Philharmonic Chamber Soloists - Strings in Swingtime - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Philharmonic Cellists - Saitensprunge [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/29/2002

It's a big one. Americana disco wizards the Flying Mojito Bros have worked their magic on Rudy Norman's cult AOR track, and in so doing have, in the words of Rudy himself, Inchbrought Back To The Streets to the futureInch. For the first time, Back To The Streets (1980) finds itself remastered on 12Inch vinyl alongside official remixes commissioned by the artist, in a welcome new package that will please lovers of glistening disco reworks as well as those seeking a vinyl copy of the original track. The sun-baked electronic disco 'refritos' arrive in three versions to suit all occasions - straight up, extended dub and radio edit - and no doubt have the potential to resonate with the huge worldwide desire to get back out there and bond meaningfully with our fellow brothers and sisters in public. It looks the part too, with Flying Mojito Bros also directing a colourful and cosmic reimagining of the original cover art via illustrator Nick Potts, reflecting the bros' transportation of Rudy's West Coast vibes into one of their own Southwestern desertscape settings.

Grazyna BACEWICZ was born on 5 February 1909 in Lódz. In 1919, she joined the Helena Kijenska-Dobkiewiczowa Music Conservatory in Lódz, where she took violin and piano lessons. After her family had moved to Warsaw, she continued her education at the local conservatory under the supervision of Kazimierz Sikorski (composition), Józef Jarzebski (violin), and Józef Turczynski (piano). In 1932 - thanks to a scholarship funded by Ignacy Jan Paderewski - she began a two-year study at the École Normale de Musique in Paris under Nadia Boulanger. In 1934, she returned to the French capital, this time to complete her education with respected violinist Carl Flesch. A year later, she was awarded the first honorable mention in the 1st International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Since then, for 18 years, she had also been active as a concert violinist. In 1953, Bacewicz abandoned stage activities, focusing almost exclusively on composing and teaching. In 1966, she took the composition class at the Higher State School of Music in Warsaw. The artist died on 17 January 1969. The present is a showcase of her music for string orchestra.