John Harbison - Six String ChristmasPeace & joy abound in this gentle recording of holiday classics by Harbison, the finger picking solo acoustic guitarist regarded as "the best thing to happen to Washington since they paved Wisconsin Avenue" by the Washington Post; his clean, precise renderings of old favorites are suitable for family sing a longs, but his delicate, reverent treatment of holiday standards evokes the true spirit of the season.

With the theft by the band from Birmingham exposed

Gustav Mahler wanted his Second Symphony to exceed any known format - and he also wanted it to tackle the key questions of existence: "Why have you lived

playing both The National and TV On The Radio's ATP Festivals

famously characterized by that special Alsace mix of joy and suffering that lies between French and German cultures

A goal that remains true some 30 years later with the creation of new material

Pharaoh's Daughter

tried out in concert

legendary John Hannon (violin) further enrich the record's bristling palette

Two of the first to set works from Poe's horror literature programmatically to music were harp virtuoso Henriette Renié (1875-1956)

as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper

" A great number of works have been premiered by Wolfgang Kogert and were dedicated to him trusting in his respectful approach

Headwaters captures the sweetness of life without avoiding any of the pain