Anachronistic Hearts - Haendel: Arias
The French mezzo-soprano Héloïse Mas, Classical Revelation of the ADAMI 2014 and laureate of the latest Queen Elisabeth Voice Competition 2018 is accompanied by a high-powered team comprising the London Handel Orchestra and Laurence Cummings in a magnificent programme ...
Komponist: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"Kick The Ladder" the anticipated debut album from Icelandic composer and songwriter Kaktus Einarsson, frontman of post-punk outfit Fufanu. It was produced by Kaktus, alongside Swiss electronic composer Kurt Uenala aka Null & Void (who’s production credits include Depeche Mode, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
"Body Language" is Blake's 12th studio album, and will feature, Minimum Wage, his Number One hit with Gwen Stefani, Happy Anywhere and 10 additional tracks. Blake shares, "We've been working on this album on and off for two years now, and I'm very proud of what we have put together." ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Traditional Country
Ein starkes Debüt mit einer völlig neuen kollektiv-individuellen Stimme. So kompromisslos wie unbeirrt aus vielen Traditionen in eine neue musikalische Zukunft weisend. In der Frühzeit des Jazz wurde alles, was die Größe eines Septetts übertraf, Orchestra genannt. Jazz- Ikonen wie Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton oder Gil Evans machten es ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
I’ve never been at a session like the one that we had in June of 2017 with Skúli Sverrisson and Bill Frisell. Sometimes you can really sense a connection between two musicians, some fitting together or a frisson of common experience and spontaneous invention. But this was of another order—a quiet and profound communion. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Das Debüt-Album der Rock Sensation aus Seattle, Ayron Jones! Mit ”Child Of The State” verarbeitet der Gitarrist und Sänger komplexe Themen, wie die Drogenabhängigkeit seiner Eltern, und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen. Die autobiografisch gezeichneten Songs schrieb Ayron Jones gemeinsam mit Dave Bassett. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Standing in the Doorway - Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan
Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan will comprises nine renditions of Dylan’s songs and it’s due for release on 21 May – a few days before the icon’s 80th birthday. Hynde made the record “almost entirely by text message” with her Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne who, ...
Komponist: Bob Dylan
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Singer
For Better Days (Deluxe Edition)
"You can't judge a book by its cover, you have to read it!" is not only a well-known truism but also a quote from Big Youth on track 11. Only that, in the case of For Better Days, it is not entirely true. This album is one of the rare instances in which the cover conveys perfectly the overall mood of the music it encases: ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
The Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra and conductor Reuben Blundell release American Discoveries, a continuation of their series of promoting previously unrecorded orchestral repertoire. This collection features music by three female composers: Priscilla Alden Beach, Linda Robbins Coleman, and Alexandra Pierce. ...
Komponist: Priscilla Alden Beach, Linda Robbins Coleman, Alexandra Pierce
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Philadelphia indie punk band Mannequin Pussy will release their new EP Perfect on May 21. The EP is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2019 album Patience which landed the band on End of Year lists for Flood, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vogue, and more. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
The story of BluesShack begins in a cozy local pub, on the corner of a small street, hidden just outside the city centre. In this little cafe, run by volunteers, a group of people come together every third thursday of the month, to celebrate the blues in dance and music. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Hideko Udagawa’s latest album for Russian label Northern Flowers celebrates rich legacy of Russian music with world premieres and rare works for violin and piano. Recording includes first recordings of new transcriptions of Rachmaninov’s Elégie and Tchaikovsky’s Romance. ...
Komponist: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Eduard Napravnik (1839-1916), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971), Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff (1844-1908), Anton Arensky (1861-1906), Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Dimitri Kabalewsky (1904-1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
For her debut album, pianist Joanna Sochacka performs works by Grazyna Bacewicz, including the world phonographic premieres of the Sonata (1930) and the Etude (1949). "It is not very common to come across a composer whose genius is being praised, but whose music is more often discussed than performed at the same time. ...
Komponist: Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach & Brahms: Complete Works for Viola & Piano
Internationally respected musicians Daniel Palmizio (viola) and Nicolas van Poucke (piano) join forces in a double-album featuring Bach's complete gamba sonatas and Brahms two clarinet sonatas. Palmizio (recently described as a player of 'instrumental mastery' characterized by 'unselfconscious refinement') ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 3
Im Gleichgewicht: Indem Mozart den Dialog zwischen den beiden Instrumenten ins Gleichgewicht bringt und sie zu wahren Alter Egos macht, verleiht er der Gattung der Sonate für Klavier und Violine einen innovativen Schub in Richtung Zukunft. ...
Komponist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
newfamiliar, so lautet der Name einer Band, mit dem man sich tatsächlich mal vertraut machen sollte, denn mit ihrer Kombination aus zeitlosem Songwriting, aufrichtigen Emotionen und leidenschaftlichem Soul hat sich die im britischen Wakefield beheimatete Band direkt mit ihrem Debüt-Track ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Als optimistischen Melancholiker beschreibt sich Johannes Enders, romantisch und gefühlvoll nennt er die im akustischen Duo mit Rainer Böhm eingespielte Musik. Beide kennen sich lange, beide lehren heute als Professoren ihrer Instrumente, beide haben vor gut anderthalb Jahrzehnten schon einmal im Duo aufgenommen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The return of pianist Michael Dussek to explore the music of his ancestor Jan Ladislav Dussek and its relationship to one of the piano repertoire’s most illustrious champions, Fryderyk Chopin. This fascinating recital reveals Dussek – a colourful character and favourite of Marie Antoinette ...
Komponist: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: The Small Song Cycles
Neben seinen berühmten umfangreichen Liederzyklen komponierte und veröffentlichte Schubert auch zahlreiche kleinere Zusammenstellungen von Liedern. Einige dieser „Miniatur-Zyklen“ bestehen aus Liedern die zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten und unter verschiedenen Umständen geschrieben wurden, ...
Komponist: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
