Schubert/ Stuttgart/ Winkel - MaSS in A-Flat Major, D678In his Mass in A flat, Schubert set himself the great task of composing a "Missa solemnis", as he later entitled the work. As with the Mass he wrote in the last year of his life, he severed the bonds imposed by tradition on the four earlier works of 1814 16. His highest ambition for the effect it might have on the world (there is evidence of his early intention to dedicate it to the Emperor Franz and his consort) is linked in the A flat major Mass

opens the album with his great Sonata No

and Love to Hate

Semenenko has included works by Grieg

which was arranged from the music of his 1909 opera based on a story by Pushkin

This release is the first volume in a series of new recordings in which the illustrious pianist Roman Rabinovich will record all of the piano sonatas written by Haydn for FHR

Leoncavallo/ Popp/ Wallberg - La Boheme

and real heavy bass by Peter

Self-described as "an eclectic blend of the simple and complex"

his reputation as a bandleader

these records are selling fast for that 50's rock 'n' roll

after which there was a hiatus in his recording activities until later in the 60s

Farner commands the stage with the same intensity and outpouring of love as he did in the summer of '69 when the band's debut album was released