Semele is a masterpiece. For what else can one call a drama in which the perfect symbiosis of text and music conjures up such suggestive power? ‘To hold the mind, the ears and the eyes equally spellbound’: this recommendation by La Bruyère (Les Caractères: ‘Les ouvrages de l'esprit’) refers to the ‘machine plays’ so ...
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
There is something deeply rewarding about having both old and new music on your music stand. By pretending that old music is new, it becomes easier to nd freedom from tradition and to discover fresh ideas and new meanings. By imagining that new music is old, a certain reverence set in, a trust in the composer, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Airat Ichmouratov (b. 1973), Gabriel Dharmoo, Carmen Braden (b. 1985), Nicole Lizée (b. 1973), Cris Derksen, Roy Johnstone
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Longest Johns, the trailblazing band at the forefront of the recent transatlantic resurgence of sea shanties – being the instigators of the TikTok phenomenon and chart hit, Wellerman – release their highly anticipated fourth album, and first with Decca Records: Smoke & Oakum.
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Vocal
Audrey Abela is a truly exceptional pianist who specialises in the repertoire of her native France. 'En Suite' is Audrey Abela's beautifully poised, nuanced tribute to the French suite, from its origins in the Baroque masterpieces of Couperin and Rameau, to the sensitive 20th-century tributes of Debussy and Ravel. ...
Composer: François Couperin (1668-1733), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
For the Piazzolla album "Variations on Buenos Aires", which will be released by Berlin Classics on 28 January 2022, the Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen has brought together two different ensembles - her own ensemble specialising in tango nuevo and the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, which she artistically ....
Composer: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
For their twentieth anniversary, the Trio Chausson offer themselves two trios by two the most famous siblings in the history of classical music, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. The recording opens with Fanny's work, a choice that aims to shed light on the great romantic composer's influence upon her brother's work. ...
Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au goût parisien
The eleventh volume of the complete HAYDN2032 symphony cycle moves its focus to Paris: ‘Every day one perceives more clearly, and consequently admires more, the productions of this great genius, who, in every one of his works, knows so well how to draw rich and varied developments from a single subject’, ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Carolo: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-10
Space Time Continuo is excited to present the ten Carolo sonatas in their first ever recording! Although the Carolo sonatas were written for smaller ensembles, the original edition served as a blank canvas to fulfill Space Time Continuo’s mandate to feature the rich textures and wide soundscape possible ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Weave | Jazzthing Next Generation Vol.91
The Cologne quintet Lariza around the singer Lena-Larissa Senge, who also plays the synthesizer, creates a world of its own from acoustic and electronic sounds on its debut album "Weave". Almost all of the ten songs that can be heard here are from Senge's pen, and she uses unusual structures to compose. She founded the band six years ago during her studies in Osnabrück. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
It’s that unmistakable Bad Suns sound – dreamy ’80s pastiche flanked by Stratocasters through cranked Vox amps, pulsing synths, and palpable rhythmic energy – that endeared listeners to the band in the first place, and their fourth LP, APOCALYPSE WHENEVER, uses that musical foundation as the jumping-off point for their next evolution. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Of all the classical song cycles, Schubert's 'Winterreise' is perhaps the most beloved. Baritone Michael Wilmering and pianist Daan Boertien give a new, deeply emotional charge to the music, which, in these uncertain times, seems to be a compass for a future whose contours are not yet entirely clear. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Since the demise of his previous band Ultimate Painting, Jack Cooper – under his Modern Nature guise – has never stopped looking ahead, exploring and reaching for something further. Since 2019, he’s released an EP, last year’s mini album Annual, one full length LP, one 7” and three live cassettes – in the process mapping out astonishing ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
“This album was birthed through the idea of falling asleep in a hotel and having a sequence of nightmares, then waking up and missing home so badly,” says Janeway. In creating the ultravivid dreamscape threaded throughout The Alien Coast, the band’s chief lyricist drew inspiration from such disparate sources as Greek mythology, ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Soul
In the year of the pandemic, we decided to finally put our efforts towards writing a new record. As the year progressed and the world got darker, so did our songwriting. For this record, we wanted to continue to follow the same dark thematic approach as our previous release, but even more sinister and complex. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Woven Not Stranded is the third in the M2M trilogy and a homage to my musical roots - from playing disco in Auckland clubs 6 nights a week, years of touring playing rhythm and blues and jazz and, before all of that my love of classical music and my early days playing violin in orchestras. It's eclectic; it's all here. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
It’s not uncommon for seasoned artists to explore new sounds, but for Ashley Monroe, that exploration meant a complete dismantling of what she’d so far accomplished on her first four solo albums and three collaborative albums with the trio Pistol Annies. Her fifth album doesn’t eschew Monroe’s country roots so much as it looks right past ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
In SOUNDS OF THE WORLD, Stephan Bormann presents a compositional journey around the world with twelve varied guitar duets. Each piece is inspired by a specific cultural region. Stylistically versatile, he moves from ...
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
„It’s different now” - but what exactly? Listening to Joy Bogat’s upcoming EP you can hear the afro-german singer relive different stages of growth, that changed her music, personality and mindset over the last two years. There are joyful moments, that celebrate taking time and space for yourself, musically transported ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
In this musical meeting, a unique expression is created in harmony by three dynamic and creative musicians. The music has a spectrum of sound facets and expresses itself from the simple lyrical to the more complex layers of musical lines and puls. The trio thrives in its span and adventurous stories are told and put to ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
"Happy end" is a tribute to slowness, to intimacy, to that joy that makes us want to hug someone and share emotions. HAPPY END, the long-awaited new album by drummer and composer LORENZO TUCCI, will be released on 29 October 2021 on the Jando Music and Via Veneto Jazz labels. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
