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On his new GENUIN release, Jeremias Schwarzer allows his recorder to dance: Le Ballet imaginaire is the name of this production that brings together Baroque masterpieces by Bach, Ch?deville, Telemann, and Handel. Schwarzer's ideally-matched partner, who...

On his fourth recording with the Tim Ray Trio, all on Whaling City Sound, Greg Abate and friends search for and find the true essence of jazz. With no formal rehearsals, and subsequently, no overdubs, mulligans, and redos, the band captures it's...

On his debut album, the Chinese ARD prizewinner Diyang Mei presents truly transcendental works for viola solo: The passacaglias and chaconne by Bach, Britten, Ligeti, Biber and Hindemith - a program of great intrinsic luminosity! It is indicative of the...

On her second PENTATONE album Maria & Maddalena, star soprano Francesca Aspromonte explores the Two Marys in oratorios by Lulier, Bononcini, Leopoldo I d'Asburgo, Caldara, Perti, Handel and Scarlatti, partly in new editions, documenting the extremely...

On Chinese Dreams pianist Lydia Maria Bader plays piano pieces by contemporary Chinese composers based on traditional folk songs as well as works by Western composers inspired by China. The music is filled with beautiful melodies, which deserve to be...

On AND NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME from Eight Strings & a Whistle and Navona Records, the flute-viola-cello trio explores the constant cycle of transformation that defines human existence. Since 1998, Eight Strings & a Whistle have earned a reputation for...

Olga Reiser is a Russian-born flutist from Wiesbaden/Germany. In addition to classical music, Olga Reiser also delights her audiences with modern playing techniques such as beatbox flute, multiphonics and looping. The flute is well known as an orchestral...

Old ollection of memory jogging classics, East Side Vol. 1 features tracks by the Monitors, Van McCoy, Marvin Gay & Mary Wells, Tony Allen and others. Digitally remastered.1. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - the Monitors 2. Searching for My Love - Bobby...

Of the five English composers featured on this release, only two are really known at all - Coleridge-Taylor for Hiawatha and Boughton for The Immortal Hour - but all wrote wonderful music in Romantic style - rather under the shadow of Elgar, Delius,...

Of all the instruments that have marked the course of musical history, the piano has certainly gone through one of the most remarkable evolutions. It began as an intermediary, transitory stage between two instrumental traditions. Following it's invention...

Of all the great conductors who were active during the 20th century, none left a greater recorded legacy than Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) - a man whom many regard as the greatest conductor of them all. His career was catapulted by being called upon, as...

Of all the evils that threatened the Spanish monarchy around 1600, perhaps the worst was the inclination of it's subjects towards enjoyment and debauchery, which led to the creation and practice of a myriad of festive and lascivious dances. Thus,...