London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Simon Rattle - Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen, SinfoniettaMelodious and charming, The Cunning Little Vixen is a work rooted in Czech history and folk music; a sentimental journey through the cycles of life. For Sir Simon Rattle, it's a deeply personal and emotional work. "It's the piece that made me want to become an opera conductor and still one of the pieces that reduces me to tears more easily than any other," says the LSO's Music Director. Recorded with an outstanding cast during semi staged

the core of Gina X Performance comprised charismatic Gina Kikoine (vocals and lyrics) and writer-producer-musician Zeus B

This was followed by Pierrots Lunaires

Whether as a soloist or leader of an ensemble

Liberated from a self-destructive past and born anew in sobriety

which marked the return of original member Kai Hansen on guitars and vocals and Michael Kiske on vocals in 2016

lends itself well to interpretation on the piano" says Luc Beauséjour

Specter has always straddled the blues/jazz fence with a hip disregard for arbitrary restrictions

Cozy is joined on this recording by Bernie Privin (flugelhorn

Thanks to Dave Hunt for transferring the original magnetic tape recordings onto digital media and to Stephen O'Malley

restored and colorized

Matthew (aka Shakey Lo the Kreation Kid)

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