Chicago Pro Musica - Troika / Project PhoenixThese are two great contemporary works that deserve a wide audience. Chicago Pro Musica was founded in 1979 by composer pianist Easley Blackwood and Chicago Symphony Orchestra clarinetist John Bruce Yeh. Honored with the 1986 Grammy Award for "Best New Classical Artist", Chicago Pro Musica has earned an international reputation for it's dynamic performances of a widely varied repertory. The ensemble comprises several virtuoso musicians from the

and obscure gem of a low-budget crime thriller about a professional hit man who struggles with the moral issues that accompany his chosen occupation as he traverses New York City's bleak and wintry urban landscape while pursuing the sleazy

Brahms own orchestrations of Nos 1

Charles Mingus's consummate musicianship made live performance a tricky undertaking

'Taken By Force' was produced by Radio Birdman frontman Rob Younger and mixed/mastered by Mike Young (Eddy Current

As an organ concert soloist

Jean-Michel Jarre and Josh Homme

The pieces range in difficulty from relatively simple ones intended for students and skilled amateurs to the demanding virtuosity of the Aria et variations that opens the disc

Bocchi/ Bruno Cocset/ Les Basses Reunies - Give Me Your Hand

Mario Venzago - Symphonies Nos 3 & 6

partly to preserve the energy of the performer and partly to avoid boring the listener's ears due to the length

and features Ava Mendoza - electric guitar

From Don Bluth (All Dogs Go to Heaven) comes this new animated feature