Chopin: Preludes & Piano Works
Chopin is a composer who has been with me since I started playing the piano as a child. In Japan, where I grew up, it is impossible to avoid Chopin’s music! He is one of the most popular composers for everybody, and all pianists start playing and getting to know his music from a very young age. ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
One of country’s hottest rising acts King Calaway, releases a new EP, called "Midnight".“Midnight is the result of many months spent diving into new creative and sonic spaces,” said the band. “We carefully crafted these songs with our live show in mind, and it’s only fitting that we get to share them for the first time live from Nashville.” ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
Falling From Fame is Takida’s follow album to the hugely successful Sju, which has become a milestone album in Takida’s over two decades long career, as Sju broke the band outside of Sweden, and specifically in Germany, with tracks like ‘Master’ and ‘What About Me’. Falling From Fame could be Takida’s most solid album, 11 newly composed ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
The hugely anticipated new album from the hardcore-punkers TURNSTILE, following on from the critically acclaimed 2018 album Time & Space. There's a whole lot of hype for Turnstile at the moment and rightly so. Massive songs with huge grooves. ....
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Jesper Binzer has ants in his pants. Whenever D-A-D put things on halt for a while, Jesper immediately starts work on a new project, his head brimming over with ideas and opinions. The new album, entitled Save Your Soul, contains 10 song that were recorded in the Medley studio together with producer and guitarist Søren Andersen. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
De la Rue: Requiem - Elegies and Occasional Motets (Remastered)
Pierre de la Rue was a contemporary of Josquin, and spent most of his career in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy. Here is the earliest recording of his Requiem, the third known musical setting of the mass for the dead in music history after those by Dufay (lost) and Ockeghem. Performed by a precursory ensemble of the ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 6, 9 & Lieder (Remastered)
“Barbirolli’s famous 1969 version on any count is one of the greatest, most warmly affecting performances ever committed to disc, expansive, yet concentrated in feeling: the Adagietto is very moving … A classic version.” (The Penguin Guide to Classical Music about the 5th Symphony.) ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (Remastered)
Die Wiener Presse scheute keine Superlative nach den Beethoven-Konzerten aus dem Goldenen Saal des Wiener Musikvereins (im Rahmen der Festwochen 2002) und lobte die "überwältigende Präzision", "Leuchtkraft" und "idyllische Schönheit" der Interpretation. Doch Rattles Beschäftigung mit Beethoven hat schon lange vor diesem Konzertzyklus angefangen, ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
After releasing no new music for almost a decade, singer-songwriter Jim Bob has announced his second album in a year. It’s another silver-tongued snapshot of modern life in Britain from the singer-songwriter, musician and author. Following 2020's critically acclaimed, chart smashing, hiatus breaking 'Pop Up Jim Bob' album, the artist ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Maybe We Never Die, Anderson East's third release for Elektra / Low Country Sound takes the Alabama born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s seductively vintage voice in a decidedly fresh direction. The 12 tracks flow together with an overarching sense of ambience but maintain distinct musical boundaries. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
"Ein Talent, mit dem man rechnen muss: souverän, engagiert, anmutig und temperamentvoll« beschreibt die Los Angeles Times die russisch-amerikanische Cellistin Nina Kotova. In ihrem Warner Classics-Katalog findet sich bereits ein Album mit Sonaten von Rachmaninoff. Nun kommt ein Programm mit Musik der deutschen Romantik hinzu, das sie mit dem in Brasilien ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), Max Reger (1873 - 1916), Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Three-time consecutive GRAMMY Award-winning and multi-platinum duo Dan + Shay will celebrate the August 13 release of their brand-new album Good Things with the Good Things. Good Things features 12 imaginatively crafted songs with breathtaking production helmed by the duo’s Dan Smyers. Less than a month before its release, ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Louisville, KY's Bendigo Fletcher have announced they will release their debut studio album Fits of Laughter on Elektra Records. On Fits of Laughter, frontman Ryan Anderson crafts the patchwork poetry of his lyrics by serenely observing the world around him. When matched with the band's gorgeously jangly collision ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Their story alone would be enough for a drama series – cancer, suicide, betrayal, divorce, loss, self-identity crisis, survival, and ancestral skeletons. Write about what you know, they say. There's a richness running through the songs with dark, multi-layered narratives that course through ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
Can't Stop Dreaming (Remastered)
"Can't Stop Dreaming" is a 1996 solo album by Daryl Hall. It was originally released in Japan and as a Limited Collector's Edition in 1996 with 12 tracks. It was finally released in the USA on June 10, 2003, but it was missing one of its original tracks ("Something About You") although it was on their 2002 album, ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Remastered)
Rasend heroisch: Ludwig van Beethovens «Eroica» wird bis heute mit einer Anekdote in Verbindung gebracht: Als der Komponist davon erfuhr, dass sich Napoleon zum Kaiser krönte, zerriss er wütend die Titelseite der Partitur der Symphonie Es-Dur, auf der eine Zueignung des Werkes an «Bonaparte» stand. So schilderte es der Beethoven-Schüler ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Trance is Meredi's second album. The songs are about the longing for the here and now. The longing to lose oneself, to let oneself fall. "I always wanted to create the feeling of release" say's the Berlin composer, producer and pianist. Sometimes one tone can open worlds. One idea runs through 7 pieces. ...
Composer: Meredi (b. 1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Moritz von Oswald Trio returns with Dissent, a striking new album that explores the scope of jazz and dance music within abstracted electronic music. It follows the Sounding Lines LP from 2015 with a further explorative and daring sound, which dives through broad ambiences, uptempo dance and jazz sensibilities. As ever with albums from the ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre:
Wagner, Berg, Mahler: Orchesterlieder
Critics and audiences alike have nothing but rapturous praise for the voice of Anja Harteros. Some experts even regard her as the greatest female singer of the present day. With her broad palette of vocal colours, she is the ideal interpreter of Romantic songs for voice and orchestra. ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911), Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
