Oakley/ Ramishvili - WandererGeorge Oakley is a Georgian born American composer and a prize winning concert pianist. The solo piano pieces on this recording, Toccata and Sonata Fantasia, are technically demanding works which exhibit a range of styles from jazz to classical and Georgian folk music. Oakley's Sonata for Cello and Piano takes us from an initial state of struggle and doubt to a cheerful and victorious conclusion. For his Four Songs on Shakespeare Sonnets, Oakley "drew

The other tracks are completely instrumental and

one of the French piano school's main representatives

City of London Sinfonia and the BBC Concert Orchestra in addition to many other professional groups

After being out-of-print for nearly 27 years

Peeping Tom

flûte - Attilio Cremonesi

beautifully performed by Wanchi Huang

In keeping with the tradition of naming one's sources

quirky and cool

Themes omnipresent in Baroque art

Joyce DiDonatos capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice

legendary literature and close collaborations with a multitude of musical colleagues