The Norwegian violinist Ole Bull (1810-1880) is often called "the Nordic Paganini". Wherever he played, he held audiences spellbound with his incredible technique and personal charisma. In his native Norway he is revered first and foremost for his pioneering and dynamic role in the movement for a national identity in the fields of music and the dramatic arts ...
Composer: Ole Bull (1810-1880)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Remastered)
"The five songs that follow the performance of the Fourth Symphony (two from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and three from the Rückert-Lieder) date from the time of the Klemperer/Ludwig Das Lied von der Erde, and rank among the finest examples of Mahler singing ever recorded. ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian" - Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (Remastered)
Carlo Maria Giulini was born in Barletta, Southern Italy in May 1914 with what appears to have been an instinctive love of music. As the town band rehearsed he could be seen peering through the ironwork of the balcony of his parents’ home, immovable and intent. ...
Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Pat Metheny’s From This Place features ten compositions by Metheny, who is joined by his long-time drummer, Antonio Sanchez, Malaysian / Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh, and British pianist Gwilym Simcock as well as the Hollywood Studio Symphony conducted by Joel McNeely. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Legendary Saxon frontman releases first solo album Free, tough, uncompromising and supremely obdurate, the English North is everything you saw in Game of Thrones and more. It is the true heart of England, the region where its soul resides, and Biff Byford has earned the right ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
2020 release from the veteran British singer/songwriter. It's Good To Be Here is his tenth album and it showcases not only his uncanny way with melody and lyrics, but also his more thoughtful side. Russ Ballard has plenty to say and he really opens up on this album. "I've spent my life making music and, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Sonny Landreth’s new album "Blacktop Run" mixes genres and styles across a landscape of lyricism and rootsy grooves. His 3rd album for blues connaisseur label Provogue, and his 14th overall, will be released on February 21, 2020. A percussive burst of acoustic resonator ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Remastered)
"The problem with recordings of this age is that they do not seem old enough to warrant the allowances we make for material derived from 78s and early mono LPs, but nor do they always entirely satisfy. More than actual distortion, of which there are only occasional traces as ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Recently signed to Mascot Label Group imprint, Provogue Records, Blues Rock guitarist Albert Cummings will release a new album, Believe, on Feb. 14, 2020. Featuring a flavorful mix of blues, country, and rock n’ roll, the 11-track album is now available with “Hold ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Mathieu: Concerto de Québec & Works for 2 Pianos
Canadian pianist Alain Lefèvre has long championed the music of pianist-composer André Mathieu (1929-1968). As a child prodigy, Mathieu caused a sensation as ‘the Canadian Mozart’ in New York and Paris (where he studied with Yves Nat and Arthur Honegger), but he eventually died in poverty at the age ....
Composer: André Mathieu (1929-1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Not many bands can credit a Rankin Family singalong as the impetus for their start. For Villages, it was a catalyst. In the late aughts, traditional music was the furthest thing from the minds of Matt Ellis, Travis Ellis, Jon Pearo, and Archie Rankin. Having left their Cape Breton homes for the allure of the big ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Jake Shimabukuro has been redefining the capabilities of the ukulele for the last 20 years, and on February 14th, 2020 he returns with his new album 'Trio,' his first on Music Theories Recordings. It was nearly 15 years ago that the world first caught notice of ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Mahler: Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
The songs of Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn) by Gustav Mahler are voice-and-piano and voice-and-orchestra settings of German folk poems chosen from a collection of the same name assembled by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano and published by them, in heavily redacted form, between 1805 and 1808. ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974 (Remastered)
Bryan Ferry surely took some fans by surprise when, in 1973, he released his first solo studio album. These Foolish Things was named after the 1935 standard, quite a far cry from the original music he was recording as frontman of Roxy Music. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Remastered)
Igor Markevitch was a celebrated young prodigy composer – Cortot discovered him at 13, Diaghilev commissioned some music from him and he impressed Béla Bartók. He also received conducting lessons from Hermann Scherchen and became a brilliant and demanding conductor. ..
Composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (Remastered)
It is an important piece of the early Romantic period, and is popular with concert audiences worldwide. The first performance was at the Paris Conservatoire in December 1830. The work was repeatedly revived between 1831 and 1845 and subsequently became a favourite in Paris. ...
Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Five-time Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day unleash their brand new single “Father Of All...,” which is the lead track on their forthcoming thirteenth studio album of the same name, out February 7, 2020 on Reprise / Warner Records. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
