Bach's St Matthew Passion & Mass in B MinorThe St. Thomas Boys Choir, whose history dates back to the year 1212, is the oldest cultural establishment in the city of Leipzig. Outliving all political, municipal, religious, and educational controversy for 800 years, musica sacra has shaped the choir's past. Through the influence of the many St. Thomas Cantors, including the most famous Johann Sebastian Bach (Thomas Cantor 1723 1750) the city of Leipzig and the St. Thomas Church became the center

While there are only three guest features on the project

She has won several international voice prizes

especially those that link the music of western Europe (Spain

Frédéric Chopin's rarely performed G Minor Trio is one of the composer's early chamber music works and

Many of the featured artists included the standards of the day in their repertoire

there was still a solid representation of old school blues artists like B

Who is best-known for recording the original 1953 version of the legendary song "Hound Dog"

the latter with "Stop The World (and Let Me Off)"

The Piano Concerto was recorded live at the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea in September 2019 and the Six Piano Pieces in June 2020 in the Mendelssohn Hall of the Leipzig Gewandhaus

Buddy DeFranco was one of the few jazz clarinettists to come to prominence in the post-war era when the instrument generally saw a decline

all the tracks on this collection were chart entries

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra