Melody Turnquist - Music for Trumpet & Organ - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Melody Turnquist - New Vintage New Music for Trumpet & Organ / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2001

Drummer Earl Palmer was one of the most important and prolific studio session musicians of all time. In 2000 he was among the first session musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When he died, in 2008, one obituary noted InchHis list of credits read like a Who's Who of American Popular Music of the last 60 years. InchThis compilation takes a close look at Palmer's session work between 1949 and 1962, with the focus on hit records which he played on during this period. His early New Orleans sessions feature Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Little Richard, etc. His subsequent West Coast/Wrecking Crew sessions include Ricky Nelson, Bobby Day, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Bobby Darin, Gene McDaniels, Sam Cooke, Timi Yuro, etc.

Vyacheslav Artyomov is considered by many to be Russia's greatest living composer. His music is deep, ultimately spiritual and brilliantly crafted, with influences from the Russian symphonic tradition colored by Mahler, Scriabin, Honegger and Messiaen to name a few - but melded into a unique voice. The Divine Art Artyomov Retrospective (which to date has received wonderful reviews internationally) is a mix of new recordings and former Melodiya releases. This is the tenth album, containing 2018 recordings of two majestic and brilliant works. The Symphony In Spe (In Hope) with concertante violin and cello broke new ground in Artyomov's writing in it's use of polydynamic, ever changing textures while retaining his deep spirituality. Latin Hymns presents four sacred texts in the most virtuosic writing for choir and soloist, not only prayers to the Virgin Mary but recreating her persona in music. The performance by Nadezhda Pavlova is simply stunning.