NEON LIGHTS

DEMI LOVATO
SONGWRITERS: DEMI LOVATO; MARIO MARCHETTI; NOEL ZANCANELLA; RYAN TEDDER & TIFFANY VARTANYAN.
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: DEMI
LABEL: HOLLYWOOD RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2013
 
                Demetria Devonne Lovato (/ləˈvɑːtoʊ/lə-VAH-toh; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer and actress. After appearing in the children's television series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she rose to prominence for her role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel musical television film Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), as well as the titular character on Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011). The former film's soundtrack included "This Is Me", Lovato's duet with Joe Jonas, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her pop rock debut album, Don't Forget (2008), which charted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its follow-up, Here We Go Again (2009), debuted at number one in the US and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
               Lovato experimented with pop and R&B on her third studio album, Unbroken (2011), and returned to a more pop-friendly sound on her fourth studio album, Demi (2013). The album debuted with 110,000 copies sold in the US, her highest first-week sales in the country. Lovato's soul-influenced fifth and sixth studio albums, Confident (2015) and Tell Me You Love Me (2017), presented more mature lyrical content than previous works. The latter became her first album to be certified platinum by the RIAA, and its lead single, "Sorry Not Sorry", became her highest-charting single in the US, peaking at number six, and was certified 5x platinum in the US. Lovato's 2020 singles "Anyone" and "I Love Me" became her first number-one entries on Billboard's Digital Songs chart. Her collaborations "Échame la Culpa" (2017) with Luis Fonsi and "Solo" (2018) with Clean Bandit were international successes, both reaching number one in 17 countries and each certified platinum or higher in at least ten countries, including Diamond certifications in Brazil and Mexico.
               As of 2017, Billboard reported that Lovato has sold over two million albums and 20 million singles in the US. She has received various awards, including an MTV Video Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards, five People's Choice Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, and one Guinness World Record. Lovato was also included on the Time 100 list in 2017. Outside of music, Lovato served as a judge and mentor on The X Factor USA for two seasons, appeared as a recurring character on Glee (2013–2014) and on the sitcom Will & Grace (2020), and voiced Smurfette in the Sony Pictures Animation film Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017). Her struggles with health received significant media attention in the 2010s, in response to which she published a book, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year (2013), and executive produced the YouTube documentary Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated (2017).
              Demi is the eponymous fourth studio album by American singer Demi Lovato. It was released on May 10, 2013, by Hollywood Records. Looking to transition from her self-described "generic" third álbum Unbroken (2011), Lovato wanted her fourth album to "have songs that excited her". The record incorporates pop with elements of synthpop, and bubblegum pop. The album was recorded between 2012 and 2013, when Lovato served as a judge during the second season of The X Factor USA.
               Demi received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented Lovato's vocal performance. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 110,000 copies. The album also reached the top five in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and Spain. It has since sold 490,000 digital copies in the US and been certified Gold by the RIAA.
           The album's lead single, "Heart Attack" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Lovato's third US top 10 single, and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. The second single "Made in the USA" peaked at number 80, while later singles "Neon Lights" and "Really Don't Care" both reached the top 40 peaking at 36 and 26, respectively, and both have been certified platinum by RIAA. Lovato supported the album in two concert tours: The Neon Lights Tour in early 2014 and the Demi World Tour between late 2014 and 2015.

Baby, when they look up at the sky
We'll be shootin' stars just passin' by
You'll be comin' home with me tonight
We'll be burnin' up like neon lights
 
Be still, my heart, 'cuz it's freakin' out
It's freankin' out
Right now
Shining like stars, 'cuz we're beautiful
We're beautiful
Right now
 
You're all I see in all these places
You're all I see in all these faces
So let's pretend we're running out of time
Of time
 
Baby, when they look up at the sky
We'll be shootin' stars just passin' by
You'll be comin' home with me tonight
We'll be burnin' up like neon lights
 
Baby, when they look up at the sky
We'll be shootin' stars just passin' by
You'll be comin' home with me tonight
We'll be burnin' up like neon lights
 
Neon lights
Neon lights
Neon lights
Like neon lights
Oh!
Like neon lights
Oh!
 
