Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks, Concerto in D & Danses concertantes (Remastered)
One of the final recordings by Sir Neville Marriner yet to be made available digitally, highlighting the sparkling chamber concerto for 15 instruments “Dumbarton Oaks”. Written in homage to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, it blends Baroque contrapuntal textures with Stravinsky’s rhythmic vitality and modern harmonic language. ...
Composer: Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Generation Nothing (2025 Remastered)
"Generation Nothing" is the tenth full-length studio album from Seattle power metal band Metal Church. (Yes I said power metal. Metal Church were the archetypical power metal band in the 1980's until the term was changed to mean flowery, keyboard-laced dungeons & dragons metal many years later. But I digress...) The line-up from the 2008 ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Pene Pati’s glowing tenor voice, described by Le Monde as ‘filled with sunshine’, makes him the ideal interpreter of such roles as Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Now, with Serenata a Napoli, he brings his distinctive warmth to another quintessentially Italian art form, Neapolitan song. ...
Composer: Eduardo di Capua (1864-1917), Antonello Paliotti (1963), Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916), Enrico Cannio (1875-1949), Salvatore Gambardella (1873-1913), Gaetano Lama (1868-1950), Francesco Buongiovanni (1872-1940, Luigi Denza (1846-1922)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Robert Plant releases the first album "Saving Grace", featuring a new band of distinguished players, which he calls “a song book of the lost and found.” Arriving September 26 on Nonesuch Records, the genesis of Saving Grace began during the lockdown in “The Shire,” when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Renaissance brings together music by composers of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods with the contemporary insight and sensibility of pianist Shani Diluka. As an aficionado of poetry and visual arts, Diluka sets out to showcase the development of classical music within the larger cultural landscape of the ...
Composer: John Eccles (1668-1735), William Byrd (1543-1623), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
"Lonely Girl" is Lee Jackson’s unfiltered blues masterpiece, a raw and rebellious testament to his roots in the Mississippi Delta. Recorded in 1973 with his trusted collaborators—Sunnyland Slim, Carey Bell, and Willie Williams—this album reveals Jackson as more than just a sideman, but a singular ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
On his highly awaited debut album, Whitcomb shares his most powerful work yet: a selection of songs that willfully stare down his demons, instilling every moment with equal parts grit and sensitivity and explosively poetic detail. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative County
The deluxe edition of Lady Blackbird's debut album Black Acid Soul comes with a staggering 11 additional songs, encompassing brand new material such as stunning single "Feel It Comin'" and remixes commissioned by the likes of electronic, jazz, funk luminaries Emma-Jean Thackray, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy and Greg Foat. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings (Mono Remastered Edition)
Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings is the third album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his second released on the EmArcy label, and features Adderley with an orchestra directed by Richard Hayman. "The "and Strings" album is one of the biggest clichés of '50s jazz. The idea of taking a prominent jazz soloist and placing him in an orchestral context usually doesn't work as jazz and often doesn't cut it ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
To the Ivy League from Nat (Mono Remastered Edition)
To the Ivy League from Nat is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the EmArcy label featuring performances by Adderley with his brother Cannonball Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones/Al McKibbon, and Charles "Specs" Wright with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
The Big Horn (Stereo Remastered Edition)
Sam was the very popular tenor player behind Louis Prima's best recordings of the 50s -- and although he was never given his due as a full-time honker and shouter, he actually played a pretty mean horn when he wanted to, which he does to full effect on this Capitol set from the late 50s. The overall style is a mix of ballads and more rollicking ...
Genre: Easy Listening
Subgenre: Swing
The debut album Black Acid Soul from Lady Blackbird is one of the standouts for 2021. It's instant and within a minute you are hooked. Rough Trade Shops loves this album. Think Nina Simone, Hot Buttered Soul-era Isaac Hayes, Billie Holiday and Chaka Khan. Gilles Peterson called her "the Grace Jones of Jazz". ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
BUCKINGHAM NICKS, the only studio album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as a duo, will be reissued for the first time on September 19. Originally released in 1973 and unavailable for decades, Released on September 5, 1973, BUCKINGHAM NICKS quickly faded from commercial view but never disappeared from the cultural conversation. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk-Rock
Eternity (30th Anniversary Edition; 2025 Remaster)
The legendary US power metal band Kamelot will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album Eternity with a remastered 30th Anniversary Edition. "Eternity" takes us back to where it all began for Kamelot. This is therefore the first of just two albums by them to feature Mark Vanderbilt on vocals, as he and drummer Richard Warner would quickly move on after the recording of the following "Dominion". ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Siége Perilous (Expanded Edition; 2025 Remaster)
Siége Perilous is the third studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released on August 4, 1998, through Noise Records. It is the first album with Roy Khan on vocals and Casey Grillo on drums, and is the final album to feature David Pavlicko on keyboards. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Dominion is the second studio album by American power metal band Kamelot, released in 1997. It was the last album to feature original vocalist Mark Vanderbilt and founding drummer Richard Warner. Most of the band have taken steps in the right direction on Dominion, and none more so than Thomas Youngblood, who provides more entertaining and creative riffs and solos, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Born out of Ohio's rust-belt grit and aimed straight at the FM dial, this overlooked 1980 release delivers melody-rich, blue-collar rock with heart, hooks, and just enough Polish. With soaring guitars and tasteful synths, it's a quietly powerful artifact of a band that played like every track mattered-because to them, it did. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
On the cusp of jazz fusion’s evolution, 'Trio '77' stands as a testament to George Muribus’s unique vision and voice in a rapidly changing musical landscape. Each track carries a spirit of exploration, as the trio navigates through intricate rhythms and harmonic complexities, making it clear that these musicians weren’t just playing notes ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
NewDad releases their new album Altar on September 19th 2025, along with the news, the Irish band have released new single “Roobosh”, the track is accompanied with video from Peter Eason Daniels and Rory Mullen, the creative duo behind Altar. Frontwoman Julie Dawson adds: “Roobosh is just about being fed up. I wanted to write one song for the album that ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV48, Op. 48, M48
César Franck's (1822-1890) Symphony in D Minor is the French composer's best-known orchestral work. in three, rather than four, movements, the work's shape is attained through thematic transformation, with important themes recurring in all of the movements. Bumping up against the factionalism of French musical culture, the ...
Composer: Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
