Mauro Righini - 6 Lessons for Viola D'amoreAttilio Malachia Ariosti (1666 1730) was born in Bologna, Italy. Violinist, organist, composer and librettist. He took vows at the order of the Serviti as Frate Ottavio in 1688 and was appointed organist in the church of S. Maria dei Servi in Bologna in 1693. He travelled to Mantua and Venice, the most enlightened musical and artistic centers of northern Italy and then moved to Berlin and lately to Vienna in 1703. Expelled from the Papal State for

but the man-someone whose age hasn't altered any of his freshness or authenticity

During his heyday as a bandleader in the 1920s and '30s he had a string of big sellers and recorded definitive versions of some of the classics of those times

James D'Arcy (Dunkirk)

he was aware that such a performance didn't come out of nowhere

If Kick I was a multidimensional self-portrait that held all of Arca's many mutations

bandleader

He is setting up an avocado farm and provides fifty families in his region with food every month via his charitable foundation

revealed in the compelling and diverse portraits of four exceptional Canadian women: Alice Munro

The four suites on this album

The Toccatas are usually performed on harpsichord or piano - but even though they are 'manualiter' (intended to be played by the hands only) and do not call for pedal parts

The group presents original programs that blend formal and popular styles

he places his artistry and his feeling for words at the service of the lied repertory