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The concept behind Fake Bach is to record a recital dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach that focuses on piano transcriptions that are 'daring' and 'scandalous', providing a unique perspective on Bach's music. Encouraged by Franz Liszt and reflecting the...

The composers and educators Eugen Werner Velte and Wolfgang Rihm as well as alumni whose music is presented here demonstrate the characteristics of a school. The main function of an institution such as the University of Music Karlsruhe is first and...

The composer interprets himself, and don?t you do anything to help him! Swarowsky began his conducting career at the Stuttgart Opera in 1927, this after a short period as a r?p?titeur at the Vienna Volksoper. He then moved on to Hamburg and succeeded...

The compilation is a thirty-song rockabilly and rock 'n' roll platter that is full of white bop beat, cool jive, and rhythmic stroll tempos!The album's hot rockin' love story contains dance titles fittingly sourced for those who enjoy dancing to white...

The combination of violin and guitar as well as classical playing styles and jazz has been on everyone's lips since the inimitable duo Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhard. An equally deep musical friendship exists between the Viennese violinist Rudi...

The 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...

The church used by members of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri upon their arrival on the Holy Mount in Gostyn most probably contained an organ made in the local workshop of Wojciech Libowicz, who around 1670 is known to have built the instruments in...

The Chordettes formed as a female vocal group in 1946 and originally recorded as a barbershop quartet for Columbia. Archie Bleyer, the group's music director, signed them to his Cadence record label, with the result being the group's first big hit, "Mr...

The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, with their director Edward Wickham, have collaborated once again for this album of Renaissance motets and hymns in praise of St Catharine - one of the most ubiquitous and beloved saints of the Middle Ages...

The Choir of Westminster School blends the ancient and modern in this festive collection of choral works, drawing on Advent and Christmas music by composers including Judith Weir, James MacMillan, John Tavener, Roxanna Panufnik and Ralph Vaughan Williams...

The chansons are about human experiences, human emotions. About love, deep sadness, the fear of being abandoned, but also about the joy of relationships and love. These chansons invite us to dare to be real people. At first sight, the chansons do not...

The challenge of the Etude has intrigued and inspired composers from Bach and Chopin on: can music designed to improve technique hold it's own aesthetic value? Pianist Christina Bj?rk?e has an inspired answer to that question. She commissioned a set of...