A new Rockstar is born: Almost two years since the release of Sam’s critically acclaimed debut album Hypersonic Missiles debuted at number 1 in the UK album chart, Sam now readies its follow up. Seventeen Going Under finds Sam turning the mirror on himself; his adolescence and the trials and tribulations ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
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. ...
Composer: Fritz Brun (1878-1959)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Chiaroscuro (Works for clarinet and piano)
Clarinetist Ona Cardona and pianist Josep Colom join forces on this recording, performing Brahms’ late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120. Superb performances of both sonatas that framed Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, op. 73 and a wonderful arrangement for clarinet and piano of Clara Schumann’s largely ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
2021 release, the fourth album from the country music group. Time, Tequila & Therapy features the single "I Was on a Boat That Day". Every member of the five-piece band had a hand in writing songs from the 13-track project. Gladys Knight appears on "Lonely Side of Town," described as a "Motown by way of Music Row soul stunner." ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Vollblutmusikerinnen: Dieses Album bei ALPHA CLASSICS feiert eine mittlerweile zwanzig Jahre währende fruchtbare musikalische Zusammenarbeit, vor allem aber eine echte Freundschaft ‒ auch abseits des Podiums: »Wir sind wie zwei Schwestern, auf der Bühne und im Leben«, ... #!EN!#> This album celebrates a musical rapport that has lasted for twenty years and, above all, a true friendship: ‘We’re like two sisters, on stage and in life’, as Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta like to say. In parallel with their dazzling solo careers, they have frequently got together for concerts ...
Composer: Jean Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Jörg Widmann (1973), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Francisco Coll (1985), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Marcin Markowicz (1979), Julien-Francois Zbinden (1917), Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), György Ligeti (1923-2006), Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Violist Jesus Rodolfo makes his PENTATONE debut, accompanied by pianist Min Young Kang, with an album showcasing three iconic 20th-century Russian composers who all left their homeland: Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. Rodolfo presents selections of Prokofiev’s Romeo ...
Composer: Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Pianist Sheng Cai devotes his latest recording to piano works by Edvard Grieg, Norway's most famous composer. At the age of 22, Grieg wrote his only Piano Sonata, Op. 7, dedicated to his teacher, the influential Danish composer Niels Gade. The piano arrangement of Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46 is ...
Composer: Edward Grieg (1843-1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Remastered)
The Munich performances of Verdi's MESSA DA REQUIEM in October 1981 with Jessye Norman, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras and Yevgeny Nesterenko, the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Riccardo Muti were concert events that have hardly been equaled since, ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104 (Edition Haas)
Sensationelle Einspielung des gewaltigen Werks: Die bisher erschienenen Einspielungen der Bruckner-Sinfonien mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Christian Thielemann wurden weltweit als musikalisches Ereignis gefeiert. Jetzt erscheint die 4. Sinfonie des Zyklus’ bei Sony Classical. ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The first joint album from countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia, À sa guitare takes its name from a song by the 20th century French composer Francis Poulenc. But its frame of reference is extraordinarily wide – both culturally and stylistically. Its 22 tracks range across 400 years ...
Composer: John Dowland (1562-1626), Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798), Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Enrique Granados (1867-1916), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Luiz Bonfa (1922-2001), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
This is the third recording to represent Giulio Prandi’s interpretative research on the great Italian choral repertory, after the special and successful releases of works by Jommelli and Pergolesi, cornerstones of the golden age of the Neapolitan school. Faced with the challenge posed by Rossini’s ...
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
All or nothing! No half measures! Where routine weariness becomes noticeable in the careers of many other artists, one senses that every new project trombonist Nils Wogram takes on is his very first one. This is particularly noticeable on his new CD, Muse, recorded with harpist Kathrin Pechlof, violist and overtone ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
IMAGINATION – the sixth album by Opus Klassik winner Raphaela Gromes takes listeners on a romantic, virtuoso and musical journey into the world of fantasy. With her soulful and brilliant performance, the young cellist conjures up powerful images before the eyes and ears of listeners. Raphaela Gromes chose ...
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Paul Juon (1872-1940), David Popper (1843-1913), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), Leos Janacek (1854-1928), Anatoly Liadow (1855-1914), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Margarete Schweikert (1887-1957), Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff (1844-1908)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Record Company have outgrown the home recording of previous records and enlisted producer Dave Sardy (Fall Out Boy, A Perfect Circle, Modest Mouse) to work with them on their third studio album, Play Loud. The result is a sonic growth both in music and in songwriting, highlighting an ever-evolving band bringing rock back to the masses. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Die Beatles im Barockgewand: Asya Fateyeva und die lautten compagney auf musikalischer Zeitreise. Henry Purcell, der berühmteste englische Komponist der Barockzeit galt schon im 17. Jahrhundert als der ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS. Sein Stil ist einmalig für die englische Musik und verbindet eingängige Melodien mit groovenden Rhythmen. ...
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Paul McCartney (1942), John Lennon
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
Following his acclaimed release of the Brahms and Schoenberg Violin Concertos, Jack Liebeck returns to Orchid Classics with Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, as well as the lyrical Poème élégiaque for violin and piano, for which Liebeck is joined by Daniel Grimwood. ...
Composer: Eugene Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
"Chrysalis" is coloured with a poignant sense of awe and wonder, evoking a universe of AVAWAVES, celebrating the magic of nature, imagination and the power of dreams. Contemporary virtuoso duo AVAWAVES, comprising of Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer, are set to follow their expansive 2019 debut album ‘Waves’ with their exquisite new album ‘Chrysalis’, ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
Behind Closed Doors: Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Vol. 1: Opus 1 Concerti & Sinphonie
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (ca. 1690–1758) war in München und Stuttgart tätig, wo er mit einer siebenjährigen Unterbrechung von 1716 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 1751 wirkte (ab 1717 als Hofkapellmeister). Das britische Ensemble La Serenissima setzt sich seit 2014 immer wieder für die Musik des gebürtigen ...
Composer: Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690-1758)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Singer-songwriter Tim Dawn's debut-album includes the hits “To Love Somebody” and “Walking On A Wire”. The inspiration for Everyday Magic came after a trip to Los Angeles, where he worked with several songwriters and producers. Tim writes deep and sensitive songs which are, at the same time, modern and fresh. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
After scoring his second GRAMMY Award (and 14th nomination) in March 2021, the protean vocalist Kurt Elling hangs an unexpected left turn with SuperBlue for Edition Records. It’s a torrent of roisterous funk, indelible beats and all-too-current lyrics that boasts the talents of producer-guitarist Charlie Hunter ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
