Tony Schwartz - Sounds of My City: Stories Music Sounds New YorkOver the course of nine years, Tony Schwartz collected the sounds of New York, seeking to record "the audible expression of life." Originally produced as a radio program for WNYC, the finished product is a lucid representation of the city, capturing street sounds, immigrant voices, lively music, raindrops, bird songs, and even the pragmatic advice of the city's cabbies. Part anthropological study, part hometown travelogue, the recordings contextualize

just as we received it as a gift from the great master

Two large symphonic tone poems by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov can be experienced on this new release from BR-KLASSIK- the four-movement symphonic poem "The Bells" ("Kolokola") op 35

the organist on this new recording

Bradbury grew up in New Jersey with an early interest in performing

with previous recordings being named Disc of the Month in Gramophone

gods and demons

Now the male voices of the SWR Vokalensemble under the direction of Frieder Bernius have presented a recording of these songs

S Bach's music

Abelard and Heloise

Ickes was inspired for the two musicians to record a studio project together

his audience was following him on a video diary from a Hong Kong hotel suite

The present release is a brilliant recital of works by Penderecki