Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion Collection)In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, THE DIRTY DOZEN), the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker (PATHS OF GLORY, THE DIRTY DOZEN) stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, KISS ME DEADLY is a film noir masterpiece as

Very often discussions regarding the composer Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) places him in comparison with J

If that means co-opting cheerleaders

Dio at Donington '87 captures the Dream Evil lineup and features classics including "The Last In Line

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as written down by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher

whose exhausting work schedule-mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night-and routine of amphetamines

the young American pianist Andrew Tyson has conceived a new tailor-made programme of music by Domenico Scarlatti

Diálogo del Olivo y el Nuraga ('Dialogue of the Olive Trees and the Nuraghe') imagines a wordless exchange between two ancient features of the Sardinian landscape

a double gatefold LP compilation of standout tracks from the label's highly successful series of 7" singles released under the same name

He also began exploiting the basso continuo as an independent harmonic foundation for melody - the dawn of monody

dreams where the notes resemble reminiscences

scratched along as violinist in a theatre