Spirit Forward (feat. John Ellis, Kevin Hays & Clarence Penn)
The album title Spirit Forward is a bartending term for a type of cocktail made with strong spirits (like the Manhattan or Martini) that seeks to highlight and enhance the flavor of the base spirit, not to mask its flavor. These cocktails are
Composer: Michael Blanco
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Wolfgang Muthspiel whom The New Yorker has called "a shining light" among today's jazz guitarists made his ECM leader debut in 2014 with the trio disc Driftwood, featuring him alongside two longtime colleagues, bassist Larry
Composer: Wolfgang Muthspiel
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
19th Century Guitar Duos (Works from Sor, Haydn/Fossa, Moratti, Mertz)
For their debut album, L’Encouragement Guitar Duo bring us a selection of 19th century guitar duos played on romantic guitars. This captivating recital explores the potential of this much beloved setting, from a lesser known composer such as
Composer: Fernando Sor, Joseph Kaspar Mertz, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Federico Moretti
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
As a guitarist, Arne Jansen has never thought in genre categories. The ECHO prizewinner has already played a special role, particularly in Germany, with his first two trio albums. Melodic compositions, transparent arrangements and
Composer: Arne Jansen
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Stars Across the Ocean (feat. Art Hirahara, Masaru Koga & Noriyuki Ken Okada)
It is commonly said in Japan that when one dies, that person becomes a star. It was reported that the night of the Great Eastern Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, the clear skies were filled with beautiful bright stars. Inspired by the courage
Composer: Nuriyuki Ken Okada, Ryutaro Hirota, Akira Tana
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The combination of the sheer artistry of one of Europe's finest purveyors of American roots music with the deep soul bluesy soulfulness of Terry Evans is a match made in blues heaven. Visions will delight even the most discerning hi-fi fan with a
Composer: Hans Theessink, Terry Evans
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Acoustic Blues
The Pablo Held Trio celebrates 10 astounding years together with their new Pirouet album Lineage, heady music with an innate naturalness brilliantly balanced between the known and the newly discovered.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Drummer Jochen Rueckert is one of a group of exceptional German jazz musicians who migrated to New York City in the 90's and found a home in this jazz musicians' mecca. His participation in such leading groups as the Marc Copland Trio,
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Auf geht´s nach Candelistan! Don´t call it a comeback. Aber jetzt, nach zwei Jahren Pause und der bevorstehenden Rückkehr ins mediale Rampenlicht wird einem erst richtig klar, wie sehr man sich an die Präsenz der Hitmaschine
Composer: Abaz, Culcha Candela, Don Krutscho, Max Benrath, Sebastian Moser
Genre: Hip-Hop
Subgenre: Hip-Hop
The second album from the Hungarian-born Vienna-based guitarist finds her embracing a broad scope of music, broader even than on her outstanding debut En otra parte. This time the range extends from contemporary composition to jazz
Composer: Mathias Duplessy (geb. 1972), Egberto Gismonti (geb. 1947), Carlo Domeniconi (geb. 1947), Jorge Cardoso (geb. 1949), Al Di Meola (geb. 1954), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (geb. 1947), Anibal Augusto "Garoto" Sardinha (1915-1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Voice from the Past - Paradigm (Remaster)
Jazz, sometimes, is like acting: a group of performers starts with a script of prewritten material, which then must be spun into a convincing world of characters. This is not to say that the music isn’t genuine. Quite the contrary: through the art
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
One is often tempted to appreciate Terje Rypdal through the lens of some icy Nordic mystique that, while certainly supported by the sleeves that adorn his music, may ultimately be a myth. Either way, there is something to be
Composer: Terje Rypdal
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Among Kenny Wheeler’s cleverly punned titles, Deer Wan takes the cake. For his second ECM album as headliner, the prodigious trumpeter/fluegelhornist serves up a set of four originals—three long and one short—sure to enliven any
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
To Bethlehem Carols and Motets for Christmas
Missouri-based choir Kantorei of Kansas City and their director Chris Munce return to Resonus Classics with a sparkling recording of carols and motets for Christmas. With a compelling programme of Renaissance and contemporary
Composer: David Basden, Jocelyn Hagen, Giovanni Bassano, Melchior Vulpius, Matthew Culloton, Jakob Reiner, R. Douglas Helvering, Claudio Merulo
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
World-premiere recordings of music by Tausch, Crusell, Baermann, Stamitz. Music for a Prussian Salon illustrates the musical legacy of the influential but now-forgotten clarinettist Franz Tausch (1762–1817). Tausch’s extraordinary career
Composer: Franz Tausch, Johann Stamitz, Bernhard Heinrik Crussell, Heinrcih Baermann
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Named as one of the world’s finest choirs by Gramophone, Wells Cathedral Choir and their director Matthew Owens make their Resonus Classics debut with a programme of carols typically performed during the Christmas season in Wells – A
Composer: Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, Andrew Carter, David Willcocks, Matthew Owens, Jefferson McConnaughey, Malcolm Sargent
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Who Can I Be Now? (1974 - 1976) (192kHz 2016 Remaster)
The follow up to the awarding winning and critically acclaimed David Bowie „Five Years (1969-1973)“ will contain the previously unreleased album from 1974 called „The Gouster“. The release features the material officially released by Bowie
Composer: David Bowie, Warren Peace, Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper, Luther Vandross. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Carlos Alomar
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
