Craig Calhoun, et Al., Classical Sociological Theory

In a time of change and challenge, Fumito Nunoya was inspired by the transcendent power of music and found solace and connection through it. 'Marimba Prayers' presents a diverse selection of works ranging from Bach to contemporary composers including Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco,Tomasz Golinski, Ludwig Albert; Harold Arlen, Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla and even the traditional Irish tune Danny Boy! Nunoya's virtuoso playing touches the soul and invites you on a profound journey of discovery.

Purcell’s song output is extensive. Zimmerman, in his analytical catalogue of his music, the Z numbers in the heading, identifies five categories. All are represented in the nineteen songs of this anthology from Carolyn Sampson.

The outstanding musical significance of Johann Rosenmüller, who was said to be able to merge Italian sensuality and German “gravitas” in his compositions in the most harmonious way, was already undisputed among his contemporaries. He studied in Leipzig, and quite soon the town council realized that he was a musician of an immense talent. Rosenmüller therefore received a position at the famous Leipzig Thomasschule, and was considered as the future successor of the ill Thomaskantor, Tobias Michael.

In the early 1990s, she moved to Germany. By this time, after years of obscurity, her international career had taken off and she was being deluged with requests for music by soloists and concert-giving organisations from all over the world. Nowadays she lives in the countryside outside Hamburg, composing with the utmost intensity and, as far as possible, avoiding disturbance and the telephone.

from the CD booklet

These masses (In Tempore Paschali and In Assumptione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis) and antiphons are taken from Byrd's Gradualia, two massive publications in which he wrote Propers for every major feast of the liturgical year.