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The mid-20th century blues revival seems to have become largely identified with the style and personality of just a few major artists, primarily those that took their Mississippi Delta blues and evolved it into the "city blues" of Chicago and New York. As it was that style that would, in turn, provide a catalyst for the British blues-rock scene that spawned the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, as well as homegrown practitioners like Canned Heat, it is often thought of as capital-B blues. However, there was a large swath of enormously influential players that exemplified the more traditional, acoustic-oriented country blues of the Delta.

Alan Civil (horn), London Wind Quintet and Ensemble (wind ensemble), Walter Berry (bass), Lucia Popp (soprano), Ruth-Margret Pütz (soprano), Geraint Evans (baritone), Henry Smith (harpsichord), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Hans Sotin (bass), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass).

The first solo album of Swiss double bass player and composer Fridolin Blumer is an exceptional album, even for the rarity-driven catalogue of Carpe Diem Records.

The lute became the instrument of choice at European courts around 1500, the time of their greatest cultural and spiritual importance.

On 10th January 1963 sessions were completed at London’s Kingsway Hall for this world premiere recording of Britten’s War Requiem.

Ashford & Simpson, who had produced Diana's eponymous debut nine years earlier, teamed with her again on this 1979 release.

In a world where unrest and war make constant headlines, human migration is an issue that touches peoples everywhere. On its latest release, The Silk Road, the Oslo-based wind chamber ensemble Oslo Kammerakademi presents a beautiful programme inspired by the subject of cultural migration - what happens when cultures meet, for example because of the movement of populations, trade, politics or conflict.

After the 1976 album "Contraband," Golden Earring continued their straightforward hard rock style on "Grab It For A Second" (1978).

Few men have done as much to spread the music of the Spanish guitar as the late Celedonio Romero, virtuoso, composer and poet.

The Romero brothers are classically trained sons of a master guitarist who build an "electrical crescendo" with their music that sometimes transforms the decorum of classical concerts into the explosiveness of a rock concert. Standing ovations are the norm.