Yuu/ Various - Yuu'Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile.' In this famous song, Purcell invokes the power of music to soothe at least temporarily our pain and suffering. But do we really want to be soothed? Or do we prefer to cultivate our melancholy, in the company of Michel Lambert: 'No, I sing not to charm away my sadness, but rather to maintain it'? In the St John Passion, Bach associates the funereal sweetness of the viol with the death of Christ. Like

Bowery Beats and Canya Reial

Like football (soccer) and coffee

Includes Doodlin' Room 608

1992 is the time

Third Man Records

particularly Float in Aesop's case

Stephen's Cathedral

Digitally remastered compilation featuring all the Philips Records '60s recordings by acclaimed Scottish folk duo The Corries

not to be confused with the countertenor

LIFE's anti-establishment outlook and witty

All Is Holy is a compilation recording packed with all the best songs from liturgical composer and author Jeanne Cotter's impressive catalog

Bostridge spins a beautiful line