Men are like wines: a great vintage calls, first of all, for good vine stock and excellent siol. His gifts apart, Henry Madin spent his formative years in a soil that was rich in artistic tradition. Lorraine (witch at that time was neither French nor German but imply itself) explains why this young musician was later to be so at ease not only in the severe traditions of the north and east but also in the lighter tradition of the south.

• Wykonawca Ensemble Almasis
• Data premiery 2011-07-01
• Nośnik CD

Documentary series which explores the background and influences of six of Johnny Cash's greatest songs. With contributions from those who knew the man and his music best, including Johnny's wife June Carter Cash and good friend Billy Bob Thornton, each story explains why Cash's music has stood the test of time. The episodes are: 'I Walk the Line', 'Ring of Fire', 'Jackson', 'A Boy Named Sue', 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' and 'Hurt'.

• Data premiery 2016-01-29
• Nośnik DVD

Hailed as ‘Queen of the classical accordion’, Mie Miki made her first public appearance at the age of five, and has since then given countless concerts. This CD brings together pieces that she doesn’t necessarily perform in public, however – rather they are the ones that she plays when needing to take a break from practising her next concert programme: old friends and new, childhood acquaintancies, and some surprise guests from a wholly different musical universe. Pieces for harpsichord (Daquin’s Cuckoo or Handel’s Blacksmith) or piano (Stravinsky’s Tango and Schubert’s two Moments musicaux) rub shoulders with original accordion compositions such as Wolfgang Jacobi’s Sérénade. Moods range from the irrepressible Miss Karting, straight out of the great French musette tradition, and the breakneck comedy of Road Runner, to the intense pathos of Astor Piazzolla’s Chiquilín de Bachín and the calm serenity of A Spotless Rose, in Brahms’ setting (originally an organ prelude). As Mie Miki explains in her introduction, the disc ‘represents a mosaic landscape, a product of coincidences, dreams, journeys, memories and nostalgia’, from which the listener is free to choose pieces according to mood and whim – finding something suitable for any occasion. And this performer’s ability to capture all of this with her wonderfully expressive instrument has been tried and tested – for instance on her recording of Grieg piano pieces, BIS-CD-1629, of which the reviewer in Fanfare wrote: ‘It would be hard not to like this CD… it brings a smile to my lips whenever I play it.’

• Wykonawca Miki Mie
• Data premiery 2011-02-01
• Nośnik CD

Angela Hewitt’s previous forays into the French repertoire have been praised for their ‘tenderness, Gallic wit, verve, and—the most important ingredient of all—charm’. These qualities are very much to the fore in this new disc of Debussy featuring some of the composer’s most sunlit, delightful and popular works. Children’s Corner was written for Debussy’s beloved daughter (though not, as Hewitt explains, for her to play immediately). Hewitt embraces the music’s wit, artful references and gentle beauty. The atmospheric Suite bergamasque includes the famous ‘Clair de lune’. Also included are the tragic Masques and gorgeously exuberant L’isle joyeuse. Hewitt and Debussy are a perfect match.

• Wykonawca Hewitt Angela
• Data premiery 2012-09-01
• Nośnik CD