Clyde Wright - Oh What A DayThe best recording of Clyde Wright (Singers Golden Gate Quartet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson)

so this new recording by the Prague-based ensemble Collegium 1704

The UK version features two underrated early pop gems - "I'm Free" and the sublimely cynical "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

The album spawned a third single "4 More"

includes two compositions belonging to the most recognisable and popular chamber music repertoire

Beginning with a life journey through refreshing spring feelings

ultimately spiritual and brilliantly crafted

Album released on Deutsche Grammophon on 3 June 2022

This release commemorates four German composers who had to flee Germany during the Nazi era because they were Jewish: Paul Ben-Haim

The first performance of 'The Trumpeter of Sackingen' on May 4

Newman/ Cox/ Elmassian - 35 Whirlpools Below Sound

and orchestral support from his friends in the Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Includes his huge hit