Works For Harmonica

Whether for its historical associations or its sonic possibilities, the piano has featured prominently at all stages of Maurizio Kagel’s career. This collection gathers together most of his piano compositions: as so often with Kagel, the medium in itself does not constitute a generic body of work so much as music for one particular ‘sound source’ out of many.

Heitor Villa-Lobos, (born March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—died November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro), Brazilian composer and one of the foremost Latin American composers of the 20th century, whose music combines indigenous melodic and rhythmic elements with Western classical music.

Saxophonist Julian Velasco headlines an inventive, virtuosic, and diverse album of contemporary classical works for soprano, alto, and tenor sax as winner of Cedille Records’ first Emerging Artist Competition, a juried event celebrating the independent classical label’s 30th anniversary of championing Windy City artists of world-class talent.