Simone El Oufir Pierini - Six Sonatas for FortepianoIn the second half of 18th century, keyboard music in Tuscany was flourishing. Many composers wrote music for both the fortepiano and the harpsichord: the former, which was invented just before the turn of the 18th century in Florence by harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655 1731), rose to an incredible degree of popularity in the last decades of the century at the expense of the latter, which experienced the last moments of it's glorious

This will be working it's way through DJ sets around the globe as soon as it hits the streets

Cold will be reissued on both CD and double LP in a completely remastered version via Avantgarde Music

But what about the rest of the world

Barber's harmonies have thickened in texture and expressionist harmony: these are heroic numbers demanding an interpreter of heroic projection

They are played on this new recording on the organ installed by Vincenzo Colombi in 1523 at the Chiesa del Santissimo Corpo di Cristo in Valvasone in the province of Pordenone

the bitter struggle between the Capulet and Montague families

a year which is often called 'Schumann's chamber music year'

Some are musicians Van Etten herself admired in her early days (Fiona Apple

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Lou Caputo on reeds and Ben Sher on guitar on some tracks in various combinations

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often featuring works by Polish composers - as the pieces by Karol Szymanowski and Witold Lutoslawski on this CD impressively demonstrate