Jade CDs are widely heard on national and fine music stations throughout Australia, and are recognised as a valuable resource by educational authorities as being uniquely representative of the work of Australian composers. They are manufactured in limited runs of 500 and stocks are therefore may be regarded as collectors' items! All music is now also available on digital download. All Jade CD covers are distinctive. Most Jade CDs have an anthology format and include works by several composers. It's great to have these CDs on offer for a wider audience at CD Baby. "PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS" JADCD 1027 Works by: Eric Gross, Ann Carr-Boyd, Dulcie Holland, Mary Mageau, Robert Allworth, Betty Beath. Duration: 71.06 Includes 3 recordings by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Paul Hooper playing Concerto No. 1 for Mandolin & Orchestra by Gross, and Dulcie Holland's Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano, composed in 1944, but premiered in 1991 at the Composing Womens' Festival by the Montefiore Trio which live performance is featured here. Beath's vocal work "Given The Time" sung by soprano Jan Delpratt is accompanied on piano by the composer. Also heard are organ and harpsichord works by Robert Allworth, and Carr-Boyd's substantial "Theme & Variaitons for organ" played by fellow composer Lawrence Bartlett at the very fine organ of St. Andrews Cathedral, Sydney, Australia.