Be still, my heart, 'cuz it's freakin' out
It's freankin' out
Right now
Shining like stars, 'cuz we're beautiful
We're beautiful
Right now
 
You're all I see in all these places
You're all I see in all these faces
So let's pretend we're running out of time
Of time
 
Baby, when they look up at the sky
We'll be shootin' stars just passin' by
You'll be comin' home with me tonight
We'll be burnin' up like neon lights
 
Baby, when they look up at the sky
We'll be shootin' stars just passin' by
You'll be comin' home with me tonight
We'll be burnin' up like neon lights
 
Neon lights
Neon lights
Neon lights
Like neon lights
Like neon lights
 
Shining like stars, 'cuz we're beautiful
We're beautiful
Beautiful
You're all I see in all these places
You're all I see in all these faces
So let's pretend we're running out of time
Of time
 
Like neon lights
Oh!
Like neon lights
Oh! 
Be still, my heart, 'cuz it's freakin' out.

TITANIC (MY HEART WILL GO ON)

KENNY G. (INSTRUMENTAL)
SONGWRITER: JAMES HORNER & WILL JENNINGS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GREATESTY HITS KENNY G.
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1997
 
         Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American jazz saxophonist. His 1986 album, Duotones, brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records.
             Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was from Saskatchewan, Canada. He came into contact with the saxophone when he heard a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He started playing saxophone, a Buffet Crampon alto, in 1966 when he was 10 years old.
         Kenny G attended Whitworth Elementary School, Sharples Junior High School, Franklin High School, and the University of Washington, all in his home city of Seattle. When he entered high school he failed at his first attempt to get into the jazz band but auditioned again the following year and earned first chair. His Franklin High School classmate Robert Damper (piano, keyboards) plays in his band. In addition to his studies while in high school, he took private lessons on the saxophone and clarinet from Johnny Jessen, once a week for a year.
               He was also on his high school golf team. He has been a fan of the sport since his elder brother, Brian Gorelick, introduced him to it when he was ten.
Kenny G has attracted significant criticism from mainstream jazz musicians and enthusiasts. Pat Metheny stated he was a "pop" saxophonist "but was not really an advanced player, even in that style", adding that he had "major rhythmic problems" and his "harmonic and melodic vocabulary was extremely limited, mostly to pentatonic based and blues-lick derived patterns". Metheny believes the main reason Kenny G has become unpopular is "he sells an enormous amount of records while not being anywhere near a really great player in relation to the standards that have been set on his instrument over the past sixty or seventy years". Branford Marsalis once stated in an interview with Jazziz magazine: "When all these jazz guys get in a tizzy over Kenny G, they need to leave Kenny alone. He's not stealing jazz. The audience he has wouldn't be caught dead at a real jazz concert or club. It's not like some guy says, 'You know, I used to listen to Miles, Trane and Ornette. And then I heard Kenny G, and I never put on another Miles record.' It's a completely different audience".
            Kenny G's 1999 single "What a Wonderful World" was criticized for its overdubbing of Louis Armstrong's recording. The primary criticism is that a recording by Armstrong, known especially for improvisation, should not be altered by a musician whose range and depth of understanding was already in question. Some columnists suggested Kenny G's recording exposed more fans to real jazz, but the response to his recording tended to be negative. 

