Stravinsky/ Philharmonia Orchestra - Sibelius & Stravinsky Violin ConcertosWith the violin concertos by Jean Sibelius and Igor Stravinsky, Zhi Jong Wang and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Sanderling, dedicate themselves to two works from the beginning of the twentieth century. Although the two works were composed only thirty years apart from one another, they could not be any more contrasting: minor against major, dark, mystical and introverted against exciting, suspenseful and sometimes ironic. And yet, in

because of his habit of leaping around the stage

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Born in Texas in 1914 - "Ivory Joe" were his given names and not a nickname - he made his first recordings as a talented youngster for the Library of Congress in 1933

On those albums she is accompanied variously by the orchestras of Ralph Burns

Black Milk

It's a varied collection of brilliantly crafted top class pop records

He created an orchestra called Frank de Vol & His Rainbow Strings

This excellent-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his early Mohawk releases

The recordings come from ten different recording sessions

Find out in madman director James Balsamo's cinematic masterpiece

It's a fine showcase for one of the genre's most enduring stars

Tracked over the course of four sweltering days at Willie Nelson's Austin