Clementi/ Marangoni - Gradus Ad Parnassum 3Muzio Clementi was revered as 'the father of the pianoforte'. He was a virtuoso composer and teacher whose publishing and piano manufacturing made him hugely wealthy. Gradus ad Parnassum in three volumes and completed by 1826 consists of 100 incredibly demanding exercises designed to lead to musical and technical perfection. It remains one of the great compendiums in musical history. Prize winning pianist Alessandro Marangoni continues his critically

Rushing to cross the border checkpoint

just a little south of Prague

Mendelssohn's two String Quintets were written at the beginning and end of his short but remarkable compositional life

and to have them sing and play on this record with me is icing on the cake

(formerly of the Heartbreakers and the New York Dolls) and Patti Palladin (Snatch) were both exiled in London

Female on the Beach

Musik & Theater wrote of Volume 4: "These recordings number among the best currently available

New Jersey and Boston before finishing up in Hoboken on May 9th

as I listened to M

Recorded at the Festival de Musica de Canarias

Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) about Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and how ancient peoples slowly transformed into what we could consider more "modern" thinking

" That's exactly what Sodom are about: being close to their fans