Cornelius/ Figure Humaine Kammerchor - Kennst Du Das LandFamiliar, but unfamiliar known, but not well known this is the credo of the figure humaine kammerchor and it's founder and conductor Denis Rouger. On their first album "Kennst du das Land" the artists present French as well as German solo songs in arrangements for choir. The songs by Gabriel Faur, Hugo Wolf, Fanny Hensel, Claude Debussy, Clara Schumann and others can be experienced anew through the choral interpretations. The young chamber choir is

last year's superb Hardly Electronic

which create a plot to fit around hit songs

I was thinking more in terms of a 'slicker' sound on the tracks

at the intersection between the German solo tradition and the Italian concerto

dedicated to the Right Honorable Lady Harriot Montague

Beethoven / Paul Kletzki - Paul Kletzki Conducts Brahms Schubert & Beethoven

Sviatoslav Richter - Schumann & Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos

With the death of Mariss Jansons one year ago

leaving behind the typical Italian-influenced tradition of the first half of the 18th century

It was part of a larger spectacle including dances and operas scenes by various authors and starred the singer Paul Barroilhet

Signed by the UK's Demon Records

Cory Asbury - Pioneer