Abbey Road Masters: Emotive Piano
Abbey Road Masters will provide original music that has been recorded, mixed and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Albums released so far are titled Indie Soundtrack, Contemporary Score, Alternative Pop Voices, Indie Rock Noir, The Fantasy Orchestra and Cinematic Piano. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Mit gerade einmal 25 Jahren veröffentlichte die norwegische Sängerin und Produzentin Aurora bereits drei Studioalben, die in ihrer Heimat auf Platz eins, sieben und vier der Charts landeten. Ihr Song »Runaway«, den sie bereits im Alter von zwölf Jahren schrieb und auf dem Debütalbum veröffentlichte, landete ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
David's Liebestod: Extracts from operas by James Cook
James Cook was born in Wales in 1969. He composed three major symphonies in his twenties and after a brief spell studying composition at Oxford in 1994 turned to the writing of sacred vocal and choral music, much of which has been recorded for Divine Art/Diversions. In 2000 he began to concentrate on organ music and competed a cycle of ...
Komponist: James Cook (1969)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Georg Friedrich Händel zählt zu den absoluten Lieblingskomponisten von Sandrine Piau, dessen Musik sie immer mit intensivsten Darstellungen interpretiert (man denke nur an die großartige Alcina auf jpc 4282276!). Auf der neuesten Einspielung wendet sie sich gewissermaßen den Schwestern Alcinas zu; ...
Komponist: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"A strange but wonderful album": one of the accolades for Andrea Molteni’s debut album on Piano Classics, of the piano works by his countrymen Dallapiccola and Petrassi (PCL10222). For a sequel, he turns to the endlessly inventive store of sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, who drew on his own extraordinary abilities ...
Komponist: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo, Cavaliere Suppé-Demelli, or as he is more commonly known today, Franz von Suppé, was born in Spalato (Split), then part of the Austrian Empire, to parents of Italian / Belgian and Austrian descent. Although discouraged from a musical career from an early age, Suppé received encouragement ...
Komponist: Franz von Suppé (1819-1895)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Harmonious Echo - Songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Although most widely remembered for his operettas in partnership with W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan was the most famous of all British composers of the nineteenth century. He was revered as a composer of oratorios, and was urged by Queen Victoria to compose a grand opera. The result, Ivanhoe, achieved 155 consecutive ...
Komponist: Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Being a jazz musician is a schizoid state. On the one hand, it defines you and limits you, on the other hand, it is an existence building itself up from everything. I was born in 1976 in Hungary. The music scene of the ‘80s behind the iron curtain was excessively controlled. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
A Night At The Odeon (Remastered)
In absoluter Höchstform: 24. Dezember 1975. Hammersmith Odeon in London. Auf der geschichtsträchtigen Bühne spielen die vier Mitglieder der Band Queen gerade die finalen Akkorde einer außergewöhnlichen, von der BBC live im Fernsehen übertragenen Show. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
A Night At The Opera (Remastered)
Das Album, mit dem Queen die Karten der Popgeschichte neu mischten. Weniger ist mehr? Nicht bei Queens bekanntestem, ihrem vierten Album „A Night At The Opera“. Schon der Titel kündigt theatralischen, walkürischen Bombast an. Queen lassen den Exzess triumphieren. Darf´s ein bisschen mehr sein? ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Mit fünf Stücken von Freddie Mercury, vier von Brian May und einem von Roger Taylor gaben Queen mit ihrem Debütalbum einen ersten Eindruck, was mit den folgenden Alben noch kommen sollte. Brian May legte dabei Wert auf die Feststellung, dass niemand Synthesizer gespielt ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Mozart: Works for Oboe and Orchestra / Piano (Extended Edition)
Mit seinem Album “Mozart” hat der Oboist Albrecht Mayer einmal mehr das richtige Gespür für ein einzigartiges Album-Programm bewiesen: “exzellent gemacht”, urteilt Rondo. Und Crescendo schreibt: “Mayers Interpretation […] beweist ein tiefes Verständnis für Mozarts Musik”. ... #!EN!#> With rave reviews and tremendous success in the German pop charts and classical charts to its credit, Albrecht Mayer · Mozart has already secured its place among this year’s outstanding classical albums. The star oboist has now added six new tracks to an already irresistible mix of works recorded with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and harpsichordist Vital Julian Frey. ...
Komponist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Gotthard Odermatt (1974)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
If you ever encountered electronic lo-fi funk artist Nick Vivid during a pandemic-era Zoom call, you might have noticed a Gold Record on the wall behind him. The industry award, presented to a legendary hip hop group, was sold to Nick for $20 at a Flea Market in Jamaica Queens under the condition of “Get that thing out of my sight” ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Mit seiner Comeback-Single "Bad Habits" regiert Ed Sheeran seit nunmehr vier Wochen auf #1 der deutschen Charts, nun kann man sich auf weitere neue Musik des britischen Megastars freuen: Am 29. Oktober erscheint sein neues Album "=" (Equals), das ab jetzt vorbestellt werden kann. Begleitend zu der großen Neuigkeit hat der Brite seinen emotionalen ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
"Between Two Worlds" from Jon and Marte Eberson is the sequel to their previous album "Empathy". It is three years since that album's release, one that attracted a lot of positive attention, both critically and from a large audience. The expectations for the new album are high. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Legendäre Best-of: Zur Feier des Jubiläumsjahres der Band wird Queen's meistverkaufte Compilation "Greatest Hits" und zeigt die unübertroffene Erfolgsgeschichte der Band mit Chartstürmern, preisgekrönten und rekordverdächtigen Rock- und Pop-Klassikern. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 5 & Handel Variations
The pianist Jonathan Fournel, recent prizewinner of the prestigious 2021 Queen Elisabeth Competition (where he won not only the Queen Elisabeth Grand Prix, but also the Queen Mathilde Prize, the Musiq3 Audience Prize and the Canvas-Klara Award) has joined the Alpha label for several recordings, ...
Komponist: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521): Music for Tudor Kings and Queens
In that golden age of British choral music half a millennium ago, when polyphonic voices soared in the vaulting of the great late-Gothic churches and chapels that seemed to have been built for them to fill, one composer was in especial favour with the royal family: Robert Fayrfax. ...
Komponist: Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Vladimir Ashkenazy has announced he will release his new recording of Bach’s English Suites 1 – 3 on a unique double album with his first Bach recording from 1965, the Concerto in D minor, on 15 October 2021. Over half a century, a remarkable 56 years, spans the two recordings marking the longest exclusive association ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
