Sophia Rahman - Eller: Works for Violin & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott' chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Moderato 2. II. Andante Mistico 3. III. Allegro Molto Scherzando 4. IV. Allegro Maestoso 5. I. Moderato 6. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo 7. III. Allegro Vigoroso, Ma Non Troppo 8. I. Tranquillo 9. II. Pastorale Andante Amabile 10. III. Rondo Capriccioso Energico E Poco Rubato

Ankor is an Alternative Metal band based in Catalonia, Spain, fast becoming one of the rising stars in the European contemporary metal scene. Their new episodic EP Shoganai displays the bands sonic evolution - a fusion of Asian pop-culture, contemporary metalcore, and a dash of Spanish heritage.The multicultural quintet, consisting of vocalist Jessie Williams (Bristol, UK), drummer Eleni Nota (Athens, Greece), guitarists David Romeu, Fito Martinez and bassist Julio López (Catalonia, Spain), have grown steadily since their origins in Els Pallaresos, a village near Barcelona, back in 2003.From these humble beginnings, Ankor have built a worldwide fanbase and a reputation for being an absolute powerhouse live, through headlining tours of mainland Europe and Asia. But it was with the December 2022 of breakthrough single InchPrisonerInch that a new era begun.Ankor's audience is now growing at an incredible pace; the quintet played a series of sold out headline shows across Europe on the 'DARKBEAT Tour' in autumn of 2023, which has opened the door to slots on the mainland's biggest metal festivals like Wacken Open Air (Germany), Hellfest (France), Tuska (Finland), Bloodstock Open Air (UK) and Resurrection Fest (Spain). Album Tracks 1. Darkbeat (Misstiq Remix) 2. The World Is a Cruel Place... And It Is Also Very Beautiful 3. Shoganai 4. Prisoner 5. Darkbeat 6. The World Is a Cruel Place... And It Is Also Very Beautiful 7. Prisoner (Javi Perera Remix) 8. Embers 9. Stereo 10. Oblivion 11. Venom

There has not been a more important or influential body of cello music written before or since the 6 Bach Cello Suites. Now treated almost reverentially by cellists, for two hundred years they were virtually unknown until a young Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals, discovered them in a little shop and breathed life back into these masterpieces. For some the music is deeply spiritual, for others the pieces are closely connected with nature... or perhaps it is the ingenuity of their structure and symmetry that inspires people to be moved by the Cello Suites. Whatever the reasons, people always come back to Bach. Through, seemingly the most simple means, Bach speaks to the soul and the intellect at once. Like the best fairy tales or myths, his music is layered and can be enjoyed and understood at different levels at different times of our lives. He is everywhere and a deeply rooted part of our lives, from performances in the greatest concert halls to contemporary films, used as music of political statement, as exciting imaginative music to be explored by the greatest jazz musicians, for mothers to soothe their babies, for people to celebrate weddings or deep consolation at funerals. The profound imagination behind the cathartic simplicity of Bach's Cello Suites makes his music a companion for life for the listener and a mystery to be constantly re-examined and explored by the performer.