Daniel Rowland - The MeSSengerAlfred Schnittke and Arvo Prt have both called the Ukrainian Valentyn Silvestrov "one of the greatest composers of our time". He is also one of it's true originals; though a leading figure in the former Soviet Union's avant garde in the 1960s, he subsequently came to realize that "the most important lesson of the avant garde was to be free of all preconceived ideas particularly those of the avant garde. Over time, Silvestrov's compositional practice

Internationally respected scholar

the creeping loneliness

Rahiem Supreme

1965's Out Of Our Heads saw The Rolling Stones prove themselves capable of writing classic rock singles that mined their R&B and blues roots

A modern masterpiece that is unrelenting in it's heart-wrenching beauty

which features Ravel's Sonatine

In Between is rock and roll that feels both classic and modern

which is heard to best effect in a quartet of Communion pieces at the end of the first album

with most of the vocals and rhythm tracks recorded live

On occasions the recitatives tend in the direction of arias

Toronto Symphony

and his operas and oratorios won particular acclaim in France and England respectively