Opera Rara releases Bellini’s first opera Adelson e Salvini, written in 1825 while the composer was still a student at the Naples Conservatory. Marking the company’s third complete opera recording by Bellini, following La straniera and Il Pirata, up and coming bel canto specialist Daniele Rustioni ...
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
In 1947 a brilliant generation of Austro-German singers represented the Vienna State Opera for a short season at Covent Garden. Among those known to London audiences from before the war were Maria Cebotari and Hans Hotter; new were Anton Dermota, Erich Kunz and an array of sopranos headed by Hilde Gueden, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Vivaldi: 5 Bassoon Concertos (Remastered)
French bassoonist and teacher. A precocious talent, he won a premier prix at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 17. He won a first prize at the Geneva International Competition in 1949 and was appointed to the Paris Opéra the same year. In 1957 he succeeded his teacher Dhérin as professor of bassoon at the Paris ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Wolf: Songs from the Romantic Poets (Remastered)
In 1947 a brilliant generation of Austro-German singers represented the Vienna State Opera for a short season at Covent Garden. Among those known to London audiences from before the war were Maria Cebotari and Hans Hotter; new were Anton Dermota, Erich Kunz and an array of sopranos headed by Hilde Gueden, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
The Swedish jazz pianist and composer Jacob Karlzon creates music for the inner film in his head. This latest album was recorded in January and he says: “I’m happy when people interpret my music this way. I really do want to take them emotionally out ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Sun Rings began with a call from NASA to Kronos Quartet's manager. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Voyager 1 space probe's launch was coming, and the agency wondered if Kronos would be able to use the "space sounds" that Voyager 1 and 2, as well as other spacecraft, had sent back to Earth in its performances. ...
Composer: Terry Riley (1935-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
On her first Warner Classics album pianist Mariam Batsashvili combines solo works by Franz Liszt – a figure of special significance for her – and his contemporary Frédéric Chopin. She left her native Georgia to study at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Weimar and gained international recognition ...
Composer: Ferencz Liszt (1811-1886), Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
In true fairy tale fashion, singer-songwriter “Noraa” went from being a first-grade school teacher to a major label recording artist. In 2017, the Afro-German native with a vibe that is a cross between early days Sade and modern day The Weeknd, was discovered and signed as an artist ..
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Soul
Tones And I is set to release her highly anticipated debut EP "The Kids Are Coming". After uploading her first release ‘Johnny Run Away’ to triple j Unearthed in March and receiving universal acclaim, it’s been non-stop with Tones signing to booking agents around the world, hitting ARIA certified Platinum sales, ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Canadian multi-platinum-selling rockers Big Wreck return with Grace Street, an album that continues to build on the creative momentum of their two previous JUNO Award-nominated releases, Ghosts and Albatross. Featuring guitar virtuoso and lead-singer Ian Thornley, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Taylor Vick makes music that is instantly comforting and arrestingly beautiful. Under her songwriting moniker Boy Scouts, the Bay Area artist has spent over a decade refining her craft, penning heartbreak confessionals over glitchy drum loops since Myspace days. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
The Barker Family Band (Live from City Winery Nashville)
Multi-platinum entertainer Sara Evans’s side-project, The Barker Family Band, with daughter Olivia Barker (16) and son Avery Barker (19), releases today via all digital partners at saraevans.co/TheBarkerFamilyBand. The 6-song EP offers a snapshot of this moment in time ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Grime OG Kano announces his sixth studio album HOODIES ALL SUMMER, which is set to drop on August 30 via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. To go with the announcement, Kano drops two new tracks from the album – “Trouble” and “Class Of Deja” featuring D Double E and Ghetts – as well as a new music video. ...
Genre: Hip-Hop
Subgenre: Rap
Earlier this year, the band presented a raucously entertaining lead music video for the song “Keep Me Down”. Today, the band and Mascot Records present a second song from the upcoming album titled “Low Life”, which can be heard below. “Motherbrain” was produced by Crobot and Corey Lowery. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
»Retronyms« is Cipa’s third studio album. After his first two albums put a focus on the piano, Cipa exponentially expands his artistic approach as well as his colour palette on »Retronyms«. The eight pieces see Cipa bring together his background as a classically ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Robert Randolph grew up playing sacred steel music – basically gospel played on pedal steel guitar – on the House of God church in Orange, New Jersey, and began taking his joyous, gospel-infused music out to clubs and into the world. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger—out August 23, 2019 on Nonesuch Records—explores Ireland's Great Famine. Performed by Alarm Will Sound led by Alan Pierson, soprano Katherine Manley, and sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, the libretto draws from first-hand accounts by ...
Composer: Donnacha Dennehy (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The third opera by the twenty-seven-year-old Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini, Il pirata marked an important step forward in his career. His first score written for the brand leader of Italian opera houses, La Scala, Milan, it also represented his first collaboration with Felice Romani, the leading librettist of ...
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
