Michael Graves, the Chairman of the Peter Warlock Society, writes: “Warlock’s songs are among the most exquisite, inventive and original to emerge in Britain in the early part of the twentieth century. Generally under-represented in today’s song repertoire, they are particularly so for the soprano voice. ...
Composer: Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Kornauth & Fuchs: Works for Viola & Piano
In the spring of 2020, the Covid pandemic caused turmoil in the concert diaries of most musicians, including the conductor Andrew Litton and his wife Katharina Kang Litton, principal violist of New York City Ballet. To find an outlet for their musical expression they began to explore the repertoire for viola and piano together. ...
Composer: Robert Fuchs (1847-1927)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Keep Those Teardrops from Falling
Music has always played a role in my life as a healing agent. My story is the same story people have been singing about for hundreds of years…heartbreak. My approach on this record is the same thing I’ve always done; turn to music to heal the hurt. I had a few months where I couldn’t fathom making ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Signum Classics is proud to announce a new label partnership and recording debut with Irish National Opera, presenting the world-premiere recording of Gerald Barry’s opera, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, based on the famous book by Lewis Carroll. ...
Composer: Gerald Barry (1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Unreleased British folk from 1972. Three young German musicians are spending their summer holidays hanging around London folk-clubs; among those they visit are The Half Moon in Putney and The Nag's Head in Battersea. These three are members of the 5 piece Folk Band Gurnemanz, Lukas W. Scheel (21), Wolfgang Riedel (20) and Manuela Schmitz (16). ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Vocal
Bartók: The Quiet Revolutionary
Violinist Franziska Pietsch and pianist Maki Hayashida offer deeply personal readings of Bela Bartok's magnificent Sonatas for violin and piano, and his irresistible 'Romanian Folk Dances'. Franziska Pietsch, recent winner of an ICMA (International Classical Musical Award) in the Chamber Music ...
Composer: Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
In Harmony, We Journey - The Best of R. Carlos Nakai - The Second 20 Years
This collection presents music released by eleven-time Grammy nominee R. Carlos Nakai over the second 20 years of a distinguished career which explored the expressive range of the traditional Native American flute in a wide range of genres – jazz, new age, classical, Hawaiian, and EDM – and features harp guitarist William Eaton, percussionist Will Clipman, ... < This collection presents music released by eleven-time Grammy nominee R. Carlos Nakai over the second 20 years of a distinguished career which explored the expressive range of the traditional Native American flute in a wide range of genres – jazz, new age, classical, Hawaiian, and EDM – and features harp guitarist William Eaton, percussionist Will Clipman, ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
"Of All Joys" – the new record from the Grammy Award-winning string ensemble – is their attempt to recapture all that, and to revel in the beauty and wonder of great works from both the minimalist and Renaissance eras. “Ultimately,” says cellist Andrew Yee, “it is about the joy of coming together and making something ...
Composer: Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599), John Dowland (1563 - 1626), Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625), Philip Glass (b. 1937), Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652), John Bennet (1575 - 1614), Jacobus Clemens non Papa (1510 - 1555)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis" (Completed by F.X. Süßmayr) [Live]
It is difficult to say anything about Mozart's famous Requiem – the masterpiece having been described and analysed all too often. It is known to almost everyone in the world, either in its entirety or in large parts, or is familiar to them at the very least from its title. Almost everybody has come into contact with the Requiem’s music, ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Classical Hugs: Music of Comfort and Hope
With so many of us cut off from loved ones, ABC Classic is reaching out to music lovers across the country and around the world with this album of musical hugs: gentle, reassuring classical favourites that speak straight to the heart, no matter the miles that may keep us apart. Music specially chosen for its warm, encouraging, calming qualities. ...
Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
Hungry for some modern melodic death metal with ridiculously catchy pop influences? Well, your dinner has just been served. This steaming nine-course setting is called "Origin" and it is honoringly brought to the table by renowned Finnish metal outfit, Omnium Gatherum. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Bach was renowned as a keyboard player as well as being an accomplished violinist, but as far as we know he didn't play the lute. He seems to have been fascinated by the instrument’s special sound qualities, however, and was clearly inspired by the possibilities of the "Lautenwerk". ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Sax stalwart Paul Booth is the curator of the Secret Sessions project, which is an outlet for new music that is created, played, and ultimately recorded by grouping like-minded artists and friends together. It works like this…Paul carefully selects a range of highly talented musicians who turn up to the recording studio, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Schattenmann demonstrieren mit ihrem neuen, dritten Album ‚Chaos‘ unmissverständlich: Ihre Musik wird härter, metallischer, facettenreicher und inhaltlich kompromissloser. Sie haben den entscheidenden dritten Schritt vollzogen und rücken die Essenz der neuen Songs mit unnachgiebiger Konsequenz in den Fokus ihres kompromisslosen Sounds. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Fritz Brun: Early Chamber Music
For more than thirty years, Fritz Brun (1878-1959) was chief conductor of the city orchestra in Bern, Switzerland. He was strongly influenced by Johannes Brahms and extremely respected as a composer in his time. He is often referred to as the last symphonist of the Romantic style. His rich symphonic output is currently experiencing ...
Composer: Fritz Brun (1878-1959)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
In the Italian society of the early eighteenth century, the musical genre of the chamber cantata was popular as a refined form of entertainment. The chamber cantata is a relatively short composition, consisting of a couple of arias with the addition of one or two recitatives. They were performed in the private ambiances of the noble circles. ....
Composer: Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Vol. 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Die „Sei Suonate à Cembalo certato e Violino Solo“, wie Bachs sechs Sonaten für Violine und Cembalo (BWV 1014–1019) in der ältesten überlieferten Reinschrift betitelt sind, gehören zweifellos zu den Marksteinen der Kammermusikliteratur. Auf den Konzertpodien der Welt haben sie seit langem einen festen Platz, und ... he “Sei Suonate à Cembalo certato è Violino Solo”, as Bach’s six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019) are entitled in the oldest surviving fair copy, are undoubtedly among those works which have set new standards in chamber music. They have long established themselves on the world’s concert ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Thomas Larcher: Symphony No. 2 "Kenotaph" & Die Nacht der Verlorenen
Austrian composer Thomas Larcher (b. 1963) is one of the great symphonists of our era. This album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hannu Lintu includes the first recording of his 2nd Symphony, ‘Kenotaph’, and the song cycle ‘Die Nacht der Verlorenen’ performed by the world-known baritone Andrè Schuen. ...
Composer: Thomas Larcher (1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
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