Formed in 1976 in Solingen, West Germany, Accept are still flying the flag for German heavy metal, point proven by their upcoming studio album Too Mean To Die. Whether it’s frustration from Covid (which has delayed the album release from Jan 15th till the 29th due to a pressing plant closure), they have pulled out all the stops for these eleven tracks here. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
During the 1930s, Bliss, Britten, and Berkeley all contributed major works to the repertoire for string orchestra, following in the footsteps of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. They are joined on this album by Frank Bridge whose Lament was composed during the First ...
Composer: Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Bliss
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Schubert: Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911
Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside complete their survey of Schubert’s song cycles with this recording of Winterreise. Composed in the late 1820s, towards the end of Schubert’s tragically short life, Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a setting of twenty-four poems by ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beyond Beethoven: Works for Natural Horn and Fortepiano
Premiered in 1800, Beethoven’s Sonata in F major, Op. 17 for piano and horn signalled the beginning of an explosion in works for piano and horn duo in the early part of the nineteenth century. Many composers were to follow in the ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Jan Nigges ist der Flötist des jungen Ensembles "Four Times Baroque", welches für sein erstes Album bei deutsche harmonia mundi gleich als Newcomer des Jahres einen Opus-Klassik-Preis gewann. Für diese Aufnahme bei dhm hat er sich mit einem Ensemble aus befreundeten ...
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Christoph Pez
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Little Steven Van Zandt has released Macca to Mecca, a live album honoring the music of The Beatles recorded in front of The Cavern Club, the Liverpool dive where the Fab Four famously got their start. ..
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
The outstanding pianist returns with an exciting and dynamic new album 'Cairn' inspired by folk tradition and the Scottish landscape. Fergus McCreadie is a complete and well-rounded musician, a passionate communicator and consummate performer. He is a composer of elegant, nuanced and captivating music ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Excerpts)
Piotr Anderszewski takes a characteristically creative approach to Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-tempered Clavier). Rather than recording all 48 of its prelude-and-fugue pairings, he has focused on 12 pairings from Book Two. “I decided to put the pieces together ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
After studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Hans Eisler Music Academy in Berlin, Mahani Teave was destined for a glittering career on the international concert stage having won the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition in 1999, and later being ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, Georg Friedrich Händel, Alexander Scriabin, Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Never underestimate the power of a woman with her back to the wall. In March 2020, as Covid blew across the planet, the shutters came down on live venues and recording studios, and the music scene fell suddenly silent, Ghalia Volt faced the same dilemma as every other artist. What now? ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 20
John Philip Sousa personified turn-of-the-century America—the comparative innocence and brash energy of an advancing nation. His ever-touring band represented America across the globe and brought lively and entertaining music to hundreds of American towns. ...
Composer: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 2
The Russian piano trio reached its apogee with Tchaikovskys Piano Trio in A minor, dedicated to the memory of Nikolay Rubinstein. A monumental piece in the repertoire, it is cast in only two movements, and was played at Tchaikovskys own memorial concert two years after its ...
Composer: Paul Pabst (1854-1897), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Medtner: Sleeplessness, Complete Songs, Vol. 2
Composer: Nikolai Medtner
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
An Evening at Capitol Studios: Bach Recomposed
We announce the release of the digital album of recordings of a wonderful evening with composer Peter Gregson captured at the world-famous Capitol Studios in LA. Recorded earlier this year, during a very special event, this performance recording showcases Gregson’s renditions of his ...
Composer: Peter Gregson (1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Romance del Diablo: The Music of Piazzolla
Since his highly praised Carnegie Hall début in New York City, the saxophonist Marco Albonetti has been engaged for performances and master-classes around the world. He has appeared at countless Italian theatres and numerous distinguished international ...
Composer: Astor Piazzolla, Pablo Ziegler
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Guitarist Jens-Uwe Popp and mandolinist Jochen Roß began their musical collaboration in 1997. Since then, they have taken a musical journey from Scottish folklore to works of the 20th century, and they remain fascinated by the new soundscapes these styles offer their ...
Composer: Jens-Uwe Popp, Chris Thile, Simon Mayor, Jochen Roß, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, Enrique Granados, Domenico Scarlatti, Esbjörn Svensson
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ruf Records’ Blues Caravan is unstoppable. Fifteen years after Europe’s most respected label put on its first showcase tour, the founding concept is instantly familiar to blues fans: every night, on club stages across the US and Europe, three rising talents will burn down the house ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
