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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

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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

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Angel or Alien

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

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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

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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

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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

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Ciaccona

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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20th Century Feminine

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

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New Perspectives for Marimba

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:

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Mad Love (Deluxe)

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

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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

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Kalevi Aho: Solo, Vol. 1

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

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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

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Haydn News - Chamber Music Arrangements by his Contemporaries

omething new by Haydn? Well, yes and no... None of the works presented on this album has ever been heard in this form in our time. Michael Dücker, director and spiritus rector of nuovo aspetto, has gone in libraries and archives in search of Haydn works that are ideally suited for the chamber music-apart instrumentation ...

Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 15 Variations & Fugue "Eroica"

After his acclaimed interpretation of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to PENTATONE with a recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Eroica Variations. The Hammerklavier Sonata is one of the pinnacles of Beethoven’s creative output, ...

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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