Mnnqns The Great Scheme of Things

One of the best jazz collections with all the well known classic hits in their original versions. Almost 3 hours of superb jazz tunes played by the great masters. Enjoy Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Bassie, Billie Holiday, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Stephane Grappelli, Aretha Franklin and many more, all in the same collection. A 'must have' for any jazz lover.

In the history of Spanish monarchy, the Royal Chapel is a fundamental entity for the establishment and dissemination of political and religious doctrine. It constitutes the heart of religious life centered around the kings. In the Royal Chapel, liturgical music plays an essential role as a means of legitimation of the catholic monarchy´s divine origin. In the 18th century, the life of the Spanish court was affected by the fire that razed the Real Alcazar on Christmas Eve of 1734, which also meant the destruction of the musical archive.The then maestro de música Francesco Corselli (1705-1778) had to face the challenge of reconstituting the archive and to provide the music needed for the celebration of liturgical functions, along with other musicians belonging to the institution. With this recording, music that was formerly exclusively intended for royalty is uncovered for the first time.

For the first volume of this series of seven albums, Gergely Ittzes has selected seven sonatas representative of the flute music of the 18th century. The works are played on modern flute but informed by authentic performance practice. Original obligato keyboard parts are played on piano while continuo realizations are performed on harpsichord. The players have aimed at an analytic, though spontaneous, rendition. Gergely Ittzes won several prizes and awards including the Aleksander Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities. Alex Szilasi and Anthony Newman join Ittzes on the keyboards.

He is the author of the monograph Les campanes del Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Ripoll - a musical approach - and the collection of essays Sobre música, both edited by the Ripoll Town Council and the Board of Trustees of the Santa Maria de Ripoll Monastery. In musicological research, he is the author of Notes on the Musical Theory of the Middle Ages in the Monastery of Ripoll, a study on an organ by the centenarian Francesc Galtayres, s. XVIII, from the church of Sant Pere de Ripoll; the review, study and transcription of Lluís Brusi's First Tone Verses and the Theme with Variations by the Montserrat monk Benet Brell i Clos, published by the Center for Regional Studies of Ripollès; Works for organ - a collection of unpublished pieces from the Escola Montserrat and Josep Elies - and the Organ Piece by P. Anselm Ferrer, also published by Ripoll Town Council. In 2019 he began a series of dissemination articles about the musician monks of Montserrat.

Kristian Krogsøe (b. 1982) was in 2007 at the age of 24 appointed cathedral organist at the Aarhus Cathedral. In 2022, he was appointed guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He studied with Prof. Ulrik Spang-Hanssen at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus and in the soloist class at the ‘Universität der Künste’ in Berlin, as a pupil of Prof. Leo van Doeselaar and Erwin Wiersinga. He graduated with distinction in 2009. Since his debut at Berliner Dom, Kristian Krogsøe has performed concerts with a wide-ranging repertoire in Denmark as well as abroad.