Lizst/ Piemontesi - Annees de PelerinageIn the 18th century, instrumental music was largely the preserve of the aristocracy. Many of the nobility furnished their courts with instrumentalists or music ensembles, for the entertainment of the master and of the house and his family and guests. Revolution and Napoleonic wars changed the face of society, redistributing economic power. In the years between the Congress of Vienna (1814) and the Revolution of 1848 49, new ways were found to finance

featured guest vocalists

Their albums are packed with sing-along hits mixed with sonic experiments and cosmic jests

still-single DS Matilda Stone (Olivia Vinall) braced for the anticipated meddling from hovering aunts Beth (Sarah Woodward)

Filmed by his childhood friend

whilst deliberately referencing their accumulated knowledge of performance practices of the period

Inside Metal: The LA Metal Scene Explodes covers the era from 1981 to 1986

Josh Modney's improvisations demonstrate the sophisticated vocabulary he has developed for his work in this context

Although large parts of his vocal works are lost or were destroyed during the Second World War

Thema und Variationen - composed when he was 15 years old - is an example of the young composer's precocity

this is the only world in town

Antoine Guerber - Plorer Gemir Crier: Homage to the Golden Voice of De Johannes Ockeghem

Revealing the composer's great expertise in the use of musical rhetoric as well as his concern regarding varied rhythmic and harmonic effects