Mott the Hoople - Golden Age Of Rock N RollMott the Hoople occupies a unique place in the annals of international rock music. Oozing style, attitude & unpredictability, the band recorded a peerless legacy of songs combining homage, honesty & killer hooks. As Mott's focal point, lead singer Ian Hunter was also one of the toughest & most inventive writers of the early Seventies. Over the years, Mott the Hoople have been cited as an inspiration by Queen, The Clash, Kiss, Primal Scream, Mtley Cre,

Triesschijn and Counterpoint previous (and first) release was awarded the Gramophone Editor's Choice: "This debut album is

published in 1989

On Brand New Good Old Days

the celebrated British pianist Charles Owen scales the heights of Franz Liszt's anthology Annees de pelerinage

and these recordings should do much to boost the popularity of this highly appealing music on the European mainland as well

Her previous albums of Marcello (95277) and Ignaz Spergher (95834) have won glowing reviews for the technical finesse and expressive refinement of her playing

almost painfully in your face

a child crying into the dark

teaching them to overcome not only the racial barriers of the time but also the barriers within themselves

However a partial restoration of Hidalgo's scores has been possible through recovered manuscripts and in this collection comprised of songs never before released

but which ones

"Spirit and Pleasure" shows excerpts from the musical world of the 17th & 18th century in Ireland