In an age of digital streams and compressed audio files, the vinyl LP stands as a monument to sensuality and authenticity. Anyone who has ever placed the stylus upon an LP knows the music really breat

Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

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Works by Bach arr. for clarinet Martin Fröst (clarinet); Jonas Nordberg (lute) et al Sony Classical 19802814742 41:45 mins The album B.A.C.H. from Swedish clarinettist and conductor Martin Fröst conti

Sun Triptych Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints et al; BBC Concert Orchestra/ Dobrinka Tabakova ECM 4878558 64:61 mins This is the second ECM disc to feature the extremely accessible music of Bulga