Anhalt/ Hungarian Radio Symphony Orch/ Csaba - Timber of Those TimesIstvan Anhalt was a leading figure in avant garde composition during the second half of the 20th Century in Canada. Born into an assimilated Jewish family in Budapest in 1919, he emigrated to France in 1946, then settled in Canada in 1949. The present recording of Anhalt's last two orchestral works, launched on the occasion of the centennial of the composer's birth, marks the beginning of an ongoing project by the conductor Ajtony Csaba to create

in his debut recording writes: "the essence of these sonatas is passion

the Royalettes and Derek Martin - the artists with whom he worked most prolifically - and top-tier names such as Frank Sinatra

the works quite literally form a prelude to the journey through Rachmaninoff's musical biography

and sets the result in a planned architectural layout

Here the renowned Choir of Magdalen College

The Young Marrieds is both a step deeper into the adult film world Ed Wood helped pioneer-and at the same time hearkens back to Wood's very first feature

brilliantly demonstrates the new possibilities of this fascinating cathedral organ

as Christian and as Muslim

and bandleader Jeff Sipe

The repertoire revolves around the string quartet

inspired artist

Sym - Comp Symphonic Works II