Joanna Songi - David's LiebestodJames Cook was born in Wales in 1969. He composed three major symphonies in his twenties and after a brief spell studying composition at Oxford in 1994 turned to the writing of sacred vocal and choral music, much of which has been recorded for Divine Art Diversions. In 2000 he began to concentrate on organ music and competed a cycle of nine organ symphonies. Looking to expand his horizons further he turned to opera in 2010; his first, "Dorothy", was

"Unknown songs I had never heard flowed through my heart - songs that sounded to me like ghostly voices

Recording such a world-spanning œuvre as Gustav Mahler's ten symphonies is truly a Herculean task

touching on the acceptance of love in it's many forms

"His object is to keep the big band alive and swingin'

Berio's Sequenza VIII for Violin was my point of departure

University of Missouri's Director of Choral Activities

Two programs are included

but in a rare feat

On the Pine Hill Haints' latest long-player

Shortly after that

available on Brilliant Classics (BC8551 and BC9171)

Five of the world's best flamenco musicians are featured on this album