This trio hails from South Africa and is comprised of pianist Charl du Plessis, bassist Werner Spies and drummer Peter Auret. The trio houses a dynamically creative, exciting, and fresh sound, spanning multiple influences from all of its members. It is particularly the juxtaposition of classical and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Quotation of Queries: Choral Encounters of Hong Kong, China and the Distant West
Fresh from Navona Records comes QUOTATION OF QUERIES, featuring the students of Hong Kong Baptist University under the direction of Professor John Winzenburg. This collection of choral music explores notions of culture throughout the course of human civilization. It features traditional compositions, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Die französische Geigerin Amanda Favier besorgt eine knackig frische, sehr rhetorische Interpretation des Violinkonzerts von Igor Stravinsky. Die Klarheit des musikalischen Diskurses prägt diese Aufnahme auch im Orchesterpart. Fern jeder romantischen Verbrämung ...
Komponist: Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Concerto Köln – das sind mehr als 25 Jahre historische Aufführungspraxis auf höchstem Niveau. Das mehrfach mit dem ECHO Klassik und weiteren Preisen (u.a. Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, MIDEM Classic Award) ausgezeichnete Ensemble ist beliebt für seinen lebendigen Musizierstil ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 132, 130 & 133
New album of Beethoven’s late String Quartets by the prestigious Tetzlaff Quartett offers a fitting tribute to Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year. These monumental works which are given fresh interpretations by the quartet are among the greatest achievements in the history of Western art music written by a composer who had already largely lost contact ...
Komponist: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet
Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Johan Löfving returns to Resonus Classics to record his debut solo album with a programme of works for both solo guitar and guitar with string quartet. Joined by the Consone Quartet, and castanet player Nanako Aramaki, for Boccherinl’s fourth guitar quintet, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Surviving jazz is quite simple: learn the tradition, poke it in the eye, and then run as fast as you can. Despite his young age, bandleader Arne Toivo Fjose Sandberg has already mastered the art of looking into the future while keeping an eye on the past, his music sounding both fresh and familiar ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (1742 Version)
Handel's 'Messiah' is one of the most sung oratorios in the world and its great choruses and arias can be heard on countless classical collections. From its premiere to the present day, this great sacred work enjoys almost unbroken popularity and has always fascinated audiences and musicians ...
Komponist: George Frideric Händel (1685-1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Drum legend Steve Gadd along with the 2-time Danish Grammy-winning saxophonist Michael Blicher and hammond-wizard Dan Hemmer release their third studio album – Get That Motor Runnin’. United by a shared love of performing bluesy, soulful music in the most intimate and acoustic of settings, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
Bei seinem dritten Projekt für Deutsche Grammophon – nach den eindrucksvollen Alben “Philip Glass Piano Works” und “Johann Sebastian Bach” – stellt Víkingur Ólafsson eine Verbindung zwischen zwei Größen der französischen Musik her: Claude Debussy und Jean-Philippe Rameau. ...
Komponist: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Skinny Hightower is an American jazz pianist, drummer, bass player, and producer. He is known to have worked particularly within the smooth jazz community as a producer and session musician for nearly a decade but didn't begin working as a solo artist until 2015. He claims to listen to nearly ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Smooth Jazz
The Book of Imaginary Beings: The Music of Leo Brouwer for Two Guitars
Hailed by The New York Times as Fresh, Hot and Headed for Fame, The Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo explores the farthest reaches of the ensemble literature, performing and recording the premieres of many new works. As the ensemble-in-residence at New York's Mannes College of Music, the duos concert tours ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
2020 is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, and this album presents three works that reshape the composer’s awe-inspiring music for the 21st century. The Sonata for Orchestra considers how the Violin Sonata No. 7 would sound had it been written for orchestra, ...
Komponist: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Freya is the seventh album from Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma. Her first since 2014, Freya is a come-back album as a leader. Following an acclaimed international career, including work with legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Tineke’s Freya represents a fresh start with a new ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Beethovens Liedkunst in Perfektion: Zwölf Werke haben Goerne und Lisiecki für ihr neues Beethoven-Album ausgewählt, darunter zwei Zyklen: die "Sechs Lieder" nach Christian Fürchtegott Gellert und das wohl berühmteste Werk in Beethovens Liedkatalog, die Vertonung von "An die ferne Geliebte". ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Wie alle großen Künstler hat Ryan Perry keine Angst davor, noch mal ganz von vorne anzufangen. Seit 2007 hat sich der Bandleader aus Mississippi in der vielfach ausgezeichneten Homemade Jamz Blues Band einen festen Platz gesichert. Aber bei seinem Solodebüt musste er noch mal all seinen ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Das 25-jährige Ausnahmetalent, Blues-/Jazz-Gitarrist und Sänger King Solomon Hicks ist der neue hochkarätige Zugang bei Mascot Label Group. Und die Fans aus der Blues/Jazz-Community können sich auf sein brandneues Album namens »Harlem« richtig freuen! ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
The Marais Project’s latest offering, The Garden Party, has a festive anniversary flavour and includes several world premieres, not the least of which is the Eriksson-penned title track. Early music ensemble, The Marais Project, has never followed a predictable path. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
When 19-year-old Norwegian Thomas Dybdahl released his two first EPs 'Bird' & 'John Wayne' in 2000-2001 he appeared as nothing but a small blip on the musical radar in Norway. Interest was piqued somewhat by the single "Love's Lost", but it wasn't until his debut album '...that great October sound' in 2002 ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
