The Hangmen - In the City - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Written when Strauss was only 15, the Romanze is his first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozart's piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet and the orchestral bassoon - a scoring favoured by Mozart, and re-visited by Strauss in his final instrumental work the Duett-Concertino from 1947. Like other of his late compositions, this work seems to reject the full-blown expressionism for which we know Strauss best, and reflects a more neo-classical sound. Another early work, the Violin Concerto was first performed in 1882, and demonstrates Strauss' growing technical skill and developing compositional voice. Despite continued performances in both Germany and England, Strauss ultimately came to distance himself from a piece which he presumably regarded as unrepresentative of his mature style. Many commentators on the works of Strauss have felt that the Burleske was a significant turning point in his development, seemingly pointing the way ahead to the technical dexterity and emotional palette of his later tone poems. Originally written for Strauss's mentor in Dresden Hans von Bülow, the work was premiered by Eugen d'Albert, in 1890 following von Bülow's rejection of the work.

Album Tracks 1. You Are Everyone You Are Everywhere 2. Grey View 3. I Don't Know Myself 4. Numb 5. Phantom 6. Nightshift 7. Vulnerable Now 8. Your Eyes and the Sea

Long island knucklehedz, rap meets hardcore in the battle for the ages. For fans of billy club sandwich and no redeeming social value Album Tracks 1. First Service Lady 2. Fabricator 3. Knucklehedz Interlude 4. Clangin N Bangin 5. Stick Em Up 6. Lyrical Miracle 7. Too Far Gone 8. Stonkz 9. Knucklehedz Intro 10. NYC Knucklehedz 11. Reflectionz