JAYLER, the fast-rising UK rock band igniting a new generation of rock fans, have released their powerful new single and video, ‘Hate To See It End‘. The track is taken from debut album Voices Unheard, a record already being hailed as one of the most important new rock releases of 2026. Blending the soul and swagger of classic rock with the urgency and emotion of modern youth, Voices Unheard, will be released this Friday via Silver Lining Music. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Fauré: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Transcriptions
Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and Jonathan Fournel, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prix in 2021, have each recorded several albums for Alpha Classics. Long-time collaborators and friends, they have come together around Fauré: "His music recalls in me the images of night, of shimmering water, of solace. He’s one of the composers I return to most in which to seek comfort.", ...
Composer: Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England
Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England explores sacred music written amid the religious and political instability of 16th-century England. Performed by The Queen’s Six with The Rose Consort of Viols, the programme examines how composers navigated shifting allegiances, censorship, exile, and suspicion, from the Henrician Reformation to the Elizabethan settlement. Works by Byrd, Taverner, Morley, Philips, Ferrabosco, and others reflect ...
Composer: John Bull (1562-1628), John Taverner (1490-1545), William Byrd (1543-1623), Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588), Martin Peerson (1571-1651), Thomas Morley (1557-1602), John Wilbye (1574-1638), Peter Philips (1560-1628), Richard Dering (1580-1630)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Proserpine was composed in 1680 and marks the reunion of Lully and Quinault following the scandal surrounding Isis (1677). Set in the splendour of Saint-Germain, the work offers a mythological reflection on the Dauphin’s wedding. In it, Lully revolutionises his art: the orchestra becomes the driving force of the drama, whilst the voices gain in expressiveness. Under the baton of Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques bring this gem back to life, in ...
Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
This album presents a collection of exquisite violin masterpieces performed on eight historic instruments—including Stradivarius, Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and Amati—crafted by master luthiers some 300 to 400 years ago (alongside modern instruments). You will be able to appreciate the beauty of the distinct timbres and the deep resonance of these instruments, each from a different era. ...
Composer: Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840), Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Max Reger (1873-1916)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Gothenburg-based musician and composer Ida Gillner has spent the past ten years working to highlight and set music to poetry by women who wrote in Yiddish before the II World War. In 2022, the duo Shtoltse lider was formed together with Livet Nord, and now they are releasing their first joint album, Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre:
Händel & Purcell: If Love's A Sweet Passion
With If Love’s a Sweet Passion, Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johannsen and Die Freitagsakademie explore the emotional worlds of two central composers of the Baroque era: Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel. Despite their different origins and life paths, both composers share an extraordinary gift for transforming human emotion into music of immediate impact and timeless beauty. ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"Rock legend John Corabi—renowned for his work with Mötley Crüe, The Scream, Union, ESP, and The Dead Daisies—steps into the spotlight with “New Day” his first full-length solo album of original material. Recorded in Nashville during the summer of 2025 and produced by multi-platinum songwriter and producer Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Buckcherry), the album fuses classic ’70s rock, soul, and blues influences into a sound that is both timeless and deeply personal. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues-Rock
This album pays tribute to composer Benjamin Britten, who will be commemorated in 2026, the 50th anniversary of his death. It was conceived by conductor Lawrence Foster who, with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, showcases the British composer's impressionism tinged with post-Romanticism. The programme includes his sublime Illuminations, ...
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Queen of Word – A tribute to Anna Margolin
With hypnotic melancholy, dramatic theatricality and boundary-pushing curiosity, the duo Shtoltse lider – comprising Ida Gillner and Livet Nord – brings to light a forgotten voice from the heyday of Yiddish culture. The album Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin is released on 10 April on Kakafon Records. ...
Composer: Anna Margolin (1887-1952)
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Queen II (Remastered Collector's Edition)
Queen II Collector’s Edition features the 2026 mix of the album, plus audio of Queen in the recording studio, previously unheard outtakes and demos, live tracks, and radio sessions. Originally released in March 1974, Queen II marked a pivotal moment in the band’s development. The album expanded on the ambition hinted at on their 1973 debut and laid the groundwork for the sound that would define Queen’s future. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Queen II (2026 Remastered Mix)
Originally released in March 1974, Queen II marked a pivotal moment in the band’s development. The album expanded on the ambition hinted at on their 1973 debut and laid the groundwork for the sound that would define Queen’s future. Now, more than fifty years on, the album has been remixed and remastered. The new 2026 mix has been overseen by Brian May and Roger Taylor as executive producers, with mixing handled by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Enrique Mazzola present Puccini: Heroines, a live recording of an all-Puccini program performed in February 2025. Radvanovsky’s extraordinary voice brings vivid individuality to each heroine, from the tender lyricism of Anna and Mimì to the dramatic intensity of Tosca and Turandot, including roles not ...
Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Another exhilarating Shemekia Copeland showcase, as her rousing vocals bring the heat to an infectious array of muscular rockers, stomping blues, swampy soul, and heartbreaking ballads. Ten new originals plus soul-soaked versions of songs by Stevie Wonder and her father, Johnny Copeland. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Nashville artist Lindsay Lou’s captivating vocals are capable of untold multitudes: a molasses-sweet instrument equally capable of clarion ache, slicing deep into the soul. The daughter of a literal coal-miner and millwright, and the granddaughter of a teacher gone Rainbow Gathering healer, Lou honed her honest and resonant style with her bluegrass-inspired band, Lindsay Lou & ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
THE CROWN OF LIFE: Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
We continue here the choir’s exploration of neglected treasures of the twentieth-century English choral repertoire. At the album’s heart lies the premiere recording of Kenneth Leighton’s Missa Christi—the composer’s final large-scale sacred work, completed just months before his death. This complements our last release—That Sweet City (2024) ...
Composer: Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Harold Darke (1888-1976), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Imogen Holst (1907-1984), Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the ...
Composer: Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797), Francois Francoeur (1698-1787), Joseph-Francois Salomon (1649-1732), Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), Andre Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749), Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755), Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1736), Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680-1755), Michel Pignolet de Monteclair (1667-1737)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
1992s A Walkin Thing is the last of three albums the great American organist Shirley Scott recorded for Candid, and her final recording before her passing. A true titan of jazz, Scotts mix of gospel and hard-pop helped define the 60s soul-jazz scene both as a leader and a featured player with Stanley Turrentine and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
