Alkan/ McCallum/ Helyard - Four Hands for France AEC Video His partners here are some

His partners here are some of Europe's best: French jazzmen Pierre Michelot and Martial Solal

three darkness consumed men seeked to ventilate their seemingly endless pain

These are choppy waters through which Roberta Invernizzi sails with unquestionable skill: complete control of her native language and dominance of Handel's stylistic demands in canto espressivo and canto d'agilita - all being allied to her lustrous vocal tones

" featuring beautiful instrumentals built around Pell's guitar

CD 3 features the band's third album 'Silver Pistol' and also has three rare tracks that were recorded for the album but didn't make the final cut

Alkan/ McCallum/ Helyard - Four Hands for France AEC Video His partners here are somePlaying four hands piano was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The French composers recorded here span the Romantic century, from the salon charm of Chaminade and Massenet and the virtuosity of Alkan's wild dance to the innocence of the family music room in pieces by Chausson, Godard and Ropartz. The original 1853 Parisian Erard piano on which this recording was made combines