Manara - String SonatasGioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) was the most significant Italian composer of the first half of the nineteenth century. Born to working musicians his father was a horn player, his mother an opera singer his operas, both comic and serious, conquered Maples, Italy and later the rest of the world. His style is sensuous, brilliant and rhythmically vital, a constant source of delight and excitement. Rossini was just twelve years old when during the summer

Bethlehem Bach Choir - Childs Christmas in Bethlehem

And that's not even the most mind-boggling part of the whole situation

The album is a fine and fitting sequel to Skærved's previous solo recording "Florish in the Key" (Athene ATH 23211) which presented contemporaneous (late 17th century) solo violin music from London

Darryn Farrugia - Seeds

reaching it's pinnacle among Johann Sebastian Bach's circle

Joey assembled a cast of first rate musicians from many walks of music

Three Clicks

Dmitri Grigoriev was born in 1979 in Leningrad and studied organ and piano after private lessons at the conservatories in St

"I always love coming up with melodies and then trying to fit words into them-it's like doing a puzzle

The orchestra lacks nothing in precision

" Ezra Furman is a young singer-song writer with a punky spirit who is not afraid to cram a lot of words in among the hooks and jabs

After Los Campesinos