Folk Tales/ Various - Folk TalesAll of the composers on this album were part of a new 'English Style' that blended traditional lyricism with wider influences from Europe and Scandinavia. They shared a rebelliousness against established musical conservatism and created vivid responses to nature and the living folk heritage of England and Ireland. From Vaughan Williams' enchanting textures, via Bax and Bridge's harmonic surprises, to Delius's return to his roots at the end of his life

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

Clarke opted for rough drafts as he would with one of his drawings

Abundant with lyrical allusions to the flood

Indirectly

others are characterized by a universal aesthetic

Stephane Grappeli

USADisc 1 Tracks 2-7 and Disc 2 Tracks 1

Step On Out 8

is a lust-walking border crosser between new music and jazz improvisation

"These songs are about my identity and trying to navigate the cycles of life

what made at Last stand head and shoulders above contemporary albums was the sheer variety of material

Drayton Farley - Twenty On High