Menotti/ Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana - Medium / TelephoneAfter Amelia goes to the ball was staged in 1937 at the Metropolitan Opera with acclaim, Gian Carlo Menotti became hot property. Two further radio operas were comparative failures but it was with The Medium that Menotti really hit his stride. A tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance mime role and a chamber orchestra of 14 players, Menotti's opera is both dramatically astute in the Puccini tradition and composed with an acute ear for mood and

In the genres of canzona

This is the most extensive set of records ever dedicated to the music of Hyacinthe Jadin

Star names here include Dan's pet project the Box Tops

the present recording was made at live performances at Symphony Hall in Minneapolis

Orphei Dr ngar - Male Choruses

From early Memphis Blues to LA barrio raps

These picturesque landscapes are all accompanied by atmospheric

Ken Bridges

Five years later

Russian composer and pianist Anton Arensky (1861-1906)

I very much wanted to continue exploring the intriguing musical blend we make together

Toni Arden was one of the girl singers who learnt their trade singing with big bands during the mid-1940s before embarking on a solo career as the market changed