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Violinist Nathan Milstein is backed by The Concert Arts Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind for this recording of Violin and Orchestra masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Wieniawski, Nováček, Stravinsky, and Saint-Saëns.

Hope is a 1994 live album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Allmusic wrote "Now happily resettled in South Africa, Masekela assembled a seven-piece group there and recorded an informal guided tour of his life and repertoire live in Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and several countries and composers".

Kriya, meaning "work" or "action" in Sanskrit, is an ensemble of top Finnish and Indian musicians. The varied musical background of its members is audible in its music, a combination of not only rock and jazz but also folk and classical Indian music. Most of the pieces were composed by guitarist Peter Lerche. The songs are in Sanskrit, Pali and Finnish.

On Ink, the winsome singer-songwriter delights by paying homage to pop songwriting with a collection of richly-realized interpretations, including Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence", and Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street". Drawing inspiration from pop's different eras, Liv brings new life to diverse material, from the brilliant standard "The More I See You", to the Jackson 5's hit "Never Can Say Goodbye", to the great Ray Charles' "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" Add in a few of Liv's beguiling new originals, like the reflective and celebratory "Our Turn to Dance," and Ink reveals itself as a document of a man who knows what makes a song a memorable and moving experience. Great songs: That's what you've come to expect from Livingston Taylor.

Every orchestra has a characteristic sound & personality that identifies them through the ages, & in the case of the Boston Symphony Orchestra it is their contoured string & wind elegance, panache & suavity that marks them out as the premier Francophone American orchestra. With Seiji Ozawa at the helm, a conductor much identified with French repertoire, these Quad recordings of Maurice Ravel, accomplished during his long tenure as music director, are afforded the sonic treatment they deserve & are now able to receive given the latest SACD technology employed by Pentatone enabling the release of the full spectrum of sound captured by a previous eras sound engineers.

You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album features Davis' interpretations of two contemporary pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".

Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin (林憶蓮), is a Chinese singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.

Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper and a small big band performing arrangements by Marty Paich, who also directed the ensemble. The recording is one of several dates Pepper made with Paich in 1959 and is the only one with Pepper as leader. The recording focuses on Paich's large group arrangements of modern jazz classics, including Denzil Best's "Move", Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight", Gerry Mulligan's "Walkin' Shoes". Other highlights of the recording are Pepper's clarinet performances on "Anthropology" and the alternate takes of "Walkin'".

One of the last studio albums Holiday recorded before her death, the familiar standards here are given her unique twist. The material as interpreted by Holiday is haunting and brooding, yet rich and expressive all at the same time. Holiday worked with a small combo of jazz all-stars on this session which included a reunion with musicians she had worked with in the 1930s and 1940s. Fans of "Lady Day" consistently rate this album as an excellent start to building an essential Billie Holiday collection.