Party of Four, the sophomore release from renowned vocal jazz quartet The Royal Bopsters, which streets November 13, 2020. This twelve-track venture, which follows up their critically acclaimed 2015 debut, celebrates both the proud history and the bright future of vocal jazz. A hard-swinging amalgam of vocal virtuosity, electrifying group chemistry, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Featuring songs made famous by Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody, Love of My Life and The Show Must Go On), Chris Isaak (Wicked Game), Sting (Fields of Gold), Christina Aguilera (Hurt), Michael Jackson (Billie Jean) plus classics like My Funny Valentine and The Greatest Love of All. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Queen Elisabeth Competition: Cello 2017 (Live)
The second edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition dedicated to the cello gives us an opportunity to re-immerse ourselves in the performances of four laureates during the very first session dedicated to this instrument, in 2017. This four-album set features recordings, most of which have never been previously released, from the first round, the semi-final, the final, as well as from the laureates’ concerts, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
Hans Gál: Works for Viola & Piano
The album "Hans Gál works for viola and piano" (RecArt 0045) performed by Magdalena Tchórzewska (viola) and Katarzyna Wasiak (piano) contains the only surviving compositions for viola and piano by H. Gál - an Austrian composer at the turn of the 19th / 20th century, a distinguished Viennese and J. Brahms, a lover of F. Schubert's ...
Composer: Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo (Live)
Violinist Kristóf Baráti’s interpretations of Bach’s complete solo Sonatas and Partitas, from his recital in 2016, is one of the first releases of this exciting venture! Few are up to the demands of the task which calls for near-superhuman skills, but young Kossuth Prize laureate Kristóf Baráti does not know the word impossible: he has already recorded this major series, not to mention the ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ibrahim Maalouf and Angélique Kidjo will release their new album "Queen Of Sheba". While these two superstars of international music have collaborated before, this is their very first album together. Maalouf is a world-renowned trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has sold out the biggest arena in his home country of France and was ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Pharis and Jason Romero are pure craftspeople. A renowned banjo builder, Jason spent years developing his own personal designs, and on 'Tell ‘Em You Were Gold,' his handmade instruments take center stage. Over a half dozen uniquely crafted banjos are played by the duo in the course of the album. ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Traditional Folk
The name of the musical ensemble 'Contrasti' alludes to the two main emphases in the group's repertoire: works from the Renaissance and those of contemporary composers. This album draws together Renaissance repertoire and music of the 20th and 21st centuries, finding frissons in the similarities and contrasts between quite distant times. ...
Composer: Pierre Sandrin (1490-1561), Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019), Juan del Encina (1469-1529), Sveinn Ludvik Björnsson (1962), Thomas Morley (1557-1602), John Speight (1945), Alexander Scott (1520-1582), Clement Janequin (1472-1559)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
I Remember Yesterday (Remastered)
Remember Yesterday is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on May 13, 1977, seven months after the release of her previous album. Like her previous three albums, it was a concept album, this time seeing Summer combining the recent disco sound with various sounds of the past. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Contemporary
She Works Hard For The Money (Remastered)
"She Works Hard for the Money" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her eleventh studio album of the same name (1983). The song was written by Michael Omartian and Summer, and produced by the former. It was released as the lead single in 1983 from the album by Mercury Records. It became a hit for Summer and is one of ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Contemporary
The first recording of Steve Reich’s Reich/Richter, performed by Ensemble intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz’s film Moving Picture (946-3). ...
Composer: Steve Reich (1936)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed
When Max Richter’s Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn’t heard anything like that, ever. Experiencing it felt as though we were being catapulted ...
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Max Richter (1966)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
John Ireland: Orchestral Works
John Ireland was something of a child prodigy, entering the Royal College of Music at the age of fourteen. There he studied piano, organ and composition (under Charles Villiers Stanford). He quickly progressed to significant positions as an organist, whilst continuing to pursue his interests as a composer. ...
Composer: John Ireland (1879-1962)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Fredrik Saroea with BIT20 Ensemble - Rona Diaries: Chamber Versions Live At The Grieg Hall, Bergen
Best known as the frontman of critically-acclaimed global disco-punk outfit DATAROCK, Norway’s favorite son Fredrik Saroea has replaced the bass-heavy dance beats for strings – lots of strings. Teaming up with the award-winning BIT20 Ensemble (Martin Shultz on violin, Liene Klava on viola, Agnese Rugevica on cello, Johannes ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Ever since Kelly Clarkson started doing fan-voted cover songs in her live shows, people have asked for her to release those covers. The call intensified after Kelly made cover songs, aka “Kellyoke,” a daily feature of her talk show. In other words, we’ve been waiting a lifetime for a moment like this — and now we’re finally getting it. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Back In The World Of Adventures (2022 Remaster)
Formed by the ever prolific Roine Stolt (Kaipa, The Tangent, Transatlantic), The Flower Kings were actually born after the release of Stolt´s solo album The Flower King in 1994. Back In The World Of Adventures was the band´s first proper album together and was released in 1995 to wide critical acclaim in the progressive rock community. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor/Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4, "Dumky"
The Oliver Schnyder Trio plays two masterpieces of Czech/Bohemian music: the Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15, by Bedrich Smetana and the famous Trio No. 4 in E minor, op. 90, "Dumky" by Antonin Dvorak. The trio has chosen the title "Bohemian Rhapsodies" for their current album. On the one hand, this refers to the geographical ...
Composer: Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904), Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Nigerian drummer exposes the roots of Afrobeat. For fifteen years, Tony Allen drummed for Fela Kuti and invented Afrobeat with him. When Kuti died in 1997, Tony Allen did everything he could to protect and promote his musical legacy. This is especially true for the political content of ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre:
Avi Kaplan's debut full-length introduces a compelling, convincing and emotional singer whose mellifluous baritone is as gripping as any instrument. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Shooter Jennings, (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, American Aquarium) and mixed by Trina Shoemaker, (Brandi Carlile, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sheryl ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Not much is known about the English composer John Sheppard. When he was born, and where he grew up, is lost to history but most scholars place his birth at somewhere between 1515 and 1520. This places him in one of the most turbulent periods in English church history, something that can be heard on this disc in the wide stylistic range ...
Composer: John Sheppard (1515-1558):
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
