Colorful, captivating and bold: The trio of Marie Krüttli synthesizes with singularity the forces of Swiss jazz. This pianist is a UFO in the world of jazz. At 26, she imposed an original voice and a way for her to make the piano-double bass-drums trio ring. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
BORN THIS WAY THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY
"Introducing Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary, a special edition of the album in new packaging that will be available on June 18," wrote Gaga. "In addition to the album’s 14 original songs, #TheTenthAnniversary edition will also include a second disc of reimagined versions ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Voice Of Hope (Extended Edition)
“Beauty will save the world,” wrote Dostoyevsky, which is the claim that Camille Thomas makes throughout this record. Not beauty for the sake of hedonism, but a beauty that believes there is a burning line to be drawn between pain and hope. ...
Composer: Fazil Say (1970), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Max Bruch (1838-1920), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), John Williams (1932)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Perlman protégé Randall Goosby celebrates the music of black classical composers for debut album ‘Roots’. Rising star violinist Randall Goosby releases his debut album "Roots". The album is an exploration of the music written by Black composers and inspired by Black American culture. The collection is a homage ...
Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), William Grant Still (1895-1978), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), George Gershwin (1898-1937), Florence Price (1887-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Bruch: String Quintets & Octet
Max Bruch was eighty years old when, in 1918, he decided to return to the chamber music genre he had frequented in his early years. Stimulated by the violin virtuoso Willy Hess, he composed two string quintets and an octet, monuments to beauty and harmony, ...
Composer: Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Chill-Country superstar Brian Kelley is pledging he’s a “Florida Boy Forever” with his debut album, SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND. “They say write what you know and this is the first time I really wrote for me. These songs are my babies, y’all,” shares Brian Kelley. “This project came from a real place – my experiences ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Revered jazz pianist Sam Leak is joined by the swingin’ combination of Jonny Wickham on bass and Jay Davis on the drums; all three musicians have impressive careers in their own right. As Alex explains it, “This album is a meeting point between my love of straight ahead bebop and the chaos and fragility of free jazz. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
The Fantastics! "Take A Shot" featuring Sulene Fleming, the band’s long awaited third studio album, nine years in the making. The Fantastics! story begins back in 2003, when keys maestro and Freestyle Records boss Greg Boraman joined London group ‘Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours’. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Funk
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
On The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the Los Angeles-based band dreams up their own cinematic experience in album form, as its songs cycle through stories of love, danger, and impossible triumph. Eras are ever-changing - Love, desire, and our quest for significance remains constant. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C Minor
Three Grammy Awards and a mountain of rave reviews stand behind Andris Nelsons’ ongoing cycle of the 15 symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich. The conductor’s run of visionary interpretations with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon, is set to continue with the release of a ...
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) Live (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition Remaster 2021)
The Grateful Dead's self-titled 1971 live album is getting a remastered expanded edition for its 50th anniversary. Known by fans as Skull & Roses due to its iconic cover art (and as Skull Fuck, the band's proposed title, which was promptly rejected by the record company), ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Centering around the Icarus myth, William Fitzsimmons' seventh album sees him debark on a slightly different sound aesthetic, yet still his distinctive voice holds it all together. For fans of Bon Iver, The National, Sufjan Stevens and Jose' Gonzalez. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
"It all started with a proposition by Rene Martin for his Folle Journée de Nantes in 2020. He invited me to interpret some of Beethoven’s works, I was free to do what I wanted, the idea was to select a few of his most beautiful melodies and play them my way, opening them up for improvisation. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
When these recording sessions began in the last week of May 2020, I hadn’t left my house to go anywhere other than the grocery store in over two months. I hadn’t taken a cab or subway. I’d lost several friends to COVID-19, and was afraid I’d also lose more thanks to the non-response of our would-be dictator/“president”, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 17
Olga Pashchenko is one of today’s most versatile keyboard players. Equally at home on the fortepiano, the harpsichord, the organ and the modern piano, she radiates extraordinary virtuosity and passion. Her discography has hitherto ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The project was born in a random late-night conversation between singer Chris Ellis and guitarist Edis Mano in 2016. They reached out to drummer Nico Looser and top session bassist Severin Graf also came on board, and the Ellis Mano Band was complete. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
After his acclaimed Mendelssohn album with cellist Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson presents his first PENTATONE solo album Aus Wien, on which he brings together piano music from Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, Korngold and Ravel. Ranging from treasures of late-Romantic and early atonal music to carnivalesque, grandiose dance pieces, ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Vocalist, violinist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Caroline Shaw returns with a new album "Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part" alongside her frequent partners in music, the trailblazing Sō Percussion. The musicians, who have known each other since their student days, were presented with three days of gratis studio ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
With A Little Help From My Friends (Live)
The performance captures one special night on November 21, 2020 when Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams and David Paich appeared with the new line-up of TOTO for a global event originating from Los Angeles, CA. Joining Lukather, Williams and Paich for this next chapter in their indelible history are new band members bassist ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Dangerous Levels of Introspection
Dangerous Levels of Introspection is the new 13-track album from JP Saxe, featuring the smash hit “If the World Was Ending” and previously released track “Line by Line” ft. Maren Morris. JP worked with a number of exciting people on this album including one of his musical heroes John Mayer. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
