“Vespro della Beata Vergine” by Claudio Monteverdi
Intense live recording! The masterpiece from the early baroque resounds in a big cathedral with resonance of 7 seconds. Contraponto, one of the most well-known early music ensembles in Japan, celebrated their tenth anniversary
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain
The successful composer Sven Helbig belongs to a generation for which borders between classical music and pop music no longer exist. „I Eat the Sun and Drink the Rain“, which will soon be debuted by the label Neue Meister, pleads for fair
Composer: Sven Helbig (1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
The baroque violinist Anaïs Chen and the harpsichord player Johannes Keller (Duo L’Istante) present a very exciting expedition of searching for the vocal fingerprints in the instrumental music of the 16th and 17th century, which can
Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607), Francesco Rognoni (1570–1626), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607), Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571–1630), Alessandro Scarlatti (1685-1757), Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Georg Philipp Telemann: 12 Fantaisies pour la Basse de Viole
Telemann’s 12 Fantasias for viola da gamba have been considered as the lost “amber room” of solo gamba music: their publication was documented, yet not a single copy appeared to have survived the centuries. The discovery of
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ida Lupino is a fresh and creative album, distinguished by deep listening and focused interaction. At its centre is the remarkable improvisational rapport of two Italian musicians – pianist Giovanni Guidi and trombonist Gianluca Petrella.
Composer: Giovanni Guidi, Gianluca Putrella, Gerald Cleaver
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
For this recording, Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang came together as a quartet at the invitation of Manfred Eicher, and Atmosphères captures the newly-formed group’s evocative music as it unfolded in a
Composer: Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
When a string quartet and a cellist have the opportunity to collaborate, it is almost always to play the magnificent Schubert Quintet in C Major. Not surprisingly, as this monumental work would make it into any discussion of
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
“The original idea of combining different pieces into suites came from my close friendship with some great DJs. I like the way the pieces ow into one another, as they do on a mix tape, and create a new context. My Hypersuites are acoustic
Composer: François Couperin, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
South-African born singer Ilonka is jazzed about her latest project, a light jazz-pop record for Naxos' Suite 28 Records. At age 12 she won a national singing competition in South-Africa that landed her first recording deal, launching the next
Composer: Jimmy Mchugh, Jerome Kern, Jenifer Rush, Gunther Mende, Candy DeRouge
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
A year ago I composed a new piece. I knew what it was about, the feeling and emotion, but could not describe it in words. It happens often that I ask the audience to help me out with the title for the composition, and so I did during a
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Ante Lucem, a powerful work for jazz quintet and symphony orchestra by Finnish pianist/harpist/composer Iro Haarla, was commissioned by the Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra and its leader Marco Feklistoff and premiered at the Umeå
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim introduces his new quartet and a wide-ranging programme of compositions which draw inspiration from the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi. With pieces variously influenced by the classical Lieder tradition,
Composer: Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Air - Bent Sørensen & Hans Abrahamsen
Frode Haltli, the uniquely expressive Norwegian accordionist, is heard here with chamber orchestra, with string quartet and solo, performing music by Danish composers Bent Sørensen (b. 1958) and Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952).
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Robert Schumann
It was not until late in life that Robert Schumann found the path to the violin. A pianist by profession, it almost seems as if his belated interest in the violin had a lasting effect on the performance and reception of his own works for that
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Complete String Trios
Following the successful release of String Trios by Cras, Reger, Dohnányi and Kodály (aud. 97.534), the Jacques Thibaud String Trio are now turning towards a Classical composer, with a new audite complete recording of the
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Written, produced, and performed entirely by McMorrow, Post Tropical was recorded on a pecan farm half a mile from the Mexican border located between El Paso and ruthless bustle of Juárez. Built up slowly and spontaneously from hundreds
Composer: James Vincent McMorrow
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Buena Vista Social Club (Remaster)
This Grammy award winning album features legendary guitarist Ry Cooder on assorted guitars with the cream of Cuban's finest musicians. Certified Platinum by the RIAA (1/00). The original idea behind Buena Vista was to record a
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
