Bassani: Affetti canori, cantate et ariette, Op. 6
The Paduan composer Giovanni Battista Bassani, a contemporary of Corelli, was a fine string player and organist. An important element in his compositional output is the cantate amorose (‘love songs’). His 1684 collection Affetti canori cantate et ariette is the expressive masterpiece of his maturity ...
Composer: Giovanni Battista Bassani (1657-1716)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Country Stuff The Album will include “Fancy Like” as well as previously released “U Gurl,” along with “AA” and 10 other tracks, including Hayes’ collaborations with Carly Pearce, Jake Owen, and Lori McKenna, and a re-imagined version of “Craig” featuring MercyMe. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
After the very difficult period of confinement and travel restrictions of 2020 and 2021, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century has found ways for touring and recording again. Putting in the spotlight two of the orchestras long-term soloists, Rainer Zipperling on viola da gamba and Michael Schmidt-Casdorff on flute, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 12 "The Year 1917"
Shostakovich was genuinely trying to break new ground but had been sharply brought into line (viz. the edict issued against his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk). His Fifth Symphony seems to cast doubt on the Marxist purity of the Party in power. ...
Composer: Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Electrif Lycanthrope: Live at Ultra-Sonic Studios, 1974 (Remastered)
Nestled between the classic album releases Dixie Chicken and Feats Don’t Fail Me Now and performed for a small and intimate assembled studio audience, this recording finds Little Feat in their prime, live from Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, NY on September 9, 1974. Often discussed as their ‘best’ line up, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
An eminent ambassador of the ‘French touch’ in jazz and winner of many awards (Django-Reinhardt, Victoires du Jazz, Django d’Or, SACEM jazz awards) – Baptiste Trotignon has been composing for symphony orchestras and classical musicians for several years. The music on this album is not ‘symphonic jazz’, says Trotignon, ...
Composer: Baptiste Trotignon (1974)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Hypnos, God of Sleep... Simon-Pierre Bestion’s recordings are often inspired by his desire to recreate a ritual. His aim here was to recreate a Requiem service, ‘the ceremony that accompanies the passage of a human being into the hereafter, while supporting the feelings of all who witness it. Making use of all the freedom that this act ...
Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt (1510-1564), Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517), Olivier Greif (1950-2000), Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543), Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), Pedro de Escobar (1465-1535), Mabriano de Orto (1460-1529), Antoine de Fevin (1470-1512), Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523), John Tavener (1944-2013)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Long Run, Mattan’s latest project, features several his regular musicians, including Toki Stern (Rhodes), Yoni Ben Ari (bass) and Joca Perpignan (percussion), with special guest Nitzan Bar (guitar). Mattan’s music has been described by Yossi Harsonsky, Senior Music critic at Maariv, as, “flowing, bright and listener ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Kantaten; Französischer Jahrgang Vol. 1
Complete Cantatas of the French Annual Cycle Vol. 1: Another large-scale, incredibly exciting project is dedicated to the world’s very first complete recording of an entire annual cycle with seventy-two church cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann for large ensembles (Frankfurt, 1714 / 15). ...
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
“Elena Pavlea’s style has instant impact and possesses an unmistakable Hellenic character that both sings and dances concurrently. She blends the ‘epic’ with the ‘intimate’ in a seamless thread and the programmatic titles to her works evoke a clear connection with Greek antiquity.” (George Richford, Producer) ...
Composer: Elena Pavlea
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Cembalo Obbligato Vol. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach developed a new style, cembalo obbligato, where the right hand of the keyboard plays as a melody instrument and is given the same importance as the violin, flute or other solo instrument. His sonatas for melody instrument and keyboard instrument include works for flute, violin, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
“Why ‘Geister Duo’? The question often came up during the concerts. The name comes from Robert Schumann’s last piano work, the Geistervariationen, whose theme Johannes Brahms, a close friend of the Schumanns, used to compose his own Variations op. 23 for piano four hands. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Edgar Moreau salutes his family heritage and highlights landmarks in his artistic development with Transmission – music by Bloch, Korngold, Bruch and Ravel, recorded with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Michael Sanderling. Moreau’s mother is of Polish-Jewish extraction and all five works on the album have a connection with ...
Composer: Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Max Bruch (1838-1920), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Richard Carpenter’s Piano Songbook
Icon, musician, record producer, songwriter, and arranger, Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters, reinterprets a number of their biggest hits, and chosen favourites, on solo piano. Some of the most beloved melodies of all time, including 'Close to You', 'Yesterday Once More', 'Top of the World', 'We've Only Just Begun', ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
After her acclaimed "Dirty Minds" Lied recital in February 2020 which was extremely well received by audiences and the international press alike, being furthermore awarded the annual prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik and still enjoying great popularity within a wide range of promoters, Olivia Vermeulen ...
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Auszüge)
Wenn es so etwas wie eine klassische Weihnachtsoper gibt, dann ist es Hänsel und Gretel. Wie kaum einem anderen gelang es Humperdinck hier, volkstümliche Melodien mit der satztechnischen Raffinesse ausgereifter Kompositionskunst zu verbinden. Schon vor der Oper veröffentlichte er eine kürzere Fassung als Märchenspiel, das wie eine Essenz ...
Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Hans Leo Hassler is considered one of the most significant personalities among Late Renaissance composers in the German-speaking world. A striking number of his works have been published as printed editions early on, for instance in 1590, when he only was aged 24, the "Canzonette a quatro voci" in Nuremberg and one year ...
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
No time of day has presumably been set to music more often than the nighttime. On this album violinist Elena Denisova and pianist Alexei Kornienko are featuring nocturnal works of the 20th and 21st century. Canto crepuscolare by Gian Francesco Malipiero, dating from 1908, is still a playful impressionist composition, ...
Composer: Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1974), Helmut Rogl (1960), Alfred Huber (1962), Michael Dalmau Colina (1948), Dieter Kaufmann (1941), John Cage (1912-1992), Oscar Jockel (1965)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Musical soulmates organist Daniel Stickan and saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz follow their German Grammy-nominated album 'Where Roots Grow' with 'Deeper Standards', in which they continue their 14-year artistic journey by exploring the language and songs of their grandparents, who spoke and sang in Plattdeutsch ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Witold Lutosławski - Opera omnia vol. 8
Lutosławski’s twenty carols are not a ‘Top Twenty’ collection; conspicuous by their absence are some of the most popular carols like Wśród nocnej ciszy (In the midst of night’s quiet), Mędrcy świata (Wise men of the world) or Pójdźmy wszyscy do stajenki (Let’s all go to the stable) while little known works are included. (…)
Composer: Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
