Meeting Of The Spirits

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors. Each set is presented in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase containing five 'vinyl replica' mini LP sleeves. This collection from the Jazz ensemble features the albums Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire, Between Nothingness & Eternity, Apocalypse and Visions of the Emerald Beyond.

The Mahavishnu Orchestra's album "Live at Yale University - October 28, 1973" captures an intense live performance by the band, featuring their iconic lineup: John McLaughlin (guitar), Jan Hammer (keyboards), Jerry Goodman (violin), Rick Laird (bass), and Billy Cobham (drums). Released in August 2024, this recording showcases the band's virtuosity in jazz fusion, including tracks like "Meeting of the Spirits," "Trilogy," and "Awakening." The concert spans nearly an hour, providing a powerful glimpse into the band's peak period.

In February 2015 Heinz Holliger conducted a performance of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony with the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The result was so compelling that Holliger and the orchestra decided to record all the symphonies, together with a selection of Schubert’s operatic overtures. The project began in 2017 and is scheduled to end in 2019.

In February 2015 Heinz Holliger conducted a performance of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony with the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The result was so compelling that Holliger and the orchestra decided to record all the symphonies, together with a selection of Schubert’s operatic overtures. The project began in 2017 and is scheduled to end in 2019. An encounter between Schubert and Holliger could be described as a meeting of kindred spirits. Both as a composer and as a performer Holliger is closely associated with German Romanticism. Friedrich Hölderlin, Robert Schumann, Nikolaus Lenau and many others have been his constant companions in life. The ambiguities, the masks, the element of magic and enchantment, the singing, the fairytales and the ghosts – these are as much a part of Holliger’s world as they are of Schubert’s.