James Ehnes - MythesComposed in 1915, Szymanowski's Mythes is a three movement work consisting of miniature tone poems based on Greek mythology. Late romantic and impressionist in style, the composer's travels to Sicily and north Africa without a doubt influenced the exotic and sumptuous sound world he created in this work. Mythes is the opening work on this eclectic recital album from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong that also features Handel's D major violin sonata a

The program encompasses both the beginning and end of Strauss's prodigious songwriting career with five songs from his first published set Acht Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter plus his posthumously published swansong of sublime beauty

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Turina was one of the great musical poets of his native Andalusia

' the expertly crafted G minor and A major String Trios are notable for their warmly expressive themes to go along with the bravura runs and doublestopping heard in the primo violin part

and an essential classic of world cinema

and producer Santaolalla is also known for his Academy Award-winning scores for Babel and Brokeback Mountain

Being a versatile musician

from album art to sonics

the density of Maurice Maeterlinck's and Claude Debussy's symbolism becomes the starting point of an analytical journey into the human mind : it is now the psychoanalyst

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Arbouretum's Long Live the Well-Doer startles and stimulates the listener to share an artist's well crafted and vigorously executed sonic narrative

This album is representative of the vast variety of American Indian music found across the United States and Canada