Borodin Quartet - Alexander Borodin String Quartets Nos.1 & No.2"movement by movement comparison makes it clear that The Borodins win hands down their internal balance at every point is irreproachable" (Gramophone)

virtuosic and full of variety - much more than in comparable pieces

without exaggeration

It's a comprehensive trawl across the decade which comprised the core of his career as a recording artist

the American countertenor Christopher Lowrey (already heard on an Alpha album devoted to Monteverdi

presents all the colors and sounds of the instrument he adores and of which he is the master: the accordion

Especially in the music of the 19th century

noting that pianists rarely get the chance to work together

who only wrote one sacred work on account of the 'Almighty God' commanding him to write 'only for the stage'

hard-edged Louisiana blues from a young blues giant

Aftermath chronicles Cook's journey through a personal hell and how she made her way back

There is an obvious close rapport between these musicians

La Vaghezza is a trio sonata ensemble playing music from the 17th and early 18th Centuries