Lydia Macdonald was a vocalist who specialised in film soundtrack work for the Italian film industry between the 1950s and 1970s [2]. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1923.

During Bach's lifetime, music for an unaccompanied melody instrument was still little explored territory, and his sonatas, partitas, and suites for solo violin or solo cello immediately established themselves as a high benchmark, unprecedented in their formidable technical challenges and infinite creativity.

Steve Nelson is an American vibraphonist, and has been a member of Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band for more than a decade. He graduated from Rutgers University with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in music, and his teaching activities have included a position at Princeton University. He has appeared at concerts and festivals worldwide and has made recordings as the leader of his own group. As a resident of the New York City area he has performed and recorded with many musicians, including Kenny Barron, Bobby Watson, Mulgrew Miller, David "Fathead" Newman, Johnny Griffin, and Jackie McLean.

New age composer/keyboardist Kurt Bestor began his career composing scores for films and productions like 1987's The Magdeburg Affair and the 1988 Winter Olympics, for which he won an Emmy. His first holiday album, Christmas, Vol. 1, was released in 1988; his first album of new age compositions, Seasons, appeared in 1989; and the '90s saw many holiday, soundtrack, and original projects from him, including Noel, The Ghosts of Dickens' Past, Sketches, and The Dance. Innovators followed in early 2000.

Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing".

A special and intriguing concept: ultra-short (one minute plus) piano pieces by 50 composers, encompassing 3 centuries, starting with Rameau and ending with Sciarrino, Crumb, Ligeti and Berio. Much can be said with few words, and so much can be expressed in a few notes; some composers struggled with large forms but could say a deep truth in one page.

The programme of the album "Bajgelman. Get to Tango" intersperses pieces from the interwar period with music from the Łódź Ghetto.

The 5-string cello is more than simply the trade-mark of Matthias Michael Beckmann; it is his artistic credo and his message.

Classic British high-energy baroque mod-pop. All melody, great playing and clanging Rickenbackers. The Steamkings formed in 1986 and have never really disbanded.

Robert Gast began his career as a musician at the tender age of six with the usual "flea waltz" on his grandparents' piano. At the age of 15 there suddenly stood a wonderful, mahogany-colored Bechstein B from 1925 in the living room at home. This fine sounding grand piano still accompanies Robert Gast on his musical path today.

Robert Gast began his career as a musician at the tender age of six with the usual "flea waltz" on his grandparents' piano. At the age of 15 there suddenly stood a wonderful, mahogany-colored Bechstein B from 1925 in the living room at home. This fine sounding grand piano still accompanies Robert Gast on his musical path today.

Liszt first met Hector Berlioz in Paris before the premiere of the Symphonie fantastique in 1830 and at first their mutual esteem was unbounded. Liszt proceeded to transcribe the music of his friend and two movements from his innovative transcription of the whole of the Symphonie are heard in this recording. Each transcription reveals a different facet of Liszt’s art, from the faithful reflection of the concert overture King Lear through the dramatic panache of the popular overture to Les Francs-Juges to the beautiful Pilgrims’ March from Harold en Italie.

In the middle of a two-week residency at Sonoscopia by American saxophonist and composer Lea Bertucci, the first national state of emergency is declared. Circulation restrictions, canceled concerts and flights, and above all, an awakening to a completely new reality. In an almost apocalyptic scenario, where uncertainty and fear were complemented with some fascination for living in a science fiction scenario, the first days of isolation were spent recording and rethinking a large part of our lives as musicians.

Masterpieces of the Baroque concerto as you’ve never heard them before! ​Baroque concertos are very attractive to adapt because of their virtuosity and expressiveness. In Seldom Sene's new album, this repertoire is brought to life with the added colours of harpsichord and organ. The challenge was to create a wide variety of sounds through the intelligent use of different types of recorders and the stops of both keyboard instruments.

Zakk Sabbath is the Black Sabbath tribute band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie) and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age), who have been constantly gigging since 2014 with their take on the Birmingham four's early songs.