamp has a small natural paper inclusion. The block also shows the variety error of watermark, which is centred unusually low, with the letters "C C" appearing above the crown and at the top of the stamps. Without question the rarest and most important item of Hong Kong philately.

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