Queen of the Night (Remastered)
Maggie Bell's beautiful voice rings true in this, her first solo album, originally released in 1974. Here Bell (who first gained notoriety with Stone the Crows) is accompanied by many talented musicians of the period, including Steve Gadd on drums and guitarists Cornell Dupree, Reggie Young, Chuck Rainey ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
The ‘Fragments’ project features a series of iconic opera scenes recorded during lockdown at musicAeterna’s home residence, Dom Radio in St Petersburg. With their signature perfectionism and dedication, Teodor Currentzis and the musicians have spent many hours rehearsing and recording in the ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Beginning as a modern bedtime prayer and ending with a tender goodnight message to his fans, the song is anchored by bristling guitars that echo the mounting pressures that his generation faces. Charting a course from inner turmoil to self-acceptance, YUNGBLUD creates a soaring, ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 26
Domenico Scarlatti’s magnificent sonatas were composed for the Infanta, who became Queen of Spain in 1746. Previous releases in this series have focused primarily on the sonatas contained in Venetian volumes but this one ranges further afield. It includes 13 sonatas from various Italian, Spanish...
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
A collection of the very best of Bartoli's treasured recordings of musical delights and discoveries of the 17th and 18th century. Featuring two previously unreleased world premiere recordings of forgotten jewels by Leonardo Vinci and Agostino Steffani. With guest appearances from Philippe Jaroussky, June Anderson, Franco Fagioli and Sol Gabetta. ...
Composer: Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), Riccardo Broschi (1698-1756), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751), Carl Heinrich Graun (1703-1759), Antonio Caldara (1671-1736), Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686-1768)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"Trio Grande" is the debut statement from a brand new project that unites three of the most innovative, exciting and accomplished musicians working at the interface of New York's contemporary musical culture - British-born saxophonist Will Vinson, Israeli guitarist Gilad Hekselman and Mexico City native, long-time Jackson Heights, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (Remastered)
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Auf ihrem neuen Album präsentiert die herausragende Barocksopranistin zusammen mit dem Schweizer Alte Musik-Ensemble »Die Freitagsakademie« Werke für Sopran und Kammermusik von Georg Friedrich Händel. »Händel’s Tea Time« vereint die beiden Kantaten »Venus & Adonis« und »Mi palpita il cor« mit ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
“I love communicating to the spirit of the listener and getting a response. There’s nothing better. I think success is being able to communicate through music, and touch, and affect lives. I think you have to be really passionate about it in order to be successful in this business.” ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Smooth Jazz
Mozart: Double concerti K. 365, K. 505 & K. Anh. 56/315f
The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne Soleure have worked together for several years on producing concerts founded on the concept of apprenticeship, offering renowned artists and promising young musicians the possibility of a residency at the Music Chapel. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Jack White is one of the undisputed kings of modern rock, and it’s somewhat confusing how he’s gotten so successful with the White Stripes and Third Man Records but he hasn’t released a solo record. Produced by Jack White and recorded at his own Third Man Studio in Nashville, Blunderbuss has been ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues-Rock
Queen Naija’s releases her debut album "missunderstood". Combined global streams of “Pack Lite” now exceed 42 million. Last week, Queen released an alternative video, directed by directed by AlphaMale Visuals (YFN Lucci, Yung Bleu), for the track. View HERE. Views of the official video – directed by Teyana Taylor,aka Spike Tey (Macy Gray, ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
Cleopatra, Adelaide, Alcina, Laodice, Medea, Atalanta, Melissa & Morgana: Audacious fighters, indomitable queens, and evil witches: On their debut CD, soprano Margriet Buchberger and the musicians of Il Giratempo put Handel’s strongest and most mesmerizing ...
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Still just 21, budding West Coast singer-songwriter Stav has actually been performing in front of an audience for nearly a decade already. His brand of stark, earnest storytelling may draw comparisons to the likes of Nick Drake or Iron & Wine, but cultivating influences as far ranging as Queen and Norah ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Following the commercial and critically acclaimed success of the recent albums “Blues” (2019) and the three-week running No.1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart “Check Shirt Wizard – Live in ’77” (2020), UMC is pleased to present a new Rory Gallagher best of collection entitled “The Best Of Rory Gallagher” on Friday 9th October 2020. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
The album includes rare recordings of Tudor instrumental items by Coperario, Bassano and Ferrabosco, captured on period instruments, as well as choral greats from Tallis, Batten, Morley and Phillips, performed by the Croydon Minster Choir of Whitgift School, accompanied by the English Cornett & Sackbut Enesmble and directed by Ronny Krippner. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Once again, Die Verwandlung [The Tranformation] live up to their name. The high-profile quartet of award-winning musicians (a total of six Jazz Echo prizes, the New German Jazz Prize, the WDR Jazz Prize) changes its direction in style and sound again on the new album. Especially in direct ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Soprano Diana Damrau assumes the crowns of three different Tudor queens, the central characters in operas by Donizetti: Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena), Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda), and Elizabeth I (Roberto Devereux). With Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra ...
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Do you know Mike Renzi? Now semi-retired, the immense musical talent has won seven Emmys for musical direction, including wins for his work on “Sesame Street” and the soap opera “One Life to Live.” Also noteworthy: Mike has backed some amazing talent, including Sinatra, Tony Bennett, as well as Tony’s ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
