The ambitiously multifaceted musician/composer Clark releases his chillingly affecting ninth studio album Playground In A Lake, on which he broadens horizons and tries new things, with profound results. An intriguingly suggestive title, esoteric concept(s) and disparately unusual but cohesively ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 2
This is the second in a series of four albums recording all 80 of the folk songs in English that Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged for voice and piano or violin. 57 of the 80 songs have not previously been recorded in these arrangements. This second album has 19 tracks ...
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Young Shakespeare (Live Remastered)
Just two months after the release of his seminal After the Gold Rush, Neil Young sat down for a performance at The Shakespeare Theater on January 22, 1971. The Stratford, CT show captures the artist stripped down to the bare essentials—acoustic guitar, piano, and harmonica. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
The Mass in B minor holds a very special place in J.S. Bach’s output: a work of grandeur, an opus ultimum, it was not composed as such but is the result of an assembly of pieces written at different times and for different circumstances. Bach worked on it during the years 1748-1749, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Bitter Truth is an epic, guitar-driven collection inspired by the (often-bitter) realities of the 21st Century and our world. The band’s first original album in ten years, it’s a return-to-force - and one hell of a rock album. The already-released songs have received early accolades from Elle, Billboard, SPIN, American Songwriter, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
The legendary Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith has recorded over thirty albums as a leader, but his favorite setting to document his creativity is live. “It’s so hard to capture what I’m feeling at the moment in the studio,” he says. “Hearing me live is catching me playing in the moment. It’s a good vibe. It’s a loving situation.” ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos
Zu Johann Sebastian Bachs Brandenburgischen Konzerten scheint alles gesagt zu sein – und doch wagt sich das Stuttgarter Barockorchester Il Gusto Barocco mit seinem Musikalischen Leiter und Maestro al Cembalo Jörg Halubek an eine weitere Einspielung. Schließlich faszinieren die sechs ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
One of the most charismatic and exciting talents of his generation, Tchaikovsky Prize-winning Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández has been hailed across the globe for his “pop-idol magnetism, superb technique and exhilarating musicality” (LA Times), as a performer who “has everything: technique, mettle, ...
Composer: Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Enrique Granados (1867-1916), Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
ALLES FLIESST (Geburtstagsedition)
Im neuen Album von Wolfgang Niedeckens BAP fließt tatsächlich alles zusammen, was diese Band und ihren Sänger seit Jahrzehnten auszeichnet: Musikalisch. Gedanklich. Biografisch. Was Gesang, Energie und Schaffenskraft betrifft mag Niedecken immer noch als 30-jähriger durchgehen. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Inspiration, energy and freedom compose the alluring menu of La Vaghezza's very first opus. The five instrumentalists of the young Italian ensemble, recent winners of the EEEMERGING+ scheme, sculpt one by one these magnificent pieces of 17th century Italy, like jewels to be (re)discovered. ...
Composer: Tarquinio Merula (1590-1665), Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676), Andrea Gabrieli (1510-1586), Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571-1631), Salomone Rossi (1570-1630), Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692), Dario Castello (1600-1658), Francesco Turini (1589-1656), Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Vivaldi’s Concerti Ripieni are probably the most unusual works written by the Venetian composer. Some of these pieces, however, are particularly exceptional for various reasons, especially considering the artistic environment in early 18th century Venice. This recording presents Vivaldi’s most ...
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
In modern-day progressive rock, it seems as though there is a new supergroup every few weeks. But long before this was the norm, and before musicians were routinely involved in more than one band, there was Liquid Tension Experiment. Back in 1997, Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Sons of Apollo), ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
“Jazzrausch Bigband is making jazz sexy again” (Bayerischer Rundfunk). And Downbeat has singled out not just the band’s “high-voltage performances” and “party atmosphere”, but also the amount of experimentation going on. With their dazzling confidence, genuine authenticity and communicative ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Three renowned bandleaders & solo artists of European jazz come together to form a very special trio. What unites them is the love for clear themes, melodies, harmonies, with a strong rhythmic grounding. Qualities that originate in the cool jazz of the 40s and 50s which philosophy the trio continues using ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Recorded on the Turks & Caicos Islands in February 2020, produced by Richie and Adrian and mixed by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, this nine track opus is a consummate collaboration between these two highly respected musicians who co-wrote all the songs and also share lead vocals ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
ASSEMBLY showcases carefully curated singles, fan favorites, and archival rarities from the JOE STRUMMER solo catalog. This 16-track compilation features three previously unreleased versions of classic Clash tracks, including the never-before-heard “Junco Partner (Acoustic)” and electrifying ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Her second album explodes from the speakers with Leonore's aria from Fidelio, the role which bowled over critics in March 2020: "She will surely be the outstanding Leonore of the next generation." ???? Financial Times. Presenting some of the great operatic heroines from the German ...
Composer: Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (Deluxe)
Michael David Rosenberg, better known as Passenger is a British folk-rock singer/songwriter originally from Brighton & Hove who is best known for his single 'Let Her Go'. Michael Rosenberg is a successful British musician, who began his career busking his way through England and ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Max Reger (1873-1916) was an astonishingly prolific composer, amassing a total of well over a thousand works in a short career. His earliest compositions were lieder and chamber works, and it was the latter genre that inspired Reger to compose his finest music. His mature output ...
Composer: Max Reger (1873-1916)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The update for modern Power and Melodic Metal will be coming sooner as expected – with a new album called “A Virtual World” the Swedish Power Metal quintet METALITE returns to the metal dancefloor. Not even 1,5 years after they returned with their new singer Erica Ohlsson – who brought in a massive ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
