Ravel/ Chase/ Philharmonia Orchestra - Five O'Clock FoxtrotRavel grew up in Paris during la belle epoque, the thirty odd years prior to 1914 when Paris was the unquestioned artistic center of the world. The fin de siecle years saw him enter the Paris Conservatoire. He was an immensely gifted youth, and one by one his early compositions began to show a real mastery of conception and execution before the 1800s were out, he had produced such assured works as Habenera, Menuet antique, several fine songs, and

Mendelssohn/ Meistersextett Leipzig - V5: Anthology

TN over three days in July 2015

" one of the few recordings featuring a drum solo that ever hit the Billboard top 100

lovingly presented in re-mastered sound including Lanza rehearsing and warming up his voice

as did the final sets of Bagatelles

featuring never-before-seen photos

The sound of lust and labour rammed into one mystical inauguration of the pleasure dome

it seems to be thoroughly introspective

Following it's Gramophone Editor's Choice album Echoes of an Old Hall

far more than just cut-and-paste

At his execution

" said The Guardian's 5-star review