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The solo concerto emerged in Northern Italy in the first quarter of the 18th century and rapidly became popular across Europe. The five works here demonstrate how concertos for the flute differ in Germany, Italy, and France. Outer movements usually...

The Solem Quartet has established itself as one of the most innovative, adventurous ensembles of it's kind, a reputation cemented by this album, in which movements from The Four Quarters by Thomas Ad?s are interspersed with pieces by composers from...

The Sofia Vocal Ensemble invites you to step into paradise, courtesy of ten of the most beautiful choral works written by composers of our time. For nearly 25 years, Bengt Oll?n has fashioned his chamber choir Sofia Vocal Ensemble into one of the finest...

The Society of Composers, Inc. Is a "professional society dedicated to the promotion, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music." Having brought dozens of unique and compelling compositions to Navona Records over the...

The Society of Composers, Inc. Continues it's decades-long mission to promote and disseminate contemporary music on DRIFT, the 34th installment of the SCI Composers' Series. DRIFT marks the 10th album in the series to release on Navona Records, and SCI...

The so-called Di Martinelli Collection is preserved in the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), and contains a total of sixty-five manuscripts and thirty-two prints, including a remarkable manuscript with thirty-two late 17th-century violin sonatas...

The skyscraping falsetto of 17-year-old Al Banks helped pull this group away from the Philly R&B pack in the mid-'50s. When You Dance gave The Turbans a huge hit in 1955, and it leads off these 18 classic tracks, followed by Bye and Bye; Three Friends;...

The six LPs of the Library of Congress Series were released as a joint venture between Flyright Records and Saydisc Records during the 1970s. The original recordings made between 1934 and 1943 were made in the field on portable 78rpm lacquer disc cutting...

'The senses reign, and Reason now is dead' (Petrarch). Giovanni Antonini, flautist and founder of the legendary Italian ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, enjoys musical voyages, the discursiveness of music. He begins with an anonymous 16th century pavane,...

The selections on this album reflect Willis Delony's fascination with finding connections between musical styles. In a performing career spanning over four decades, pianist Willis Delony has won acclaim as one of the nation's leading classical/jazz...

The selection of works included in this recording provides a small sample of the extraordinary cultural diversity that existed at the Chinese Court over almost two centuries as a result of the stimulus of Diego de Pantoja and his introduction of European...

The second survey of the doo wop sounds from Jake Porter's Combo label. Featuring 26 tracks on CD for the first time from Various Artists including Starliters, Debonaires, Paramounts, Chanters, Squires, Native Boys and more. 2002.1. Arline - the...