Brahms/ Dijkstra/ Swedish Radio Choir - Mass & MotetsThe choral music of Johannes Brahms spans much of his career as a composer. It's influences range from folk music to contrapuntal masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque. Musicology has in it's infancy in the Romantic period, and Brahms was fascinated with 'old' music, especially the works of Bach. This illuminating selection of a cappella choral music features the supreme talents of the Swedish Radio Choir led by Peter Dijkstra.

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It is perhaps to the detriment of his posthumous reputation that Bononcini became known as Handel's direct rival for the favor of London's musical public: the rivalry between the two men was even immortalized in a piece of satirical doggerel which popularized the English expression 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee'

this part of his composition is little known and documented - in contrast to his instrumental works

2 brings you once again their unusual sound and beats of old

Carmen Lundy moves far beyond our expectations

here she offers us a tailor-made program in the heart of the compositional process

Born in Flushing

-With his bands and orchestras he accompanied a lot of colleagues like Tennessee Ernie Ford or Bob Roubian - also a discovery of Cliffie Stone - whose best Rock 'n' Roll numbers we present as well

Joining Joshua is bassist Earl Sauls & drummer Keith Copeland

22 of 1800 to the 'Appassionata' Sonata of 1806

He made contributions to the Italian operatic traditions

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