Koechlin: The Seven Stars' Symphony, Op. 132 & Vers la voûte étoilée, Op. 129
Music by the marvelous, criminally underrated composer and “Aural Alchemist” Charles Koechlin is always a discovery and invariably. “Koechlin can daub with notes as Seurat daubed with bright pigments on canvas [he] could, whenever he wished, bathe his music in the impressionist glories of Debussy and Ravel or give ...
Composer: Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
360° Hugo Wolf. The title says it all. Daniel Johannsen and Andreas Fröschl present an exquisite selection of art songs from Wolf’s extensive oeuvre. Combined with the sound of the contemporary grand piano by Carl Rönisch (1872), these songs are distilled into a unique, fascinating essence of ...
Composer: Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The combination of recorder and organ in dialogue give us a rich tapestry of textures and moods from the playful to the sensual. With works by Johann Sebastian Bach, the result is an altogether inspiring concert of Baroque music full of life and energy! ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The New French Connection: intimate musical tête-à-tête in a class of its own. Melody Gardot and acclaimed pianist Philippe Powell have recorded an intimate album of brooding jazz torch songs. Recorded in Paris in Dec 2021, this intimate new album showcases Melody and Philippes love of traditional jazz, taking the listener back to its golden age. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Landscapes it is a look at the soundscapes that make up Pau Codina's universe (Pau Codina profile), a musician of the now and here, indebted to the great referents of his genre (with Bach as the main inspiration and the interpretation of a Cassadó Suite that continues to be iconic for cellists) but clearly close to the authors and current music as ...
Composer: Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966), Joan Magrané, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), George Crumb (1929)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Wilson relates these scenarios in an almost matter-of-fact conversational tone that draws the listener into them with an intimacy that recalls a master storyteller like Diana Krall, which is no mistake because Anthony has played guitar in her quartet since 2001, joining her for a series of shows at Paris' Olympia Theater which turned into the ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
The Swiss organist Samuel Cosandey says about his debut album PASSAGES: "When we compose a program, we try to remove each piece from the context of its creation and embed it in a new dynamic. The impact caused by the juxtaposition of works that are different in every respect invites us as listeners to ask ourselves the question: How do the works relate ...
Composer: Jehan Alain (1911-1940), Antoine Fachard (1980), Brian Ferneyhough (1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
“ICONS 2” is the follow-up collection to my 2017 “ICONS” recording. Like the first collection, the pieces included here are corner stones of the flute repertoire and are works that accompany me through my performance and teaching career. ...
Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), Younghi Pagh-Paan (1945), Ivan Buffa (1979), Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Brian Ferneyhough (1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Trio Version)
Die Zauberflöte: Er ist die heimliche Hauptfigur in Mozarts Zauberflöte. Mögen die hochherrschaftlichen Gestalten ihre Intrigen und Affären noch so dramatisch ausbreiten, das Herz des Publikums hängt doch am liebenswerten Vogelhändler Papageno, der aus Versehen in den Krieg zwischen der Königin der Nacht und dem Priester Sarastro ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Zita Gereben is an outstanding singer-songwriter in the Hungarian popular music scene. She founded her own band in 2009 and has released three albums with her own compositions. After Ready for the sun, which was a jazz album, they paddled into more popular waters with the second album Our Places, followed by Az én fesztiválom (My Festival), a record of Hungarian-language ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Weill: Symphony No. 2 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Two symphonies from the turbulent 1930s are juxtaposed in Lahav Shani’s second Warner Classics release as Chief Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Shani has described Kurt Weill’s Symphony No 2, premiered by Bruno Walter in Amsterdam in 1933, as “one of my favourite pieces to conduct…
Composer: Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Pioneers of the British music scene, ‘Blackest Blue’ will be the band's 10th studio album in a discography that spans three decades. 2020 saw Morcheeba unable to tour or perform live, which gave Skye Edwards & Ross Godfrey “time to write songs and really get to hone them,” as Godfrey puts it. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electro-Pop
Citizen Kane Jr. Blues 1974 Live at The Bottom Line (Remastered)
A recording of Neil Young’s surprise performance at New York’s Bottom Line on May 16th, 1974 has circulated in fan circles for decades, but it’s finally coming out officially in early 2021 as part of Young’s new official Bootleg Series. He’s calling it The Bottom Line – “Citizen Kane Jr. Blues.” ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Royce Hall 1971 Live (Remastered)
A live solo acoustic show recorded at UCLA's Royce Hall on January 30, 1971. "This is a beautiful show that had a very limited bootleg release. With our own mixes made from the multi-track recording we did that night, this show will sound like you are there." (The Volume Dealers) ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 Live (Remastered)
Ein akustisches Solo-Konzert, aufgenommen am 1. Februar 1971 - mit Neil an Gesang, Gitarre, Klavier und Mundharmonika. Dies war der letzte Abend von Neils Solotournee im Jahr 1971, auf der auch die Shows auf den beliebten Alben Massey Hall und Young Shakespeare veröffentlicht wurden. Bei dieser Show spielte Neil zum ... #!EN!#> A solo acoustic show recorded on February 1st, 1971 – with Neil on vocals, guitar, piano and harmonica. This was the last night of Neil’s 1971 solo tour, that also featured the shows have been released as the much-loved albums Massey Hall and Young Shakespeare. The show was marked by the first time Neil played harmonica live. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
For his debut on Warner Classics, the 17-year-old pianist Yoav Levanon has chosen a demanding programme of works by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Liszt’s mighty Sonata in B minor forms the centrepiece of A Monument for Beethoven, an album honouring the four composers’ contribution to fundraising for a ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Isabel Vinardell, vocals and dance, and Isabelle Laudenbach, guitar and backing vocals, after their experiences with other bands of the Barcelona music scene (Cheb Balowski and Las Migas), are now heading towards this shared path. With a first album, A Solas (Chesapik, 2016), which they presented on national and ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
An electric journey between Africa, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. “On their first official album Rivers From Ogun, the group Ticora exist at the confluence of Afrobeat, highlife and jazz. The project navigates between music from the African continent, the Indian Ocean and the ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Schumann: Novelleten & Gesänge der Frühe
Schumann was twenty-eight years old when he composed in 1838 a cycle of eight pieces for piano, the Novelletten (Novelettes) op.21. This impressive, highly virtuosic set was dedicated to the pianist Adolf von Henselt, whose spectacular playing and technique were often compared to those ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
“What if a woman wrote the song?” This question drives a recital of songs by female composers performed by soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware. Opening with works by Clara Schumann and Emilie Mayer (including her setting of the ballad Erlkönig ), this recital weaves stories of women’s experience with fantastic tales of ...
Composer: Clara Schumann (1819–1896), Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), Emilie Mayer (1812–1883), Kathleen Tagg (1977)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
