Klingzeug Barockensemble - Memento MoriThe phrase memento mori has it's origins in classical antiquity, but the injunction to remember one's own mortality has been a feature of different cultures and religions throughout the ages; just as death is universal, so is our need to adjust to this fact, and to consider our lives with it in mind. The arts are, and have been, an important means in helping us to do so, which is why the laments gathered on this album speak to us all. The Austrian

most of the instruments were immolated

99) Adagio is played with a totally committed intensity by both and the songful finale has an endearing spring-like freshness" (Gramophone)

"a playful kind of romp to help shake off the cobwebs and get the bones moving

she retraces a day at the court of Louis XV

His knowledge in both Indian music and Jazz make him one of the rarest musicians in the world

melodic music has given me a way to escape all the worry and anxiety

Rodrigo's Fantasia benefits from the tone-colour of the guitar

Together with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Martha Argerich he revealed just what this joy sounds like with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No

Grammy award-winning blues icon returns to his Delta blues roots for the most captivating musical statement of his long and legendary career

Die Seejungfrau could scarcely be bettered: a fine performance of a gorgeous orchestral score" (MusicWeb) "Steinbacher's technique on the other hand is immaculate

subtle shadings are there - but the prevailing spirit is strong-limbed engagement

Arnaud Thorette on viola and Mathilde Calderini on flute