This album pays tribute to composer Benjamin Britten, who will be commemorated in 2026, the 50th anniversary of his death. It was conceived by conductor Lawrence Foster who, with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, showcases the British composer's impressionism tinged with post-Romanticism. The programme includes his sublime Illuminations, ...
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Queen of Word – A tribute to Anna Margolin
With hypnotic melancholy, dramatic theatricality and boundary-pushing curiosity, the duo Shtoltse lider – comprising Ida Gillner and Livet Nord – brings to light a forgotten voice from the heyday of Yiddish culture. The album Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin is released on 10 April on Kakafon Records. ...
Composer: Anna Margolin (1887-1952)
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Queen II (Collector's Edition Remastered)
Queen II Collector’s Edition features the 2026 mix of the album, plus audio of Queen in the recording studio, previously unheard outtakes and demos, live tracks, and radio sessions. Originally released in March 1974, Queen II marked a pivotal moment in the band’s development. The album expanded on the ambition hinted at on their 1973 debut and laid the groundwork for the sound that would define Queen’s future. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Queen II (2026 Remastered Mix)
Originally released in March 1974, Queen II marked a pivotal moment in the band’s development. The album expanded on the ambition hinted at on their 1973 debut and laid the groundwork for the sound that would define Queen’s future. Now, more than fifty years on, the album has been remixed and remastered. The new 2026 mix has been overseen by Brian May and Roger Taylor as executive producers, with mixing handled by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Enrique Mazzola present Puccini: Heroines, a live recording of an all-Puccini program performed in February 2025. Radvanovsky’s extraordinary voice brings vivid individuality to each heroine, from the tender lyricism of Anna and Mimì to the dramatic intensity of Tosca and Turandot, including roles not ...
Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Another exhilarating Shemekia Copeland showcase, as her rousing vocals bring the heat to an infectious array of muscular rockers, stomping blues, swampy soul, and heartbreaking ballads. Ten new originals plus soul-soaked versions of songs by Stevie Wonder and her father, Johnny Copeland. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Nashville artist Lindsay Lou’s captivating vocals are capable of untold multitudes: a molasses-sweet instrument equally capable of clarion ache, slicing deep into the soul. The daughter of a literal coal-miner and millwright, and the granddaughter of a teacher gone Rainbow Gathering healer, Lou honed her honest and resonant style with her bluegrass-inspired band, Lindsay Lou & ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
THE CROWN OF LIFE: Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
We continue here the choir’s exploration of neglected treasures of the twentieth-century English choral repertoire. At the album’s heart lies the premiere recording of Kenneth Leighton’s Missa Christi—the composer’s final large-scale sacred work, completed just months before his death. This complements our last release—That Sweet City (2024) ...
Composer: Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Harold Darke (1888-1976), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Imogen Holst (1907-1984), Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the ...
Composer: Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797), Francois Francoeur (1698-1787), Joseph-Francois Salomon (1649-1732), Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), Andre Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749), Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755), Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665-1736), Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680-1755), Michel Pignolet de Monteclair (1667-1737)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
1992s A Walkin Thing is the last of three albums the great American organist Shirley Scott recorded for Candid, and her final recording before her passing. A true titan of jazz, Scotts mix of gospel and hard-pop helped define the 60s soul-jazz scene both as a leader and a featured player with Stanley Turrentine and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Released on the back of her 2022 GRAMMY win for Best Latin Jazz Album for 'Mirror Mirror', with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdes, superstar pianist, singer, composer and arranger Eliane Elias returns to her Brazilian bossa nova roots with 'Quietude'. A luscious collection showcasing her alluring vocals with her virtuosic instrumental jazz and piano mastery, the recording ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
Temple Balls, the high-octane hard rock band from Finland, is back with a brand-new self-titled album. Over the past few years, the band has kept busy both in the studio and on the road, solidifying their reputation as one of the most exciting live acts in the genre. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
The Bamberger Symphoniker and Riccardo Frizza chart the revival of Italian instrumental music, from Martucci’s Brahmsian yet impassioned Symphony No. 1 to Respighi’s vividly colored orchestral works that animate Renaissance art and transform Rachmaninoff’s Études-Tableaux into richly narrative soundscapes. ...
Composer: Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Vincenzo Albrici: Sacred Cantatas
With this album, we enter the court of the Swedish Queen Christina (1626-1689), who distinguished herself through her artistic and scientific passions, but also through her immensely lavish courtly lifestyle. A few years before her spectacular abdication and return to Catholicism (1654), she had engaged an Italian opera company, including the ...
Composer: Vincenzo Albrici (1631-1687)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Face to Face (Mono Remastered)
Face to Face is one of the finest collections of pop songs released during the ’60s. Conceived as a loose concept album, Face to Face sees Ray Davies’ fascination with English class and social structures flourish, as he creates a number of vivid character portraits. Face to Face is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 28 October 1966. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
We Brought Our Axes (Mono Remastered 2014)
"While not a native Buffalonian, clarinetist Hank D'Amico's career path intertwined with the Queen City, making him a notable figure in its jazz scene. A quiet man who shunned the spotlight, D’Amico nonetheless developed a warm and unique improvisatory style that became hard to forget. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Bebop
The 18-song collection from acclaimed Southern crooner Kashus Culpepper, recorded in Muscle Shoals, channels all the Alabama-native’s layered influences of country, folk, rock, blues and soul into a cohesive debut project for the ages. Featuring Grammy Award-winning collaborators Sierra Ferrell (“Broken Wing Bird”) and Marcus King (“Southern Man”), Act I ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Dark Skies is the sophomore effort from Austin based Shred DIrt quintet, Memphis Kee. This album from the country leaning rockers is a tonal shift away from their acclaimed debut record, Wimberley as well as the previous I EP and their more light-hearted story songs, featuring a deep look at the full human experience - the good, the bad, and the ugly. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
