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Le violoncelle à l'école de Paris

After the devastation of World War I, young, hopeful, gifted composers trooped into the French capital. In 1925, the publisher Michel Dillard coined the term École de Paris (‘Paris School’) for the foreign composers then living there, especially Hungary’s Tibor Harsányi (1898–1954), Poland’s Alexandre Tansman ...

Composer: Tibor Harsanyi (1898-1954), Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Alexander Tscherepnin (1899-1977), Marcel Mihalovici (1898-1985)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Richard Strauss, César Franck Violinsonaten

Sonatas by Strauss & Franck – A radical quest for authenticity. “Guillaume and I worked day and night on both pieces and tried to do justice to every phrase, to give it contour and depth. During this radical quest for authenticity, we went to our utmost limits and beyond to comprehend ...

Composer: Richard Strauss (1864–1949), César Franck (1822–1890)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Sling

Written and recorded in upstate New York at Allaire Studios, Sling was co-produced by Clairo and Golden Globe/Grammy Award-winning producer Jack Antonoff. Clairo has been praised for her diary-worthy stories earmarked by her devilishly sharp commentary and angelically intimate vocals. ...

Genre: Songwriter

Subgenre: Contemporary

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The Last Resort

Country music trio Midland consisting of Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, and Jess Carson are back with their hotly anticipated new EP titled ‘The Last Resort’. Featuring five new songs steeped in Midland’s celebrated old-school vibe, The Last Resort follows their 2021 documentary and soundtrack project, The Sonic Ranch ...

Genre: Country

Subgenre: Honky Tonk

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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72

After their acclaimed recording of Weber’s Freischütz, the Dresdner Philharmonie and its Principal conductor Marek Janowski present yet another German opera classic with Beethoven’s Fidelio. They work together with a stellar cast — well-seasoned in German opera — including Lise Davidsen (Fidelio/Leonore), Christian Elsner ....

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Opera

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Baroque

Decca Classics is thrilled to announce a new Baroque album from Grammy award-winning violinist Nicola Benedetti. This is the first album Benedetti has released on a period set-up including gut strings, and she is joined by a leading group of freelance baroque musicians, forming the Benedetti Baroque Orchestra ...

Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Piazzolla: Works for Harp & Piano

Astor Piazzolla is probably the best known composer of "Nuevo Tango" - that exciting combination of passion and melancholy, of Tango Argentino and classical music. Duo Praxedis also represents an "exciting combination" (quote "International Piano Magazine") with its equally rare and tonally highly exciting ...

Composer: Ástor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Grayston Ives: Requiem

Bill Ives has enjoyed a rich and varied career as both performer and composer (Grayston Ives). These experiences, culminating in nearly two decades as Informator Choristarum (Director of Music) at Magdalen College, Oxford, are reflected in a compositional style which is complex yet accessible, rich and colourful. ...

Composer: Grayston Ives (1948)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Choral

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Chamber Music in Genoa After Nicolò Paganini

Camillo Sivori, considered Paganini’s only pupil, was the most illustrious member of the Genoese violin school. He was also a significant composer whose Piccolo tema con variazioni is both polyphonically rich and operatic, while the Rondò in D major is flecked with virtuoso panache. His teacher in the city had been Giovanni Serra ...

Composer: Camillo Sivori (1815-1894), Carlo Andrea Gambini (1819-1865), Giovanni Serra (1788-1876)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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After Comes the Dark

After Comes The Dark - the long-awaited fourth album from Kent-based folk rock band Green Diesel is set for release on 16th July. The album was recorded during 2020 at Squarehead Studios in Sittingbourne and is the first to feature the band’s new five-person line-up. The album also marks the debut of drummer, ...

Genre: Folk

Subgenre: Folk Rock

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Tango sentimentale

Succeeds in fusing classical and modern music in one project. Tango... play between passion and melancholy dance of seduction, devotion and distance lure of fascination and eroticism Moments in the style of traditional tangos by Astor Piazzolla and Sebastian Piana meet modern compositions of the present. ...

Composer: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Luis Bacalov (1933), Sebastian Piana (1903-1994)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Classical Crossover

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Songs of Loss and Separation

Melancholic Massachusetts metallers Times Of Grace return with a beautifully introspective set of Songs Of Loss And Separation…Songs Of Loss And Separation, The Sprawling Second Album From TIMES OF GRACE Is Insistent In Its Bluesiness, Bleeding Distortion And Emotion, Weaving Effortlessly Between Pensive, Heavy, Midtempo Rock Riffs ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Blues Rock

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New Day Begun

With music by fifteen composers performed by Lara Downes and special guests including violinist Regina Carter, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, and PUBLIQuartet, the album brings together newly recorded music with selections from the four EPs released since the February 2021 launch of the series. ...

Composer: Sam Cooke (1931 - 1964), Alvin Singleton (b. 1940), Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974), Lucy Simon (b. 1940), William Grant Still (1895 - 1978), Harrison Leslie Adams (b. 1932), Eubie Blake (1883 - 1983), Florence Price (1887 - 1953), Lettie B. Alston (b. 1953), Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1976), Nkeiru Okoye (b. 1972), Abbey Lincoln (1930 - 2010), Hazel Scott (1920 - 1981), Daniel Roumain (b. 1971), Jolyon Thomas

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Modern Composition

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Trees of the Ages: Laura Nyro Live in Japan (Remastered)

A member of both the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame, Laura Nyro not only wrote songs that became hits for acts including The 5th Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Three Dog Night, Barbra Streisand, and many more, but has been cited as a major influence by Kate Bush, Elton John, Elvis ...

Genre: Vocal

Subgenre: Vocal Pop

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Hidden Stories

In March 2020 Hooverphonic was ready to climb the ESC-stage in Rotterdam with 'Release Me'. Alex Callier succeeded to record and mix a brand new album 'A Simple Glitch Of The Heart'. Less pop and more back to basics. But then the world got quiet. No Eurovision, no album. ...

Genre: Pop

Subgenre: Pop Rock

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lately I feel EVERYTHING

At only 20 years old, Willow has spent half her life in the music industry. With her fifth album coming this summer, a decade of growth both in the industry and as a young woman come to a head. Her new single and album is a love letter to that constant evolution. ...

Genre: Pop

Subgenre: Pop Rock

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Red Rocks 2020 (Live)

Red Rocks 2020, the forthcoming live album from Nathaniel Rateliff, is set for release on July 16 via Stax Records. The 18-track live record was recorded in an empty Red Rocks Amphitheatre during Rateliff’s mid-September run of socially distanced shows, which was limited to 125 attendees per night in the 9400-capacity venue. ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre:

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The Antagonist

"We haven't been idle during the pandemic. The Conjurer is a tragic tale of jealous and searing love that opens this new chapter for Insomnium. Monumental composition by Markus Vanhala that reaches its peak in the soaring dual guitar solo. ...

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Metal

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Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

The second volume of Roman Rabinovich's complete cycle of Haydn Piano Sonatas, with each volume featuring Rabinovich's iPad drawings. The pianist has earned critical praise for his explorations of the piano music of Haydn, ...

Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Looking at You

Looking at You is an immersive techno-noir music theater piece by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Handel that confronts the issue of privacy in our digitized society. The highly charged narrative, directed by Kristin Marting, is a story of love and espionage. It fuses Edward Snowden with Casablanca, driven by a dynamic score inspired by dance music, ...

Composer: Kamala Sankaram (b. 1978), Rob Handel

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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