Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola - Unto Ages of Ages - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) is a rare figure in modern music a composer who, having achieved international success when still in his teens, went on to become the leading light in Russian music of the Soviet era, and a mainstay of concert halls in Europe and America - championed by many international conductors and musicians. Yet this fame was to be increasingly accompanied by a constant debate between East and West over just what his music was about; an ideological battle that has only intensified in the three decades since his death. Together with a comprehensive essay that surveys his musical output, these two CDs present a detailed overview of Shostakovich's achievement.

This unique collection of blues songs will be embraced by fans of blues and roots music. Difficult times call for powerful songs, and this collection has plenty of them. RICH MAN'S WAR is a compilation of peace and protest songs that cry out for change, and will go down in history as the only multi-artist collection in existence of 21st century protest songs that exclusively feature blues artists.

Gloriae Dei Cantores marks the centenary of American composer Alan Hovhaness with a collection of sacred choral works entitled from the Ends of the Earth. With selections spanning Hovhaness' rich musical career, this SACD invites the listener to explore the broad- range of cultural and stylistic influences (from both East and West) that the composer loved and sought to portray in his music.