Wingate Mkhize Amsterdam Sinfonietta Paterson - Ritratto"I wish to be a living work of art," reads the famous comment made by Luisa Casati, the extravagant marchesa who drew everyone's attention to herself as a high society personality in the early 20th century and who inspired a number of leading artists to take up their writing pens, paintbrushes and cameras: Casati was the most prolifically portrayed woman of her age. She was both Muse and Maecenas who gathered an extensive coterie of famous artists

And that's a good thing

Arriola creates a dense polyphonic framework while eliminating ornaments

They perform not only works that were originally written for their family of instruments but also specially prepared arrangements of classics such as Richard Strauss's Second Horn Concerto and a paraphrase of his opera Daphne

where the last recording sessions from the preceding album

(From the booklet lines notes by Tatjana Frumkis)

Verdi wrote to Masheroni: "Poor Catalani

For true fans of Western swing music

one equally informed by the breezy harmonies of the Beach Boys

Stellar Clouds

this collection will be the band's 34th studio album

Jenks "Tex Carman

we've included 11 ultra-rare rockin' demo's from the '50s