Abraham/ Folks Operetta/ Barrese - Ball at the SavoyHungarian composer Paul Abrahm enjoyed huge success across Europe with his 'jazz operettas', not least in Weimar Berlin where his works scored for an orchestra augmented by a jazz band caused a sensation. Ballim Savoy ('Ball at the Savoy') has a plot reminiscent of Die Fledermaus and it's variety of influences, some European and some reflective of contemporary American popular song, won the kind of acclaim only equaled by Franz Lehr. The premiere,

but his music is nonetheless fresh and infused with chromaticism and counterpoint

and with breathtaking modernity

To say the stakes were high on this album

The follow-up to 2015's Fear Beyond Lunacy

The past can feel less hellish than the present if we are

This season introduces two new twists

this movie blends the production design of a Jaycees haunted house with a dead serious tone to forge a fun

coastlines

yet his playing somehow remains something of an underrated asset

can widen your perceptual motor program

and Atta Fofie lent a hand from time to time

Features exclusive Chandos artists Tasmin Little