The Soule of Heaven (Pavans and Almaines of Alfonso Ferrabosco I & II)
Barcelona, 2003. Five recorder students almost blow their teacher away. "This sounds so good," he says, "you have to keep playing together." That's what they do. Hailing from four different countries, they continue to visit each other after their studies. ...
Composer: Alfonso "Il Padre" Ferrabosco (1543-1588), Alfonso Ferrabosco II (1578-1628)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
"La Grande Fête" – the highly anticipated third album from Belgian band Belcirque. In what is a continually trying time the world over, Belcirque serves up the perfect tonic with their latest offering. An album teeming with sunny South American beats, heavenly harmonies, and tales that take you to another time and place. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Emily Koh draws interest out of the things many of us may not even notice, and these overlooked minutiae and intricacies lead to new horizons in her work. Her new album [word]plays is full of frenetic and sonorous beauty, and represents her interest and exploration of the sounds, meanings, and interpretations ...
Composer: Emily Koh
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Contrasts – this album featuring works by Dresden composers takes its name from the title of a work from Hans Börner’s Aphoristic Studies, Op. 34. If we look up this word, we find, in addition to the most common meaning of “difference”, a more specific definition relating to the seven color contrasts, in- cluding light-dark, ...
Composer: Hans Börner (1927-2006), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), Rainer Lischka (1942), Stefan Frenkel (1902-1979), Manfred Weiss (1935)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
South London-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist & producer Quinn Oulton readies new music with his upcoming EP ‘Show Your Face’ releasing in July 2021 on London-based label DeepMatter. Exhibiting a raw sound, melding soaring vocals and tangled acoustic textures with abstract electronics, the EP’s sound is deeply unique. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
'Jaime' – the first solo album from Brittany Howard – has been reimagined by an astonishing cross-section of the five-time GRAMMY winner’s peers. Featuring fresh takes and remixes of the album’s 11 songs. “Making Jaime was so much fun for me because I was able to explore so many different genres of music. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin, TWV 40:14-25
Ukrainian violinist Iryna Gintova performs Telemann’s 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin, one of the pinnacles of the Baroque repertoire for the instrument. Telemann’s 12 Fantasias embrace an array of European styles fashionable at the time, including Italianate concerto-style movements inspired by Corelli, ...
Composer: Georg Telemann (1681-1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Australian Thais: New Music for Saxophone & Piano
The initial impetus of the ‘Australian Thais’ project came from David Howie’s Thai family connections and the shared interest to explore the connections between the music and people of both countries. This led to collaborations with some of Thailand and Australia’s premiere composers to commission, workshop and produce new music ...
Composer: Matthew Orlovich (1970), Gerard Brophy (1953), Tim Dargaville (1962), Narongrit Dhamabutra (1962), Saksri Pang Vongtaradon (1974), Denny Euprasert (1969)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Wolfgang Mitterer studied organ, composition and electroacoustics in Vienna and Stockholm. He is not only one of the Austrian specialists for electronics as well as being equally brilliant on the keyboard and on the slide controls, but is also one of the most innovative composers. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Mitterer (1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
String trios with four instruments? A harpsichord hiding behind the cello? The Valencia Baryton Project has dedicated itself to the performance of music of the ancient and little-known instrument, the Baryton. Played by only a handful of people worldwide, the instrument is a cross between a viola da gamba and a lirone, ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Joan Tower: Strike Zones, Small, Still/Rapids & Ivory and Ebony
Joan Tower is widely regarded as one of today’s most important American composers. The works heard here in their world premiere recordings are part of a growing legacy that one pundit has described as “The Power of Tower.” Strike Zones is tailor-made for percussionist Evelyn Glennie’s dazzling technique and impeccable musicianship. ...
Composer: Joan Tower (1938)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Czech by birth, Paul Wranitzky settled in Vienna where he became highly respected as an orchestra leader and composer. Today overshadowed by his friends Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Wranitzky was the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s. The colourful overture to Der Schreiner (‘The Carpenter’) is followed by three ...
Composer: Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Inspired by the 1950s finger-picking guitar style of Omutibo, SHINDU SHI focuses on good time music grounded in culture, community and love for Africa and its people. An upbeat album of Omutibo, acoustic folk, pop, dance and world music inspired by the Luhya people of Western Kenya and the late pioneer of Omutibo - George Mukabi. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Stanley Grill: Transfiguration & Other Works
From online performances to benefit albums, musicians kept their art alive throughout the most dire days of the coronavirus pandemic. Among them are composer Stanley Grill and violist Brett Deubner, who collaborated via remote recording sessions to transform Grill’s multi-instrumental chamber pieces ...
Composer: Stanley Grill (1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
21 meters 60: that's the length of the tubes of the three instruments that give us an extraordinarily low-frequency experience on a new GENUIN CD: Tubists Constantin Hartwig, Fabian Neckermann, and Steffen Schmid perform music from Monteverdi to the present on their trio's debut album. ...
Composer: Nico Samitz (1992), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Raymond Premru (1934-1998), Daniel Schnyder (1961), Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), Martin Scharnagl (1988), Joe Zawinul (1932-2007)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Clockwork Wolf & Co‘s second EP, “Church of the Wolf” is a blend of old time mountain music, dusty road blues, sticky floor rock, black coffee grunge and a touch of field holler. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
Nothing But Thieves have announced a new 5-track EP Moral Panic II, which is the follow-up to their #3 acclaimed third album Moral Panic released last year. They have also shared a brand new track and lyric video Miracle, Baby, which follows recent single Futureproof. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Therapy is the second studio album by British singer Anne-Marie. It is set to be released on 23 July 2021, through Major Tom's and Asylum Records. The album serves as a follow-up to her debut album Speak Your Mind (2018), with the album set to contain guest appearances by KSI, Digital Farm Animals, Little Mix, Niall Horan, ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
High School All-Stars 2020-2021
A pre-professional training program for current Bay Area high school age jazz musicians. Comprised of two ensembles - the Big Band and the Combo - the All-Stars rehearse and perform throughout the school year at the SFJAZZ Center, receive mentorship and clinics with leading jazz professionals, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
'DIVINE TIDES' by Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej features artists from all over the world - Soundscapes and melodies meet pulsating rhythms amidst lush ambient textures, which elevate the senses into a realm of spiritual solitude, where the soul is free - one with itself, one with time, one with our planet. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
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