Monsigny/ Brown/ Sharp/ Opera Lafayette Orch - Le DeserteurMonsigny and Sedaine' brilliant opera comique Le Deserteur, was an immediate and lasting success for it's melodic charms and musical variety, it's blend of comedy with moments of great sentiment and pathos, and it's intellectual radicalism.

The band from Hildesheim (near Hannover) stands for melodic groove metal

The biggest and most prosperous city-kingdom of the Dwarves needs no introduction to any fantasy reader

They are clearly on the same wavelength

With one of the most powerful swordsmen

The lack of a cadenza for the soloist and the wide-ranging harmony indicate that the work does in fact involve a fantasy and not

N nSwamp Children formed in Manchester in 1980 around core members nAnn Quigley (vocals) Tony Quigley (sax & bass) lohn Kirkham (guitar) nCeri Evans (keyboards & bass) Clif Saffer (sax) & I-1artin Moscrop n(drums)

and on to contemporary examples of the genre

where he also completed the masterclass with András Hamary

passionate and grief-stricken lovers plighting their troths in Naples

Eugène Mona or Dédé Saint Prix

embracing the universality and enduring power of classical music

speaks out for an entire generation