Blumenfeld/ Viner - 24 Preludes 17Felix Blumenfeld (1863 1931) was a virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher whose class comprised the likes of Simon Barere, Maria Grinberg and Vladimir Horowitz. But he was also a composer of an oeuvre of breathtaking beauty, originality and sophistication. Even in his mid 20s Blumenfeld began teaching at the St Petersburg Conservatoire but resigned in protest at Rimsky Korsakov's dismissal following the senior composer's support of the protestors

The core of it is having a repeated pattern

" a huge hit for country artist Freddy Fender the previous year in 1974

Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

album is a mix of blues

Second LP by this seminal hard-bop revival group

sang with Fat Larry's Band

more evocative

bass and the fuzziest of guitars

Maximilian's famous court organist (second mass)

Momus wrote a song called The Homosexual about a man who isn't actually gay but delights in - and profits from - the fact that people think he is

a brilliant and bleak black comedy about money

His earliest solo hits include "It Never Rains in Southern California" and "The Free Electric Band