Hanna Shybayeva - Tangos for YvarThe American pianist Yvar Mikhashoff commissioned 127 of the world's leading composers to write tangos for him. Between 1983 and 1991 he received an eclectic, stylistically varied range of works that offer a unique body of contemporary tango music for the piano. Tango's origin was in the waltz and mazurka but has long embraced jazz and even electronic music. In this unique collection the span is international and individual, ranging from traditional

these past and forthcoming projects were chosen selectively

who apply their virtuosic chops to Tsiganov's elegant charts with an open

these albums include Meditation Aumgu

a flapper script girl

A supremely talented vocalist who was a member of the legendary soul n funk band Creative Funk

Charles-Simon Catel's Les Bayadères (1810)

and more about discovering there's something better awaiting you

Swagger drenched youngster frontman Tommy Commy recruited Strange Jeff by dragging him into a bathroom stall during a punk show

Mixed by Steve Hauschildt (Emeralds)

which itself reworks two shorter earlier works

Krebs of Altenburg

the Japanese flutist Atsuko Koga and her partner