Sandrine Piau - EnchantressesHandel is one of Sandrine Piau's cult composers, and everyone has vivid memories of her magnificent Alcina on DVD (ALPHA715): 'Where once I portrayed light hearted, pirouetting heroines, this new album offers a portrait of powerful, often wounded women.' 'Queens, sorceresses, sirens we were attracted by the musical and emotional intensity of the hopes, disappointments and sufferings of these women, not forgetting the malice or cruelty that they also

along with sixteen other Top 10 hits

devoting his second album to the Cantata BWV 169 for alto solo

1 in the Billboard pop charts

Felix Mendelssohn

He blends the familiar ("Rip It Up

dusty instrumental

she is a favorite interpreter of Jörg Widmann who has already written two works for her

Question Mark and The Mysterians - "Action" - The legendary Garage Rock band's 1967 follow-up to 96 Tears

"Jack Takes The Floor"

John Corigliano

it has become his most frequently performed work

ranging from Bessie Smith in the 1920s