Sierra Wind Quintet - Box of Views (Chamber Music) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sierra Wind Quintet - American Classics for Winds [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/23/1993

Vinyl LP pressing. DJ Spinna's third beat tape, Unpicked Treats Volume Two, on Redefinition is here and just may be his best yet. Returning with another batch of outstanding instrumentals in the trademark style he's known for, fans of Volume One will be entertained without interruption. Volume Two is full of sample packed boom bap perfection, but this time, there's a twist in the plot. Known for mostly for his production on hardware based samplers since his career beginnings in the early '90s, the double threat producer tapped into his DJ skillset to compose all the tracks on this album exclusively using Serato's InchSerato SampleInch software. The software was imagined as a live performance tool for DJ's, but in the hands of a genius like DJ Spinna, brace yourself for wondrous creativity as he ventured to be the first artist to use Serato Sample for a whole project. To date, his previous vinyl pressings sell relatively fast so prepare to grab a copy while they're in stock. Spinna has done it again!

The Salzburg violinist Benjamin Schmid's preoccupation with the violin works of W.A. Mozart has now lasted for more than four decades, was initially influenced by the then Mozarteum professors Sándor Végh and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and received numerous awards as his style of interpretation became increasingly personalised. His first CD recording in 1990 with Mozart's Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg led by Hans Graf was also celebrated by reviewers as a discovery. 32 years and hundreds of performances later, Benjamin Schmid now completes his recordings of the violin concertos with the Sweden based Musica Vitae, of which he has been the musical director since last year, and describes his journey as follows InchAs a violinist who grew up in Vienna and Salzburg, Mozart was ultimately always the most important composer for me; I defined this preference as early as elementary school age, and the interest grew with the discovery of the complete works of this probably at least most gifted of all composers. For me, the key to Mozart interpretation lies in the duality of singing and speaking; singing as immediate emotion and phrasing and articulation as form-giving grammar.Inch