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
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
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
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
This album contains three works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, two of which can be considered among the most popular in the history of music. The version of the Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major KV 364/320d with the participation of the cello, presented on the album ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The Mental Traveller (Tritorität Session)
A modern day love story might go as follows: Lukas and Jonathan, two brothers running Berlin-based label Kommerz Records, started connecting with their favorite new jazz combo Triorität via IG without any business in mind, just to find out that they grew up in the same place – often overlooked, but damn cute city of Darmstadt. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
The 2nd album by Ludwig-Nabatov-Arends, known as Fearless Trio. Sax, piano and drums interplay and improvise like it really matters, creating tension and friction on the one hand, release and beauty on the other. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
After a powerful first season exploring a wide range of issues facing women and girls around the globe in March 2017, cellist Amanda Gookin returns for an all–new season featuring all–new works. As a 2018-2019 National Sawdust Project-in-Residence, the Forward Music Project 2.0, in this skin, will focus on the first-person perspectives of women. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
This is the second album from Lorenzo Nardocci Trio: awesome! It includes six new compositions developed during the last year through great interplay with Andreas and Terje. Themes are based on life´s everyday moments and on important people in my life: This is, in fact, the essence of the album title Secondo Me (According to me). ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Cellist Catherine Little is on a mission to build a bridge to classical music with her debut release, Taking Five. The pieces she chose to record have relatable melodies, harmonies and emotional language that is sure to resonate with audiences; they have hooks, are ‘singable', and an inviting warmth. ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924), Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Martín in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke's. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Paul Kelly’s first Christmas album is an extraordinary 22-song double collection that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to new Kelly music written for Christmas poems. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Donizettis dreiaktige tragische Oper Belisario war zu ihrer Zeit ein durchschlagender Erfolg, angetrieben von dem überragenden theatralischen Gespür des Komponisten und seiner geschickten Verflechtung von intensiver tragischer Erzählung und emotionalem Pathos. Belisario wird von seiner Frau Antonina verraten, die ihn fälschlicherweise des Hochverrats ...
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
A collection of much-loved Brian Wilson and Beach Boys hits performed by Brian on solo piano. “We had an upright piano in our living room and from the time I was 12 years old, I played it each and every day. I never had a lesson, I was completely self-taught. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
