Modulation Necklace/ Various - Modulation NecklaceViolinist Movses Pogossian has assembled this illuminating collection of contemporary music from Armenia, "Modulation Necklace," revealing a vibrant repertoire whose aesthetics are as outward looking as they are grounded in their reverence of a centuries old culture. In his liner notes, Pogossian acknowledges the long shadow that the Soviet Union cast on Armenian composers during it's reign this recording celebrates this generation's liberation from

- Adam Shulman's festive release on Cellar music takes a clutch of well-loved Christmas melodies and reflects them through the lens of a 70s funk/fusion group

The story behind this record is simple

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Years of performing together have led them to achieve a powerful feeling that can only be termed as "The Big Swing"

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Siegfried tells the coming-of-age story of the hero that Wagner has promised us at the end of Die Walküre

and beautiful acoustic balladry the next

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the Violin Concertos with Concerto Köln (2014

Withhis second album Transcriptions (2013)

Most of the motets are presented here performed by the whole choir

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