Inglorious are five young men with a mutual love and respect of the classics of hard rock music: big guitar riffs and soulful vocals. Formed in February 2014, the band is fronted by Nathan James, who made a name for himself having sung for the multi-platinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and legendary ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Musicalische Exequien: German Funeral Music of the 17th Century
The Musicalische Exequien of Heinrich Schütz, composed for the ceremonial obsequies of Heinrich II Posthumus, count of Reuß-Gera, is probably the bestknown example of German funeral music of the seventeenth century. However, it is not an isolated piece; ...
Composer: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Simulacrum is an exciting progressive metal band hailing from one of most fruitful countries for exciting music in the world, Finland. The band will release their third album overall, “Genesis” on February 12, 2021. The album is a stunningly strong statement for the progressive metal world with hard hitting ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Johann Sebastian Bach excelled as a player on several instruments, but the lute was not one of them. Even today, this renders his works for solo lute unique in the instruments vast repertoire where playing the lute has otherwise been a prerequistite to composing for it. As such, they pose unique challenges and dilemmas ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
ARC OF LIFE is a new progressive rock supergroup which features three members of the current YES line-up, vocalist Jon Davison, bassist/vocalist Billy Sherwood, and drummer Jay Schellen. Completing the lineup is one of the most interesting talents in the “new” progressive rock scene in the US, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
The profile of Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen continues to rise through her regular appearance on Europe’s major opera, concert and recital stages, and she is consistently praised for her compelling blend of radiant stage personality and purity of vocal tone. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
This album features the first ever recordings of Sam Haydens complete music for solo piano, performed by contemporary music specialist and indefatigable champion of new music, Ian Pace, a pianist with a formidable reputation for mastering the most challenging of new repertoire. The centrepiece is Haydens ...
Composer: Sam Hayden (1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Judas and the Black Messiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The album features the original song Fight for You performed by H.E.R. (already available now as a digital single), as well as other songs inspired by the movie by artists such as Nas, Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z, Hit-Boy, Black Thought, Lil Durk, G Herbo, Rakim, Polo G & others. ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Film
New Zealand husband/wife duo Terrible Sons (Lauren and Matthew Barus) release their anticipated new EP Mass, and it’s clear from the start that an evolution has taken place. From taking cues from folk tradition by singing their own version of a protest song to involving each other in their writing ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Monsieur Couperin. Louis, Charles, François I ? Pièces de clavecin
Careful examination of the manuscript sources of the harpsichord pieces of the ancestors of François Couperin ‘Le Grand’ reveals that nowhere are these compositions indisputably attributed to one of the three brothers Louis, François and Charles, born in Chaumes-en-Brie in 1626, 1630 and 1638. ...
Composer: Louis Couperin (1626-1661), Charles Couperin (1638-1679)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mendelssohn & Bruckner: String Quintets
Romantik pur: Tief empfundene Klangwelten stehen spielerischer und leichtfüssiger Virtuosität gegenüber. Zwei Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Anton Bruckner hat mit seinen Sinfonien Musikgeschichte geschrieben. Dass er auch ein Kammermusikwerk schuf, ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Navona Live and pianist Antoinette Perry are proud to present BEETHOVEN BOOKENDS. The album takes listeners from Opus 7—Beethoven’s personal favorite of his early sonatas—through the Bagatelles of Opus 119, and culminates with the composer’s final sonata, Opus 111. BEETHOVEN BOOKENDS is rich with the passion and ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Paolo Fresu from the island of Sardinia, which has its own great vocal tradition, could relate at once to the Corsican music with its “refined and archaic voices”, its mix of contemporary compositions and its attempt to hold fast to “melodies vanishing in the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Haydn, Corelli & Pergolesi: Oboe Concerti (Remastered)
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, and ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Arcangelo Corelliis (1653-1713), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Puccini: La fanciulla del West, SC 78
Lawrence Foster conducts Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (1910), together with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Cluj-Napoca and a cast of seasoned Puccini singers, including Melody Moore (Minnie), Marius Vlad (Dick Johnson) and Lester Lynch (Jack Rance). Puccini's 'Spaghetti Western'...
Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
"In the summer of 1989, when I was 15, my `love affair' with Alfred Schnittke's music began", recalls Daniel Hope. 3 years later the violinist became acquainted with the composer, studying with & performing for Schnittke many of his works over the next years. "A little more than 20 ...
Composer: Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
