Donizetti/ Sagona - Maria de RudenzA sinister sense of doom pervades Maria de Rudenz from beginning to end. Nearly all of it is in minor keys, (associated with pain, sadness, fear and tragedy), tremolos in the strings and diminished sevenths (indicating nervousness and twists in the plot) occur on several occasions and the dark, gloom laden orchestration featuring cellos, bassoons, horns, trombones and timpani is intended to raise anxiety. Yet there are also standard march rhythms,

which was originally planned as a series of four full-length oratorios

Serial Killers 8

performed in collaboration with Voces Suaves

and during his years at the court he would add several pieces for the harp to his list of works

"From Our World to Yours"

highly atmospheric scores: The Appointment

but this set focuses on the early years of her career as she established her reputation and laid the groundwork for her prolific album output through the late '50s and early '60s

One Note Rock - Don Romano

'Leningrad' - raised expectations

their phrasing was as imposing as it was tireless

an important issue: Noseda's judgement of pace is unerring

the music-loving Landgraf Ernst Ludwig from Darmstadt had discovered Christoph Graupner as a harpsichordist at the Hamburg Opera in 1709 and had hired him on the spot