Quiet Life (Remastered) (2020 Remaster Edition)
Japan’s breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver an as yet genre-less record that would come to define the 80s. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
Louis Andriessen: The Only One
World premiere performance by Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, with soloist Nora Fischer: Andriessen used bits of old music, an allusion to the Dies Irae motif and some Minimalism, a jazz riff here and a Mexican brass allusion there, as he often has. ...
Composer: Louis Andriessen (1939)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
First Take (Remastered Deluxe Edition)
Roberta Flack enjoyed delayed gratification with her debut, First Take. The album came out in 1969, but it didn’t reach #1 on the pop and R&B charts until 1972, after a song from the record – “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – was featured in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 film, Play Misty for Me. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
“Beyond being a masterpiece, Der Freischütz marks a starting point as one of the first – if not the first – great German Romantic operas,” says Laurence Equilbey. She conducts highlights from Weber’s exhilarating, ground-breaking work in both audio and video format, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Steve Lukather aka "Luke" and Joseph Williams will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group. Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album. The musicians and singers on Joseph Williams' new record Denizen Tenant reads like a who’s ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Steve Lukather aka "Luke" and Joseph Williams will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group. Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album. Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs & Three Pieces for Orchestra
Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony illuminate the gorgeously evocative world of Alban Berg in the newest release from the Grammy Award-winning SFS Media label. Hear the heartbreaking pathos of Berg’s Violin Concerto brought to life by brilliant ...
Composer: Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
This HARMONY DELUXE version has 6 new songs including: “Nature Boy” (from Moulin Rouge), “I’ll Stand By You [Duet with Helene Fischer],”(originally recorded by The Pretenders), and “I Can See Clearly Now” (popularized by Johnny Nash). The making of the original album and the title have been very cathartic for Josh. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
“Piazzolla – what a journey! His music has so many sides to it. Throughout his life he was exposed to such a rich and varied stream of influences. This homage to Piazzolla, while of course including compositions by him, also references those influences (here I’m thinking of Nadia Boulanger and Alberto ...
Composer: Astor Piazolla, Johann Sebastian Bach, Alberto Ginastera, Richard Galliano, Nadia Boulanger, Niccolò Paganini, Carlos Gardel
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Sean Sroka, the Toronto-based songwriter behind the contemporary folk project Ten Kills The Pack, has made his mark in recent years by blending together literate, poetic observances and incisive musings on the human condition with cunningly composed and hard-hitting songcraft and instrumentation. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
The story of DJ and producer Robin Schulz reads like one in a million. Originally from the German city of Osnabrück, he is now a high-flying frequent traveller bringing his music to loyal followers across the globe and the epitome of a ‘pop phenomenon’: It’s been only four years since Robin Schulz first topped the worldwide ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electronica
Philadelphia, PA’s Zero 9:36 has revealed a new single, “In My Hands” [feat. Travis Barker & Clever]. It is available now on all streaming platforms. The track illuminates Zero 9:36’s genre-blurring fluidity, fusing alternative, rock, and hip-hop all at once. Legendary Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker contributes a signature live beat, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
The alt-folk trio of Woodlock - brothers Zech Walters (guitar/vocals), Eze Walters (guitar/vocals), and Bowen Purcell (drums) – share the official music video for “Feel It Coming” from their full-length debut album The Future Of An End (out February 26 via Nettwerk Records). ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Mo Kenny has shared the third release from the upcoming Covers record (set for release on February 26). While the cover of Daniel Romano’s Hard On You (from 2011’s Sleep Beneath the Willow) may be one of the sparser selections chosen, Kenny certainly makes this one shine. Dan Mangan recently released ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Delius: In a Summer Garden, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, La Calinda... (Remastered)
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, and between 1926 and 1933 he was active as an opera conductor ...
Composer: Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Chopin: Préludes, Op. 28, 45 & Posth. (Remastered)
Winner of the Leeds Piano Competition at the age of just twenty, Rafael Orozco exemplified a new generation of virtuoso pianists who favoured musical expression over spectacular display. His Chopin interpretations were truly revelatory, finding poetry not only in the Préludes but ...
Composer: Frederic Francois Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Chopin: 24 Études, Op. 10 & 25 (Remastered)
Winner of the Leeds Piano Competition at the age of just twenty, Rafael Orozco exemplified a new generation of virtuoso pianists who favoured musical expression over spectacular display. His Chopin interpretations were truly revelatory, finding poetry not only in the Préludes ...
Composer: Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
