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Rome is the definitive live document of The National. Recorded live (without overdubs) on June 3, 2024 at the architecturally stunning venue Parco Della Musica Ennio Morricone, named for the famed Italian film composer, the 21-track LP showcases scintillating versions of beloved songs like "Bloodbuzz Ohio," "Don't Swallow the Cap," "I Need My Girl," "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness," “England” and "Fake Empire"; plus sharpened readings of recent tracks "Eucalyptus," "New Order T-Shirt," "Tropic Morning News" and the boundary pushing "Smoke Detector."

The art of choral composition had become an estab­lished tradition in Switzerland by the 19th Century at the latest. It is no wonder, therefore, that the genre accompanied Frank Martin throughout his creative life, from the motet Pourquoi voient-ils le jour? written in 1909 when he was just 19 years old, until his final cantata, Et la vie l’emporta, composed in 1974, a few months before his death. It inspired some of his most notable masterpieces (the Mass for Double Choir, Le vin herbé, In Terra Pax, Golgotha, among others), but he also produced a wealth of exquisite small-scale choral works.

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

Arnold Schoenberg is best known as an atonal modernist, but before he made the 12-tone Faustian bargain, he was a Viennese late romantic.

In A Brother Abroad, Martin Bussey’s rich compositional voice vividly brings to life the fascinating figure of Peter of Bologna, a fourteenth-century Franciscan bishop.

Mari Samuelsen presents Life, With Hits from Hania Rani to Max Richter and Nils Frahm. This album is a sonic exploration of the raw, unfiltered emotions that bind us. Inspired by Mari’s feelings and emotions of motherhood, it delves into the universal language of connection, revealing its power to transform and transcend circumstance.

For the 25th anniversary of ALIA VOX, this book/CD offers two complete versions of the work in English and German, including the overture, 8 musical pieces, and 5 melodramas, performed by actors in both languages.

An invitation to go through the other side of the mirror and rediscover the child in all of us.