Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S. 173
After two song albums together with Ian Bostridge, pianist Saskia Giorgini returns to PENTATONE with a solo recording of Franz Liszt’s Harmonies poétiques et religieuses. Liszt is often seen as a showman, but much of his music reveals his introspective, searching nature. This is demonstrated above all in Harmonies poétiques et ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Groundbreaker's new album, "Soul To Soul" is once again centered around the fantastic vocal talents of Steve Overland (FM) with stunning production by Alessandro Del Vecchio. While the self-titled debut was a collaboration with Robert Sall (Work of Art, W.E.T), on the songwriting side, joining Steve and Alessandro this time are Stefano Lionetti ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
In 2019 trombonist Joe Fiedler released Open Sesame, packed with inventive jazz readings of material drawn from his longstanding “day job” as an EMMY-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show Sesame Street. The effort was equally beloved by lay listeners and the jazz world alike. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Sarah recorded her first solo album earlier this year, Tulip or Turnip. It is a collection of unlikely standards, and surprising interpretations that illustrate/ draw from her experience living in New York City — memories bejeweled with flowers, song and dance, before and during the 2020 pandemic. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Long running hard rockers L.A. Guns have announced the release of their new studio album, "Checkered Past". Written and recorded while the world was still in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, the new studio album sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and company continuing with the darker lyrical tone of the preceding studio albums, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
This recording is a tribute to the chromatic harp, which, with its rich colours and theatrical effects, was perfectly tuned to the impressionist and art nouveau atmosphere of the turn of the 20th century. Geoffrey Gordon's Jeux de Création is inspired by music from the 1920s, using both traditional and extended techniques, ....
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), Geoffrey Gordon (1968), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Andre Caplet (1878-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Edward Cowie is one of the most individual and notable voices in contemporary music and considered by many to be the greatest living composer directly inspired by the natural world. He has worked for over 40 years writing music in response to landscapes and the voices of creatures. ...
Composer: Edward Cowie (1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Fiorini: In the Midst of Things – Piano & Chamber Music
Maltese composer Karl Fiorini is a European without frontiers – the compositions in this album reflect his early detachment from a Mediterranean identity towards a more varied and intense sound world. Trio Lamina features elements of Bartók’s ‘night music’ in its complex sub-sections, whereas Fiorini’s two piano studies, ...
Composer: Karl Fiorini (1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Earl Kim & Isang Yun: Complete Works for Solo Violin
On EARL KIM & ISANG YUN, violinist Chi Young Song presents complete works for solo violin by the titular composers, each of whom are of Korean heritage. Blurring the lines between Western musical heritage and traditional Korean music, each piece exhibits the crosscultural and borderless qualities of music. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
"Visions Of Your Other" is the third album by Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, one that takes the band back to its roots in original compositions after their Mexican folk music-inspired release, El Maquech. Adam and two of his bandmates, Walter Stinson on bass and Zack O'Farrill on drums, return along with the arrival of Xavier Del Castillo ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
If you ever encountered electronic lo-fi funk artist Nick Vivid during a pandemic-era Zoom call, you might have noticed a Gold Record on the wall behind him. The industry award, presented to a legendary hip hop group, was sold to Nick for $20 at a Flea Market in Jamaica Queens under the condition of “Get that thing out of my sight” ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
This fifth album in Cypres' anniversary series offers a real Christmas odyssey, a journey through time in search of our childhood memories: Tino Rossi for some, Jingle Bells for others. Composer and arranger Aldo D. Platteau has carefully selected the most beautiful existing Christmas carols and assembled them into a fresco ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows was originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. This last year has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
“With this project about songs, Luca and I will take you on a journey where you can choose the lyrics, even if they already exist, and every melody is a piece of a story involving everyone”. This is an original artistic partnership: Luca Aquino, trumpeter, and Giovanni Guidi, pianist, are among the most interesting protagonists of the contemporary ...
Composer: Jule Styne (1905–1994)
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Cool
Nach „Miscela“ (2014), der Jazz-Kantante „Geboren unter diesem weichen Wind“ (2017) und „Fun Flowers“ (2019) ist das „Fallalarenko“ das Album, das sich am deutlichsten im Jazz verorten lässt. Dafür sorgt alleine schon die Besetzung. Mit Max Leiß (Kontrabass) und Julian Fau (Schlagzeug) verbindet Böhlen seit Jahren ein musikalisches ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Beyond the reference to the « Blue Hours » and to the New York recording studio, these albums are a hymn to life. We asked each artist to make three wishes, in reference to Pannonica de Koenigswarter muse of jazzmen. Their wishes will constitute the liner notes of the double album "The Complete Orange Hours". ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Compilations
Portico Quartet announce Monument, the electronic driven follow-up to their acclaimed ambient-minimalist suite Terrain, presenting the band at their most direct. It's rare that a band releases two albums within six months of each other, rarer too that while both are so ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
The improvising trio of bassist James Ilgenfritz, drummer Brian Chase, and esoteric woodwind specialist Robbie Lee present a 40-minute set of diverse, meditative, and often overtly expressive improvised performances. Centered on the Just Intonation experiments of Brian Chase’s “happening” and James Ilgenfritz’s unique Just ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Relief - A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America's Musicians' Emergency Fund
A consortium of major jazz labels – Blue Note Records, Concord Music Group, Mack Avenue Music Group, Nonesuch Records, Universal Music Group, Verve Label Group and Warner Music Group – has taken the unprecedented step of joining hands for Relief, an all-star compilation of previously unreleased music ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Compilations
Brazilian composer, producer and instrumentalist Corciolli, brings here music with an exquisite arrangement for piano, synthesizers, horns and a luxurious string quartet. In this video, the musicians´ performances are intertwined with extraordinary drone footages taken by acclaimed director Fábio Knoll in the Pantanal, located in south-central ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
