Sophie Hutchings is a deeply authentic artist that is affected by her surroundings. This directly correlates to Sophie’s rationale around the carefully selected location where she recorded her new works. Nestled in the dramatic valley of the Byron Hinterland mountains, Echoes in the Valley, was organically born. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
"Subaqueous Silence", pianist Ayumi Tanaka’s leader debut for ECM – following critically acclaimed releases with Thomas Strønen (Lucus, Bayou) – is a strikingly original statement. Tanaka met bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen shortly after arriving in Oslo a decade ago and they have been developing their musical ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Homeward Bound—the remarkable Blue Note Records debut by drummer, composer, and bandleader Johnathan Blake—signals shifting tides for a career that’s yet to crest. The album, which will be released on October 29, is a celebration of life and legacy featuring Blake’s quintet Pentad with alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
"Postcards from Ireland", according to a press release from the group, “represents the sentiment they would like to share with their fans around the world. One of love, hope, and expectation as the world looks towards getting back together again. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Celtic Folk
Brahms: Viola Sonatas 1 & 2 - Schumann: Adagio and Allegro
Recognised as one of the world’s leading viola players, Philip Dukes has enjoyed a career spanning over thirty years as an accomplished concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He joins forces with Peter Donohoe, acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for this extraordinary recording ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Evoke is the third album of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet, following their previous critically acclaimed albums Flux and Revive. In this recording the Quartet are joined by the pianist Timothy End for a programme of original works and arrangements for piano and saxophone quartet. ...
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Journey Through Night: Canadian Music for String Quartet
Passionate about chamber music, the Toronto-based Odin Quartet represents the diversity and the promise of youth in Canada. Named after the one-eyed Norse god, seeker of knowledge and holder of the wisdom of the world, the Odin Quartet explores the role of classical music in modern-day storytelling. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Polish violinist Adam Bałdych is a unique virtuoso of his instrument in jazz. However, he puts his virtuosity entirely at the service of the music - with a cultivated tone, a strong sense for sound and space and a talent for haunting melodies. All qualities that link him to the Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu, one of Italy's most successful ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Ein faszinierender Musikcocktail aus Breitwand Soul, Sunshine Groove und heißem funky Big Band Jazz. Mit der Veröffentlichung von „Orbit“ zeigt der Musiker, Arrangeur und Produzent Lutz Krajenski ein neues Kapitel seiner eindrucksvollen Sound-Expedition und markiert damit nachdrücklich sein Format als vielseitig aufgestellter ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
At night not all cats are grey: the Hanson Quartet proves this to us with this unexpected, phantasmagoric nocturnal odyssey. From the folk echoes of Bartók, originating in central Europe or the Maghreb, to the impressionist dreams of Dutilleux’s masterpiece Ainsi la nuit, not forgetting the masterly ...
Composer: György Ligeti (1923–2006), Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Potsdam-based brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke have, throughout their career, been employing themes surrounding their Communistera, East German heritage. The memories rescued through their music aren’t only historical, they are first and foremost emotional recollections of their past growing up in East Berlin ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
BOOK is the twenty-third studio album by They Might Be Giants. BOOK the book is a collaboration between They Might Be Giants, photographer Brian Karlsson and Paul Sahre. The lyrics in the book are selected from the new album, I Like Fun, and My Murdered Remains; all set in layouts that might be best described as concrete poetry. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
In Magnus Mehls Musik entstehen ganz persönliche und einzigartige Momente. Es verschmelzen auf eindrucksvolle Art und Weise sechs Solisten zu einem Klangkollektiv. „Die Idee zum Projekt entstand im Rahmen einer SWR Produktion im Sommer 2020. Für diese Rundfunkaufzeichnung ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The dubbing spokesman Christian Brückner (among others for Robert De Niro) and Michael Wollny prove to be the perfect couple to let Heinrich Heine sound again. With aesthetic flair and imagination, Michael picks up the mood and gesture of the poems and prepares the musical breeding ground for Brückner's haunting performance ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
My Head Is An Animal (10th Anniversary Edition)
My Head Is An Animal (10th Anniversary Edition) will feature four tracks that were not on the 2012 U.S. release, including two never-before-released songs: "Phantom" and "Sugar In A Bowl." "It's been 10 years since the original edition of MHIAA was released in Iceland and because of that we wanted to do ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Danny Bryant, one of the UK's leading and celebrated blues artists, is presents his twelfth album 'The Rage To Survive' on on Jazzhaus Records. Following on from the critically acclaimed 2019 record 'Means Of Escape', this is one of his most heartfelt and powerful records yet. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
German pianist Martin Stadtfeld recorded a special Christmas album featuring well-known Christmas melodies such as "Stille Nacht" (Silent night), "In the bleak midwinter" and "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" and "Vom Himmel hoch" which are newly arranged by Martin Stadtfeld himself for "Christmas Piano". ...
Composer: Martin Stadtfeld (b. 1980), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Pietro Yon (1886-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
It's Christmas! (Extended Edition)
In 2020, Jonas Kaufmann’s recording of It’s Christmas! was an outstanding success that captured the spirit of the holiday season. Now the album has been extended to include seven newly recorded songs and will be re-released on October 29 on Sony Classical ahead of Kaufmann’s highly anticipated concert tour this winter. ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), John Francis Wade (1711-1786), Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), Augusta Holmès (1847-1903), Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759), Christoph von Schmid (1768-1854), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860), Irving Berlin (1888-1989), James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893), Pietro Yon (1886-1943), Josef Annegarn (1794-1843), Carl Gottlieb Hering (1766-1853), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Tobi Reiser (1907-1974), Emmy Köhler (1858-1925), Ralph Blane (1914-1995), Felix Bernard (1897-1944), Robert Wells (b. 1962), Jule Styne (1905-1994), Walter Afanasieff (b. 1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
On her debut album, the Icelandic pianist and singer Anna Gréta, who lives in Sweden, enchants with subtle songs, her nuanced voice and expressive piano playing between jazz, indie and folk. A remarkable new player in the "Nordic Sound". ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Beethoven: The Great Piano Sonatas
One of the most sought-after pianists of her generation, South Korean pianist HieYon Choi first appeared on the international piano music scene when she won prizes at high-profile competitions such as Kapell, Epinal, Busoni and Viotti. HieYon Choi has been since performing with prestigious orchestras of Europe, US and Korea such as das ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
