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Mr. Underhill writes: "I have long been fascinated by the unusual and poetic place-names for lunar features which were created by Johannes Ricciocoli in the mid-17th century. One such name is the 'Bay of Dew' or 'Sinus Roris' in Latin. The 'Bay of Dew' is in fact a crater on the moon, but in my mind, I envisaged a tiny body of water that had been entirely created by the gradual collection of precious drops of dew as they formulated in the early morning hours."
The Evergreen Club is an ensemble of eight musicians who perform on a collection of bronze, wood, bamboo and stringed instruments. Together these instruments are known as a gamelan, which has been an important part of Indonesian musical life for centuries.
The Last Lp
Unique Last Recordings Of The Music Of Ancient Cultures
In 1987, Snow issued The Last LP (Art Metropole), which purported to be a documentary disc of the dying gasps of ethnic musical cultures from around the globe including Tibet, Syria, India, China Brazil, Finland and elsewhere.
Alan Stellings and Greg Paskaruk formed impromp2 cello and piano duo to explore ways of bringing together their many musical interests and influences.
The six works on this recording by Diana McIntosh represent a sampler of the colourful variety of her musical composition and the versatility of her performance style.
This intriguing CD, by Diana McIntosh delivers a sextet of pieces that will tempt and satisfy the curious listener with a taste for adventure!
The Wellington Wind Symphony has released a number of CDs, including a studio-recording of works by local composers, An Artist’s Neighbourhood.
Canadian drummer, composer and bandleader Jay Boehmer has been performing on the Toronto jazz scene since 1990. Composing at the piano with the spirit of a drummer, his music ranges from straight-ahead swing to offbeat rhythmic grooves.
The Exultate Chamber Singers' third CD features twentieth century compositions based on the writings of William Shakespeare.
Ancient Gardens is Colleen Athparia's second solo CD. It showcases an array of rarely-recorded music by Brazilian, French, Spanish and Canadian composers.
Offering
Music by Three Hornby Island Composers
A wild mixture of solo marimba, Zimbabwean thumb piano, electronic experiment and contemporary jazz.
"The opening minutes of this cd were chosen by the CBC-radio morning request show Here's to You as their theme music. The section called Pacific Suite are excerpts from various movies that Michael has scored."
"Mike Gauthier and company have created an aura of sound which will not only reassure the listener that all is well in the realm of modern instrumental music, but also provide many hours of extraordinary listening pleasure." - Archie Shepp
Mike Gauthier decided for this CD to "reflect" on the bluesier side of the jazz spectrum, and in this recording Gauthier & Co. go from the basic 12 bar form to standard american song forms "à la blues" including along the way, other originals that Mike describes as "not necessarily blues numbers, but tunes that lend themselves well to the blues mentality."
The Legend of Heimdall
Concerto Del Garda Pershing Concerto
Raum's The Legend of Heimdal and other works for Tuba and Orchestra.
More than anything else, Back To Back, is about teamwork, in this case the team of Canadian Hugh Fraser and Virgin Islands expatriate, Jean Toussaint. The players bring to bear on this collaboration their enormous talents, honed over the course of their already remarkable careers.
The sounds here represent the wide open way we play for warm listening jazz club crowds. The solos stretch and the individuals go for it. It's exciting, rough and honest - a snapshot of one very special night for us - our first ever live recording.Go to Top
