Ed Bentley - Funk Bop - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Zsigmond Moricz is one of Hungary's greatest modern novelists. Be Faithful Unto Death is the moving story of a precocious schoolboy who is growing up in a boarding school in the city of Debrecen. When he is falsely accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket, he undergoes and grows from a series of torments. First published in 1921, the novel is full of impeccable writing and vivid detail. It is this writing that creates a feeling of universal experience in this story, which has been widely read and studied even outside of Hungary. On this , the original translation is heard in audiobook form, read by Mari Jaszai Award-winning actor and director Alfoldi Robert.

Ed Bentley is a multi-instrumentalist, but is known principally for being one of Britain's leading exponents of the Hammond Organ. Ed arrived in the UK in 1971 and began working the Jazz circuit almost immediately. Working musicians rated him as soon as they heard or saw him play. Since then he has been playing to critical accalim all over England, Europe, The USA and most parts of the world with his music. With four CDs and four Vinyl albums behind him, Ed's Big Band, Quintet, Quartet and Trio regularly play at venues like Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Dean Street, The 100 Club Oxford Street, The Jazz Café Camden Town, The Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Halls to mention just a few in London as well as a residency at the Dover St Café in Picadilly. Ed's bands also play Jazz Festivals and tour in Europe, including The Fabrik, Uncle Po and Dennis Swing Club in Hamburg, The Quarter Latin, Eierschalle, Joe's Beer Salon and the Talk Of The Town in Berlin are among his gig list. Top venues in Italy, France and Holland are also regular in his diary. Ed has also worked with top artists including a World Tour with Deniece Williams, Irene Reed (Count Basie Band), Percy Sledge, Guitar Legend Al Casey, Bobby Watson, Michael Hashim and the late George Williams (The Tymes).

Since 1822 the Royal Academy of Music has inspired generations of musicians to connect; collaborate and create. This recording of Bach Partitas continues this mission; reuniting renowned harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock with students from the Royal Academy of Music and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Following the success of Goldberg Variations (arr. For small orchestra by Józef Koffler); the Principal of the Academy; Jonathan Freeman-Attwood commissioned 're-imaginings' of three of Bach's most celebrated keyboard Partitas for the same scoring; by alumnus composer Thomas Oehler. The creative challenge - to bring a fresh perspective to some of Bach's most elegant resourceful and refined keyboard writing - pays off in the hands of wonderfully talented musicians; and reveals how Oehler's faithful response to Bach's score allows the music to glow as brightly as ever.