The title “Heavy Sleep”, is meant to reference not only the eponymous openingwork on this Album, but also to note the phrase’s allusion to death and eternal sleep. For me, each work on this album relates either directly or spiritually ...
Komponist: Timo Andres, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Mohammed Fairouz
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Chapí: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
The history of the string quartet genre in Spain arguably begins with the luminous and crisp quartets by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805), a composer who was Italian by birth, but a Spaniard in heart, spirit and language.
Komponist: Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Black Oak Arkansas (Remastered)
Black Oak Arkansas introduced a three-guitar thunderstorm underpinning the scary basso profundo growls of lead singer Jim 'Dandy' Mangrum. This was a sound unlike any other on the then-nascent Southern rock scene. With songs like ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Southern Rock
Die erste Saxophonlinie ertönt – und schon sind die Bilder da. Der Vorführraum in einem alten Kino auf einem sizilianischen Dorfplatz, die staunenden Augen des kleinen Jungen, der sich mit dem Vorführer angefreundet hat, die für die kindliche ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Einige Zeit ist vergangen seit Bennie Wallace mit seinem ausgezeichneten Debut, „The Fourteen Bar Blues“, auf der Bühne der internationalen Jazz-Szene erschienen ist. Das hat den jungen Tenoristen als originelles Genie eingeführt, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Gleich die erste Zusammenarbeit des für die Jazzwelt richtungweisenden Vibraphonisten David Friedman und Marimba-Spieler Dave Samuels mit zwei weiteren Künstlern als 'Double Image' führte zu einer Grammy-Nominierung.
Komponist: David Friedman, David Samuels
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Who knows what Mozart and Chopin might have played had they actually come face to face in or around 1830, if the former had not died so prematurely. They might both have improvised on a given theme, or played together on two ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Dies ist Rez Abbasis dritte Produktion für ENJA. Der New Yorker Gitarrist mit pakistanischen Wurzeln hat einen interessanten Weg gefunden sowohl die indische Musik-Kultur wie aber auch Charlie Parker zu respektieren.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff has released several albums in the recent years performing original compositions; solo as on LIVING and with his FLY NORTH Quartet. This time Hoff delivers a concept album performing 15 songs ...
Komponist: Jan Gunnar Hoff
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
String Quartets Vol. IV: Schubert-Ratkje-Britten-Haydn
Perhaps the greatest single characteristic of Franz Schubert's Rosamunde Quartet (1823) is the elusive, longing and perhaps even tragically unconsummated atmosphere that pervades the entire work. Only in the Andante are we ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its second decade as a ...
Komponist: Robert Schumann (1810-56)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit
Cherished Moments Songs of the Jewish Spirit the new album from Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith Clurman with soloists Ron Raines, Bruce Ruben and Michael Slattery. This new cd combines the expertise born of Judith Clurman’s ...
Komponist: Louis Lewandowski, Debbie Friedman [Non-Classical Composer], Nico Muhly, Ben Steinberg [Non-Classical Composer], Solomon Braslavsky, Traditional, Emanuel Kirschner, Solomon Golub, Paul Schoenfield
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Cornetist Ron Miles leads guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade in Circuit Rider, the group’s second album. A logical evolution from the Trio’s debut album Quiver (2012), Circuit Rider epitomizes Miles’ signature lyricism, deceptively ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Vorhang auf und Bühne frei für Shakespeare Reloaded! Vor zwei Jahren katapultierte sich die Belgierin Caroll Vanwelden hierzulande geradezu schlagartig ins Rampenlicht und wurde gleichsam hymnisch als Entdeckung gefeiert.
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Verdi: Il trovatore (1956 - Karajan) - Callas Remastered
Like Norma, the role of Leonora in Il trovatore demands both bel canto finesse and considerable vocal and dramatic weight, but Callas sang it only some 20 times. This recording – in which she, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano and Roland ...
Komponist: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Sculthorpe: The Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu
The Del Sol String Quartet teams up with didjeridu virtuoso Stephen Kent to bring to life the Complete String Quartets with Didjeriu by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. The result is a unique and exciting aural experience, filled with ...
Komponist: Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The MAGNIFICAT is the Virgin Mary's song of praise to God after one of the Bible's greatest wonders: the angel Gabriel visiting her with the message that she is to be the mother of God's son. In his setting composer Kim André Arnesen ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
