J.S. Bach / Ensemble Aurora/ Gatti - Musical OfferingWhereas The Art of the Fugue remains wrapped in respectful veneration and an aura of mystery, the contemporary Musical Offering has acquired relatively longstanding popularity. This is somewhat paradoxical, however, as the work is no less complex, and it's overall architecture raises just as many questions. In 1980, the musicologist Ursula Kirkendale was able to show that the various pieces of the Musical Offering are organized exactly like the

Last viewed during their initial run in grubby storefront theaters of New York in the mid-1970s

This opera-ballet

in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career

Here a group of chamber musicians from the symphony orchestra presents the string quintets op

previously-unissued take on 'Matchbox'

as completed by Mozart's pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr

enhanced by Smokey's southern vocals and unique sense of timing

There are story songs about cookies and balloons and love songs about feeling sad and happy songs about monkeys that won't got to bed and nostalgic songs about my own childhood and snow storms among many others

In the greatest French tradition

almost optimistic

the equally disturbing sequel featuring a new class

The featured vocalists include Ray Eberle