Spanish-American violinist Francisco Fullana has taken the Partita No. 3 in E by J.S. Bach and built around it a programme of interlinked yet contrasting works, resulting in an original and intricately constructed album. J.S. Bach’s output has had a far-reaching impact, casting ...
Composer: Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909), Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Presteigne Premieres: New Music for String Orchestra
The generous recording, with over 80 minutes of music, also features four superb soloists who have appeared at the Festival several times; fabulous Australian saxophonist Amy Dickson, richly-voiced Welsh mezzo Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and the brilliant flute and harp duo ...
Composer: Thomas Hyde, David Matthews, Adrian Williams, Michael Berkeley, Christopher Gunning, Huw Watkins, Sally Beamish, Matthew Taylor, Martin Butler, Hugh Wood, Joe Duddell
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Paul Jarret and Jim Black have two things in common: a strong taste for adventure in improvisation (c.f. the so-called ‘free music’ genres), and both are steeped in 90’s indie-rock culture. As part of the ‘Talents Adami Jazz’ setup they have conceived Ghost Songs, a brand-new quartet ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
On his third full-length solo album Adam Douglas takes us through what he calls a midlife analysis. "Better Angels" is a collection of self-searching songs and a landing strip for a musician who has found himself and his genre. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Moby’s eclectic career has cast him in the roles of electronic dance music pioneer, singer and songwriter, producer, activist, and restaurateur, but for his latest venture he presents his music in a whole new light. Now he is releasing an album of his best-known tracks in new arrangements for classical instruments ....
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
As a conductor, curator and arranger, Robert Ames has been a key exchange agent between the classical tradition and contemporary music. co-Founding the London Contemporary Orchestra fresh out of the Royal Academy of Music, Robert went on to work like; conducting Jonny Greenwood’s Oscar Nominated score for the film Phantom ...
Composer: Robert Ames (1985)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
For his fifth studio album Born to Win, Born to Lose, Douwe Bob hit up the studio with his brand new band. On this album, he brings an ode to the still very much present music traditions in America and found his perfect producer in Daniël Lohues. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Falla, Poulenc & Bacarisse: Harpsichord Concertos
In addition to including three harpsichord concertos composed in the 20th century, this album offers suggestive interweavings: The concertos by Falla and Poulenc were both composed for Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), the great Polish harpsichordist who decisively contributed ...
Composer: Manuel de Falla, Francis Poulenc, Salvador Bacarisse
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
With 'Binary Star', trombonist Peter Steiner and organist Constanze Hochwartner take you on a journey through the infinite expanses of the cosmos. The program of the album unites different composers and spans the musical arc from the late romantic Gustav Mahler to the film music composer John Williams. ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), John Williams (1932), Gustav Holst (1874–1934), Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Journey Home – Live from the Kennedy Center (Live)
The Journey Home: Live from the Kennedy Center. Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, the concert, which sold-out at the time, explores timeless themes of longing, loss, love, and the search for peace in the wake of catastrophe. Musical selections range from Schubert's Der Wanderer, ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Irving Berlin (1888-1989), Ivor Novello (1893–1951), Leonardo Dugan, Oley Speaks, Pete Seeger, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Rudi Stephan (1887-1915), Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Toler Gibson is a group of mountain dwellers living high above the clouds in California. The project started when Kenneth Gibson, a Canadian born, Texas raised Angeleno moved from LA to the mountains of Idyllwild and met Gavin Toler, a Seattle born and raised Angeleno who had moved to Idyllwild from LA, three years prior. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
Brabant 1653: Baroque Vocal Music from Brabant
Extensive research, in addition to a wealth of repertoire, provides insight into the rich musical culture of North Brabant during the 17th century. Holland Baroque is releasing a new album with the renowned label PENTATONE entitled Brabant 1653. With established soloists, Holland Baroque explores the ...
Composer: Cornelis Verdonck (1563-1625), Benedictus a Sancto Josepho (1642-1716), Carl Rosier (1640-1725), Herman Hollanders (1595-1640), Herman Finkers (1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Hailed by The Times for its ‘exhilarating performances’, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective was dreamed up in 2017 by Tom Poster and Elena Urioste, who met through the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. The Collective operates with a flexible ...
Composer: Amy Beach (1867-1944), Florence Price (1887-1953), Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
As an Unperfect Actor (Nine Shakespeare Sonnets)
Austrian actor Birgit Minichmayr captures the imagination and holds centre-stage on “As An Unperfect Actor – Nine Sonnets by William Shakespeare”. Composer/ pianist Bernd Lhotzky and Quadro Nuevo have provided her with a wonderful array of musical contexts. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
"Funk is my Religion" is the band’s eleventh album – the album title just says it all. Landgren and his Norsemen bring a passion, an intensity and a freshness to their craft which has remained undimmed since the start. For more than 25 years, jazz-funk has been the force driving Landgren. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
One of the most versatile and prolific bassist/composers in jazz history returns with a new all-star trio of jazz heavyweights, featuring guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Obed Calvaire, and a power-packed set. Another Land is the new album from the all-star trio featuring Dave Holland, Kevin Eubanks and Obed Calvaire ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Analog Pearls Vol.6 - Win Or Lose
The idea to re-release Win or Lose on Stockfisch Records came from Günter Pauler after I had sent him the original master-tape that I had found amongst my archive material. I thought he might be interested, mainly because the original quality of recording was so good. Furthermore, ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Volker Kriegel: Mainz Studio Recordings (1963-1969) [Remastered Extended Version]
When the Darmstadt teenager Volker Kriegel (1943-2003) officially debuted his first chords in the late 1950s, the guitar was still an outsider instrument in jazz. It could boast a few luminaries, but actually everything was still open when, in 1963 and 1964, the autodidact from Hessen ...
Composer: Volker Kriegel (1943-2003)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
Beauty of sound, melodic elegance, dream-like interplay and atmospherically dense jazz compositions: Lars Danielsson's Liberetto has built up a reputation as one of the finest jazz ensembles in Europe and this new release merely enhances that point of view. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Barber, Sibelius & Scriabin: One Movement Symphonies
Reference Recordings proudly presents a unique album of one movement symphonies composed by Barber, Sibelius and Scriabin, in an outstanding interpretation from Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony. This album was recorded in the beautiful and acoustically acclaimed Helzberg Hall, ...
Composer: Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
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