Relationships: Maconchy, LeFanu & Swayne
Relationships is an album formed from the various strands of familial, personal and musical connections between the composers and performers involved. Elizabeth Maconchy, was a cousin of Giles Swayne’s mother and a major influence on his musical development. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Others: Works
This suite made him world-famous. With Iberia, Albéniz invented modern Spanish music. The most extended piece of the suite, El Corpus en Sevilla or Fête-Dieu à Seville, admired by Debussy and others is a genuinely challenging, original and inspired piano music. ...
Composer: Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The Finnish-American composer Alex Freeman has been described as being ‘as comfortable in the realm of the pop ballad as in that of the concert hall’ and yet his songs ‘are imbued with the craftsmanship and care one would expect of a composer of ...
Composer: Alex Freeman
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Published in 1733, Pietro Locatellis L'Arte del violino for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo took both violin technique and the solo concerto as a genre into a whole new realm. The twelve concertos included in the collection also played a part ...
Composer: Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
New artist We The Kingdom saw their debut single "Holy Water" become the breakout hit at Christian radio in 2019 and spend multiple weeks at #1. Now they release their debut studio album HOLY WATER which showcases their unique mix of pop, worship, grit, honesty and family dynamic. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Josquin Desprez: Septiesme livre de chansons
2021 sees the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin Des Pres, the most celebrated composer of his day. Dominique Visse and the Ensemble Clément Janequin are recording a selection of his chansons from one of the most important editions of his works, ...
Composer: Josquin Desprez, Hans Newsidler, Hieronymus Vinders, Luis de Narvaez, Nicolas Gombert
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Rott: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
The 1989 premiere of Hans Rott's Symphony No. 1 in E major (it was written more than 100 years earlier) introduced the international music world to a composer who had remained unknown, or known by name only, even among experts. His colleagues and friends included ...
Composer: Hans Rott (1858–1884)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Pretty Reckless have unleashed their new single ‘And So It Went’ featuring guitar from Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave axeman Tom Morello. Commenting on the themes of ‘And So It Went’, The Pretty Reckless’ singer Taylor Momsen says: "The world has been in such a state of civil unrest. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
"American Soul" is Aaron Watson's 13th studio album, and 17th album overall, since his debut in 2000. His last 4 studio albums have debuted Top 10 on the Billboard country album chart with the last three hitting the #1, #2 and #2 positions respectively. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Traditional Country
Schubert: Die Liebe liebt das Wandern
Wer war Franz Schubert? Der liebe „Schwammerl“, dem wundersam die schönsten Melodien entströmten – oder der „Fremdling überall“, der eine moderne „Gebrochenheit“ ins Werk setzte? So wollen es die alten und neuen Klischees… Befragt man jedoch die verfügbaren Quellen, lässt sich ein weit facettenreicheres Bild von Schubert entwerfen. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Felix Mendelssohn’s 5 symphonies demonstrate the composer’s extraordinary melodic gift, but also his adventurous spirit. While the First symphony – composed when he was only 15 years old – still reveals the influences of Viennese Classicism, ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Arnold Griller: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3
Three recent works by the English composer Arnold Griller (b. 1937) are joined here by the earliest music he still acknowledges, the gentle and touching Concerto Grosso for string orchestra (1955), which is informed by a serenity and wisdom uncommon ...
Composer: Arnold Griller (1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Casper Clausen, frontman of Efterklang and adjacent project Liima, releases his first ever solo record Better Way via City Slang with the mixing handled by Sonic Boom. Always restless and brimming with creative energy and zeal, on this first solo venture Casper ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Endless road trips across gorgeous countryside, graveyard shifts at the bar, and listless late-night conversations invoke images of a life in perpetual motion. This life belongs to Jarle Skavhellen. The Norwegian singer and songwriter documents these moments ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
At the cross section between Jazz, Soul, Rock, Blues, Hip Hop, R&B and Funk stands Stimulator Jones. Coaxing strings that tremble with a cosmic frequency, keys beat in soulful repose while percussion relays some ancient, deep-rooted pulse. This is Stimulator Jones on La Mano. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu-Jazz
The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Peek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire includes roles rangin ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Remastered)
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Hot on the heels of their acclaimed recording of Brittens Peter Grimes, Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner join forces with Christine Rice and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for this fascinating programme of early twentieth-century works. ...
Composer: Oskar Fried (1871–1941), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Franz Lehár (1870–1948), Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Growing up in Vienna, with its great Lied tradition, Hans Gál had written about 100 songs before leaving secondary school. He later destroyed them, along with all his other works composed prior to 1910, but between 1910 and 1921 he wrote many more. ...
Composer: Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East
The eight fantasias for five viols, interspersed with anthems and madrigals, concluding with Now are my thoughts at peace, a newly-commissioned work by Jill Jarman. Running through this album is a path from despair and sin through revelation, repentance and belief, to life, triumph and finally love. ...
Composer: Michael East (1580-1648)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
