Blood

Spartacus:Blood and Sand.Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves,Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime ntertainment.But not all battles are fought upon the sands.Treachery,corruption,and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus.To survive,he must become more than a man.More than a gladiator.He must become a legend.

Recorded live from the sound desk by Frank Wright, mixed by us at Jazz Life. Some songs feature our extra live members James Allix (synths, samples) and Dan Rumsey (bass, guitar).

Composer Anthony Gatto releases "Wise Blood," his operatic setting of Flannery O'Connor's iconic novel about a crisis of faith, patriotism, and painful transformation. The pace and syntax of southern preaching colors much of Gatto's text setting, while at other times his approach suggests the pace and tenor of radio drama. Choosing a wind and brass heavy orchestration, Gatto's sound world for "Wise Blood'' draws on Coplandesque Americana elements, experimental musical theatre, and postmodernism, frequently relying on a grotesque distortion of conventional elements from these styles to express the power of doubt to erode one's sense of security in bedrock principles.

In seventeenth century England, an Irish doctor named Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is summoned to aid Lord Gildoy, a wounded patron who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion. Arrested while performing his sacred duties as a physician, he is convicted of treason against the King and sentenced to…