From the violinist and Piazzolla fanatic Gidon Kremer comes this album of works by Piazzolla, along with one song in tribute to the legend. He covers a decent range of Piazzolla's work, moving equally well between slower milongas and faster tangos.....

1981's worldwide smash "Dare!" was a difficult record to follow up, and the Human League waited too long. Following the excellent stopgap EP FASCINATION, the band finally reappeared in the spring of 1984 with "Hysteria"....

This release contains the complete recorded colaborations of pianist Horace Silver with trumpeter Art Farmer.....

Fauré composed his 13 Nocturnes over almost half a century: a cycle that allows us to appreciate through three different periods the extraordinary evolution of the composer's language and aesthetic sense...

The two-disc Walking in Avalon is a rather schizophrenic affair, with one disc devoted to all new material and the other concentrating on live renditions of Christopher Cross hits...

With the 1985 release of Low Life, New Order put forth their most commercially accessible effort to date. While some of the dark-wave drippings of their Joy Division roots are evident, high energy progressions, which would carry them for years to come, began to emerge here...

Doctor Faith is Christopher Cross' first studio album in a dozen years, and it's an interesting step forward for the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter. You wouldn't particularly think of Cross in terms of social commentary, but Doctor Faith is infused with themes of aging, looking back on one's life and coming to grips with the changes time brings, good and bad...

Charles & Eddie's follow-up to their international hit Duophonic is much like its predecessor, featuring a set of polished, melodic pop/rock material with a slight hint of dance-pop, best illustrated by the single "Jealousy."

At a time when urban radio was obsessed with the hip-hop-minded new jack swing of Bell Biv DeVoe, Bobby Brown, and Guy (among others), Charles & Eddie turned to pre-1980 African-American music for inspiration. The male vocal duo's first album, Duophonic, owes a major debt to the classic Northern soul of the '60s and '70s...

Mario Pecoraro, the piano player and singer was born in Bludenz in 1978. He is strongly characterized by his Italian roots. At the age of 15, Mario enrols as the youngest full student at the University of Music and Representational Art, to study classical drums. His increasing love for jazz and Latin American music brings him to his secret love, the piano. After radically switching to the program of Jazz and Pop Piano, he is selected among numerous applicants for a one-year scholarship at the University of Miami, School of Music. After a very successful year of studies there, the School of Music offers him a full scholarship...

This excellent compilation includes some spectacular Miles Davis rarities, all recorded during 1951-52...

The first solo outing from Mr. Rock & Roll himself, "Talk Is Cheap" is a solid, rootsy effort with something for everyone. The opening cut, "Big Enough," mines a deep funk groove (abetted by veteran funksters Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic fame) and makes it clear that the set will not be pure Stones revival...

Vince Clarke can claim involvement in two stunning debuts in only two years: Depeche Mode's Speak and Spell and Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's. While Speak and Spell is, by far, the more consistent record, Upstairs at Eric's is wholly more satisfying, beating the Depeche record on substance and ambition, and is light years ahead in emotion...