Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
After a first album devoted to early English music, Les inAttendus tackle Bach’s magnum opus: The Art of Fugue. And it is as poets of sound that they do so. Through the very particular colors and the “unexpected” combination of accordion, bass viol and baroque violin, they emphasize the masterly beauty and depth of this score. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Alabama native co-wrote each track on the new set, which also features writers Randy Montana, Bobby Pinson, Jonathan Singleton, Thomas Rhett, and more. Opening with the rowdy “Behind The Bar” before transitioning to the life lessons in “That’s What I’ve Been Told,” Green also ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Traditional Country
Notari & Fontana (Early Baroque Music from the Basilica di Santa Barbara, Mantua)
Mantua – cultural centre of the 17th century: Claudio Monteverdi created his first operas and madrigals here, preparing the ground for the works of Giovanni Battista Fontana and Angelo Notari. Julia Fritz and her ensemble have reinterpreted their pieces in the church of Santa Barbara in Mantua, ...
Composer: Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571-1631), Angelo Notari, Francesco Rovigo
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15, 16 Waltzes Op. 39
New concerto recording from acclaimed French pianist. Following the acclaimed Bach recording 'Spira, Spera' in early 2021, Emmanuel Despax releases a recording of his most treasured piano concerto alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton. ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Born of Osiris, the Illinois-based progressive metalcore band, are back with their sixth album of bouncy, intergalactic djent, Angel or Alien. "After what has been an extremely trying year for everyone, we couldn’t be more excited to bring you our new album, Angel Or Alien. We feel like we’ve pulled together the best bits from every album in our discography ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Schubert, Weinberg & Others: Double Bass Works
The double bass is an instrument that can all too easily be misunderstood and is often lightly dismissed: due to its impressive size (countless skits make fun of the sheer impossibility of transporting such a terrifying thing or monster), it is also only sedate, heavy, expected grumpy sounds. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996), Yuri Levitin (1912-1993), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Haas, Renner & Reger: Works for Violin & Organ
One can only do justice to Joseph Haas' oeuvre by judging it by what he himself said about the purpose of music: "Music is to delight, not offend; it is to shake up, not shatter; it is to refine, not trivialize." Together with Paul Hindemith and Heinrich Burkard, Joseph Haas co-founded the "Donaueschinger ...
Composer: Joseph Haas (1879-1960)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Angel Dream (Songs and Music From The Motion Picture “She’s The One”)
25th anniversary release: Songs and Music from the Motion Picture "She's the One" is the ninth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in August 1996. The album served as the soundtrack for the 1996 film She's the One, written and directed by Edward Burns. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Throughout his career, Ilya Gringolts has devoted himself to performing contemporary music as well as the great concert repertoire, while also developing a keen interest in historical performance practice. The focus of his latest recital disc is therefore quite logical: ...
Composer: Heinz Holliger, Roberto Gerhard, Brice Pauset, Johann Sebastian Bach
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ravel & Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
In 1892, when Camille Saint-Saëns started on his Piano Trio No. 2, almost 30 years had passed since his first, widely celebrated work in the genre, his Op. 18. In the meantime the composer had come to be regarded as hopelessly old-fashioned by many of his colleagues. In writing the trio, Saint-Saëns remained ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Charles Ives & Bernhard Gander: Piano Works
Of the two large piano sonatas composed by Charles Ives, No. 2 (’the Concord Sonata’) is by far the best-known, overshadowing its sibling. The First Piano Sonata is comparably ambitious, however, and with a playing time of more than 40 minutes, similarly expansive. Like many works by Ives it had ...
Composer: Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219 & Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
Although Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s first instrument was the piano, even as a child he revealed himself to be a highly gifted violinist. In this domain too he was encouraged by his father Leopold, well-known violin teacher in his own right and author of a violin method widely respected at the time. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England
The Huelgas Ensemble explores mostly unknown, exceptional repertoire from 14th century England. The chosen works, both sacred and secular, were found in manuscripts in the libraries of Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Worcester, York and London. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Ravel & Bizet: Orchestral Works
It is not often that one is lucky enough to directly observe the creation of unique beauty, perfect craftsmanship, absolute passion and profound dedication. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to experience these with the creation of “Lexposure”, ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Recording an album is always an amazing adventure, this time even more so, and we are very grateful to everyone who made this album possible. But why was it so special? Firstly, because of the choice of program, of little known, exciting works, and secondly due to the fact that ...
Composer: Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2007), Jennifer Higdon (1962)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Aliud Records is proud to present “New Perspectives for Marimba” by Dutch based percussionist Arjan Jongsma. Featuring works by J.S. Bach, M. Ravel and the world premiere recording of Sipke Hoekstra’s “Clio’s Patchwork, Fantasia for Marimba”, Jongsma takes a pianistic approach, truly opening up new perspectives for the Marimba. ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Sipke Hoekstra (1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Mad Love is the debut EP from the siblings Infinity Song. Victory has been making solo music with the label, while the family was signed while busking in Central park. Since then, they've been doing covers across socials gaining over 200K followers on instagram in a few short weeks. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 1 – The Prussian Quartets
Towards the end of his life, short of money and heavil y in debt, Mozart had the opportunity to visit King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia – a famous patron of the arts and a keen and above-average musician. Mozart performed for the King and left with some ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Kalevi Aho is one of today’s most prolific composers of large-scale orchestral scores, including 17 symphonies and 32 concertos to date. Less well-known is the fact that he has also written chamber music, as well as an ever-expanding series of solo pieces ...
Composer: Kalevi Aho (1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Carson Cooman: As We Are Changed, Op. 1340
“Our world and our lives are transformational and in constant transformation, and this work is the music of those transformations. The earth we live on does not stay still but evolves and changes; our lives are changed through our own personal struggles, ...
Composer: Carson Cooman (1982)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
