Palaver Strings - Ready or NotPalaver Strings' debut album Ready or Not celebrates the work of female composers from the Renaissance to the present day. In selecting the pieces for this album, the ensemble looked both within and beyond the classical tradition and string orchestra medium for diverse voices, compelling stories, and music that speaks to the rich palette of human emotions. These selections represent just the tip of the iceberg: women's creative visions have always

Shabang is full of life and endlessly candid

was an originator and a star

a composer from baroque Saxony-Anhalt

Metalcore fans in recent years

He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection packs in a macabre menagerie of demented jellyfish men (Sting of Death)

"You'll Never Know"

New York Blues and more

Volume 7 is devoted to the Fourth Symphony

The music on this release comes from four cities

Tommy Dorsey

Carmen has crafted an album without borders that transfixes it's listeners

and flavors: the pulsating three-quarter time of waltzes that reflect just how much the Great War transformed European culture