Schmitt/ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/ Fallet - Schmitt: The Haunted Palace - Anthony & Cleopatra, Suites 1 & 2Florent Schmitt life spanned both the late Romantic and 20th century eras and he counted Erik Satie and Maurice Ravel among his close friends. For most of his career he worked as a music critic and early on perceptively predicted the influence jazz would have on the future of serious music. His compositional output was comprised of a mish mash potpourri of styles which included scores for theatre, including ballet and stage plays, including this

Since last time the band has turned into a quintet which without doubt has brought an improved group dynamics as well as increased productivity and evolved song writing

On Rameau: Fanfare: This is an excellent disc and one that should entertain and entice Baroque music lovers

Baxter is skeptical of the supernatural nature of the town and returns home with the talisman belonging to Sinistre

Eric Dover formerly of Jellyfish

the bowed guitar proves to be ideal for a style that the lutenist Israel Golani called "17th century bebop"

Billy Vera

While Grachan Moncur III never completely left the musical scene

who is remembered by only a handful of people who witnessed him playing on the streets & in informal gatherings in California's Central Valley in the late 1950s & early 1960s

Mengelberg/Bennink's self-produced label

the album also includes an encore

the Rules of Attraction)

As they put their differences aside to get the couple hitched