Bruckner: Symphonies, Vol. 2 (Arr. E. Horn for Organ)
This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It’s dedicated to Bruckner’s symphonies, all recorded in new transcriptions for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht. The third recording was made on the impressive organ of London’s Westminster Cathedral. ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), David Matthews (1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
On her debut album, which is being released in November on the label ES DUR, this young French harpist would like to present her instrument to listeners as an “unique example of compositional innovation and transition”, far from any excessive romanticism or lavish harmonies. ...
Composer: Andre Caplet (1878-1925), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Heinz Holliger (1939)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert’s last two quartets, composed during the final years of his life, reveal the impressive mastery he achieved, despite the knowledge that he was dying. The four movements of the ‘Death and the Maiden’ quartet, all in minor keys, and the tumultuous, quasi-orchestral ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Sonoko Miriam Welde: Bruch, Vaughan Williams & Barber
When you ask people which superpower they would choose if they could have only one, many answer that they would want the power of flight. Although I personally would prefer invisibility, I also think there is something enviable about the freedom of being able to fly, to soar through the sky, above all the stress and troubles of life down on ...
Composer: Samuel Barber (1910–1981), Max Bruch (1838–1920), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Clarinetist Barnaby Robson performs a rich program of 20th-century and contemporary music for clarinet and piano, including world-premiere recordings. The release opens with Barnaby Robson’s collaboration with BAFTA-winning sound designer Martin Cantwell: a recording of Steve Reich’s intricate New York Counterpoint, ...
Composer: Steve Reich (1936), Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Graham Fitkin (1963), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 (Live)
Deutsche Grammophon is set to release recordings made live during the various stages of the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition by Bruce Liu, the newly crowned winner of the world’s most prestigious competition for classical musicians. The jury awarded the top prize to the 24-year-old Canadian pianist last night, ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
It"s hard to believe: in her mid-20s, Andrea Motis is already a jazz superstar inSpain and far beyond. In 2011, Quincy Jones became enthusiastic about the young lady on trumpet and vocals. Andrea's mentor was bassist, tenor saxophonist and celebrated pedagogue Joan Chamorro, the head of the Catalan talent factory. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Latin Jazz
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" & Piano Concerto No. 4 (Remastered Edition)
Les Siècles is one of France's finest early music ensembles, and its work in repertoire from the Baroque era to the Romantic period is fascinating for its precision, attention to historical details, and most of all, commitment to original instrumentation. ...
Composer: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Lowell Liebermann: Frankenstein, Op. 130 (Live)
Frankenstein was recorded during live ballet performances at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco by RR’s engineering team, comprised of GRAMMY®-winning engineer and Technical Director Keith O. Johnson, and multi GRAMMY®-nominated engineer Sean Martin. ...
Composer: Lowell Liebermann (1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Warsaw-based cellist/composer Resina (Karolina Rec) returns with a first standalone album in three years, taking a big step forward on a bold and brilliantly expansive record that explores ideas about language, the voice and the unpredictability of nature. Recorded by Resina and Michał Kupicz, with striking additional mixing & production ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Experimental
Delivering a hit of contemporary, blues-inspired rock‘n’roll, ‘Running With The Wolves’ is a galloping, flag-flying anthem with an infectious stadium-sized chorus sprinkled with a dose of modern Nashville-meets-cutting-edge-pop flavour; a sonic cocktail that has seen the band dubbed “the Brummie Kings Of Leon”, inspired by the likes of Rival Sons, Kaleo and Alabama Shakes. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Dvořák & Caplet: Cello Concertos
On this new release, Nadège Rochat performs Antonín Dvorák's Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104, and André Caplet's mystically spiritualized Épiphanie, op. 22, together with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Benjamin Levy. Nadège Rochat is a distinguished expressive voice among young cellists. ...
Composer: Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904), André Caplet (1878-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Drop the needle anywhere on Motorheart and be instantly transported from this moaning and weeping vale of tears to Elysian fields of rock where all hands are raised, the drinks – just as in the Club Tropicana of yore – are free, and everyone wears a pleasingly salacious grin. Does it rock? Is the sun hot? Has your partner’s touch ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Russia’s rich tradition of art song was rooted in the genteel drawing-room and salon culture of the early 19th century. Gradually these modest lyrical “romances” set their sights higher to embrace dramatic and philosophical themes, but never lost their intimacy and their ties to the treasured lines of favourite poets. ...
Composer: Boris Tchaikovsky (1925-1996), Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950), Elena Firsova (1950)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the fourth volume in Leon McCawley’s much praised series of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonatas. Six Sonatas spanning the years 1766-80 are featured: the earliest the miniature First Sonata in G major, the latest the E flat major Sonata No.51, while ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Jason Treuting: Nine Numbers (Excerpts) #4
Sō Percussion co-founder Jason Treuting flexes his compositional chops with Nine Numbers — a sprawling work that taps into the mysteries of sudoku, the Japanese puzzle game, as a source for rhythmic exploration. Relying on percussive uses of voice, electronic and acoustic instruments, and various blocks ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Surely one of music’s best-kept secrets, composer and producer Snorri Hallgrímsson boasts an impressive list of credits both as a solo artist and as a collaborator on a wide variety of projects, including ‘The Chopin Project’, ‘Island Songs’, and the BAFTA-award winning score for ‘Broadchurch’ alongside Ólafur Arnalds. ...
Genre: Ambient
Subgenre:
The “Jason Max Ferdinand Singers” is a project that I have thought about since 2001. I had the sound of the ensemble in my head, and had plans to make a debut the summer of 2020, but COVID19 forced a hiatus. In January of 2021, a creative opportunity was asked of me, and after some hesitation and contemplation, ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre:
The Helsinki Police Orchestra releases a wonderful Christmas album! The orchestra conducted by Sami Ruusuvuori with the brilliant soloists Helena Juntunen and Mika Pohjonen create a holiday atmosphere with their beautiful versions of both Finnish traditional Yuletide songs and internationally known pieces. ...
Composer: Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840-1893), Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Otto Kotilainen (1868-1636), Karl Collan (1828-1871), Konsta Jylhä (1910-1984), Heino Kaski (1885-1957), Gösta Sundqvist (1957-2003), Randol Alan Bass (b. 1953), Joni Mitchell (b. 1943), Hugh Martin (1914-2011), Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
"SOMM Recordings announces the perfect escape from Lockdown Blues with a collection of appealing piano miniatures compiled and performed by Peter Dickinson to chase all your cares away. Lockdown Blues includes soothing masterpieces by Erik Satie (Trois Gnossiennes, Trois Gymnopédies), Francis Poulenc (Bal fantôme, Pastourelle) and ...
Composer: Edward MacDowell (1860-1908), Peter Dickinson (1934), Michel Lambert, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Michael Berkeley (1948), George Gershwin (1898-1937), Erik Satie (1866-1925), Eugène Goossens
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
