Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61
“I have wanted to record this concerto for a long time, and Elgar actually has been a very late discovery for me, the Violin Concerto. But it didn't take me a long time to become a very passionate ambassador for this piece. And I really feel that the format of this piece is such a vast piece of music and it's more on ...
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Arias and songs by Mozart, Thomas, Gounod, Duparc, Messager, Mahler, Korngold, Rodgers and Britten. Thanks to his rapidly accelerating global career, the name Huw Montague Rendall is on everyone's lips among opera fans. His debut album on Erato offers a unique opportunity to get to know the young British baritone in all his ...
Composer: Pietro Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Andre Messager (1853-1929), Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
A new Eva Cassidy album, Walkin’ After Midnight, will be released on September 6th. The album has twelve previously-unreleased tracks, which were recorded at the Maryland Inn’s King of France Tavern in Annapolis in 1995. Alternative renditions of most of these songs have appeared on previous albums, but these new ones have a different western swing sound. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Vocal tour de force Dinah Washington headlines this week with her 1955 release For Those In Love. This album is unique amongst Dinah's offering from that period, with the singer opting to work alongside a smaller combo as opposed to a larger jazz orchestra. This album also saw Washington team up with arranger Quincy Jones – who she used on subsequent releases; ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Legendary prog band Nektar will be launching "Mission To Mars", the first in their new trilogy, on August 30th via Deko Entertainment. Chipster sent over the following details: Formed in Germany in 1969, Nektar favored extended compositions and concept albums over the constraints of pop. They were among the progenitors of the progressive rock movement of the 1970s as well as the jam-band scene that ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Wonderful Day (Remastered Edition)
"Pop icon" and "movie legend" are probably fair descriptions of the American sweetheart who dominated much of the 1950s and 60s with her 39 feature films and 16 top40 singles in the UK alone. Who else could I mean but everyones favorite girl-next-door Doris Day. ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
The Little Giant (Remastered Edition)
The Little Giant is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin and his all-star sextet, released on the Riverside label in 1959. It was Griffin's third album on Riverside. One of Johnny Griffin's hard blowing albums as a leader for Jazzland – recorded with a crack lineup that includes Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Albert Heath on drums! ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Christopher Cross (2019 Remaster)
The 1980 Grammy winner for Album of the Year, this #6 smash shot Cross into the soft-rock stratosphere. The big hits Sailing; Ride Like the Wind; Never Be the Same, and Say You'll Be Mine join Spinning; Poor Shirley, and the rest of the original album! ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Vocalist and producer Ash Walker returns with his third studio album. 'Aquamarine' stays close to Walker's jazz roots whilst experimenting with abstract trip-hop, dub reggae and soul. An avid collector of jazz, blues, soul, funk, reggae, and all things in-between; Ash has DJed far and wide... from the infamous Royal Mail squat party to the canals of Venice, spinning vinyl in Brixton with ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Never coming home — the idea of not being able to return to the way something was — has grabbed hold of our collective consciousness and refused to let go. Perhaps the world is falling apart. Perhaps we’re just getting older. Whatever the case, the transient nature of life brings about its share of existential ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
In Concert (Live) (Bonus Digital Booklet Version)
More expansion than sequel: After almost five years of working together as a duo, their celebrated program „Closer“ successfully brought Nils Wülker and Arne Jansen to the top of the charts and into some of the most beautiful concert halls at the beginning of 2023. With this new album, the two are logically igniting the next ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Dancing Cat Records announce the first in a series of posthumous albums composed by acclaimed pianist George Winston. Slated for release on August 30, 2024, the latest George Winston studio album, entitled Eastern Montana, will feature 10 new compositions with the first single “Dusk at the Fork in the Road”. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Franck, Grieg, Shor-Pletnev & Shostakovich
One of my favourite musicians of all time,’ replies the young violinist Daniel Lozakovich when asked about the star pianist Mikhail Pletnev. The two musicians are separated by an age difference of more than 40 years, but what does that mean in music? After all, Daniel Lozakovich has been hailed as an ‘exceptional talent’ by ...
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Alexey Shor (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Although Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was born and raised in the German town of Hamburg, he spent much of his adulthood in Vienna, where he gained a reputation as a bit of an eccentric. An introvert by nature, he often exhibited a carefully cultivated brusque persona that kept all but his closest friends at a distance. Even so, recollections of ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Almost three decades on from their last release, Acid Jazz forefathers Galliano are back with news of their new album 'Halfway Somewhere' which is being released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings on 30 August. On 'Circles Going Round The Sun', the first single to be lifted off their new album, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Acid Jazz
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - From the New World - & American Suite
The first album from Nathalie Stutzmann as conductor features Dvorák's well known Symphony No. 9" From The New World" and the lesser known American Suite. Nathalie Stutzmann studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula, and has benefited from the mentoring of Simon Rattle and the late Seiji Ozawa. ...
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Between avant-garde and pop: Amelia is the 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient's first new album since 2018’s Grammy-winning Landfall. The record comprises twenty-two tracks about renowned female aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic last flight. Anderson, who Pitchfork says, “sees the future, but she starts by paying attention,” wrote the music and lyrics for ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
The 12" Album (2011 Remastered Edition)
Six 12-inch mixes by the British pop musician from 1984, whereby the long versions of ‘Always asking questions’ (4.27) and ‘Pearl in the shell’ (6.44) were previously unreleased. ‘New song’ (5.23) is artistically outstanding and fully convincing in the new extended version. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
The myriad of stars that aligned to create Jerry Phillips’ debut solo album, For The Universe, have been orbiting the rarified atmosphere of Memphis’ Sam Phillips Recording Service—the namesake studio that Jerry’s father built in the wake of his Sun Records success with Elvis Presley, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
GRAMMY® award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson delivers “Whirlwind,” a daringly honest look into the singer’s life and journey around the world. The highly anticipated August 23rd release features a 14-track album produced by Jay Joyce. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
