Catalonian composer Xavier Montsalvatge began violin lessons at the age of nine, around the same time as his father's death and his move to Barcelona to live with his grandfather. This move later allowed him to attend the Barcelona Conservatory and numerous concerts that greatly influenced him. His teachers at the conservatory were Francisco Costa for violin and Enrique Morera and Jaume Pahissa for composition. He himself became a teacher at the school in 1933. His first important works were the 1934 Tres impromptus for piano, for which he won the Rabell prize from the Patxot Foundation, and the Suite burlesca, for which he won the Pedrell prize in 1936. Rejecting the legacies of Wagner and Richard Strauss that dominated in Spain ……..

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The rich and sonorous choir piece Solrosen och Molnet by Lars-Erik Rosell is combined with my Requiem for soprano, choir, strings and synthesizer on this cd that displays the capacity and talent of one of Sweden's finest choirs guided by conductor Anders Eby who has been an important influence on me and a reason for my continuing and growing interest in the choir as an instrument.

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British/American grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will release their 14th studio album (excluding the cover album "Leaders Not Followers"), "Utilitarian", on February 27 in Europe and February 28 in North America via the band's longtime partner, Century Media Records. The cover artwork perfectly fits the album's theme and was created by the Danish artist Frode Sylthe, who is also responsible for THE HAUNTED's "rEVOLVEr" artwork.

Founded in Santiago de Cuba on November 7, 1939, Cuarteto Patria since its beginning decided as its main objective to cover the region’s rich troubadour song book. Later on in 1978 they experimented a second period when Eliades Ochoa took over the direction, who, without abandoning the trova reoriented the repertoire to a style much more sonero, as is shown in Son de Oriente, an album that recreates anthological themes from our traditional music in versions imbued with great Cuban spirituality, in which Eliades, besides his charisma as a singer, demonstrates his great skill as a guitarist.

Album released in 1993 in Europe with a selection of 17 songs, all creations of the Greek composer Vangelis but interpreted by The Synthesizer Orchestra, performing electronic versions with synthesizer. The repertoire includes many of the most successful hits of the author, from "Chariots of Fire 'to' Apocalypse des animaux ', or ' Theme from Antarctica ',' Blade Runner ', '1492 Conquest of Paradise 'and others. Registered interpretations, being immediately recognizable by their musical range with Vangelis original, never cease to be a remarkable exercise in electronic music on compositions always pleasurable to enjoy.

"Size Isn't Everything" is the twentieth studio album (eighteenth worldwide) by the Bee Gees, released in the UK on 13 September 1993, and the US on 2 November of the same year. The brothers abandoned the contemporary dance feel of the previous album High Civilization and went for what they would describe as "A return to our sound before Saturday Night Fever".

Trombone player, composer, and bandleader, Willie Colon was one of the pioneers of Latin American music. Despite initial criticism, Colon‘s album El Malo has become known as one of the first albums to feature the "New York Sound" that sparked a renewed interest in Latin music during the 1970s. Colon has been instrumental in the careers of such Latin musicians as Ruben Blades, who first sang with Colon‘s band in 1975, and Celia Cruz, for whom Colon has produced such albums as Only They Could Have Done This Album in 1977 and the highly successful duet album Celia Willie in 1981.

Electric Light Orchestra took rock in a new direction, combining lush orchestrations with a pop sensibility, rapidly scoring 17 Top 40 hits. After a lengthy absence from U.S. stages, ELO, headed by Jeff Lynne, returns in this much-anticipated performance kicking off the new "ZOOM" album at CBS Television City in Los Angeles with all of the lavish spectacle the band is famous for in this state-of-the-art concert.