Veracini/ Trio Settecento - Complete Sonate AccademicheTrio Settecento, the "superlative Chicago based early music ensemble" (Gramophone), presents Italian Baroque composer Francesco Maria Veracini's monumental Opus 2 Sonate Accademiche for violin and continuo. It's a cosmopolitan collection of 12 sonatas of breathtaking scope and pan European influences a set of sonatas unlike any other of the era. One of the greatest violin virtuosos of his era who loved entertaining and dazzling audiences with his

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London Symphony) and John Showman (the Creaking Tree String Quartet

Michael Scholl - Markus-Passion

around 60 music students and experienced choir members sing

heavenly mood of the First Concerto is an invitation to a land of dreams

the whole is equal to the sum of it's parts

the pasodoble acts as the exposition section

That she has solved this task so brilliantly

the album includes the tour de force anthem "Gear Jammer"

Chickasaw Composer Jerod Impichchaachahaa' Tate's first major composition is released here

They present the ultimate challenge

and educator Camae Ayewa spent years organizing and performing in Philadelphia's underground music community before moving to Los Angeles to teach composition at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music