Gomes/ Mechetti/ Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orch - Complete Opera OverturesCarlos Gomes was not only Brazil's leading operatic composer, but he also helped pave the way for Italian verismo during the latter part of the 19th century. The preludes and overtures from his operas chart a course from early experimentation with orchestral sonority to a new conception of atmosphere and tension in his historically based dramas. In Alvorada ('Dawn') from Lo schiavo his descriptive writing comes close to the status of a symphonic poem.

His operatic and vibrato-laden style can be an acquired taste but this album is highly-rated and much sought after by his fans

This work too is close to Liss' heart

Original copies of the Volume One CD have since become quite collectible

For the theorist Mattheson

bringing a secret from their shared past

Sunny was the first Latino artist to appear on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" (in 1963)

one of the world's most performed living composers

And at a time when political chaos and societal unrest have deadened our senses

Spyhorelandet wallows in everyday themes

The pieces on this album

helped kick-start the famed Muscle Shoals music scene

Buddha Bar Xxii/ Various - Buddha Bar XXII / Various