Andres/ Boston Symphony Orch/ Nelsons - Boston Symphony CommissionsThe Boston Symphony Orchestra has a long tradition of commissioning and performing important new music, and the four works on this album were commissioned and premiered by the orchestra and it's conductor Andris Nelsons during the first years of his tenure. Eric Nathan takes us on a journey through a series of interconnected worlds whereas George Tsontakis marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in a series of Sonnets for English horn and

In this record

Kevin Roth - Somebody Give Me Direction

featuring sparkling performances from it's leads as well as hilarious supporting turns from Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor as a brother and a sister ensnared in Tom and Gerry's high jinks

and on a broader level of Dang Ak (Tang Dynasty music) to Hyang Ak (native Korean music) and their representations

among them in this case Leardini

With I Hear the Wind in the Wires ventures into the world of classic 1960's inspired country

Also includes a note from Mike Mandel himself

Amy's previous releases include: I Like Gum (Parents' Choice Silver)

it's universal rhythms

Sister Sledge

while Frost makes plans of his own to extract revelatory answers from the mercurial and manipulative Nixon

multilingual collection marks a real musical breakthrough