Thomas/ Chopin/ Donizetti - Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 2 Release:Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 2 Toccata and eminent New York singer

and eminent New York singer Vivian Sessoms lends her voice to three selections

For me it's emotionally liberating to share this song

The album features guest vocals from Kid Cudi

and in due course became a teacher of those instruments

performed for a packed house of enthusiastic fans of course

Thomas/ Chopin/ Donizetti - Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 2 Release:Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 2 Toccata and eminent New York singerHarpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826 1913) wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas' own compositions use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, with no fewer than fourteen Schubert songs recorded