Besides his World Sinfonia tour, Al Di Meola is now collaborating with a keyboard giant, the fiery Cuban player Gonzalo Rubalcaba. “He’s the greatest pianist in the world today,” Di Meola says. “His touch, range, sensitivity and technique are astonishing, and he’s an amazing writer as well. I was stunned when he told me that he liked and respected my music because that’s certainly how I feel about him.”

The outstanding Greek-Armenian guitarist vistuoso, Iakovos Kolanian, transcripted two early masterpieces of Mikis Theodorakis for classical guitar, and recorded his superb interpretations in this 2010 CD. Mikis (85 yo) was really touched by Kolanian's potentials of musical expression and technical maturity and expressed publicly his affection and thanks for the guitarist's love towards his work. Thirty five years after the great John Williams, enjoy another top guitarist's view for Epitaph, in the double role of the arranger and performer. An approach of rare beauty.

Improvisation recorded in real time with no further processing. Very experimental record researching the stages of signal processing, moving from noise to dark drones. These soundscapes are getting more mysterious as the processing goes. The last part of the title composition gets completely twisted with effects featuring the harrowing screams of some abstract creatures.

Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Glücklich und voller Hoffnung brechen Lore und Fridolin nach Berlin auf. Hier tritt Fridolin einen Posten in einem Bankhaus an und Lore eröffnet mit ihrer Freundin einen Modesalon. Doch bald muss sie erkennen, dass sie von den Damen der Gesellschaft geschnitten, ja dass ganz offensichtlich gegen sie intrigiert wird. Dann beginnt es auch noch in ihrer Ehe zu kriseln, denn Fridolin hat eine alte Bekannte wieder getroffen - die Besitzerin des Edelbordells Le Plaisir…