Various Artists - L'arte Di DiminuireDiminutions, the art of extemporary embellishment or melodic variation, were an essential part of performance practice of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. The basis of diminutions is the fragmentation of a long note or series of long notes into many shorter and faster ones that move around the original melody. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, a composition as written by the composer was often regarded as raw material and it was normal

It was released in 2000

Grieg/ Tilling/ Rivinius - I Skogen - Nordic Songs

" and "Whiskey & Whitley

making Borodin's Nocturne a fitting conclusion to a cycle of elegies and elegiac works

as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Almost 25 years later

in Tomokawa's uncanny way

the Happy Hunter

and soul at the start of each day

The composer described the work as a sort of theme and variations

but elements of folk metal and even melodic death metal are woven into this rich tapestry

a satinym swinging album that pays homage to the legends of American Jazz