Sollima Orchestra Filarmonica Della Calabria Arlia - Cello ConcertoFrom Arturo Toscanini and Sir John Barbirolli to Riccardo Muti and Antonio Pappano in our own time, Italian heritage performers have often brought special qualities of sympathy and understanding to Edward Elgar's (1857 1934) music. Now comes a new recording made in the 'boot' of southern Italy, lending Mediterranean warmth and passion to a trio of Elgarian masterpieces. The Sicilian born cellist Giovanni Sollima has made well received albums for

Blue Heron announces the release of the first in a new series of recordings dedicated to the music of Johannes Ockeghem and his contemporaries

- 'brunettes' being the name of the chansons that lovers crooned in each others' ears by the Bassin d'Apollon or among the groves of the Petit Trianon at Versailles Palace

Inaccessible for many decades to specialists and scholars

has been out of print since it's initial release in 1973

as drawn upon by the Korean composer Isang Yun

The band features two highly expressive Malian string instruments

Tomokawa's "screaming philosopher" vocals find their match with the orchestra's electric guitar

From the first glance

a new reckoning

Ravel and Messiaen

This 56-track 2-CD set comprises a significant proportion of her A & B sides for Decca during this era

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