Pia Viola Buchert - Eisnacht - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Frayed is the newest from Buffalo Hall of Fame members, The Steam Donkeys! This is a continuation of Buffalo, New York's most storied Americana ensemble and it delivers exactly what you would expect. This entire helps us remember where we came from, what's important in life and where we are headed. It starts right from the title track InchFrayedInch and continues with InchSpinning My WheelsInch to InchBaby So LongInch, InchOne Hundred Years from NowInch and ending with InchThe End is NearInch. This ensemble represents InchAmericaInch in the InchCountry Music, AmericanaInch!

Pia Heise - Mezzo Moon [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/13/2012

The pianist Pierre Solot here rediscovers the works of Ernesto Lecuona their roots lie in many cultures and blend romantic virtuosity, Cuban dances, passionate avowals, evocations of distant lands, and the last decadent traces of 19th-century Vienna. The Cuban-born Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963), a composer and virtuoso pianist, was acclaimed by both George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel when he toured Europe and the United States, following in the footsteps of the 19th-century piano virtuosi who, driven by their passion, set concert halls and audiences aflame. These were pianists whose charismatic wizardry transformed the piano into an orchestra that could not only set the world ablaze and make it dance, but also evoke solitude and lovelorn exile.