A Compilations

The first of two CDs that feature recordings from Cincinnati's legendary King label in the successful 'That'll Flat... Git It!' series of rock 'n' roll and rockabilly on Bear Family Records. Launched by Syd Nathan in late 1943, Cincinnati's King Records...

The first of three Ace anthologies chronicling the songwriting achievements of arguably the two most famous names in rock n roll songwriting, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This first volume deals with their early years as (predominantly) rhythm and...

The first CD compilation with tunes from the fifties and early sixties around the theme 'Birthday'.-A great birthday gift, because... everybody has birthday, and that every year anew!-The CD album on Bear Family Records½ comes with a 'birthday sticker'...

The finest pianist of his day and the last truly great late Romantic composer! His bold piano concertos may be his best known works; they join his sumptuous symphonies and symphonic dances; the sparkling Paganini Variations; searching solo piano works;...

The final volume of this wonderful crossover of country music classics performed by black artists

The final installment in Ace's trilogy of CD saluting the UK Sue label and focuses on the records that the label put out between 1962 and 1967.1. Hurt By Love 2. I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face 3. Last Minute 4. Hitch-Hike Pt.1 5. Am I a Fool in...

The famous British Library in London owes one of it's musical treasures to an English tennis player: A manuscript - probably written on the continent - with violin music around 1680 from faraway Vienna. Virtuoso sonatas by and from the circle of the...

The ever-underrated Lobo, king of the '70s, brings this wonderful compilation featuring all his top folk, soft rock and country pop hits from over the years of his storied career.1. I'd Love You to Want Me 2. How Can I Tell Her About You 3. You're All I...

The ever-inquisitive pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar presents The Long 17thCentury: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music. The Long 17th Century refers to the period from the late 1500s to the early 1700s, an era noted for forward-thinking individuality and...

The English horn needs a soft, round vibrato... We are among those who can move people to tears, says Dominik Wollenweber about his instrument. Let us not be misled by the humble conduct, and the absence of laudatory articles and glossy photographs...

The Endangered Quartet (Roy Nathanson, saxophones; Curtis Fowlkes, trombone/vocals; Jesse Mills, violin/vocals; Tim Kiah, bass/vocals) is composing and improvising collective of four musicians with wide ranging and extensive careers outside this ensemble...

The Empfindsam or "sentimental" style of music embodied by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his contemporaries was a direct response to the most modern literary in Germany and intellectual currents of their time. It developed with the rise of the middle...