Ridley Bent - Buckles and BootsRidley Bent Buckles and Boots

the Black Oak Ensemble comprises Swiss-American violinist Desiree Ruhstrat and British-born cellist David Cunliffe of the acclaimed

warm and undeniably California pop sound

where sounds were first navigated and then subverted in 2018's Kwaidan and 2019's Komachi

and pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet

to a text by the violinist Katharine Kendall

' Hans-Werner Henze

that concept is smashed by the ice cold shot of Brazilian jazz riffing in the album's opener and first single

We should put some of the greatest contemporary masterpieces of Lied in one program

Bach's Christmas Oratorio was written for the Christmas season of 1734

Music like this works best when it's short with quick blasts to the head

which premiered it in February 1980

GAMBLER AND THE LADY (1952): A gambling kingpin's goal is to be accepted by high society