Quality is laced throughout It’s Never Too Late, the first regular studio album featuring Tommy Emmanuel completely solo without guests since 2000. A friend and follower of the late Chet Atkins – who christened Emmanuel a Certified Guitar Player, making him one of only five musicians to receive the C.G.P. distinction ...
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Fingerstyle
Violinist Sylvia Huang, a prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2019, and Éliane Reyes, the renowned virtuoso pianist, present a new disc bubbling with elegance and femininity. Linked by a keen musical rapport and an irrepressible friendship, they declare their love for Belgian Romantic music, ...
Composer: Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
This album by the Jyväskylä Sinfonia conducted by Ville Matvejeff presents three works by Éric Tanguy (b. 1968), one of the leading composers in contemporary French music with two outstanding soloists, clarinetist Pierre Génisson and violinist Júlia Pusker. ...
Composer: Eric Tanguy (1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
When Simon Rattle prefaced his interpretation of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with Henry Purcell’s Funeral Music, he was seeking programmatic unity through the idea of the funeral march. Introducing this performance of the Eighth Symphony are liturgical settings from the Renaissance and Baroque, polychoral works ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Miroslav Bukovsky and Emile Viklicky Czech into the Wangaratta Jazz Festival with John Mackey; Dave Liebman revisits Miles Davis and the influence of the African diaspora via Haiti and New Orleans inspires saxophonist Godwin Lewis. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The widely anticipated studio album from garage rock idols Shannon & The Clams, Year Of The Spider, is slated for a summer 2021 release. The band returned to Nashville to record with Dan Auerbach at his legendary Easy Eye Sound studio this past year. Fresh off of their standout album, Onion, and supporting tours with the ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Back To The Light (Remastered)
"Anybody fancy a season of BM re-releases with lots of juicy extras?" asked Brian May through his Instagram feed in 2020. "We're working on a plan!!!" The first stage of that plan comes to fruition now, with the long-awaited reissue of the legendary Queen guitarist's superlative debut solo album. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Seven years in the making, Never Too Late To Call features all original material, some songs written by Thorn, others co-written with his friend and longtime manager Billy Maddox. The album was recorded at Sam Phillips Studio in Memphis and produced and engineered by Grammy winning wunderkind Matt Ross-Spang. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy-Rock
The Suicide Squad (Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Suicide Squad writer/director James Gunn unveiled a playlist of songs he cut from the DC Extended Universe film. Gunn assembled the playlist for Empire Magazine, starting with Johnny Cash's cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" from his award-winning 1996 album Unchained. As Gunn explained, he and his collaborators were nearly finished ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Music
The Queen’s Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer
"Lehrer […] has just announced that he is surrendering the rights to his songs so that everyone can help themselves to his ‘catchy and savage musical satire’ without fear of breaching copyright. His timing, as ever, is perfect, because what the world needs urgently is a strong dose of Lehrer." ('Lehrer […] has just announced that he is ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Cellist, arranger, and producer Maya Beiser is joined with a group of all-stars cellists to perform Maya Beiser x Philip Glass. Drawn from her latest album (which was recorded at Hudson Hall in the winter of 2021), the immersive performance brings together an astounding group of avant-garde cellists to create a multi-layered sound sculpture, ...
Composer: Philip Glass (1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
It’s a coming of age album, yes, and an album that aches with self-discovery, self-definition, and self-redefinition: “Nothing is simple just cause you wish that it is.” “I can’t believe I’ll die before becoming a frog.” “Wolfing down Doritos, lickin’ on my fingers, anger on my tongue, Doritos in my anger!” ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
This is our tribute to the legendary artist and educator Frank Kimbrough. A collection of 61 original compositions by Frank, featuring 67 of his former bandmates, students, and friends across multiple generations. The album was recorded over three and a half days in New York as the musical world began reawakening in May 2021. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
Pink Noise' explores a side of Laura previously uncharted. As triumphant as ever, the album is a battle cry and stark reminder of the sheer talent of the critically acclaimed artist. This is Laura in a new found light - still reflecting her distinctive signature sound but showing the progression of an artist ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Voice Of Hope (Extended Edition)
“Beauty will save the world,” wrote Dostoyevsky, which is the claim that Camille Thomas makes throughout this record. Not beauty for the sake of hedonism, but a beauty that believes there is a burning line to be drawn between pain and hope. ...
Composer: Fazil Say (1970), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Max Bruch (1838-1920), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), John Williams (1932)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Dvořák & Martinů: Cello Concertos
The winner of the very first Queen Elisabeth Competition for cellists in Brussels in 2017, Victor Julien-Laferrière also won the Victoire de la Musique Classique in 2018 in the category ‘Soloist of the Year’, and joined Alpha Classics in 2019 ...
Composer: Antonín Dvořák, Bohuslav Martinů
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Celia Cruz’s lasting presence will be felt over the summer… 40th anniversary reissue of the Fania classic from Celia Cruz and Willie Colón featuring hits "Dos Jueyes" and "Yo Lo Puedes Decir." All analog mastering from the original tapes. One of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century, Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Salsa
Thomas Trotter performs the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé on the world-famous organ in the Chapel of King’s College Cambridge. Thomas is a prize-winning concert organist and one of the UK’s most admired performing musicians, reflected in Her Majesty The Queen awarding him The Queen’s Medal for Music on St Cecilia’s Day 2020. ...
Composer: Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
In December, MisterWives debuted "SUPERBLOOM: The Live Dream," a special performance of the band's latest record SUPERBLOOM in full. Presented on Moment House, "The Live Dream" is a visual, theatrical journey through the album, featuring multiple sets, costumes, and choreography and bringing the band's ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
