I Don't Know A Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard
For his new album, Willie Nelson and band recorded fresh interpretations of 10 classic compositions penned by the legendary American songwriter Harlan Howard, an early musical contemporary of Willie’s who famously defined a great country song as “three chords and the truth.” ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Traditional Country
They affectionately call themselves "The greatest string quartet in the world" and have been putting on exciting, surprising and highly virtuoso programmes time and again for years: The Swiss chamber orchestra CHAARTS. Just recently, they were in the classical charts together with soprano Regula Mühlemann, and the Berlin Classics label was also able to ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Yann Tiersen's (b.1970) music traverses genres from French folk music and chanson to minimal, avant-garde and post-rock. The French composer and multi-instrumentalist is primarily known for writing the music for the film Amélie. In 2016 he made the album EUSA, then in 2021, he ventured a step further towards electronic music with his ...
Composer: Yann Tiersen (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Burnin' (Expanded Edition Mono Remastered)
This expanded 60th anniversary edition of John Lee Hooker’s electrifying blues classic, Burnin’, offers both stereo and newly mixed mono versions of the album. The tracklist features the King of the Boogie’s signature hit, “Boom Boom,” plus a previously unreleased alternate take of “Thelma,” captured during Hooker’s 1961 session. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Classic Blues
With "Wille", its second album, the Vincent Meissner Trio shows that young, complex, crisp piano trio jazz does not have to come from the USA, England or Scandinavia, like many famous current representatives. Totally contemporary music, with heart and brain, whether in the form of original compositions or re-constructions of Whitney Houston, Louis Cole or The Beatles.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Christian McBride's New Jawn Prime
Christian McBride's New Jawn — trumpeter Josh Evans (Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Rasheid Ali), saxophonist and bass clarinetist Marcus Strickland (Roy Haynes, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Chris Dave, Bilal, Robert Glasper), and drummer Nasheet Waits (Jason Moran, Joe Lovano, John Medeski) — is back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
For her debut concerto album, violinist Veronika Eberle revisits a work that has endured more than two centuries, and shares a fresh interpretation featuring new cadenzas by composer Jörg Widmann. Not only is Beethoven’s Violin Concerto a particular favourite of Veronika, it has been central to her career to date— ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
"The sound and the arrangements are from the present, but the music is from the Golden years of Rock! This means for example that the vocals have to start after an instrumental intro." Two sentences are enough for the lead guitarist of the Ellis Mano Band to sum up his own claim for the current album "Luck Of The Draw". ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
The forgotten art of a 17th-century Roman master, in the hands of a dynamic period ensemble with a string of acclaimed rarity albums to their credit. The Baroque trio-sonata repertoire still yields up plenty of undiscovered treasure lying in libraries across Italy. The Ensemble Giardino di Delizie has been diving into it and coming up with polished gems on Brilliant Classics by ...
Composer: Carlo Mannelli (1640-1697)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Third full length album from Finland's melodic rock heroes. Diamond in the Firepit sounds familiar yet fresh, light-hearted yet hear-warming and flows with the natural ease the Tribesters have been recognized for since their early days - the Tribe only huddles in the studio if the feeling is right and the songs are 100% gold. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Duo pianistico: Dirani Amelotti -G. Rossini, L. Liviabella, F. Busoni (Remastered)
The name of GIOACHINO ROSSINI (Pesaro 1792 - Passy de Paris 1868) has remained linked to the production of operatic music for which he wrote striking pieces. His brilliant theatrical career stretches from the fresh inventiveness of the very first compositions to the unbridled vitality of Barbiere di Siviglia to ...
Composer: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Lino Liviabella (1902-1964)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Transmissions From Total Refreshment Centre
Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre is an eclectic new collection that features a wide range of artists who are part of London’s vibrant Total Refreshment Centre community including Byron Wallen, Jake Long, Matters Unknown, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Neue Grafik, and Resavoir. ....
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Guilty Pleasures (feat. Nate Smith)
GRAMMY award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling builds towards his second, highly anticipated, SuperBlue album in Fall 2023 by releasing a 6-track EP 'Guilty Pleasures,' with guitarist Charlie Hunter and featuring special guest drummer Nate Smith - two musicians who are deservedly regarded as world leading players in their own right. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
dEUS have never really had a philosophy. Never wanted one. Yet they’ve remained true to certain guiding principles. “You don’t want to repeat yourself, but you have your style,” says Tom Barman, frontman and genial leader of the cult Belgian art-rockers. “You want to try new stuff and just react to whatever feels fresh at ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Vaughan Williams and Grieg: Violin Sonatas
The first-class pairing of Charlie Siem and Itamar Golan release their debut album with Signum; Between the Clouds invites the listener into a Parisian-styled ‘salon’ for an intimate performance of classic pieces for violin and piano. Featuring pieces by Wieniawski (known for his Gallic elegance and Slavonic fire); the ‘wunderkind’ Godowsky; the Viennese ...
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Hans Gál: Works for Viola, Piano, Violin & Oboe
Composer Hans Gál was born near Vienna in 1890. He rose to fame in the 1920s as a composer and scholar. His compositional style was considered more traditional than other composers, but his music is nonetheless fresh and infused with chromaticism and counterpoint. He was an extremely successful composer of all ...
Composer: Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Solid State Survivor (2018 Bob Ludwig Remastering)
“Solid State Survivor is the second album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, released in 1979. Solid State Survivor was never released in the United States, but many of the songs from this album were compiled for release in the States as the US pressing of ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electro-Pop
Holland Baroque presents Bachs Königin, an album full of masterful organ works by J.S. Bach, transcribed for the orchestra by Judith and Tineke Steenbrink. These creative interpretations add unique colours and a fresh spirit to baroque monuments. Here is yet another chance to enjoy Bach’s genius. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
For the last 12 years, audiences have scrambled to get seats at venues whenever celebrated American tenor saxophonist Mark Turner toured with Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug's quartet. The bond between the musicians becomes especially evident when they explore their shared musical language which seamlessly blends composed and improvised material. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 6
"The German composer's output also contains many chamber works that display an emotional intensity, which deserve to be heard by the audience," says Yang Yichen, the cellist of Amber Quartet, who is also a teacher at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
