Festakt Der Paris Lodronuniversitt Salzburg am 2 Mai 1990

Neeme Järvi’s multi-volume traversal of Richard Strauss with the Scottish National Orchestra was largely successful, and this effort of the early Macbeth symphonic poem and the rare vocal/orchestral song Notturno was a highlight. The Rosenkavalier Waltz sequences are a bit of lightweight filler in contrast to the darker themes of the other works on offer, but as a program is quite interesting.

Time for Living (1990). The music on this album is a blend of uplifting rhytmic and joyous melodies and soft relaxing tunes.
A Touch of Scandinavia (1996). On this album you can listen to Bindu's personal instrumental interpretation of 13 well-known Scandinavian folk songs. Sense the warm and peaceful atmosphere, imagine the clear blue sky and the enchanting summer nights and enjoy this little collection of beauties.

This disc offers a trio of orchestral works by Dutilleux which are not otherwise available together, and it scores highly for including the first recording of the 1991 revision of Timbres, espace, mouvement (1978).

En exil volontaire à Paris, Zagan ne s'intéresse plus aux affaires infernales. Mais quand il apprend que ses amis sont en danger, il se décide à intervenir. L'ennemi a mis la main sur l'arme ultime ? …

The Art of Fugue was J.S. Bach's final composition which many justifiably regard as the apotheosis of his legacy. This arrangement by the Musica Antiqua Koln is one of the most austere chamber versions on CD with nearly half of the movements interspersed evenly throughout the performance played by only one or two instrumentalists.