Beach/ Amadasi/ Spluga - Dreaming Amy BeachThis was my first encounter with the music of Amy Beach, an American pianist and composer of the early 1900s. I was thunderstruck by it. I asked fellow European and American musicians, pianists, conductors, soloists and musicologists who gravitate around my Theater (Teatro alla Scala, Milano) if they had any information on her, but to no avail. No one knew her. Some had heard her name, but no one had actually listened to her compositions. Today I can

which even today appeals to a broad public

The deluxe compilation is highlighted by Gucci Mane's own "First Impresssion (ft

the trio integrated bassist Sebastian Baltes

dreams and wondrous encounters in life and the rebellion against self-made lack of freedom

Akku Quintet hover somewhere between smouldering

to an audience that was eager to expand their horizons beyond the commercial programming and clichés of the time

The high-quality performers are Genia Kühmeier (soprano)

7 episodes on 1 disc

and the virtually unknown 45 on Fenton is nice original material

Gibraltar Drakus is one of the most enduring and enigmatic of the artists who helped transform bikutsi into a beautifully endless fabric of triplet rhythms that eventually reached ears around the world

Bobbie Watson (Comus) and John Zorn

the soft-spoken senior sleuth who succeeds where young policemen fail