Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanisław Moniuszko is widely known as ‘the father of Polish national opera’. Halka tells the tragic story of its title character, a peasant girl whose love for the noble Janusz is betrayed when he abandons her to wed Zofia, daughter of the Esquire. ...
Composer: Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Franck, Debussy & Others: Piano Works (Live)
Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann is inspired by his travels in Switzerland, and is a true symphonic poem for piano. Franck’s Piano Quintet ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Jorge Sastre (1974)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Robert Groslot: The Intimacy of Distance, Op. 122
The soprano voice occupies a central place in Robert Groslot’s vocal music, and in The Intimacy of Distance he has created his most ambitious composition yet for voice and orchestra. Exploring how elements of life can only be realized through the experience of distance, ...
Composer: Robert Groslot (1951)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mit dem Album "Krone der Schöpfung" feiern die Prinzen ihr 30-jähriges Band-Jubiläum. Dazu sagt Sänger Sebastian Krumbiegel in einem Statement: "Wir haben ein sehr breites Spektrum, aber ich glaube, dass unser Erfolg auch mit Haltung zu tun hat. Es ist wichtig drei Harmonien zu können, ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Heart & Hereafter: Collected Songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Known for her vivid portrayals and full, distinctive voice, Elizabeth Llewellyn has established herself internationally as a dramatic and vocal artist of distinction. She has chosen to offer listeners something new by devoting her debut disc...
Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Peter Garland: 3 Dawns & Bush Radio Calling
Two exuberant, beautiful solo piano pieces—the three-movement Three Dawns (1981–82), based on poems by Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo, and the 10-movement Bush Radio Calling (1992), written for the music-theater work Just Them Walking, by New Zealand’s avant-garde theater company Red Mole. ...
Composer: Peter Garland
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Dmitry entered the ranks of Russia’s leading jazz pianists while still at the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music in late 1990s, when he joined Arsenal, the legendary Russian jazz rock fusion group where he worked for ten years. Decorated with Triumph, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Chase Rice is releasing The Album on May 28. The project will combine The Album Part I and The Album Part II, both released in 2020. The Album includes all 11 songs from the two previous installments, including the top-10 hit “Lonely If You Are,” and his collaboration with Florida Georgia Line on “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.” ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Czerny: Der Pianist im klassischen Style, Op. 856, 48 Preludes & Fugues
A little-known ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ for the 19th century in a superbly engineered new version. Long known as Beethoven’s pupil, Liszt’s teacher and the bane of countless piano students ever since as the prolific author of exercises and studies which have won foundational status in their importance for piano technique, ...
Composer: Carl Czerny (1791-1858)
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre:
These two major French composers abound with evocations to nature, to poetry, and immerse us in a universe of ephemeral sound images. Hersant Ephemeres: "Die vierundzwanzig Stücke, aus denen dieser Zyklus für Klavier besteht, wurden in ungeordneter Weise und in sehr unregelmäßigen Abständen zwischen 1999 ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Philippe Hersant (1948)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Sonatas for Violin & Piano, K. 301, K. 304, K. 305 & K. 454
For this new recording, violinist Peter Hanson, one of the most prominent period instrument players of his generation, turns his attention to Mozart’s extraordinary and innovative output of sonatas for violin and piano. Hanson is joined by acclaimed keyboard player and regular collaborator ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
A Tribute to the Clarke - Boland Big Band
The Federal Jazz Orchestra, abbreviated and affectionately named BuJazzO by many, pays tribute to the legendary Clarke-Boland Big Band on its new album. The legendary international ensemble existed from 1961 to 1972 in Cologne and was led by American drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian pianist, composer and arranger Francy Boland. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Four years after the release of their last album Jump On Board which reached #1 in the French charts, the mythical Scottish band with more than 40 million albums sold is back with 'Hi', their tenth studio album - an event to be released on May 28th. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Veggio, Rodio, Bertoldo: Complete Organ Music
This recording presents three composers active in the 16th century: Claudio Veggio, Rocco Rodio and Sperindio Bertolo. Their Canzones and Ricercatas are intabulations (instrumental arrangements) of well-known chansons. The polyphonic structure of the vocal models ...
Composer: Claudio Veggio (1510-1543), Rocco Rodio (1535-1615), Sperindio Bertoldo (1530-1570)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Over the last four years, guitarist Alexandra Whittingham has reached listeners worldwide, not only through concerts and competition successes but above all online, where her video performances of classical guitar repertoire have gained over 25 million YouTube views. Now she brings all of her freshness, ...
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
Seigen Ono is a composer, musician, recording and mastering engineer. For over 40 years, he has engineered for renowned artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence/1983), Sadao Watanabe, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Jackson, The Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, and David Sylvian. ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
The composer of the Stabat Mater presented in this sound recording was musically educated in Malaga Cathedral at the end of the first third of the 19th century. The musical chapel of the city’s first tempo had already suffered the onslaught of the yellow ...
Composer: Juan Bautista Cansino (1826-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
