Songs of the Great Hill (Deluxe)
The third full-length and Atlantic Records debut from Shaina Taub, Songs of the Great Hill came to life over the course of countless daily trips to the enchanted spot of its title. In the bleakest days of lockdown, the New York City-based singer/songwriter would head to the North Woods of Central Park with notebook in hand, then set to work on the incandescent ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Delius: Cello Concerto, Songs of Farewell & A Song Before Sunrise
The first orchestral recording of Jacqueline du Pré (from 1965) was also the premiere on record of Frederick Delius’ ethereal cello concerto. A memorable performance still regarded as the summit of the discography. It is coupled with the tone poem A Song Before Sunrise (a true orchestral splendor), and ...
Composer: Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The first recording of Steve Reich’s Reich/Richter, performed by Ensemble intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz’s film Moving Picture (946-3). ...
Composer: Steve Reich (1936)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
I live too fast to die young, it ain’t nothing when your head’s screwed on,” roars the Crown Prince of exciting, electric frontmen Michael Monroe on his second album for Silver Lining Music, I Live Too Fast to Die Young (the follow-up to 2019’s critically acclaimed One Man Gang) and these 11 proclamations prove ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Music for Viola - Music for Cello
Although this album is most famous for being Jacqueline Du Pre’s debut cello recital, we should certainly not bypass the marvellous contribution from the distinguished artist Herbert Downes. Born in 1909 Downes began playing the violin at the age of 10, before going on to study under both Paul Beard and the legendary ...
Composer: Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), Cesar Cui (1835-1918), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Max Bruch (1838-1920), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 3 & 5 (Remastered)
"Towards the end of 1971 the harsher realities of illness dashed all Jacqueline du Pre's hopes of a studio recording of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano with her husband, Daniel Barenboim. By great good fortune, however, the BBC were present with microphones when they played the cycle during the 1970 Edinburgh Festival. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Vance Joy's third studio album was written mostly in the pandemic period, In Our Own Sweet Time is Joy’s most personal project yet. Realizing what truly matters and growing in new ways personally and creatively, the album is fueled by old friends, new memories and finding love in a not-so-hopeless place. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Ever since Kelly Clarkson started doing fan-voted cover songs in her live shows, people have asked for her to release those covers. The call intensified after Kelly made cover songs, aka “Kellyoke,” a daily feature of her talk show. In other words, we’ve been waiting a lifetime for a moment like this — and now we’re finally getting it. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Dvořák: Cello Concerto & Silent Woods (Remastered)
Cellist Jacqueline du Pre is joined by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim for this 1970 recording of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104. At a young age, cellist Jacqueline du Pre achieved mainstream popularity. She is regarded as one of the most distinctive cellists of the last half of the 20th century. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Whenever You Need Somebody (2022 Remaster)
Rick Astley, who has sold over 40 million records worldwide, is enjoying a remarkable career surgence and will celebrate the 35th anniversary of his landmark debut album Whenever You Need Somebody with a remastered and expanded edition to be released May 20 on BMG. Astley’s 1987 multi-platinum debut topped charts in 25 countries and featured ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 575 & 625 (Remastered)
Fourth volume of Schubert piano sonatas by Elisabeth Leonskaja, including the ninth and eleventh. The latter includes the Adagio, D. 505, thought to be meant as its slow movement, here unusually placed in third position. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Hailing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Sheepdogs are a hardworking, hard-living, straightup rock ‘n’ roll band who return with Outta Sight, the grooviest, simplest, most penetrating album of their career. Recorded during the pandemic the band—Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Sam Corbett, Jimmy Bowskill and Shamus Currie—were, like the rest of us, confused, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
In this wonderful recording, cellist Lorenzo Meseguer and pianist Mario Mora bring together four composers who have historically been undervalued: From Fanny Mendelssohn’s Fantasia to Gustav Jenner’s Sonata in D major, the album also includes Felix Mendelssohn’s Sonata op. 58, a masterpiece for this combination, and an arrangement for cello and piano ...
Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Gustav Jenner (1865-1920)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major Op. 82 & Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite) [Live]
The Munich Philharmonic and Sergiu Celibidache share an exceptional legacy. He started his work as principal conductor in 1979 and remained in this position for as long as 17 years. Sergiu Celibidache played an integral part in making the Munich Philharmonic what it is today: an orchestra of worldwide renown. ...
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
A marvelous voyage through the aesthetic of the fragmentary, by the hand of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, op. 28 and Janáček’s first book from “On an Overgrown Path” and his Piano Sonata “1. X. 1905”. As Luca Chiantore states in the accompanying liner notes, this album “is characterised by the fleeting nature of works that speak to us of ...
Composer: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Josiah melds the sounds of unheralded dropouts Blue Cheer with the nostalgic leanings of Monster Magnet and Kyuss. In fact the lead vocals echo that of Wyndorf, with some bluesy Ron Young moments thrown in. The first three songs show that the band is capable of some killer material – the hard-hitting future classic The Scarlatti Tilt, the backbeat of ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Santa Cruz native Oliver Tree releases his much-anticipated sophomore album Cowboy Tears. The internet based vocalist, producer, writer, director and performance artist writes and directs all of his colourful and eccentric music videos. Oliver Tree has collaborated with Lil Yachty, Marshmello, Trippie Redd, Ski Mask The Slump God, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129 - Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 (Remastered)
Among the revered concertante recordings of Jacqueline du Pré and her husband Daniel Barenboim, Schumann’s concerto holds a particular place in her discography as it was her favorite piece, one that she studied for years with her masters Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich before giving this legendary version, coupled with a splendid Saint-Saëns. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Haydn & Boccherini: Cello Concertos (Remastered)
Jacqueline du Pré, performing with one of the conductors most closely associated with her career, brings characteristic exuberance, passion and colour to two cello concertos rooted in the 18th century. In his memoir A Life in Music, Daniel Barenboim wrote: “I have never encountered anyone for whom music was such a natural ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Chopin & Franck: Cello Sonatas (Remasterd)
Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim formed the most glamourous and successful couple of classical music in the late 60s, both on stage, in private and on record. The last studio realization by du Pré before illness prevented her from playing, this recording features both artists in romantic cello sonatas by Chopin and César Franck ...
Composer: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
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