Zimmermann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Born in Cologne in 1847, Agnes Zimmermann settled in London and was soon celebrated as a fine pianist, teacher, music editor and composer. As a performer, her partners included Clara Schumann, Joachim and Neruda. As a composer, the three violin sonatas from the 1860s and ’70s form the centre ...
Komponist: Agnes Zimmermann
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Willie Colón ist ein US-amerikanischer Salsamusiker und Produzent mit puerto-ricanischen Wurzeln. Er wurde 1950 in New York geboren. Und hier unterschrieb er mit gerade einmal 15 Jahren seinen ersten Plattenvertrag beim Label Fania, das kurz zuvor vom Flötisten Johnny Pacheco und dessen ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Salsa
Ian Venables: Love Lives Beyond the Tomb – Songs and Song Cycles
Ian Venables studied composition with Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music, London and later with John Joubert, Andrew Downes and John Mayer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. His works encompass many genres and he has added significantly to the canon of English art song ...
Komponist: Ian Venables (1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692
Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (“the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life” - Samuel Pepys’ diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work ...
Komponist: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux Op. 33 & Op. 39
For his first solo disc, the young Sicilian pianist Alberto Ferro paints the Études-Tableaux of Rachmaninov with his limpid playing, both analytical and sensitive, served by faultless technique. The Audience Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2016 and First Prize of the celebrated ...
Komponist: Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Turn back is the most unpopular Toto album. The band is clearly searching for their own distinctive sound. Steve Lukather presented for the first time his own written song Live for today. He only succeeded this twice with I won't hold you back on IV and How does it feel on Isolation. On the rest of the "Lukather" songs in the Toto ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
The Prince of Egypt (Original Cast Recording)
Dreamwork's 1st animated feature, the Prince of Egypt, is an epic drama that tells the story of 2 men - one born a Prince, the other born a slave. This original soundtrack album boasts the highly anticipated duet between superstars Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston, an a capella track by ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Musical
Niels Lan Doky is the knight of Jazz; telling the stories of the music and his journey to becoming a global icon of the genre. A generation younger than artists like Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny, pianist, composer and recording artist Niels Lan Doky is one of the most acclaimed and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Kandace Springs hat sich längst einen Spitzenplatz unter den aktuellen Vokalisten ersungen. Mit ihrem dritten Album dankt sie jetzt großen Vorbildern wie Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Sade und Lauryn Hill - natürlich auf ganz eigene Art. Den Spagat zwischen Soul, Jazz und Gänsehaut-Ballade meistert ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Geschmeidig und leichtfüßig: Rejoice ist eine einzigartige Zusammenarbeit zwischen Tony Allen, dem legendären Schlagzeuger und Mitbegründer des Afrobeat, und Hugh Masekela, dem Meistertrompeter des südafrikanischen Jazz. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia
Yes, there was another Cleopatra! She was married to Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, and together they created an Armenia that reached from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. The resplendent and regal voice of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is perfectly suited to the role of ...
Komponist: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), Christoph Willibald Gluck
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Im März 2020 schickt sich Fritz Kalkbrenner an, seine Erfolgsgeschichte, in der elektronischen Musik, um ein weiteres Kapital fortzuschreiben. Mit Rückenwind aus drei Top Ten Alben, war er in den zurückliegenden 18 Monaten im Studio und präsentiert nun den 13 Track starken Longplayer True Colours. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electro Pop
Los Angeles alternative pop songstress WENS unveils a new single entitled "Beauty Queen" today via R&R/Warner Records. The track eloquently weaves together pop and alternative on this tale of unrequited love for an older beau, illuminating her uncanny individuality. "Beauty Queen" will be available on WENS' ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Das britische Rock n Roll-Trio Naked Six präsentiert seine feurige Debütsingle Gimme Something . Der Titel stammt aus ihrem unglaublichen Debütalbum Lost Art of Conversation, das am 6. März 2020 über Silver Lining Music erscheint. Gimme Something tritt mit selbstbewusster Attitüde die Tür ein, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
"Into the Music" is the 11th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released in August 1979. It includes "Bright Side of the Road", which peaked at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, and other songs in which Morrison sought to return to his more profound and transcendent style after the pop- ... "Into the Music" is the 11th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released in August 1979. It includes "Bright Side of the Road", which peaked at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, and other songs in which Morrison sought to return to his more profound and transcendent style after the pop- ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
Tchaikovsky in Odessa - Part One
“I have never experienced anything like this before in my life. They are honouring me here as if I were some great man, almost a person who had saved their Motherland." (Pyotr Tchaikovsky about Odessa and Odessa’s people) ...
Komponist: Pjotr Tschaikowski (1840–1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
2020 release from Danish jazz vocalist Sinne Eeg and The Danish Radio Big Band. Sinne has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally and internationally, and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in Scandinavia. She has composed many of her own songs, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Femmes fatales: Soprano Heroines from the Orient
Composers of every era have drawn on the strengths, sorrows and joys of women for operas and vocal works, inspiring some of their most powerful music. From the heartbreaking tragedy of Samuel Barber’s Andromache’s Farewell to the magical storytelling of Shéhérazade and the Fairy-Tale Princess, ...
Komponist: Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Georges Bizet (1838–1875), Samuel Barber (1910–1981), Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
