Das zweite Album der skandinavischen Jazz-Supergroup: Zehn Jahre nach dem tragischen Tod von Esbjörn Svensson haben sich die verbleibenden e.s.t.-Mitglieder Magnus Öström (Drums) und Dan Berglund (Bass) mit Bugge Wesseltoft zu einer skandinavischen Supergroup namens ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911
"Wir beide beschäftigen uns seit einigen Jahren mit der Winterreise und haben uns schon relativ früh vorgenommen, zusammen eine Aufnahme des Zyklus zu machen. Wir möchten mit unserer Interpretation auch gerne junge Leute ansprechen, da vielleicht gerade viele dieser Menschen ...
Komponist: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
O Nata Lux: Contemplative Christmas Classics
This album features music primarily related to the seasons of Advent and Christmas. It includes a number of recent commissions for the male vocal ensemble, Gentlemen Singers, and was recorded in their home town (Hradec Králové) in the Czech Republic. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Bob Jackson "Boots" the Sax (with The Strange Ones) (Remastered)
From the back cover: Bob Jackson – Born under the sign of the Capricorn in Oklahoma, puts together a lively and fresh selection of updated oldies with this great tenor sax effort. As Bob's love for music grew he was inspired by such greats as Earl Bostic, Bob Wills, and the contemporary sounds of Neil ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Händel’s Neun Deutsche Arien – settings of extracts from Barthold Heinrich Brockes’ poems Irdisches vergnügen in Gott (Earthly Delight in God) – remained unpublished until 1922, becoming known as one of the composer’s best kept secrets. Their air of mystery makes them all the more beguiling. ...
Komponist: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Ein neues ECM-Studioalbum und ein Programm mit neuer Musik von Terje Rypdal ist ein Grund zum Feiern. Auf Conspiracy scheint sich der große norwegische Gitarrist wieder mit der wilden Inspiration zu verbinden, die solche frühen Meisterwerke wie Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away, Odyssey und Waves ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Two Bird Stone is boldly Americana. They present fresh, accessible song material as performed on instruments including the banjo, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, along with a stellar rhythm section. Paying tribute to the many swirling cultures that make up the American identity, ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (Live)
TENET Vocal Artists, NYC’s pre-eminent early music ensemble, releases a CD of the final performance of its Green Mountain Project. For the past ten years, the Green Mountain Project has been made up of some of the best Baroque specialists in the United States for concerts of Claudio Monteverdi’s iconic ...
Komponist: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
The profoundly moving, elegiac lyricism of Elgar is on full display in this irresistible re-release from PENTATONE played with consummate virtuosity by the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Andrew Manze. ...
Komponist: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
DEAD LORD sind sowas von Back in the Game! Richtig gute Platte, mit allen wichtigen Trademarks der Band: Twin Lead Solos, die Steine schmelzen können, ein leidenschaftlicher Thin Lizzy Gedächtnis Gesang und eine Rhythmusgruppe, die durch nichts aus der drückenden Ruhe zu bringen ist: ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Genera, by François Houle 5+1 (2012) was the Canadian clarinetist’s last ambitious creative jazz project, though 2018’s Houle/Hawkins/Eisenstadt trio You Have Options was lovely and exemplary in its own way. But last year he started working on a new group including Vancouver ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume III
Die Welcome Songs für König Charles II. zählen zu den wenig bekannten Werken in Purcells Œuvre. Auch wenn es sich um höfische Gelegenheitsstücke handelt, schuf der Komponist hier dennoch anspruchsvolle Musik von erstaunlicher Originalität. Die Gesamteinspielung bei CORO mit Harry Christophers ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Suzuki presents the 1749 version of the St. John Passion, a work that underwent many changes since its first performance in 1724. This fourth version, performed at the end of Bach's life, represents his ultimate vision of this great work. (Suzuki includes in an appendix ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Homage to Count Basie (Remastered)
This is the best kind of homage. When Bob Mintzer looks back at Basie, it’s with respect, not with intent to imitate. Mintzer has his own agenda: Basie-inspired arrangements, but with writing that is fresh, lively, occasionally tongue-in-cheek, always swinging. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies
Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies offers fresh insights into the music of a radical thinker, creator of what Leonard Bernstein called “his own private musical revolution.” The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performances of these works at Walt Disney Concert Hall, conducted by Music & ...
Komponist: Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Death of the Party (Bonus Track Version)
The Magic Gang release their buoyant new album Death Of The Party. The album was recorded in Atlanta with the Grammy-winning producer Ben H. Allen (Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley), whose work in alternative and pop matches for band’s own blend of genres. The quartet approached the album with two ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Los Angeles duo The Score — comprised of Eddie Anthony (vocals, guitar) and Edan Dover (keyboards, production) — are thrilled to announce their forthcoming second album, Carry On, will be released on August 28, 2020 via Republic Records. Following two blisteringly awesome singles earlier this year ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Violin & Piano
World-premiere recordings and a Heifetz commission full of virtuoso fireworks on a unique compilation of music by one of the 20th-century’s reluctant romantics. Forced into exile from his native Italy by the onset of Fascism, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ...
Komponist: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Soundtrack of the American Soldier
Navona Records presents SOUNDTRACK OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, an album of contemporary works for wind band performed by The United States Army Field Band. Led by Colonel Jim R Keene, the Army Field Band is the U.S. Army’s premier touring musical organization. In SOUNDTRACK OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
PJ Morton comes full circle with the announcement of his first-ever gospel album, Gospel According to PJ. The project features Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, The Clark Sisters, Commissioned, Kirk Franklin, and over a dozen others collaborating on fresh interpretations ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Gospel
