Aus Wien/ Various - Aus Wien Format:CD '24 Songs' was a doff

'24 Songs' was a doff of the cap to The Wedding Present's 'Hit Parade' project of 30 years previous

Beck's L'isle déserte is thus a model example of a material and text-historical adaptation and even more so of a transfer to the music theater

and shows the composer's artistic maturity at it's peak: opulent orchestration

from it's origins in Gregorian Chant and 16th-century secular dance to traditional examples rooted in poetry

Featuring such iconic tracks as "Family Affair

Aus Wien/ Various - Aus Wien Format:CD '24 Songs' was a doffAfter his acclaimed Mendelssohn album with cellist Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson presents his first PENTATONE solo album Aus Wien, on which he brings together piano music from Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, Korngold and Ravel. Ranging from treasures of late Romantic and early atonal music to carnivalesque, grandiose dance pieces, the works on Aus Wien constitute a picture of the vibrant city of Vienna, a hub of musical creativity without parallel,