You will, of course, be wondering what took Kings of Convenience so long. When 12 years elapse between albums, you might well assume that there has been some dramatic rift. And when you learn that an album has been recorded across five years in five different cities, you might expect something fiendishly ornate, larded with fancy ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Lieder us um Tal - An Homage to Swiss Art Song
This recording by the Swiss soprano Franziska Heinzen, accompanied by the pianist Benjamin Mead, is on the one hand a declaration of love to Franziska Heinzen's home canton of Valais, and on the other hand a homage to the art of Swiss song: the starting point is the song cycle "Lieder us um Tal" (1981) by Eugen Meier on Valais German poems by Hannes Taugwalder ...
Composer: Eugen Meier (1934), Emil Frey (1889-1946), Werner Bärtschi (1950), Joseph Lauber (1864-1952), Hans Huber (1852-1921), Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931), Heinz Holliger (1939), Isabel Mundry (1963), Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882), Hermann von Glenck (1883-1952), Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957), Albert Moeschinger (1897-1985)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
SZNZ: Winter is an EP by Weezer, the fourth and final in the SZNZ series of EPs. Following WEEZER's 2021 metal-influenced album, "Van Weezer", the Los Angeles rock band announced they would release a four-EP series in 2022. This wasn't just any series, either, as the band's "SZNZ" series would have releases dropping on the first day of each new season. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Wawa/Jawaka is characterised by a high level of instrumental skill. Beautiful long, jazz-oriented jams, listening journeys for fans of Zappa. The precursor to Grand Wazoo, recorded in the same year with a large big band, is sometimes ticked off as a prequel - wrongly so, because this little work of art of inspired ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
Live: Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux (Remastered)
The first release of a legendary Blue Note live recording that fans have been waiting for for decades! In July 1973, Blue Note Records traveled to Montreux to present some of the label's stars at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival. Produced by then Blue Note president George Butler, a series of live albums followed under the title ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
This recording by the Swiss soprano Franziska Heinzen, accompanied by the pianist Benjamin Mead, is on the one hand a declaration of love to Franziska Heinzen's home canton of Valais, and on the other hand a homage to the art of Swiss song: the starting point is the song cycle "Lieder us um Tal" (1981) by Eugen Meier on Valais German poems by Hannes Taugwalder ...
Composer: Hannes Taugwalder (1910–2007)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"A disturbing, uplifting and revelatory spiritual and musical journey, then, presented here in all its wide range of colour by a superb quartet of soloists' and magnificent choruses and orchestra under Hickox's direction. A dazzling addition to the repertoire. More!" ...
Composer: George Dyson (1883-1964)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mendelssohn Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Variations concertantes & Lied ohne Worte
Mendelssohn proved to be the natural heir to Beethoven in the development of the sonata for cello and piano, continuing to treat the two instruments on equal terms but further expanding the cello’s lyrical and expressive capabilities. ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Sail On Sailor – 1972 (Deluxe Remaster)
The Beach Boys’ landmark albums, 1972's Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" and 1973's Holland, will take center focus in Sail On Sailor - 1972, a new expansive Deluxe remastered edition. The year 1972 was a pivotal period for The Beach Boys. Fresh off riding a wave of newfound popularity and critical acclaim from their back-to-back albums, 1970's progressive and wide-ranging Sunflower ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
R. Schumann: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Originally written for oboe (unique composition for this instrument), the "Drei Romanzen", Op. 94 were composed in late 1849 when Schumann seemed to be inspired by old legends. Same character has the "Fünf Stücke im Volkston", Op. 102, of the same year. The pieces proved more challenging to Schumann as they took over two weeks to compose. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Aleksis Liukko Trio will release their debut album "The Sonic Sessions". In addition to pianist Aleksis Liukko's fresh compositions, the album includes slightly older material from the past ten years, as well as one creation of the band's bassist Mikael Saastamoinen. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
At Christmas, vocal music is particularly close to us. What is it that makes this music so appealing? Is it just the memories and traditions associated with it, or do Christmas carols actually sound radically different in their basic mood? For centuries, Christmas has inspired composers to write delightful works, many of which ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Schubert String Quartet in E-Flat Major, D. 87 & String Quartet in G Major, D. 887
The Jubilee Quartet follow their critically acclaimed debut album of Haydn with two contrasting quartets by Schubert. The sunny and joyful D.87, his 10th quartet dates from his 16th year. Already the singing quality of the writing is apparent. The late G major quartet, the composer's 15th and ...
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert (1797–1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Williamson: Santiago de Espada, Our Man in Havana Suite, Concerto Grosso & Sinfonietta
"Our Man in Havana, based on Graham Greene’s novel, is among the most colourful of post-war British operas, with its catchy Cuban rhythms and its tunes first cousin to those in Broadway musicals. Until this execellent disc, the first of a projected Williamson series, not a note of it had been recorded, and this suite of four ...
Composer: Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
It’s a voice that soars – pure, clear and true — above bass and synths, traditional percussion and infectious Mande guitar grooves. A stop-you-in-your-tracks voice instantly familiar to anyone in Mali, West Africa: Rokia Koné, aka the Rose of Bamako. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Africa
Badd Lime comprises Benjamin Dupuis and Antoine Delavaud, two creatives from the French music scene whose combined experience taps into many genres and production influences. Dupuis has worked with French music agency RUN Productions for many years, touring Europe as an engineer and road manager for the likes of Staff Benda Bilili, ...
Genre: Wold Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
In a continued balancing act of combining inventive contemporary works with traditional classical repertoire on ECM New Series, this time the duo of Italian sisters Gazzana – violinist Natascia and pianist Raffaella – ventures back to the 19. century for impassioned interpretations of Robert Schumann’s sonata op. 105 and Edvard Grieg’s sonata ...
Composer: Tonu Korvits (1969), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Grand Symphonies, Vol. 2
Unless one lived in a major European centre with an orchestra, the opportunity to hear large-scale works by the great composers of the age was well-nigh impossible. The insatiable demand for new chamber versions of famed orchestral works saw Hummel arranging Beethoven’s Symphonies nos. 2 and 6 ‘Pastoral’ not long after ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
ELEVATION finds Black Eyed Peas expanding the collective musical consciousness and pushing boundaries yet again (like only they can). Of course, they bring a few friends along for this rollercoaster ride. The group link up with Daddy Yankee on the reggaeton banger "BAILAR CONTIGO," while Nicky Jam ignites the funkified ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Storytelling and making – craft and narrative, and the ways in which they are both enabled and complicated by the presence of music – lie at the heart of Matthew Kaner’s compositional world, as revealed on this debut album devoted to his work. ...
Composer: Matthew Kaner (1986)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
