Visca L’amor: Catalan Art Songs of the XX and XXI Centuries
As compared to the vast reference material devoted to the history and analyses of North American and other Central European classical song literature, little scholarly attention has been devoted to the art songs of Catalonia, the autonomous community ...
Komponist: Visca L’amor
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Vilsmayr & Matteis: Violin Works
People who are passionate about music will soon have to carry out careful investigations in the ancient districts of the Austrian musical baroque, because these indeed seem to present themselves today as parts of a land rich in forgotten music. ...
Komponist: Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663-1722), Nicola Matteis (1670-1737)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Es gibt Aufnahmen, zu denen man eigentlich nichts mehr sagen muss, allzu berühmt, geehrt und gepriesen sind sie bereits. Ein Beispiel ist Sigiswald Kujikens Gesamteinspielung der Kantaten zum Kirchenjahr von Johann Sebastian Bach, die er zusammen mit seiner La Petite Bande ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
River Town Duo’s debut album, For Claire & Philip, features newly commissioned works written by six compelling 21st century American composers. Performed by double bassist Philip Alejo and harpist Claire Happel Ashe, this captivating recording shares the beguiling sounds ....
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Tangorama: An Anthology of 20th Century Tango, Vol. 1
This panoramic survey of Argentine tangos shows the genre in all its rich variety of moods and virtuosity. It salutes Angel Villoldo, the father of tango, whose El choclo (The Corncob) is one of the most famous tangos of all time, and charts the musics evolution ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Liszt & Busoni: Orchestral Works
The wedding in 1568 of Renate of Lorraine to Wilhelm V, heir to the throne of the Duke of Bavaria, was a sumptuous, 18-day spectacular designed to rival those of the Italian courts. Orlande de Lassus had been the court’s maestro di cappella since 1556. ...
Komponist: Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mexican born, New York-based vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan has confirmed the release of her debut full length album Maquishti, January 15, 2021 on the Valley of Search label. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Ávarp: Icelandic Chamber Music
The Icelandic chamber music recorded on the album by Agnieszka Panasiuk (piano) together with Anna Wandtke (violin) and Pawel Panasiuk (cello) is characterized by varied expression, high emotional load and lyricism. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
“This album was a heart’s desire for me. If you know my music, you know that I try to discover something new for me to develop further with every album. In the last years, I have found more and more pleasure in spherical ambient music. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
Ein Plädoyer für die Vielfalt der weiblichen Alt-Stimme: Nathalie Stutzmann singt Contralto-Arien des Barock. Nathalie Stutzmann stellt auf diesem Album die Geschichte von tiefstimmigen Sängerinnen der Barockzeit in den Fokus, die oft zu Unrecht von den bisweilen idolisierten Kastratensängern ...
Komponist: George Friedrich Händel, Nicola Porpora, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Bononcini, Antonio Lotti, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Gasparini
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Today's music lovers associate L’Orfeo first and foremost with Claudio Monteverdi’s famous opera from 1607, while the version by Luigi Rossi, premiered four decades later, has remained less well-known. Rossi had served as a musician first for the noble families ...
Komponist: Luigi Rossi (1598-1653)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Eternal Fiction (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
Those attempting to describe Mario Rom’s INTERZONE seem to be looking constantly for superlatives. After a concert at the famed Rochester Jazz Festival in New York, the festival’s main critic declared that “I have yet to hear a group of musicians ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Pennisi: Complete Works for Solo Piano
This recording contains Francesco Pennisi’s (Acireale, 11 February 1934 – Rome, 8 October 2000) complete works for solo piano, according to the latest catalogue. The piano compositions have rarely been performed and studied even less frequently, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Live recital "Correspondances"
The presentation of the Fantasie op.17 (1835-36) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) alongside the B Minor Sonata (1852-53) by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) is not based on the simple convergence of a romantic approach – which would in any case need to be stated explicitly ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
K, a multicultural orchestra under the direction of the Italian-Brazilian conductor Simone Menezes, is bringing out its first album. Born out of the awareness that classical music was exported throughout the world and took on multiple influences in the last century, ...
Komponist: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833–1887), Aaron Copland (1900–1990), Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Donizettis vergessene Erfolgs-Goldmine in Traumbesetzung: Il Paria von 1829 auf dem Label Opera Rara. Niemand durfte applaudieren, bevor es der König tat. Und weil seine Majestät in dieser neapolitanischen Galanacht im Januar 1829 nicht so opernbegeistert war wie sonst, hatte der ...
Komponist: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Australian singer-songwriter and musician Ry Cuming, better known by his stage name RY X, will play his biggest London headline show to date at the Royal Albert Hall, as part of the Albert Sessions. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
