Symphonies 5 6 7 9More than 200 years after it's premiere at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Isabelle Faust, Jean Guihen Queyras and Martin Helmchen have congenially mastered the artistic challenge of Beethoven's gemstone. Under Herbert Blomstedt's sensitive direction, the soloists unite chamber musical intimacy together with virtuoso sophistication and prove once again that the Triple Concerto is an unduly underestimated, much too rarely programmed masterpiece. With the

she was brought up with the music of the Delta

Throughout his life

plus selected titles from his albums "Hello Blues"

" and "Gettin' Into Each Other's Pants"

Born in remote Utah in 1905

'Be-Bop Baby'

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The iconic classics featured here

including Domenico Scarlatti

Mel-O-Dy and Divinity labels during this era

famous for blending elements of classical music with individual and ensemble improvisation in a refined chamber style of jazz

effortlessly linking different musical epochs