Dreyer/ Bertini/ Granchi - Sacred MusicKnown in his day as 'il Tedeschino' ('the little German fellow') Giovanni Filippo Maria Dreyer was born in Florence in 1703, and made a name for himself as a castrato soprano in opera houses across Italy and farther north: he enjoyed senior posts at theatres in Wroclaw and Prague before joining the imperial theatre in Moscow. By 1737 he had returned to his home city, where he joined a religious order at the Church of SS Annunziata and became it's

Opera Highlights is both a visually exciting introduction for new viewers to opera as well as a unique opportunity to see great singers talking to camera

trips with his family

Goldie & the Gingerbreads were a popular club act with a handful of recordings under their belt when an admiring Animals caught them on a NYC visit in late 1964

This is the band logo skaters worldwide painted on their decks

'Tis worth noting

and Mein Wagen rollet langsam

nurtured by Early Music

as a headliner or supporting such artists as Michelle Shocked

After a violent confrontation

dance-like passages and emotionally charged musical phrases

written in homage to the painter Pierre Soul ages and magnificently served in this recording by pianist David Lively

Live at Nick's was recorded in November 1978