Elementalia will consist of four albums, each dedicated to one of the four elements (Earth, Fire, Water and Air). The music of the ELEMENTALIA series seeks to immerse the listener in the magic world of vocal overtone singing.
Offering five "alternative classical" works, this premiere Phillip Bimstein CD has been called "the ear-opening CD of 1997" in Stereophile. The delightful Garland Hirschi's Cows describes a Utah farmer, his cows, and why they moo.
Other Aspects is a collection of previously unreleased jazz recordings by Eric Dolphy made between 1960 and 1962 and released first in 1987 by Blue Note Records.The recordings originated with tapes that Dolphy left with composer Hale Smith and his wife Juanita before leaving for Europe in 1964 to tour with Charles Mingus.
SYLVIA MARLOWE (1909-1981), in the course of a long and distinguished career, appeared throughout America, Europe and the Far East in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and as soloist with major symphony orchestras. Performer, scholar, teacher, Miss Marlowe commissioned over thirty works for the harpsichord, edited and annotated selected keyboard works of Franc;ois Couperin, and recorded major harpsichord works both old and new. Her performances have been hailed as Authoritative, masterful, deeply poetic. Miss Marlowe was the founder of the Harpsichord Music Society, Inc. and has been named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. A native of New York City, she lived there and in Connecticut for many years with her husband, the late painter Leonid Berman. In the words of historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., the lady who loved society, spoke French and was the sparkling center of her salon on East 60th Street blended twentieth century urgency with eighteenth-century elegance.
The New Children's Hospital at Westmead, in Sydney, Australia -- with its extraordinary art collection, gardens and aviary, and even its own radio station -- was the initial inspiration for this piece by esteemed radio documentarian, Sherre DeLys.
Jo Mapes, an important singer in the 1950s folk music revival, sings the song You Were On My Mind from her 1964 FM album And You Were On My Mind. This song was written by Sylvia (Fricker) Tyson of singers Ian & Sylvia and was a big hit for the group We Five.
