In 2022 we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams, and there is no better way to do so than with this album of brass band music. The album includes the composer's three pieces for brass band - Henry the Fifth Overture, Prelude on Three Welsh Hymns and Variations for Brass Band. In addition we hear the brass band version of the Tuba Concerto and many new arrangements of popular pieces by Paul Hindmarsh (who curated and produced the album) and Phillip Littlemore.
Scarlatti’s well-known sonata in A Major (Kirkpatrick 208) is described as “the happiest one, with the most sunshine of all” by Scott Ross, whom it was the favorite among the legendary complete cycle he recorded in eighteen months of time in the château d’Assas. It is featured on top of this second volume of sonatas florilegium, with 29 other pieces.
Michelle Barzel Ross is an Iraqi(Mizrahi)-American violinist, composer, and improviser. A protégé of Itzhak Perlman, Michelle is known for her debut album, pop-up project and blog Discovering Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach. A gifted improviser across genres, Michelle is featured on Movement 11’ of the GRAMMY winning Best Album of the Year: We Are, by Jon Batiste. This season, Michelle has the honor of performing with the Juilliard String Quartet as guest first violinist for their winter International and US tours, while Areta Zhulla is on maternity leave.
This special once-in-a-lifetime set is housed in a replica of the original Motown headquarters: the "Hitsville U.S.A." house on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard, now the home of the internationally renowned Motown Museum. It's a true collectible. Inside the house are 5 digi-paks - containing 10 CDs. The box set comes with a beautiful 100-page mini-photo book, including rare and classic images, track annotations and an introductory essay by the man who started it off, the one and only Smokey Robinson. Limited to 30,000 copies.
It’s a 5-week course, with 4 weeks of live group sessions, and 1 week of a 1-on-1 session Jason Ross, centered around getting your productions to a professional level of commercial polish, loudness and clarity. Each week (for 4 weeks), Jason will take you through his methods of how he creates his soaring synths and driving basslines, how he lays out percussion and effects elements, and how he mixes and master to get that polished sound that's festival/radio-ready.