For their debut album, the Yugen Trio presents what is arguably the cornerstone of the Piano Trio repertoire: Maurice Ravel’s trio, in a vital and highly expressive performance. Ravel’s masterpiece is preceded by the usually claimed ‘father of the piano trio’, Haydn, with his trio in A major, Hob.XV:35, and by one of Shubert’s ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
A marvelous voyage through four apparently unrelated worlds, each of them cultivated a new musical landscape in a new century: from Lisztian-Wagnerian Berg’s Sonata op. 1 to Mompou’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin, going through folk-inspired Falla’s Fantasía Baetica and Bartók’s Sonata, Javier Laso gives spellbinding ...
Composer: Frederic Mompou (1893-1987), Alban Berg (1885-1935), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Bella Bartók (1881-1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert, Padovec, Ponce: Moments Musicaux
One of the greatest guitarists of his generation, Petrit Çeku guides us on this wonderful journey through Schubert’s inner world. There are many myths surrounding the great composer’s relationship with the guitar, most of them of spurious origin. Whatever the full truth about Schubert and the guitar, it is easy to understand why some guitarists and composers ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948), Ivan Eugen Padovec (1800-1873)
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
Homeland is more than just a place of birth; the term connotes a deep emotional bond between an individual and their country, their culture, and their nature. It was when composers Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) began to explore the depths of their cultural homelands ...
Composer: Edward Grieg (1843-1907), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Noelia Rodiles has been described as “one of the true rising stars of Spanish and international piano playing”. For her new recording project, ‘1823’, she has paired Schubert’s Moments Musicaux D. 780 with the first recording of Martín Sánchez Allú’s first Piano Sonata. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Martín Sánchez Allú (1823-1858)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Inspired by the “Sisters of the Moon” paintings by the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, the concept behind this album revolves around the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. According to Greek mythology, these nymphs, also known as the dancers, served the goddess Artemis. They lived a life devoted to love and rebelled against the obligation to preserve ...
Composer: Helene de Montgeroult (1764-1836), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Amy Beach (1867-1944), Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Still a neglected work, Julián Orbón’s Partita No. 4 for piano and orchestra is one of the most important piano and orchestra works from the Spanish repertoire, and receives here a superb performance from Noelia Rodiles and the Oviedo Filarmonía under Lucas Macías’ baton. The album is completed with the first ...
Composer: Julián Orbón (1925-1991), Manuel Martínez Burgos (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Hans Sitt: Viola and Piano Works
Hans Sitt (1850-1922), a highly neglected composer from late Romanticism, played a significant role in the transmission of the German tradition of Schumann and Brahms to the 20th Century. Born in Prague, he developed a brilliant career as a violinist and pedagogue, but was especially paramount in the development of the viola’s repertoire, for which he made ...
Composer: Hans Sitt (1850-1922)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 4 Impromptus, D. 935 & Rondo, D. 951
Aimi Kobayashi, who rose to prominence as a prizewinner at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, has been praised by Gramophone as a pianist who can “rivet the attention through fine-drawn line and hushed dynamics as much as through vivid gesture and brute force”. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Country’s new, breakout star Warren Zeiders announces his new album Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal, coming March 14 via Warner Records. The two-part, 20-track album is an introspection of heartbreak, personal growth and emotional healing through Zeiders’ signature gritty vocals and storytelling that strikes like a musical gut-punch. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Preludes and Dances from Brazil
Renowned Spanish guitarist Ricardo Gallén has embarked on a fascinating musical journey with his album, dedicated to the works of the legendary composer Heitor Villa-Lobos and to the Grammy-Award winner Sérgio Assad. Both Brazilian, this recording represents a homage and a celebration to the country’s folklore and rich cultural heritage. ...
Composer: Sérgio Assad (1952), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
A Boy Named Goo (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - Remastered)
The 24-track, deluxe double album will include the original album, plus an unreleased live concert performance recorded in Las Vegas on March 10, 1996. The deluxe edition contains 34 tracks and includes the live concert, plus 4 B-sides from the era and six songs recorded semi-acoustically for the radio show Modern Rock Live in 1996. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Rough-and-tumble singer/songwriter Sara K.'s brilliant new record, Hobo, is her hottest and hardest-hitting effort to date. Already regarded as a star internationally, Sara is poised to make her mark on America with her fourth Chesky release, which brims with smoky, road-worn songs about love and life. Hobo finds Sara's voice beautifully captured by ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Great songs: That's what you've come to expect from Livingston Taylor. On his latest, Ink, the winsome singer-songwriter delights by paying homage to pop songwriting with a collection of richly-realized interpretations, including Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence," and Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street." ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
An exceptional and unique album of its kind, “Three Guitars”, like its title would suggest, showcases the talents of three great guitarists, John Abercrombie, Badi Assad and Larry Coryell. A harmonious journey that celebrates the guitar’s versatility, the album features highlight tracks like “After The Rain” which serves as a ground for intricate exchange ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Brazilian singer Rosa Passos meets legendary jazz bassist, Ron Carter. You will now have a front row seat right by Carter's big, woody acoustic bass violin, as he uses his singing sound, big percussive beat and canny harmonic sensibility to complement the bossa nova artistry of the inimatble Rosa Passos. ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Bossa Nova
Ravel Fragments marks Bertrand Chamayou's tribute to the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel's birthday, a composer deeply influential throughout his career. The album features Ravel’s transcriptions of La Valse and excerpts from Daphnis et Chloé, Chamayou’s own transcriptions of vocal works, and pieces inspired by Ravel, spanning both ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Joaquin Nin (1879-1949), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986), Frederic Durieux (1959), Ricardo Vines (1875-1943), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Betsy Jolas (1926)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Alt rock legend Bob Mould returns with his new album. The legendary former frontman of Husker Du and Sugar delivers 11 slices of anthemic, emotional driving alt rock. Featuring singles “Here We Go Crazy”, “When Your Heart Is Broken” and “Breathing Room” the album finds Bob on top form. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
The son of influential folk singer Jim Croce, A.J. Croce has built himself an equally impressive discography over the last 20 years both as a solo artist and as a champion of his father’s influential career. A.J. has recently been touring a sold-out, critically acclaimed tour Croce Plays Croce, now celebrating the 50th anniversary of ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Legendary keyboard player and founding member of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers BenmontTench will release his second solo album, The Melancholy Season, on March 7 via Dark Horse Records. Tench’s first solo effort in over a decade (following 2014’s You Should Be So Lucky), The Melancholy Season is produced by Jonathan Wilson ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
