Claus Murken

Hey all, here it is: 8-track album sampler ep as the precursor of the album "Imagine' being 'John Lennon". The album will only be ready during the winter,but it was important to me that something came out this year,as it is both dull and golden wedding for the “shooting stars” broadcasts in 1996, and for the song imagine..

The crazy holiday season is upon us, and us blues lovers might be a little reluctant to have the soundtrack at our holiday party be the same old songs that everybody hears on the radio. There is a cool bluesy solution to this conundrum: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, an R&B Christmas from Richard Weize Archives. This CD provides well over an hour of Christmas-themed entertainment that includes 29 vintage songs in a format that both you and your guests will appreciate!

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful A Good Year for Santa Claus singers like Walter Brennan, Bobby Darin, Adam Faith, Frank Sinatra and many more!

Gaspar Claus' first solo album is long overdue! Over the past fifteen years, the cellist has travelled, met and collaborated with the greatest artists from all walks of life: from his father Pedro Soler to Barbara Carlotti, from Rone to Bryce Dessner. With all these influences under his belt, all that remained was for the musician to find the best possible home for Tancade: the InFiné label. It's an eminently personal album: for the first time, he is the only master on board. We should also salute the remarkable contributions made by Francesco Donadello and David Chalmain in mastering and mixing this record. They have given it a unique sound which is rich in contrasts.

It’s good to see this disc back in print courtesy of Arkivmusic.com’s “on demand” program. Claus Peter Flor leads a sober, “Germanic” performance of Franck’s symphony, noteworthy for its clarity of texture and sensitivity to dynamic nuance. This is evident at both ends of the dynamic spectrum, whether in the delicate tracery of the second movement’s central section, or in the distinct audibility of the trumpets in their final lick just before the work’s closing chords. I do miss the rhythmic lift that Monteux brings to the finale (it’s not entirely free of Teutonic heaviness, but then that’s Franck’s fault too), and the Royal Philharmonic strings could have a sweeter timbre now and then, but this is a good performance, strong on basic musical values. The sonics are also well-balanced and pleasing.

The crazy holiday season is upon us, and us blues lovers might be a little reluctant to have the soundtrack at our holiday party be the same old songs that everybody hears on the radio. There is a cool bluesy solution to this conundrum: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, an R&B Christmas from Richard Weize Archives. This CD provides well over an hour of Christmas-themed entertainment that includes 29 vintage songs in a format that both you and your guests will appreciate!