Various Artists - Farewell to a Slavic GirlThe collection of songs included on this very record is not meant as an anthology, even the rough one. It is no more than a tiny window letting us see the depths of the Russian soul. Although all of the songs bear a distinctive folk character they were created in towns by enlightened authors transforming traditional chant in their own way. As a result these songs were closely related to European canon and became extremely popular outside the country;

The two oldest have been married for some time

who with their last album "Revolutionary Icons" already explored the field of tension between Beethoven and the rock/pop heroes Jimi Hendrix

like Rocket To The Moon by Johnny Kay from Belgium

how they survive in such dangerous places and how we humans have got Creepy Crawlies all wrong

along with the rockabilly classic 'Juke Joint Johnny' and many other rare recordings

including the one for piano trio on this album

Karl Wahr was enjoying enormous success with his theatrical entertainments in the ballroom at the theatre in Salzburg

Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence

Australian born Emma Black is the principal oboist with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock) and principal and soloist with the Wiener Akademie (Vienna) and Le Concert de la Loge (Paris)

1 "Romantico" simultaneously exhibits themes of great brilliance for the soloist

in the Neapolitan theaters

presented at the Belmont Public Library