L'AMOUR TE RESSEMBLE

SALVATORE ADAMO
COMPOSITEUR: SALVATORE ADAMO
PAYS: BELGIQUE
ALBUM: MES PLUS GRAND SUCCÈS
RECORD: POMME MUSIC
GENRE: POP
ANNÉE: 1995
 
            Salvatore Adamo est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur belge d'origine italienne (il acquiert la double nationalité italo-belge au début de l'année 2019) né le 1er novembre 1943 à Comiso (Sicile).
             En 1947, son père part travailler em Belgique dans les mines, accompagné de sa famille qui s'installe à Jemappes (Mons). À l'age de 13 ans, le jeune Salvatore est victime d'une méningite qui le contraint à vivre une longue hospitalisation à Louvain. Son père quitte aussitôt son emploi de mineur et la famille s'installe alors à Bruxelles. Dix mois plus tard, enfin guéri, Salvatore reprend sa scolarité, et suit ensuite ses études de mathématiques, avant d'entrer à la faculté afin de devenir journaliste.
              Jacques Brel a dit de lui qu'il était un «tendre jardinier de l’amour»; et Raymond Devos: «Adamo… c'est “chansons”, c'est “poèmes”, c'est “vibrations”!»
            Il a également écrit plusieurs chansons pour sa sœur Delizia Adamo (23 juin 1952 à Mons - 9 février 2020) dont: Prends le chien (1966) Qui te retient et Aime-moi (1974) ou encore Alors le bel été (1975).

Toi, l'amour te ressemble,
si fort que j'en tremble
Et je me demande
dans quel paradis perdu
Dans quelle légende,
quel rêve où j'étais troubadour
J'ai pu te rencontrer un jour?
Toi, l'amour te ressemble,
si fort qu'il me semble
Que j'ai connu tes yeux et ton sourire
Au pays merveilleux de mes délires!
Toi, l'amour te ressemble,
si fort que j'en tremble
Mais tu viens me surprendre
quand je n'y croyais plus
Quand, lassé d'attendre,
j'allais au fil de mes jours noirs
Perdu, le cœur au désespoir
Toi, l'amour te ressemble
et cœur à cœur restons ensemble
Et tu verras ma mie
que dans la longue errance
Qu'avait été ma vie sans ta présence
Tout te ressemble.

EL EMBRUJO DE LA GUITARRA ESPAÑOLA

PACO DE LUCÍA
COMPOSITOR: JOAQUÍN RODRIGO
PAIS: ESPAÑA
ÁLBUM: EL EMBRUJO DE LA GUITARRA ESPAÑOLA/ENTRE DOS AGUAS
DISCOGRÁFICA: NO TUIENE UNA
GÉNERO: ADÁGIO
AÑO: 2017
 
            Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, I marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez (Sagunto, Valencia, 22 de noviembre de 1901-Madrid, 6 de julio de 1999), también conocido como el Maestro Rodrigo, fue un compositor español.
Nació el día de la patrona de los músicos, Santa Cecilia. A los tres años de edad se quedó prácticamente ciego a causa de una infección de difteria. Según él, la pérdida parcial de la vista lo puso en el camino de la música.
        Inició sus estudios musicales con 9 años, estudiando solfeo, violín y piano. Con 16 años estudió armonía y composición con profesores del Conservatorio de Valencia. Sus primeras composiciones (Suite para piano, Dos esbozos, suite para piano y violín y Siciliana, para violonchelo) datan de 1923. Su primera obra para orquesta es Juglares, que data de 1924 y fue premiada en Valencia y Madrid. También obtiene un diploma en un concurso nacional por la obra Cinco piezas infantiles, que más tarde sería premiada también en París. Desde el principio de su carrera, Rodrigo escribía sus trabajos em braille, que posteriormente eran transcritos por un escribiente.
Obra orquestal
               La discográfica Naxos emprendió la tarea de llevar al disco toda la obra orquestal del compositor en 2001, contando con la Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias dirigida por Maximiano Valdés y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León dirigida por Max Bragado Darman. Se grabaron todos los conciertos y obras concertantes (incluyendo la transcripción para arpa del Concierto de Aranjuez y para flauta de la Fantasía para un gentilhombre) y las obras sinfónicas. El proyecto fue ampliado a las obras para coro y orquesta, a cargo de la Orquesta Sinfónica de la Comunidad de Madrid dirigida por José Ramón Encinar. También se grabaron algunas obras vocales a cargo de este último conjunto. En total son 10 CD.
                El director Enrique Bátiz con la Sinfónica de Londres, la Royal Philharmonic y la Orquesta del Estado de México grabó gran parte de los conciertos y la obra orquesta del compositor para EMI en los años ochenta.
           Narciso Yepes, Los Romero, Patrick Gallois, Nicanor Zabaleta, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, García Navarro (director); Ernst Märzendorfer (director). Álbum de 2 CD. Deutsche Grammophon, 2000. DG 469 190-2. Contiene todos sus conciertos más Entre olivares y Zapateado y Fandango.
    Joaquín Rodrigo: 100 años. Ediciones conmemorativas de 11 y 12 discos que contiene varias primeras grabaciones y versiones muy autorizadas, como las obras de cámara dirigidas por su yerno, Agustín León Ara. EMI Classics, 2003.
               Obra para piano
             Obra completa, Sara Marianovich , 2 CD (SONY Classical) 2001
              Obra completa, Artur Pizarro, 2 CD (Naxos)
          El Concierto de Aranjuez es una composición musical para guitarra y orquesta (cfr. concierto para guitarra y orquesta) del compositor español Joaquín Rodrigo. Escrito em 1939, es el trabajo más conocido de Joaquín Rodrigo y su éxito establece la reputación de dicho compositor como uno de los principales de la posguerra española. Su adagio es singularmente popular, habiendo sido cantado por múltiples figuras de la ópera y la canción melódica.
             El Concierto de Aranjuez fue escrito en París, para reflejar a los jardines del Palacio Real de Aranjuez, la residencia primaveral del rey Felipe II en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, y posteriormente reconstruido a mediados del siglo XVIII por Fernando VI. La obra intenta transportar al oyente los sonidos de la naturaleza de otro lugar y otro tiempo. Este concierto revela la notable influencia que tuvo el Al-Ándalus en la cultura y arte españolas. Las notas melancólicas del primer y segundo movimientos hacen que recuerde, según algunos escritores y poetas,¿Quiénes? la última vez en la que Boabdil vio a su amada Alhambra antes de irse a Marruecos. Otros autores hacen referencia a las tristes y hermosas notas como recordatorio a los trágicos sucesos de la Guerra Civil Española.
             Según el compositor,Referencia por favor. el primer movimiento está «animado por un espíritu rítmico y un vigor sin ninguno de los dos temas... interrumpiendo su implacable ritmo». El 2º movimiento «representa un diálogo entre la guitarra y los instrumentos de solo» (corno inglés, fagot, oboe, trompa), mientras que el último movimiento «recuerda un baile formal en el que la combinación de un ritmo doble y triple mantiene un tempo tenso próximo a la barra próxima». Él describe el concierto como la captura de «la fragancia de magnolias, el canto de los pájaros y el chorro de las fuentes» de los jardines de Aranjuez.
            Por lo que contó su autor, el origen de la obra fue el siguiente: Él y su esposa desde 1933, la pianista turca Victoria Kamhi, pasaron su luna de miel en Aranjuez, y de ahí el nombre del concierto. Un tiempo después se fueron a Alemania. Allí esperaban tener a su primer hijo. El niño nació muerto y su mujer estuvo a punto de morir.
En el segundo movimiento Joaquín cuestiona a Dios por el aborto espontáneo que ha tenido su mujer, perdiendo a su hijo y pidiendo que su mujer se mantenga viva. Esto se expresa mediante el pulso de la guitarra (al comienzo del segundo movimiento), que representa un corazón latiendo. El movimiento tiene pena, rabia y desesperanza. Al final en el clímax de la guitarra y orquesta el autor "oye a Dios" y por fin se produce la aceptación del hecho y la paz del autor.
         OBS.: JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (COMPOSITOR) CARLOS BONELL (GUITARRA) CHARLES DUTOIT (DIRECTOR DE ORQUESTRA)