Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their second release exploring the English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem – Psalms and Royal Anthems, particularly those of William Byrd. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Newly appointed by The Queen as the UK’s 21st poet laureate; Simon Armitage fronts a brand-new band, with respected musicians/producers; Patrick James Pearson and Richard Walters. Spoken word / poetry led but with beautiful and unique soundscapes from the electronic / post-rock / modern- ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Dawson & Kay: Orchestral Works
William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary form, while the work’s recurring motifs, ...
Composer: William Levi Dawson (1899-1990)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Volume 1 recorded live in the Grosser Saal of the Mozarteum in Salzburg by Cyprien Katsaris under the charismatic conductor Yoon K. Lee and his remarkable Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie is part of the complete Mozart piano concertos performed in Salzburg and Vienna. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
“Beauty will save the world,” wrote Dostoyevsky, which is the claim that Camille Thomas makes throughout this record. Not beauty for the sake of hedonism, but a beauty that believes there is a burning line to be drawn between pain and hope. Camille Thomas' new album illustrates this, structured like an ...
Composer: Fazil Say (1970), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Max Bruch (1838-1920), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), John Williams (1932)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Kenyan Afro pop band Sauti Sol's fifth studio album Midnight Train is out June 5. As part of the album's pre-add/pre-order, comes the song "Brighter Days" which features the Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
"This is a dream come true." It's the new aspect of my career maybe even my new face as a singer. Im saying goodbye to most of the lighter repertoire Ive done for 20 years. When I started singing, it was indeed my dream to do this sort of repertoire, but I really did think of it as a dream and I never thought I would ...
Composer: Francesco Cilea (1866-1950), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Dinosaur’s latest offering finds them in a more acoustic setting, presenting brand new material that reflects on 10 years of miraculous interplay, whilst maintaining the sonic elasticity of their previous, more “plugged-in” album ‘Wonder Trail’. Playing the compositions of bandleader and multi-award winning ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Schumann’s astonishing outpouring of songs in his so-called “Liederjahr” was inspired by his love for Clara, whom he married in September that year after prolonged and acrimonious opposition from her father. Schumann survived the ordeal of court appearances in which Friedrich Wieck attempted to defame his ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Enter into the world of gaming. “Gaming in Symphony” is an epic concert performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra with the Danish National Concert Choir and various soloists conducted by Eímear Noone. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Perception: Works by Caplet, Debussy, Schubert & Schumann
The mythical emotional worlds of Romanticism and the flowing imagery of Impressionism unite on the new recordings by the award-winning Queens Duo, creating an enchanting world of sound. Flutist Verena Beatrix Schulte and harpist Hanna Rabe develop an expressiveness full of magic and sheer ...
Composer: Claude Debussy 1862-1918), Franz Schubert (1797–1828):, Robert Schumann, André Caplet
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Their fourth release with Navona Records, OPENINGS by the Jitro Czech Girls Choir and conductor Jiří Skopal presents the rich beauty of the Czech Republic’s national dances, folk texts, and songs for audiences around the world. ...
Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
In researching this collection of character-defining bel canto moments, soprano Marina Rebeka excavated the autograph manuscripts of Bellini’s Norma and Pirata, Donnizetti’s Maria Stuarda and Anna Bolena, and Spontini’s Vestale. These editions provided the foundations for the extended scenas she offers here, ...
Composer: Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
My Brilliant Friend, Season 2 (TV Series Soundtrack)
The album features selections of the music from the second season of the show composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Ad Astra, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Taboo). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 by Deutsche Grammophon and will ...
Composer: Max Richter (1966)
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: TV
Zimmermann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Born in Cologne in 1847, Agnes Zimmermann settled in London and was soon celebrated as a fine pianist, teacher, music editor and composer. As a performer, her partners included Clara Schumann, Joachim and Neruda. As a composer, the three violin sonatas from the 1860s and ’70s form the centre ...
Composer: Agnes Zimmermann
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
50th anniversary reissue! Powerful horns and great 'soneos', like rice and beans, are served up perfectly with this 3rd recording of the superduo Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe. The sequencing of the tracks takes the listener on a musical journey as a vast array of influences ranging from Bomba ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Salsa
Ian Venables: Love Lives Beyond the Tomb – Songs and Song Cycles
Ian Venables studied composition with Richard Arnell at Trinity College of Music, London and later with John Joubert, Andrew Downes and John Mayer at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. His works encompass many genres and he has added significantly to the canon of English art song ...
Composer: Ian Venables (1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692
Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (“the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life” - Samuel Pepys’ diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux Op. 33 & Op. 39
For his first solo disc, the young Sicilian pianist Alberto Ferro paints the Études-Tableaux of Rachmaninov with his limpid playing, both analytical and sensitive, served by faultless technique. The Audience Prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2016 and First Prize of the celebrated ...
Composer: Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
