Beckham / Vronsky - Three Orchestral Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Following the triumphant success of his 2017 album Life Is Fine, Australia's greatest and most enduring songwriter Paul Kelly returns with his new studio album Nature. Nature brings together poems from five literary greats - Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Sylvia Plath, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Phillip Larkin - alongside poems that Kelly wrote himself and later put to music, and his own original songs that came along in the usual way, as sounds sung to chords that then turned into words.

Leonard Slatkin celebrated his 75th birthday in September 2019. Many of the selections in this program come from a concert given in his honor and are also a tribute to his remarkable musical family, both past and present. Historical recordings include Leonard's cellist mother, Eleanor Aller, being conducted by Korngold in the Haydn concerto and a 1944 broadcast of his father, Felix, as a solo violinist in Brahms. Every piece here has a deeply personal connection for the family. For his composition The Raven, Leonard used Edgar Allan Poe's poem in a work that is Inchalmost like a concerto for speaker and orchestra.Inch

With over 20 million albums sold worldwide and a Grammy win for Best World Music Album, Gipsy Kings bring their globally-lauded legacy to Historia. Inspired by childhood memories of family gatherings and community celebrations, Historia captures the timeless spirit, energy and passion that has defined their sound for decades. Historia is a vibrant journey through the rich rhythms and soulful melodies of Gipsy culture. Blending flamenco guitars, joyful choruses, and lively dance rhythms, the album celebrates music, tradition, and togetherness.