Domenico Scarlatti: 20 Sonatas
With fiery eloquence and sensitivity, Margherita Torretta traverses 20 of Domenico Scarletti's finest music pearls. This collection, in the great Italian tradition, is one the best ever recorded! “Margherita Torretta is a unique pianist and musical personality, her playing abounds in fantasy and ...
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
This is no time for faint hearts. The pandemic might have silenced the music scene, shuttered the live circuit and divided artists from their fans. But with Heart Of Fire, Texas’s favourite new gunslinger Ally Venable is coming off the ropes swinging. Defying dark times and rolling up ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Harald Lassen returns with a new album, "Human samling" and shows that his growing acclaim and reputation as a unique creative force within Norwegian jazz is not only justified but plain for all to hear. Following on from his album "Eventyrer" and its offshoots, "Remix-Eventyrer" and the singles "Spazi ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Lucille is the fifteenth album by blues artist B. B. King. It is named for his famous succession of Gibson guitars, currently the Signature ES-355. Lucille, released by BluesWay Records (ABC Records sub label) in 1968, and the only one of B.B. King s LPs produced by Bob Thiele. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
Hot, Cool & Vicious (Remastered)
Hot, Cool, & Vicious is the debut studio album by American hip hop girl group Salt-N-Pepa. Released by Next Plateau Records on December 8, 1986, it was one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group. Hot, Cool, & Vicious also became the first album by a female rap group act to attain ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
‘This programme reflects a personal journey: I am Belgian, I studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and now I live in France. I wanted to present composers from these three countries, taking as my cornerstone the English song repertory and the English language. ...
Composer: Frank Bridge (1879-1941), Irene Poldowski (1879-1932), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Roger Quilter (1877-1953), Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Sir William Walton (1902-1983), Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), Freddy Mercury (1946-1991)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Positions is Grande’s third album in as many years – her fourth in five – and if you read Best Fit's review of her last one, we said that thank u, next was “contradictory, assured yet tender… delicate but strong. It’s sweet pop music wrapped in an unbreakable metal shell. It’s beautiful but vulgar. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Before lockdown halted their tour in early 2020, singer Stuart Staples was already nurturing seeds for a different kind of Tindersticks album. If 2019’s No Treasure but Hope saw these mavens of intimate, expansive mood song rediscovering themselves as a unit, the follow-up reconfigures that unit so that ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Parallels: Shellac Reworks By Christian Löffler
With his mix of techno, ambient and acoustic music, DJ / Producer Christian Löffler takes a unique and successful space within the electronic music landscape. Truly using the full spectrum of available sounds, his music is characterized by a beautiful use of acoustic instruments, layering and alternating them into mesmerizing works, ...
Composer: Christian Löffler
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Live)
Celebrate Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in a new and definitive interpretation from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra! Recorded in superb audiophile sound, this release is the eleventh in the highly acclaimed Pittsburgh Live! series on the FRESH! imprint from Reference Recordings. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Black Sabbath unleashed the group’s fourth album in two years in 1972 with Vol 4. Stacked with classic tracks like “Supernaut,” “Changes,” and “Snowblind,” the record harnessed the group’s surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the Albums Chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., on its path to being certified platinum by the RIAA. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Musicalische Exequien: German Funeral Music of the 17th Century
The Musicalische Exequien of Heinrich Schütz, composed for the ceremonial obsequies of Heinrich II Posthumus, count of Reuß-Gera, is probably the bestknown example of German funeral music of the seventeenth century. However, it is not an isolated piece; ...
Composer: Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Live at the Philharmonie, Cologne (Live)
A charter member of the three-time Grammy Award winnig, internationally acclaimed group Snarky Puppy, voted Jazz Group of the Year in the 2017 DownBeat Readers Poll, keyboardist Bill Laurance has also been operating outside the confines of that wildly popular genre-bending jazz and funk collective. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
It is glad tidings indeed that Whaling City Sound announces the release of a new Greg Murphy recording. In fact, the news is almost as joyous as the sound of Murphys piano. Cool Water is both heartwarming and exhilarating. Greg's fingers find delicate and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
For her fifth release on BIS Clare Hammond has constructed an adventurous programme of twentieth and twenty-first-century variations for piano. From the imposing Chaconne by Sofia Gubaidulina, to the tender grief of Paul Hindemith’s variations or Aaron Copland’s bold and uncompromising proclamation, the album ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Alpha is the second studio album by British rock band Asia, released on 26 July 1983 in the United States and on 12 August 1983 in the United Kingdom by Geffen Records. Recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, and Manta Sound in Toronto from February ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
The debut album of Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry was one of 2019’s most talked-about releases. The trio’s musical concept – the Boston Globe spoke of “utterances of hushed assurance, lyricism and suspense” - is taken to the next level on its second album, Garden of ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions
Choral music holds a central position in Villa-Lobos’s catalogue of works, but among these famous pieces is a series of little-known transcriptions for a cappella choir taken from the standard classical repertoire. They were intended for a teachers’ chorus and for use in ...
Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
On his album „Odd Wisdom“, drummer Diego Piñera, together with a stellar cast of musicians, united the groove and vibe ot three different worlds: The percussive variety of his Latin-American origin, the urge for constant renewal of his current home Berlin and the energy of the metropolis ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Ruf Records’ Blues Caravan is unstoppable. Fifteen years after Europe’s most respected label put on its first showcase tour, the founding concept is instantly familiar to blues fans: every night, on club stages across the US and Europe, three rising talents will burn down the house ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
