Solo Wav

The three sonatas of Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg (written in 1964, 1967, and 1979) are among the most richly creative and technically challenging 20th century works for solo violin, and their radical expressivity draws the listener in. Gidon Kremer, a key figure in the revival of interest in Weinberg's music, ranks these pieces with the Bart¢k sonata for their challenges and rewards. This edition of the Weinberg violin sonatas is issued on the occasion of Kremer's 75th birthday.

Following collaborations with Paul Van Dyk and Schiller, Solo is the first full-length studio release from German singer/songwriter Peter Heppner since his acrimonious departure from influential synth pop outfit Wolfsheim. Produced by Peter-John Vettese (Annie Lennox) and Jose Alvarez-Brill (Kosheen), its ten English and German-language tracks include the single "Alleinesein."

Ernst Toch est né en 1887 à Vienne, Empire Austro-hongrois (Autriche). D'abord autodidacte, il étudia ensuite la composition et le piano au Conservatoire Hoch de Francfort (Allemagne), puis mena une double carrière de pianiste-concertiste et de compositeur. De plus, en 1914, il enseigna le piano et la composition au Conservatoire de Mannheim, avant de servir dans l'armée allemande durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Celle-ci achevée, il revint à Mannheim, en 1928, s'installa à Berlin avec sa famille. De religion juive, l'avènement du nazisme en 1933 le contraint à fuir l'Allemagne. Après un court passage à Paris et à Londres, il s'exila en 1934 aux États-Unis, où il s'établit définitivement.

The blue-eyed soul brother’s Verve and MGM recordings anthologised on CD for the first time, including seven previously unissued masters.

Having played with The Servants in the late 1980s, Luke Haines carved a unique niche for himself in the 1990s with witty lyrics, wry humour and some stellar tunes with The Auteurs and other acts (Black Box Recorder, Baader Meinhof). By 1999, feeling aghast at the state of the Brit Rock scene in the UK, Luke decided to "start a righteous solo trip", having been commissioned to write the soundtrack for the film Christie Malry's Own Double Entry (2001). Sticking with Virgin Records, Luke then unveiled his first solo album proper, The Oliver Twist Manifesto, before fronting a new-look Auteurs for Das Capital. In due course, Luke switched labels to indie Fantastic Plastic for Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop (2006), followed in 2009 by 21st Century Man. Since then, he's curated a string of imaginative, amusing and always worthwhile albums for Cherry Red Records. Alive And Well… is the first-ever anthology of Luke's solo work, cherry-picking musical highlights from each of his long players as well as a smattering of B-sides, radio sessions, rarities and - on Disc 4 - a raft of previously unissued material. Alive And Well… is a very personal statement spanning the last two decades of the musical life of Luke Haines.

Kit Watkins has played keyboards for Happy The Man, Tone Ghost Either, and between 1979-1982 was a member of Camel (recording on I Can See Your House From Here as well as On the Road 1981 and On The Road 1982). He has also perfomred on recordings by Forrest Fang, The Blind Messenger, Richard Sinclair, Paul Adams and Djam Karet.

Having played with The Servants in the late 1980s, Luke Haines carved a unique niche for himself in the 1990s with witty lyrics, wry humour and some stellar tunes with The Auteurs and other acts (Black Box Recorder, Baader Meinhof). By 1999, feeling aghast at the state of the Brit Rock scene in the UK, Luke decided to "start a righteous solo trip", having been commissioned to write the soundtrack for the film Christie Malry's Own Double Entry (2001). Sticking with Virgin Records, Luke then unveiled his first solo album proper, The Oliver Twist Manifesto, before fronting a new-look Auteurs for Das Capital. In due course, Luke switched labels to indie Fantastic Plastic for Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop (2006), followed in 2009 by 21st Century Man. Since then, he's curated a string of imaginative, amusing and always worthwhile albums for Cherry Red Records. Alive And Well… is the first-ever anthology of Luke's solo work, cherry-picking musical highlights from each of his long players as well as a smattering of B-sides, radio sessions, rarities and - on Disc 4 - a raft of previously unissued material. Alive And Well… is a very personal statement spanning the last two decades of the musical life of Luke Haines.