Jody Stecher - Driven Bow - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A member of the Mannheim school, Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783) was a composer of symphonies, concertos, operas and chamber music who wrote in the style of the Sturm and Drang movement. In his penultimate opera InchTod der DidoInch [The Death of Dido] (1779), Ignaz Holzbauer presented himself not only as a master of fine musical word interpretation, but also as an imaginative music dramatist. While the original Italian version underlined his position as one of the leading opera composers of the time, the German version which he wrote a year later additionally emphasizes his position as a pioneer of the German National Opera. Frieder Bernius therefore chose this version for a production performed at the Schwetzingen Festival in 1997, which is now being released here for the first time.

The 2nd CD in Alasdair Fraser's InchLegacy of the Scottish FiddleInch series takes a fresh look at the fiddle tunes that inspired the songs of Scotland's greatest poet, Robert Burns, as well as 18th and 19th Century chamber music from the likes of Haydn, Bruch and Mendelssohn. This trio featuring fiddler Fraser, Scottish pianist Muriel Johnstone and rising-star cellist Natalie Haas recreates tantalizing jigs, sweet airs, soul-stirring marches and rousing reels - the music Burns would have used to flirt, dance, sob and sing. Includes instrumental renditions of InchScot's Wha' Hae,Inch InchA Man's a Man for A' That,Inch InchMy Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,Inch InchGreen Grow the Rashes OInch and others.

This collection of Celtic music from Brittany features the most famous artist from the region Dan Ar Braz, Tonnerre de Brest, Yvon Etienne, Pierrick Lemou, Bleizi Ruz, Le Bagad Du Moulin Vert, Gwendal and many more. The lively and varied album includes traditional instruments such as biniou, bombarde and harp alongside modern guitars, keyboards and drums.