Various Artists - Extravagantes SeicentoThe focus of Extravagantes Seicento is the musical exuberance of a century full of contradictions, and at the same time receptive towards all kinds of novelty. By means of a rich collection of instrumental sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord, the recording portrays the peregrine world of composers and instrumentalists who travelled throughout Europe in their search for receptive cultural circles and the degree of financial stability

the Rock 'n' Roll and Rockabilly fan community is of course already longingly waiting for the album

in which contrapuntal skill and melancholic expression are combined in a highly original way with the carefully calculated dance rhythms'

Laura Whitmore

all published between 1610 and 1630

The re-release of the Mercury debut from the rockabilly group that rose to fame just before the Stray Cats found mass favour with the public

The optimism of the recording sessions had proved justified

who revelled in the repertoire of Chopin and Liszt

Pierre Génisson (clarinet)

Daryl Hall

getting to experience what it would be like to be romantically paired with not one

Nadège Rochat performs Antonín Dvorák's Cello Concerto in B minor

The present release features works for trumpet and organ