A CD featuring Roy Orbison vocal performances with brand-new orchestral arrangements by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

Additional accompaniment from Roy’s three sons and backing vocals from their wives and children.

The A Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.

Janusz Wawrowski's album Phoenix pairs two violin concertos - one a repertoire favourite, the other a fascinating rediscovery. The life-affirming spirit of each defies the circumstances of its genesis: Tchaikovsky's concerto dates from the aftermath of his disastrous marriage, while Polish composer Ludomir Rózycki wrote his concerto during the traumatic Warsaw Uprising, when his countrymen attempted to defy their Nazi occupiers.

"Rózycki's wonderful concerto spoke to me immediately," says Janusz Wawrowski. "It reminds me of Gershwin or Korngold, yet retaining at the same time a distinct Slavic flavour." Wawrowski, praised by Gramophone magazine for his "dark, luscious sweetness of sound", spent 10 years reconstructing the work from long-lost fragments. He performs here with London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its Polish-born Permanent Associate Conductor, Grzegorz Nowak.

In 1944, before escaping Warsaw with his family, Rózycki buried the manuscript of his concerto in his garden. His house was eventually destroyed and Rózycki, living in the city of Katowice, resigned himself to the loss of the score. He died in 1953 at the age of 69. As it turned out, the buried concerto was discovered by construction workers and found its way to Poland's National Library.

"Rózycki's concerto is full of the energy and life of Warsaw before the war," says Janusz Wawrowski. "It is incredible that it was written in the darkest times and carries such positive energy. Rózycki's spirit of hope for a better future was well and truly still alive."

Track list
Rozycki: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Op.70 Andante
Rozycki: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Op.70 Allegro Decis
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Op.35 Allegro M
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Op.35 Canzonett
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra Op.35 Finale. a

Pangea is an album by Abraham Cupeiro, released in 2020. Pangea includes a.o. the following tracks: "Oceania", "Norteamerica", "Costa Atlantica", "Lamento" and more. The album is a classical CD.