At this point, Billy Joel had one hit album under his belt (1973's Piano Man) and a whole bunch of platinum records in his future (starting with 1977's The Stranger). First, though, he had to make it ...

The Seagull's Serenade; Bird Stories; End of a Bug Affair; Afternoon Song; Jazz People; Ramba Samba; Moons Ago; Coffee Cat; Lonely Owl; The Seagull's Serenade (piano trio version).

Gubaidulina’s strength has always been to rhapsodise without rambling: even on the tiny scale of the two-and-a-half-minute Serenade for solo guitar from 1960 she creates an intriguing soundscape with ...