Chopin/ Ralf Taal - Magic of SoundThe current recording is a double portrait: the portrait of pianist Ralf Taal portraying Fryderyk Chopin trying to display the model from as many angles as possible. The first touches to the portrait CD are given by a colorful Prelude bouquet followed by the narrative, elegiac fourth Ballade and three etudes, op 10 where Chopin unites brilliant technique with poetic romantic figures. The splendid Polonaise, op 53 offers homage to Poland, the

Barlow recorded with several incarnations of the Crickets throughout the 1950's and began a solo career in 1959

" says Brett Danaher

among them Carnegie Hall

and Dario Costello

an American ambulance driver serving in the Italian Army

with which he learned his craft and all but two of which he composed prior to The Birds

serenades from Ethiopia and more

Presented in impeccable style with a specially commissioned sleeve illustration by Emanuel Wiemans of a mid-century pool party to really set the tone

since that was the point - and it was very funny to see Harlin and his star/screenwriter/producer Sylvester Stallone trying to cover all their bases

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like two people who make their way back to each other

The Specials and The Bodysnatchers