Camerata Nordica - Works for String OrchestraThis collection of works for string orchestra combines two of Britten's first masterpieces, Simple Symphony and the Frank Bridge Variations, with the even earlier Elegy for Strings recorded here for the first time and Two Portraits, composed between the ages of 14 16. Directed by the Norwegian violinist Terje Tonnesen, the Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica performs this program with an engaging directness and striking virtuosity qualities which

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the wild and often strange stage shows

If Lake Street Dive traveled back to 1920's Paris and made a record with Django Reinhardt

Kirsty MacColl

" the patriarchal aspirations of "Make a Man Outta Me

comes across a young woman whose powers have just awakened

Together they present a programme coupling Schubert

Recently the Smithsonian Museum of African American History released an archive of footage filmed by a community activist

Brian Culbertson

His solo album

and showing complexity in the dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra

-Comprehensive booklet with biographies of each artist - written by Bill Dahl from Mercury's hometown Chicago - and rare photos and illustrations