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
Liszt: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, S. 657 (After Beethoven's Op. 125)
The Piano Duo Chipak-Kushnir presents a GENUIN album featuring Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, in the version for two pianos by Franz Liszt. They are joined by Francisco Manuel Anguas Rodriguez with Beethoven's original timpani part. In this work Beethoven demolished all previously-known symphonic conventions, ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
7 Pieces with Clarinet (Les Comptines de l'Oiselier)
After their recently released single, the Zurich Chamber Singers are back with 'Les comptines de l'Oiselier': Together with conductor Christian Erny and clarinetist Benjamin Zwick, they have set works by composer Jean Binet to music on this EP. ...
Composer: Jocelyne Binet (1923-1968)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Sandstone is one of Ireland’s most persistent and most prolific metal bands and also played as the tour backing band of ex-Judas Priest fronter Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens. They are now back with their fifth studio album “Epsilon Sky”. Darker, heavier, more sophisticated and detached from all current trends, ..
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Memoria Avenue is a new Melodic Rock/AOR band from Norway showcasing an artistic union between guitarist Tor Talle and the awesome new singer Jan Le’ Brandt. Tor is a skilled and well known musician, best known for the Northern Light project. He has also worked, either writing songs and/or performing with, on records ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
The Season is Steve Perry’s first ever holiday album, and features a joyous new rendition of the holiday staple “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” “I hope when people hear this record, they’re teleported in the same way I was when I recorded all these songs—I hope it brings them back to those golden moments with their loved ones and gives ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
The Neverending Show: Live in the Netherlands
Legendary artist and studio maestro Alan Parsons has announced the release of a new live album entitled “The Neverending Show: Live in the Netherlands” on November 5, 2021. The show was recorded live on May 5, 2019 and showcases the performance that Alan Parsons Live Project held at the Tivoli in Utrecht, Netherlands. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Ein neues Projekt der Jazz Bigband Graz unter Leitung von Trompeter und Vokalist Horst-Michael Schaffer sowie Saxofonist und Flötist Heinrich von Kalnein, das der JBBG eine neue Facette verleiht: JBBG Smål – GRAN RISERVA, sozusagen JBBG im Taschenformat. Wie immer mit ausdrucksstarken Melodien mit Raum für musikalischen Überraschungen und einem großen ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Sherine Wong’s musical path has been a journey, which started over three decades ago in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and continues to this day all over the world. Though singing called to her at a young age, Sherine’s varied interests meant that she first became Malaysia’s track and field ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Playing Russian Romantic music and contemporary works, pianist Jelena Stojković sets off on a very personal journey to the land of her early musical upbringing. An intimate encounter with an artist of formidable virtuosity and sensitivity. ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1934), Minas Borboudakis (1974), Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow (1844-1908), Marko Tajcevic (1900-1984)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Sacred Night - The Christmas Album
Secret Garden’s “Sacred Night: The Christmas Album” features a twelve song Christmas themed collaboration with Norwegian vocalist Cathrine Iversen and features guest appearances from Espen Grjotheim, Renate Gjerløw Larsen and Dublin’s Junior Musicals Theatre School Choir. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Remastered)
25th-anniversary edition of R. E. M.'s tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. First released in 1996, the album was R. E. M.'s last studio recording with founding member Bill Berry who left amicably the following year. As the band's fifth collaboration with long-time producer Scott Litt (Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People and Monster), ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
House of Cards (Remastered 2021)
House of Cards is the fourteenth studio album by the Canadian progressive rock band Saga, released on 12 February 2001 by Steamhammer. Recorded at Sound Image Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, it was produced by bassist/keyboardist Jim Crichton. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Marathon is a studio album by Saga, their fifteenth album of new material. It is the final album to feature original drummer Steve Negus. "Like 1999's Full Circle, Marathon offers little more than recycled rock clichés and unfulfilling musical ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
An eclectic showman and horror-obsessed pop culture maverick, John 5's tastes and talent are as vast and diverse as his renowned collection of guitars and as robust as his expansive discography. Sinner is ten tracks of pure John 5, summoned with the same mix of vibrant energy and passionate emotion beloved by fans of his work ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
What started as an unforgettable live experience, and one of the band’s first performances after 16 years, now turns into an extraordinary live album, film & book as Matt Johnson’s London-based Cinéola label teams up with Hamburg-based international label, earMUSIC for a series of exciting and exclusive releases. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Enrico Rava, long a key figure in European jazz, has been a mentor for successive generations of Italian players. His celebratory Edizione Speciale, recorded live at the Middelheim Festival in Antwerp, brings together a team of young improvisers who play his music with fire and élan, accompanying his fountain of melodic ideas, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
