Britten / Moreno / Tchakarova - Il Bel Sogno - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Chris Isaak / FOREVER BLUE - The 1995 record by the ever-soulful Chris Isaak certainly lives up to it's name, Forever Blue. The album features a heartbroken Isaak on the bitter opening track InchBaby Did A Bad Bad Thing,Inch chart-topping single InchSomebody's Crying,Inch and harrowing title track InchForever Blue.Inch In 1996, the record landed Isaak his first Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album, and InchSomebody's CryingInch was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

From New Orleans to Paris and festivals around the globe, the trio La Section Rythmique has played with some of the best in swinging jazz today. On this , they offer a fresh take on standards of New Orleans jazz, combining elements of Creole, blues and funk. It is for good reason that this trio is Evan Christopher's preferred rhythm section as it developed it's personal sound informed by his knowledge of the culture and music of New Orleans.

One of today's foremost exponents of his instrument, Jakob Lindberg arrived at the lute by way of the guitar and played both for several years. When he decided to devote himself exclusively to the historic lute repertoire it was with some regret that he gave up his first love. During his last year with the modern guitar Lindberg was working on Benjamin Britten's Nocturnal after John Dowland, one of the seminal guitar works of the 20th century. Much later, when he learned that Britten had originally had in mind to compose a piece for the lute, he started to experiment playing sections of Nocturnal on his Renaissance lute, and soon decided to make a transcription of the complete work. Nocturnal is based on Dowland's four-part song Come, Heavy Sleep, and inspired by this, Jakob Lindberg has placed it as the center piece of a recital with mostly Elizabethan pieces, many of which also evoke aspects of the night. Dowland himself is represented by a selection of six lute solos, while the opening section consists of five pieces by Dowland's older colleague Anthony Holborne. The closing track is by Holborne's contemporary, John Johnson, and bids the listener Good Night and Good Rest.