Stories are meant to be shared and passed on through generations. As they're told and re-told, they transform—details change shape and become less important. It's no longer just about the narrative—it's about feeling. This is something Dolly Parton is intimately familiar with, because if a woman of the South understands anything, it's the art of telling a good story. And the good storytellers—the truly remarkable ones—share a few things in common: they tell you something familiar, they teach you something new, and they surprise you in a way that you weren't expecting…

Buffalo Music Hall of Famer offers an array of blues from traditional to haunting heavy, slippery horn grooves to world music vibe, harmonica driven bop to guitar fueled shuffles and beyond.

This second volume completes Decca's compact reissue of Britten conducting his own operas. As with the first volume, it is a self-recommending testament to the synergy of Britten's talents as a composer and conductor, and his continuing preeminence as a recorded interpreter of his own music.

Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor, and music theorist, was regarded as a leading composer of the post-Webern serialist movement who also embraced aleatory elements and electronics.

Those who collected CDs in the early years may remember Sony Classical's outstanding "Vivarte" series, which generally provided music using original instruments. Anner Bylsma one of the finest cellists of his time. Anner Bylsma celebrated his 70th birthday when this set was originallyl issued on 2004. It really mattered not what repertoire this cellist chose to play because his art is so all-embracing. He is gifted with a beautiful cello sound, formidable technique and wonderfully convincing interpretive ideas.

Echoes In The Night was the album for all those fans who had been waiting eight years for a Procol Harum reunion. In addition to Gary Brooker's singing and keyboard work, it featured Procol organist Matthew Fisher, lyricist Keith Reid, and drummer B.J. Wilson…

This is the Amadeus Quartet's second complete recording of Mozart's String Quartets for Deutsche Grammophon. The ensembles first recording in mono during the early 1950's received such international acclaim that it all but insured that these modern stereo performances recorded mostly in the late 1960's would be sure winners. They were, and have remained is DG's catalogue ever since. Characterized by incomparable ensemble playing and a thorough understanding of Mozart's humor and wit, these performances are simply as good as it gets.