The Shaw Brothers: Lau Kar-LeungAfter masterminding the spellbinding martial arts choreography on dozens of Shaw Brothers' biggest hits, Lau Kar Leung became an extraordinary director in his own right, using his inimitable talents and deeply felt understanding of kung fu history to create his own idiosyncratic and often humorous take on the genre. Lau's second film, the thrilling and deeply personal Challenge of the Masters, draws upon the legend of the real life Cantonese folk hero

a loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style

working in the Scottish National Orchestra and then in the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London

This album features Schubert's Sonata No

but also and above all cylindrical transverse flutes

he revised it time and again and today there are three versions of it

Composers Fritz Kreisler and Erich Wolfgang Korngold

The Southern California-based artist spent nearly three years working alone and exploring the expanse of his imagination

where a luscious body of music emerged that has occupied a central place in Revue Blanche's repertoire since the very start

Bach: Der Fruhling

and a feast of characteristic swing era pop

he'll have to take these sour lemons and squeeze-play out a winning basketball team and somehow

flute and viola