No Need for Words: These twelve instrumental pieces highlight the soundscape-character of Matura's new approach. There is a lot of space and calmness in the compositions, which feel atmospheric and free – or, as Matura puts it, "cinemasque". ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Folk
To celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872), organist, conductor and composer considered in Poland as the father of Polish opera, we pay tribute to him by inviting you to discover the 1848 version of the opera Halka, in its Vilnius version of 1848, during a concert performed by Capella Cracoviensis, ...
Composer: Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Der Letzte Gruss - Lieder by Hermann Levi
Levi in Wahnfried: Hermann Levi (1839–1900) fiel früh durch seine musikalische Begabung auf. Nach einem Musikstudium war er zunächst als Kapellmeister tätig. In seiner frühen Zeit komponierte er aber auch viel, vor allem Lieder, von denen der Bariton René Perler und Edward Rushton am Klavier eine Auswahl ...
Composer: Hermann Levi (1839-1900), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900), Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Composer: Federico Mompou (1893-1987), Erik Satie (1866-1925), Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Das neue Album von Latin Quarter präsentiert eine Mischung aus neu geschriebenen Songs und frisch überarbeiteten Titeln aus den 1980er Jahren, die von der Band nie veröffentlicht worden waren. Die Demotapes dieser Stücke wurden überraschenderweise wieder entdeckt und inspirierten die Band so sehr, ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
“Recording the complete Preludes is like painting notes with an unlimited palette of sound!” writes pianist Fanny Azzuro in the notes to her debut album for Rubicon. “Playing this music is exhilarating. The danger is that you lose control of your emotions and yield to the temptation to pile on the pathos ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The Italian operatic repertoire offers some of the most passionate and much-loved music in the classical canon. In this outstanding collection, Azer Zada has selected music of moving intensity, dramatic power and spiritual resolve in works by Donizetti, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini and Verdi. Favourite tenor arias such as Nessun ...
Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), Giacomo Puccini (1958-1924), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
This premier San Francisco Bay Area Pianist/Arranger, Brian Withycombe has combined some of the most memorable classical melodies with new jazz arrangements. Brian Withycombe is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's top session players. As a composer, arranger, producer and player, Brian has recorded thousands of songs over his career. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Playlist (Der Score zu Playlist)
Bestsellerautor Sebastian Fitzek veröffentlich mit „Playlist“ seinen ersten Real Fiktion Thriller. „Im Zentrum des neuen Psychothrillers steht die Urangst des Menschen, nicht mehr zwischen Wahn und Wirklichkeit unterscheiden zu können: Wie viel von dem, was wir im Leben sinnlich wahrnehmen ist real, wie viel davon nur ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Viol consort Fretwork and mezzo soprano Helen Charlston explore the more reflective and sombre Christmas celebrations of Elizabethan England, in a collection of works by William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons and Martin Peerson. ...
Composer: William Byrd (1543-1623), Anthony Holborne (1545-1602), Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Martin Peerson (1572-1650), Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
In celebration of what would have been Glenn Gould’s 88th birthday, Primary Wave and Division 88 have partnered to bring you, Uninvited Guests. Available everywhere through Sony Masterworks on October 23, the 9-track album was produced by Toronto’s Billy Wild, with additional production by Gabriel Pick, ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre:
Extraordinary musical masterpiece from Stian Carstensen! Drawing inspiration from the wild hills of Carpathia, the endless dark forests of Hyperborea, the ruin-strewn plains of Thrace to the rugged Anatolian plateau, noted multi-musician and composer Stian Carstensen has created a remarkable album ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Alternative Folk
Róbertsson's debut album with pianist, Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir, performing Robert Schumann's Liederkreis op. 24 and Liederkreis op. 39, along with seven songs by the Icelandic composer Árni Thorsteinson. The two Liederkreise were composed during Schumann's Year of Song in 1840. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Árni Thorsteinson
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
With an original line-up of trombone, electric guitar, double bass and drums, N∆BOU is a breath of fresh air on the Belgian jazz scene. On the trombone, bandleader and composer Nabou Claerhout is looking for a sound all her own: by means of all sorts of effects, she creates a dreamy musical ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Dirk Maassen is a german composer and pianist living in Ulm, Germany. Dirk plays piano since the age of 10 and studied a broad variety of musical styles in his early musical career. The 1980s are commonly remembered for an increase in the use of digital recording, associated with the usage of synthesizers, ...
Composer: Dirk Maassen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Handel and Scarlatti together? Long ago, in Rome (for a musical joust before the most eminent cardinals), in Venice (at a masked ball where Scarlatti recognised the faceless harpsichordist: “It could be no one but the famous Saxon, or the devil”), in London (where an opera by Scarlatti was staged). ...
Composer: George Frideric Händel (1685-1757), Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Messes anonymes: Missa Gross senen - Missa L'ardant desir
What makes a piece of music difficult? This album introduces a pair of riveting, technically ambitious, historically important, and never-before-recorded polyphonic masses of the fifteenth century, performed by an ensemble that has developed a new approach designed to honor ....
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sonatas for Lute
Composer: Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
With this record, Swiss harpsichordist Michel Kiener presents his interpretation of this absolute masterpiece by Bach. Michel Kiener undertook both his piano and harpsichord studies at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, where he won the prize of virtuosity in both disciplines. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
