Christopher Purves, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo Handel's Finest Arias For Base Voice, Vol. 2 (2018)

The eagerly awaited volume 2 in the fascinating exploration of Antoine Reicha's keyboard music by the trailblazing pianist Ivan Ilic is now out! Ilic here digs into a crucial aspect of Antoine Reicha's music: counterpoint and the manner in which Bach's music served as a point of departure for Reicha's eclectic, fertile mind and wide variety of musical styles. If most of these etudes are made up of a Prelude paired with a Fugue, their variety offers the album great diversity, and unveils the compositional genius of Antoine Reicha: here are unexpected moods and textures, sophisticated canons, cheeky invertible counterpoint, chaconnes and minuet-like character pieces, even a piece the only unifying characteristic of which seems to be its tumbling scales in dotted rhythm.

Manifold Records present Lounge Bar New York Vol. 2. 25 excellent Chillout tracks and a continuous mix with mixing duties handled by DJ Maretimo.

Lazy Hammock, Jens Buchert, Weathertunes, Michael E, Electrix, Openzone Bar and more.

This project has not been driven by the wish to add yet another complete recording of complete works to the catalogue. What it has been driven by is a real desire to redress the balance and to ensure Weber's compositions receive the attention they so richly deserve.