Byrd/ Contrapunctus/ Rees - Sweetest SongsThe richest single source of Tudor polyphony, preserving almost 170 works many of which survive nowhere else, is a set of manuscript partbooks copied between about 1575 and 1581 by John Baldwin, a lay clerk at St George's Chapel, Windsor. This album is the third and final installment in a series of recordings by Contrapunctus exploring contrasting aspects of this remarkable treasure house of sacred music covering much of the sixteenth century. Owen

bandmembers sustaining slow healing injuries

"Brutal Dub" and "Positive Dub"

though it may be reached by plane from Rio de Janeiro in less than a day

as if by magic

Duo Pleyel's Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya explore the seminal role a musical father figure can play in shaping another composer

TRACKLISTING: 1 Love 2 The Awakening 3 Sulfur 4 Skin 5 Longing 6 Home 7 I Want To Be Whole Again 8 Living=Dying 9 Clarity 10 If There's A God She Has Abandoned Us 11 I Sing Alone 12 Hell Is Where The Heart Is

Michala Petri brings each score to life with consummate artistry and is perfectly matched by each of the ensembles performing with her

"If you want to see a contemporary music ensemble perform provocative

Victims of the Modern Age is the second studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive metal project/supergroup Star One

from contemporary singers H Hawkline and Julia Holter

and engineer Ike Turner managed to find moments amidst his busy schedule to venture beyond his usual sound

he hopes that the album can inspire anyone else out there searching for meaning in their own lives