Comment:Contermporary American works for wind ensemble. Norman Dello Joio's Scenes from the Louvre derive from a TV series and Shadowcatcher from early 20th century photographs of native American Indians. Stunning stereo sound! NOTE: RELEASE DATE 06/02/2012.

Comment:Pianist, Pavol Bodnar, is joined by Stano Paluch, violin, Martin Valihora, drums, Tomas Baros, bass, Juraj Griglak, bass guitar, Radovan Tariska, alto sax, Lubor Priehradnik, trumpet, Sylvia Josifoska, Elsa Valle, vocals. Eddy Portella, percussion.

Comment:These minmal arrangements would be made for the Society for Private Musical Performances, founded in 1918 by Arnold Schoenberg. Heard in this manner, these works emerge as something else.

Comment:A Classic Decca recording from 1968 made in Kingsway Hall, London. Firebird proved to be Ernest Ansermet's last studio recording. The rehearsal sequence gives an insight to a great conductor, a close friend of Stravinsky.

Comment:Not so much a concert as a trip back into musical time. Jordi Savall's Hesperion XX1 deploy an extraordinary range of instruments and the unforgettable voice of Montserrat Figueras (1942-2011). Includes 250 page book. Beautiful SACD surround sound!

Comment:Singer and songwriter Earl Okin with his own special take on Bossa rhythms. He also plays piano, guitar and "vocal" trumpet! With Doug White, tenor sax, Sean Sweeney and Simon Morton, drums, Simon Woolf, bass. Quirky and certainly a one-off!

Comment:Fairy Tale are - Barbora Kolarikova, vocals, Peter Kravec, bass guitar, Vladimir Kravec, electric guitar, Marek Skvarenina, piano, keyboards and Oberheim, L'ubomir Pavelka, druma and percussion. Slovak Indie / Pop with real meaning!

Comment:Hana Blazikova, soprano, Barbora Sojkova, alto, David Erler, alto, Daniela Cermakova, alto, Tobias Hunger, tenor, Tomas Lajtkep, tenor, Tomas Kral, bass, solo in these beautiful cantatas on biblical texts.

Comment:Master pianist Peter Katin in a programme of Brahms recorded in 1990. Peter Katin's booklet notes speak of his experience with this music, coming very much from the musicians point of view. Fine piano sound.

Comment:Played on a variety of organs in the Czech Republic, Jaroslav Tuma treats Smetana's Ma Vlast as a Jazz musician would a number from the Great American Songbook.