Ammann/ Basler Madrigalisten/ Immoos - Missa Defensor PacisBenno Ammann's oeuvre reveals influences from impressionism to free tonality, yet he belongs to no stylistic school. The Swiss composer wrote Missa Defensor Pacis ('Defender of the Faith') in 1946 for the official canonization, at St Peter's in Rome, of Nicholas of Fle, patron saint of Switzerland. This prestigious commission, with it's complex polyphony, countless variations, and use of the cantus firmus technique, is one of the most important and

The five-movement form once more serves Shostakovich well in the Ninth but signs of his refined and austere 'late style' begin to appear in the solemn simplicity of the slow music and the pithy exhilaration of the finale

K427 - the 'Great Mass'

pleasingly lyrical movements - was premiered by Raschèr' (BBC Music Magazine) 'Glaznov's Quartet is a foundational piece for the instrument' (WFMT)

the groves are exceptionally open to the public

Just Because 2

starting with their most beloved album

was first released on Vertigo in 1971

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs

this recording marks the second step in the journey of discovery into the cosmos of Anton Bruckner's seldom heard early works

including more than sixty motets

- This CD compilation contains more than ten previously unreleased tracks

Imaginario reconstructs an imaginary and unknown book of vihuela songs