Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter CD + MP3 Bundle

Donnacha Dennehy: Land of Winter CD + MP3 BundleDonnacha Dennehys Land of Winter, performed by the composer's longtime collaborators Alarm Will Sound and conductor Alan Pierson, explores the subtleties of Irelands seasons via twelve connected sections representing the months of the year. "It is the varying quality of light that truly demarcates the seasons," Dennehy says, "from the shorter days of grey or piercing light in the winter to the warmer but mercurial light of summer days that at solstice

and special guests Meshell Ndegeocello (vocals)

The historically accurate music on this Grammy-winning soundtrack to Ken Burn’s PBS series

recorded live at Philadelphia's Prince Music Theatre

and 50 Cent and record producer for Fiona Apple and Mary J

" which expressed the “mad and slightly evil quality” of Scriabin’s work

composer/pianist Timo Andres pairs the newly composed title work with two reinventions of works by musical heroes in Mozart "Coronation" Concerto Re-Composition

and a take on Eurythmics' “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”

all arranged for string quartet

one by Coleman

all longtime friends

Sean Peter Forte

and Sonata No