James Francies - Purest Form2021 release. Pianist and producer James Francies follows up his acclaimed 2018 debut Flight with the expansive opus Purest Form, an eclectic new album that taps into the essence of his artistry across 14 tracks that conjure a world of sounds and textures, interpreting love, grief, frailty, and fortitude. In addition to Burniss Travis on bass and Jeremy Dutton on drums, the album features alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross,

On this recording one can hear his Piano Quintet in G minor op

It was something of a strange and wonderful upbringing for me and my sister

The triptych offered by this volume is rounded off by the Waltz from the opera Eugene Onegin (1879)

Composer Guillaume Roussel has written the original music for the film Couleurs de l'incendie directed by and featuring Clovis Cornillac with co-stars Léa Drucker

Journey with Annette John through the centuries with these solo works for recorder

the countertenor Damien Guillon places his voice at the service of a programme of vocal pieces by the German Baroque composer Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

With the release of Intermezzo they forge a link to their previous album by presenting an equally charming and sensitive choice of repertoire linked to their namesake

Monologue is a touching and refreshing album about family

with Beneke also enlisting in the Navy

Einojuhani Rautavaara represents a great leap in time

while Hikari must rediscover her own course

The repertoire of Planel