Carol Dwek

SOMM RECORDINGS announces a tribute, marking the centenary of his birth, to the English baritone John Carol Case with the first release of his performance of Schubert’s Winterreise, accompanied by Raymond Calcraft.

Internationally acclaimed singer and pianist Carol Welsman teamed with multi-Grammy winning Latin Producer and arranger, Oscar Hernandez on her latest album “Dance with Me” featuring the powerful duet with Latin Superstar Juan Luis Guerra - an English adaptation of Juan Luis’ hit song “Si tú no bailas conmigo”. The All-Star band includes drummer Jimmy Branly, Rene Camacho on bass, Justo Almario on saxophone and flute, and Joey de Leon on percussion. Album highlights include English versions of famous Cuban boleros, Cha Cha Chas that have never before been adapted for English audiences, plus great American Songbook standards with salsa and mambo rhythms.

Carol Sloane has long been one of jazz's more underrated singers. On her Contemporary CD, Sloane holds her own with some illustrious sidemen (flugelhornist Art Farmer, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, guitarist Kenny Burrell, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Akira Tana); her two duets with Burrell ("I Wish I'd Met You" and "For All We Know") are among the high points, along with "Love You Madly," "That Old Devil Called Love" and "Getting Some Fun Out of Life." This is a strong effort that finds Carol Sloane in prime form.

Howard Hanson is one of America's great mid-century composers. His music, like that of Roy Harris, draws its character from the plains, from the pioneer blood that settled that part of the country. Here we have two major symphonies, a piano concerto, and a tone-poem, "Mosaics". These works are at the heart of American Romanticism; his melodies are distinct and tonal, his writing formal.