Neoclassical is in. Tom Kristiaan proves this with his new album "Petites Danses et Rêveries". There he explores the boundaries of poppy melodies and structures with classical piano playing. The title tells the story: 8 dreamy piano compositions, inspired by the world of dance with titles like 'La ...
Composer: Tom Kristiaan
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Minimalism
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10, Op. 93
Continuing a Shostakovich series launched in 2020, Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Symphony No 10, a tension-ridden work composed shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Sokhiev, previously Music Director of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse from 2008 to 2022, trained with a contemporary and classmate of ...
Composer: Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad releases his new album – and first for Parlophone (UK) / Elektra (USA). Hailed by Rolling Stone India as “one of the country’s leading singer-songwriters,” Prateek has earned comparisons to indie balladeers like Sufjan Stevens and Jose Gonzalez, generating universal praise and accolades for his pop and folk-driven songs about love and desire in all its forms. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Cassadó duo changes the register and presents "Hypnosis", a concept album to be released in spring 2022. Music transports us to the past, takes us to another dimension. It connects us with our essence as human beings. In this context, hypnotism invites us to connect with the most intimate of ourselves. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1992), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), André Bloch (1873-1960), Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Arvo Pärt (1935), Philip Glass (1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
After 10 albums, the last five of which have gone top 10 or better, six Grammy awards, and sold-out tours around the world, The Black Keys are back: The duo, called “America’s Most Trusted Band” by Stephen Colbert, and “one of the best rock’n’roll bands on the planet” by Uncut, releases its eleventh studio album, Dropout Boogie, on May 13 via Nonesuch Records. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Weill: Symphony No. 2 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Two symphonies from the turbulent 1930s are juxtaposed in Lahav Shani’s second Warner Classics release as Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Shani has described Kurt Weill’s Symphony No 2, premiered by Bruno Walter in Amsterdam in 1933, as “one of my favourite pieces to conduct…
Composer: Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Wigglesworth: Clocks from A Winter's Tale
As its title suggests, Clocks from The Winter's Tale developed out of material originally conceived for Ryan Wigglesworth’s opera based upon William Shakespeare’s play. The subtitle of that play – ‘The Triumph of Time’ – is particularly pertinent. Rash acts are shown to cause catastrophe, while the power of time’s constant progression ...
Composer: Ryan Wigglesworth (1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Amaryllis is a sextet which filters Halvorson’s compositional explorations of melody, harmony and counterpoint through the lens of six master improvisers, arranged in a way that allows for the music to unfold differently every time. The brand-new sextet features Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Mary ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Belladonna is a set of compositions written specifically for Halvorson on guitar plus The Mivos Quartet: Olivia De Prato (violin), Maya Bennardo (violin), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), and Tyler J. Borden (cello). This is Halvorson’s first time writing for String Quartet. Six through-composed compositions for Mivos spin Halvorson’s compositional voice ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
With "One by One", Colombian bassist, singer and songwriter Daniel Restrepo releases the second studio album for his band fatsO, rooted in jazz, soul and rock. For the record, Daniel Restrepo combined nine songs, peppered with catchy melodies and lyrics full of depth that reflect the band's trademark: a unique rubbing iron ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
“An alter ego (second or different self) is both a close companion to the individual as well as an additional personality. David Orlowsky and David Bergmüller are companions, however, they could hardly be more different. They hail from different musical traditions and the combination of these two instruments have no historical references. ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Thomas Preston, John Dowland (1562-1626), Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The American Clavé Recordings (Remastered)
Nonesuch Records will release a three-album-set of albums from the great Argentine composer, bandleader, and bandoneón player Astor Piazzolla—originally released by American Clavé Records in the 1980s and reissued by Nonesuch more than two decades ago. Astor Piazzolla: The American Clavé Recordings, marks the first time this ...
Composer: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Genre: World Music
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For his debut on Warner Classics, the 17-year-old pianist Yoav Levanon has chosen a demanding programme of works by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Liszt’s mighty Sonata in B minor forms the centrepiece of A Monument for Beethoven, an album honouring the four composers’ contribution to fundraising for a ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
This gorgeous instrumental album, Aum Akua, is the latest from Grammy-winning slack-key and 40-year “Weird” Al Yankovic lead-guitarist Jim “Kimo” West and Billboard New Age Chart-topper Joss Jaffe. The album presents a never-heard combination of unique instrumentation, including Indian tablas, Hawaiian percussion, African Ngoni (harp), custom and rare guitars, and ambient soundscapes. ...
Genre: Easy Listening
Subgenre: Soundscapes
With Farewells, Warsaw-born countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, partnered by pianist Michał Biel, offers a panorama of Polish song. Often nostalgic in spirit, the programme of the album spans 150 frequently turbulent years. “Michał and I started exploring the Polish art song repertoire when we were at the Juilliard School in ...
Composer: Henryk Czyz (1923-2003), Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981), Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Pawel Lukaszewski (1968), Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909), Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Future Shine represents Flor's most collaborative body of work to date. Feeling uninspired to write while alone during quarantine, Grace gathered his bandmates - Dylan Bauld [bass], McKinley Kitts [guitar], and Kyle Hill [drums] - at Bauld's Los Angeles studio for a series of writing sessions as soon as it became safe to do so. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Back From The Dead quickly evolved from songwriting exercises into a matter of survival for the band, taking the listener through ‘a journey of navigating mental health, debauchery, survival, redemption, and rediscovery, while still maintaining faith in humanity’ says frontwoman Lzzy Hale. The album features the title track which earned the band their ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Whitesnake's Greatest Hits is a compilation of Whitesnake's biggest hits from the 1980s. It features hit singles from their albums Slide It In, Whitesnake and Slip of the Tongue. Multi-platinum, legendary rock ‘n’ roll band Whitesnake, founded by singer and former DEEP PURPLE member David Coverdale, is embarking on a Farewell Tour to cap off a successful career spanning more than 40 years. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan’s StandArt—his first album of American standards—is out now on Nonesuch Records. StandArt includes songs from the 1920s through the 1950s, by Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Jerome Kern, David Raksin, and others; it also includes a piece Hamasyan improvised with his bandmates—bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Justin Brown—and trumpeter Ambrose ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Nils Wülker has advanced to become one of the most successful jazz trumpeters and composers in Europe over the past twenty years. In September 2021, Nils Wülker will produce his orchestral album CONTINUUM with new compositions of his own with the BR Munich Radio Orchestra, which will be released on Warner Musik in April 2022, as the twelfth album under his own name. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
