December's End Thirst For Rain (2010)

Evan Bartholomew, under the moniker Bluetech, produces his unique style from San Diego, CA. Classically trained on the piano for public performing, Bartholomew deviated from the traditional sounds and began to express the rhythms that sprouted from within him, and Bluetech was born. This resulted in his interpretation of nature's expression of being, a sound that is Ambient, Downtempo, Improvisational. He devoured the electronic potentials for musical expression and conveyed it in IDM, Dub, and Deep Techno.

Evan Bartholomew, under the moniker Bluetech, produces his unique style from San Diego, CA. Classically trained on the piano for public performing, Bartholomew deviated from the traditional sounds and began to express the rhythms that sprouted from within him, and Bluetech was born. This resulted in his interpretation of nature's expression of being, a sound that is Ambient, Downtempo, Improvisational. He devoured the electronic potentials for musical expression and conveyed it in IDM, Dub, and Deep Techno.

Fabio Zuffanti began his musical career in 1994. Since then, he has been involved, as soloist or leader, of numerous groups and projects, such as, Finisterre, La Maschera Di Cera, Hostsonaten, The Shadow Of The Evening, Rohmer, la Zona, Aries, Quadraphonic, Rughe and many others. Over the years it has been measured with a multitude of genres that go from rock to folk, from pop to electronics, to psychedelic and much more. However, the genre for which Zuffanti is internationally more known is undoubtedly the progressive rock.
Aries is essentially a duo project by Fabio Zuffanti and Simona Angioloni. With Aries, the Italian workaholic of the modern age creates another facet of his art of playing…

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their recordings and performances of Handel. Over the past three decades Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble have expanded their Handel repertoire to take in his greatest works. They have also made numerous recordings of Handel’s masterpieces and this twelve CD boxed set features a selection of some of their finest discs along with three remarkable solo albums featuring The Sixteen’s celebrated orchestra and acclaimed sopranos Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray and Elin Manahan Thomas.

Georg Friedrich Händels großes Chor-Oratorium "Israel in Egypt" ist das wertvollste Geschenk, das der Komponist der Chormusik machen konnte: Der Chor fungiert als Protagonist in diesem klangmächtigen Werk, das in bildhafter Dramatik vom alttestamentarischen Exodus erzählt. Viel zu lange war das Oratorium nach seiner wenig erfolgreichen Uraufführung im Londoner King’s Theatre in Vergessenheit geraten, bis es im Zuge der Barock-Renaissance unter Felix Mendelssohn im 19. Jahrhundert wiederentdeckt wurde.