BarrymoreHailed as "the finest classical actor of North America" (The New York Times), Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer (Best Supporting Actor, Beginners) reprises his Tony Award winning performance as iconic stage and screen idol John Barrymore in this bold and brilliant tour de force film. "Mr. Plummer invests a physically and vocally demanding role with so much passion, pathos and wit that Barrymore becomes a celebration of not just one legendary

and which is an important part of Tchaikovsky too

a contrabassoon and a bass clarinet

then in demand following his work with BT Express and Brass Construction

This recording is dedicated to Vladimir Mendlessohn who brought the group together with his inspirational musicality and presence

Genuine repertory discoveries

layering up instrument after instrument in the best one-man-band tradition of Prince or Stevie Wonder

a fandango with a zarambeque

Toto's Steve Lukather

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

which witnessed the emergence of new centres of artistic activity

studying conducting with Vernon Handley and orchestration with Bryan Kelly

saxophone presents both well-known and new works