An iconic and influential figure with a career that spans almost 40 years and more than 30 million sales, Marc Almond has enjoyed a fresh renaissance in recent years. 2017’s retrospective Hit & Pieces saw him return to the Top 10 of the album charts, and it was followed by the critically ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
James are proud to announce their new album Girl At The End Of The World out on BMG Recordings, plus a major headline tour for 2016. Girl At The End Of The World sees the band team with producer Max Dingel (The Killers, Muse, White Lies) ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 19, 20, 21, "Waldstein", & 22
Marking Beethoven’s 250th birthday in a suitably heroic fashion, Fazıl Say has recorded Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 19, 20, 21, Waldstein, & 22. He sees the sonatas as “a sacred text for musicians” and Beethoven as “A revolutionary composer starting to create music 50 to 100 years ahead of its time,” adding that: “When we ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Once again Opera Rara has rescued a work from oblivion with its recording of Offenbach’s Vert-Vert , written not for one of Offenbach’s usual theaters but for the Opéra-Comique. As a consequence, we are deprived of the satire familiar to us from Orphée aux enfers, La belle Hélène, or La Grande-Duchesse ...
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
“After 25 years of making music as a band, it is so cool to be working with Warner Music. We think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship,” says Tom, Stephen and Colin. Blackie, originally formed in 1996, when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
Wolf Parade - Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and Arlen Thompson - will release Thin Mind, the group’s fifth album for Sub Pop, on January 24th, 2020. The 10-track record was recorded by John Goodmanson at Risque Disque on Vancouver Island, BC, mixed by Goodmanson at Bogroll ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Rediscovering, restoring, recording and performing the forgotten operatic heritage of the 19th century: Opera Rara's award-winning recording of Fantasio is back! Considered one of Offenbach's most beautiful and refined works, Fantasio offers a heady cocktail of charm, gentle melancholy, bad-tempered jokes and poetry, and marks ...
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
“We are so excited and thrilled to finally reveal this project, which we have been imagining and developing for months... « Nos 4 saisons », our four seasons! We heard The Four Seasons for the first time before we even knew how to talk, and the sound of the violin is one of our first memories. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Picked-out psych folk guitar lines circle around Smith's fragile vocal, with the pitter-patter of drums, recalling the work of underrated US act Kingsbury Manx. Like them, Good Good Blood hint at something happier just out of reach, cloaking sadness in beautiful arrangements. "Fallen Leaves" has a wistful air, yet there's a weight of meaning ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Theories abound regarding the seven-year cycle. Even the most casual of searches yields a wealth of discourse on the philosophy, positing the occurrence of transformation (or even full rebirth) in the seventh year. Higher Power grow into a similar space on their second full-length offering and Roadrunner ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
The legendary Canadian metal band Annihilator: Jeff Waters (vocals and guitar) Rich Hinks (bass), Aaaron Homma (guitar) and Fabio Alessandrini (Drums) will deliver their 17th studio album on January 24th 2020 via Neverland Music/Silver Lining. "BALLISTIC, SADISTIC" promises to deliver a full speed-metal ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
On his third and so far most recent album »Retronyms« (released in Aug 2019), composer Carlos Cipa impressively combined his background as a classically trained pianist with his interest in experimental forms and pop culture. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Beethoven, Paganini, Stravinsky, Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin and Piano
Gennaro Cardaropoli is considered to be one of the best young Italian talents of today. His discographic debut with Warner Classics is in 2019, together with pianist Alberto Ferro....
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840), Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Babylon Berlin (Original Television Soundtrack, Vol. II)
Das Serienmeisterwerk " Babylon Berlin " geht weiter. Nach dem phänomenalen Erfolg der ersten beiden Staffeln im vergangenen Jahr, startet nun die dritte Staffel am 24. Januar 2020 wie gewohnt auf dem Bezahlsender SKY. Eine Ausstrahlung auf dem öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender ARD ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: TV
As our country again is embroiled in debates about immigration along comes ¡Americano! It explains and uplifts at a time when America is being torn apart. Backed by the distinct sound and powerful lyrics of critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Carrie ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Musicals
AIX Records has a great relationship with super-star guitarist Laurence Juber. He was a guest artist on the Dorian Michael – Acoustic Blues project along with Albert Lee, made his own solo project Guitar Noir with help from Domenic Genova and Steve Forman, brought his studio friends in for the AIX Allstars ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy: Piano Concertos
This album brings together world premiere recordings of three aesthetically diverse piano concertos that were written for Alexandre Tharaud. They are Left, alone by the Dane Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952), Future is a faded song by the Frenchman Gérard Pesson (b.1958) and Kuleshov by the Argentian-born Frenchman Oscar Strasnoy (b.1970). ...
Composer: Oscar Strasnoy (1970), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Gerard Pesson (1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Hardly any other concert marks the city of Munich’s musical history as strikingly as the premiere of Gustav Mahler’s 8th symphony, the Symphony of a Thousand, which struck real waves of enthusiasm within the city’s cultural scene, and beyond. It marked a memorable triumph for the ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3
Marking Beethoven’s 250th birthday in a suitably heroic fashion, Fazıl Say has recorded Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3. He sees the sonatas as “a sacred text for musicians” and Beethoven as “A revolutionary composer starting to create music 50 to 100 years ahead of its ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
