Education, Entertainment, Recreation (Live)
New Order's release of a special performance, their only UK show of 2018 (November 9) at London's Alexandra Palace and the first live show released on Blu-Ray from the band's now established line-up of Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham and Tom Chapman. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Van Weezer is the 14th studio album from American Rock Band Weezer. The inspiration for this album derives from the deepest roots of Weezer - metal! What has metal got to do with Weezer, you ask? In his earliest years, Rivers was a huge KISS fan; Brian was a big Black Sabbath fan; Pat worshipped at the ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
For vocalist Will Gould, lockdown allowed him the space to delve fully into his punk rock fantasy. With Salem, he transferred the overt theatrics of main project Creeper into short, sharp, guitar-led flourishes. Teaming up with Matt Reynolds, the duo’s debut EP marked an altogether rawer sound, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
“From song to symphony, from the Bim-Bom theatre to radio orchestral recordings, from theatre music to performances at the ‘Warsaw Autumn’ International Festival of Contemporary Music. Indeed, it was a career ‘on its own note,’ as the subtitle of Edward Pallasz’s (1936–2019) memoirs says. ...
Composer: Edward Pallasz’s (1936–2019)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
"Salzedo has done for the harp what Bach did for the organ, Paganini for the violin, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy for the piano, which is to enlarge the technical and expressive potentialities of their chosen instruments". These are the words of the great conductor Leopold Stokowski when writing ...
Composer: Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
For once, a recitative is the focus of a cantata. In BWV 47, the opening chorus, two arias, and the final chorale are grouped around the central statement "Mankind is dirt, stench, earth and ashes," which can hardly be surpassed in clarity. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
HOME by acclaimed mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert is a collection of new works written for the artist from eight composers and librettists representing diverse backgrounds and musical styles. The album consists of eight world premiere recordings which reflect on the broader social implications ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Vedel: Choir Concertos Nos. 1-12 & Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Juno nominated chamber choir Luminous Voices along with Spiritus Chamber Choir presents twelve works by Ukranian composer Artem Vedel (1767-1808). Considered one of Ukraine’s ‘Golden Three’ composers of the 18th century, these masterpieces of Ukrainian Classical Choral Music include twelve sacred choral concerti & Divine Liturgy ...
Composer: Artem Vedel
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Kaczkowski: Violin Duos, Opp. 10 & 16
Joachim Kaczkowski, a Polish violinist, teacher and composer, was born in 1789 in the city of Tábor in southern Bohemia. He came from a family with strong musical traditions. Joachim Kaczkowski took his first violin lessons from his father. He grew up in Lviv at a time when such outstanding representatives of the musical ...
Composer: Joachim Kaczkowski
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
For their ninth release of music by Walter Braunfels, Capriccio concentrates on some of his earlier music. Braunfels had the misfortune to fall between two stools. Before WWII, he was considered too modern (by the Nazis), and after the war, too conservative by everyone else. ...
Composer: Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Gerald Resch: String Quartet No. 3 - Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1
One of the most brilliant works in the quartet literature, an exciting new composition based on it, and a virtuoso award-winning ensemble: the Aris Quartet's GENUIN album Attacca bursts with energy from the very first moment. Highly acclaimed with awards such as "Echo Rising Stars" 2019, the ...
Composer: Gerald Resch (1975), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mendelssohn: Te Deum à 8, MWV B 15 & Other Works
Frieder Bernius kann auf eine beachtliche Karriere zurückblicken – die Gründung mehrerer spezialisierter Ensembles und mehr als 100 Aufnahmen belegen eindrucksvoll seine Leidenschaft und sein Engagement für die historische Aufführungspraxis. Der von ihm gegründete Kammerchor Stuttgart ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
The award-winning Dutch composer and bass clarinet player Joris Roelofs is also currently working on a PhD dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche, improvisation and the notion of freedom. On the album Rope Dance he is able to combine all of this, in a suite of twelve pieces inspired by Nietzsche ...
Composer: Joris Roelofs (1984)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Reference Recordings is proud to present new recordings of a compendium of nine works of José Serebrier, including four World Premières and the first digital recording of his dramatic Symphony for Percussion, performed by the Gnessin Percussion Ensemble of Moscow. ...
Composer: José Serebrier (1938)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Perlen fischen im Pop-Ozean: Claudia Koreck überrascht mit ihrem ersten Coveralbum: Auf “Perlentaucherin” schenkt die erfolgreiche Singer-Songwriterin zwölf deutsch-sprachigen Hits eine neue Intimität – von Nena und den Sportfreunden Stiller bis Udo Jürgens und Rammstein. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Sophia Kennedy’s music sometimes sounds like a soundtrack to world to disintegrating, hanging on by a thread of memories, it combines the glamour and the morbid charm of tin pan alley show tunes from the 1960s or 70s and yet it fully embraces the deconstructed modernism of club music. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
On the album “Starry Night”, a new release from Berlin Classics, Alexej Gerassimez and the SIGNUM saxophone quartet explore new musical terrain. The unprecedented combination of percussion and saxophone quartet offers an innovative and inventive voyage in sound. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120, 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Julian Bliss and James Baillieu present a recording Johannes Brahms’ Clarinet sonatas, Op. 120 and an arrangement of his 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op.121 arranged by Bliss. These late works were inspired by the great clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, principal clarinet of the Meiningen Court Orchestra, without whom ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Johann Graf's life dates are almost identical to those of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Rudolstadt court Kapellmeister was one of the most esteemed violinists of his time. Violinist Anne Schumann, violist Klaus Voigt, and harpsichordist Sebastian Knebel are now releasing a CD on GENUIN ...
Composer: Johann Graf (1688-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
In June 2021, the Klenke Quartet celebrate their 30th anniversary and have been inspiring international concert life with an unchanged line-up since their foundation in 1991. Consisting of four female musicians, the ensemble has established itself as one of the most important German string quartets ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
