Sina Notti

Vaughan Williams withdrew or destroyed many works from his earliest period, but he considered The Solent, with its haunting opening and luminous polyphonic textures, as among his ‘most important works’. The Fantasia is his earliest known piece for solo instrument with orchestra and contains some of his most bravura writing, contrasting with the graceful geniality of the Suite. Depicting a sublimely pastoral scene and now one of the best loved pieces ever written, Vaughan Williams called The Lark Ascending a ‘romance’, a term reserved for his most profoundly lyrical works.

2009 two disc (CD + DVD) live set from the Italian rocker, taped at the Verona Arena in 2008. Ligabue performed his best hits accompanied by his band and by a symphonic orchestra with 70 musicians in front of an ecstatic audience of 90.000 people.

Joseph Mayseder took part in a performance of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Seven Last Words” in 1803 when he was only 14 years old. In later years, he played in numerous Viennese orchestras, including under the direction of Beethoven and Schubert, and was concertmaster of the Vienna Court Orchestra from 1830. He composed numerous violin works and chamber music at a young age, primarily for his own performance. Mayseder’s compositions were performed in thousands of concerts worldwide in the 19th century, including by artists such as Henri Vieuxtemps, Joseph Hellmesberger, Franz Liszt and Giovanni Bottesini; however, they are still considered an forgotten gems today. Vienna-based violinist Thomas Christian, who has already released recordings of the violin concerto and virtuoso works with string quartet by Joseph Mayseder, presents a cross-section of Mayseder’s works for violin and piano on this double CD with the versatile pianist Sina Kloke. The works, all world premiere recordings, range from variations on opera arias to polonaises and fantasies to duos for violin and piano. The combination of virtuosity and unmistakable Viennese charm plays a central role in the interpretation of Mayseder’s oeuvre.

For a whole decade, spanning between the second half of the ’50s and the second half of the ’60s, jazz took over the Italian screens. 33 tracks from the CAM Sugar archive that go beyond music, telling the story of Italian cinema, society and of its unmistakable style and charm. A genre that even when nodding to Californian be-bop, to crime jazz or bossa nova still sounds surprisingly original and Mediterranean, elegant, and seductive, either with joyous peaks or with enigmatic and nearly dramatic nuances. The compilation also offers a precious insight into the Italian jazz scene of the times, with its string of formidable soloists and international stars like Chet Baker and Gato Barbieri.

Nino Rota was an Italian composer, pianist, and conductor who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Music compilation from Fellini's main films, sach as "Amacord", "La Dolce Vita", "8½", "La Strada", "Nights of Cabiria", "Boccaccio 70".