David Sweason

Powerful, melodic, beautiful symphonic rock in the vein of Moody Blues, Barclay James Harvest, Camel and Genesis. Features a guest appearance by Camel's Andy Latimer. With an emphasis on lush keyboard orchestrations, soaring melodies and extended length compositions, David's album is firmly rooted in the classically influenced symphonic prog rock tradition…

There's much more to Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues than meets the eye. Perhaps they make a deceptively arid impression upon casual sight-reading, yet pianists who commit themselves eventually discover far more variety of expression between pieces and consequently give cogent shape to the composer's subtle textural interplay. David Jalbert is both into and on top of these works, both stylistically and pianistically. For example, the E major Prelude stands out for Jalbert's finely honed legato touch and superb timbral integration of registral extremes. In his freely lyrical approach to the D major Prelude, Jalbert's phrasing distinctively characterizes the left-hand lines and right-hand arpeggiated chords. Also notice the pianist's asymmetric, harmonically aware accentuation of the B-flat major Prelude's rapid "flight of the bumble-bee" figurations and his ability to suggest the slower, more severe fugues' bleak sensibility without sounding lugubrious or bland. At the same time, Jalbert's secure technique enables him to wring maximum musical satisfaction from the thornier selections, such as his dashing, playful account of the D-flat major Fugue's quirky cross-rhythms.

This 3CD set contains all the FM Broadcast recordings made on the US leg of David Bowie s 1995 Outside tour, which featured then nu-industrial superstars Nine Inch Nails as support. With both artists trailing new, ground-breaking albums and - despite their generational differences - with their similarity of outlook and mutual respect, it was inevitable that a mix of the Bowie/NIN sound would ensue. So with each show including full sets from the Dame and his protgs, it was the mid-concert coming together of these two far reaching acts which stole the show night after night. Including concerts recorded at The Riverport Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, St Louis, MO, on 11th October 1995 and at The Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, on 21st October 1995, this set features the very best of one of the most challenging and futuristic tours of the past 30 years.

David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook on 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK (including two numbers ones), and sixteen Top 40 albums. He has also had an extensive career as an actor performing on stage and screen…

Pianist David Breitman writes of his new release of Beethoven music for piano and cello: “I first became interested in historical keyboards as a piano student in Boston in the 1970s. Boston was then, and is still, an early music centre, and I had frequent opportunities to hear renaissance and baroque ensembles in concert. I eventually decided to take some harpsichord lessons with Robert Hill, freshly returned from Amsterdam where he had been studying with Gustav Leonhardt."

Our second album with David Newman, this animated feature follows in the footsteps of classics such as his "Anastasia" and "Ice Age". In style similar to Newman's "The Air Up There", this score features sweeping melodies, battling drums and an African choir. The album contains the complete orchestral score and is different from the previous European release inasmuch as it doesn't have the songs by Naturally 7 and Xavier Nadoo. Produced by David Newman and Robin Esterhammer.