Scott Thorson

Tracks from UK Ember first released 1962-1974. Throughout the Sixties and into the Seventies, Jeffrey Kruger's enterprising
ember label released a steady stream of singles, EP's and albums by female artists, both soloist and girl groups. Actually, he didn't get off to the best of starts - Rock-Olga's "My Dixieland Doll" (Ember EMBS 105, 1960), is one of the worst records this writer has ever heard - but he went on to amass a strong roster of female vocalists including some who made their reputation in other fields but who nevertheless made good records for ember. Here we present a cross-section of their recordings, beat, ballads and a touch of the blues!

Tracks from UK Ember first released 1962-1974. Throughout the Sixties and into the Seventies, Jeffrey Kruger's enterprising ember label released a steady stream of singles, EP's and albums by female artists, both soloist and girl groups. Actually, he didn't get off to the best of starts - Rock-Olga's "My Dixieland Doll" (Ember EMBS 105, 1960), is one of the worst records this writer has ever heard - but he went on to amass a strong roster of female vocalists including some who made their reputation in other fields but who nevertheless made good records for ember. Here we present a cross-section of their recordings, beat, ballads and a touch of the blues!

The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina’s chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was greatly attracted to the forward-looking style of the likes of Debussy—however, his musical course was altered when he encountered countrymen Falla and Albéniz, who encouraged him to write in a style that fully embraced his Andalucian musical heritage. Later in life the composer himself explained ‘my music is the expression of the feeling of a true Sevillian who did not know Seville until he left it’. The acclaimed Nash Ensemble here demonstrate what a satisfying artistic homecoming he made.