One of Germany’s most prominent pianists, Alexander Krichel from Hamburg, has brought together a couple of heavyweights for his first album with Berlin Classics. He combines the “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky, a central work of the piano literature, with a rarely heard gem by the Romanian ...
Composer: George Enescu (1881-1955), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The Sixteen contrasts traditional with contemporary in this choral feast of festive music. Bob Chilcott's sumptuous Advent Antiphons based on plainsong melodies anticipate the coming of Christmas and feature alongside Mykola Leontovich's much-loved Carol of the Bells, Richard Rodney Bennett’s stunning Susanni and Eric Whitacre’s shimmering Lux aurumque. ...
Composer: Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Jonathan Dove (1959), Eric Whitacre (1970), Alan Bullard (1947), Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012), Kim Porter (1965), Cecilia McDowall (1951), Mykola Leontovich (1877-1921), Matthew Martin (1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
The Specials who enjoyed a triumphant 2019 with the release of the critically acclaimed “Encore”, their first ever number 1 album, coming 40 years after they exploded onto the music scene and launched the 2 Tone movement, make a very timely return with the release of their brand new album “Protest Songs ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
It was when Delphine Constantin-Reznik took up the post as harpist in the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra that she first came across the name Anton Pratté, well-known in his lifetime as a harpist and composer. Her research into the music and activities of this forgotten master has now resulted in the very first recording ...
Composer: Anton Edvard Pratté (1796-1875)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Schubert: Octet in F Major, Op. Posth. 166, D. 803
Formed in 2020, Wigmore Soloists is a chamber ensemble made up of a roster of outstanding musicians, led by Isabelle van Keulen and Michael Collins. An associate ensemble of the iconic London concert venue Wigmore Hall, it is the first one to be given the honour of using the name. ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The velvety voice of one of Canada's most versatile vocalists, Steve Maddock shows a new side belting out the blues on 10 blues-drenched tunes! The project began in 2018, when Cory Weeds pitched an idea to Steve for a Joe Williams tribute show at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver. Williams is arguably one of the greatest jazz & blues ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto, Bacchanale & Symphony No. 1
The year 2021 marks the centenary of the death of Camille Saint-Saëns, the French pianist, organist, critic and great Romantic composer. The cellist Astrig Siranossian, whose tribute album to Nadia Boulanger (Dear Mademoiselle, ALPHA635) recently attracted considerable attention, plays the first ...
Composer: Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Four-time GRAMMY Award winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Doobie Brothers, have announced the release of their 15th full-length album, titled LIBERTÉ. Produced and co-written by John Shanks (Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus), the body of work contains twelve brand new tracks by Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
After appearing on more than 400 albums as a sideman and session player, multifaceted guitarist and instrument collector Geir Sundstøl gave us a trilogy of his, long awaited, own compositions. Now he is back, with a follow-up to Norwegian Grammy-/Spellemannpris- winning album Brødløs. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
18th century music inspired and informed by period mechanical musical instruments. This recording is the culmination of 10 years of research by Dr Emily Baines, and it brings to dazzling life the fascinating and effervescent performance style found in eighteenth-century mechanical musical instruments. ...
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763), Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), Thomas Arne (1710-1778), Francesco Barsanti (1690–1776), Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762), John Baston (1708-1739)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
During Paganini´s lifetime (1782–1840), there were rumors that Paganini had sold his soul to the Devil. His violin technique was so astonishing, his performance style so exuberant and his appearance so, well, demonic that there could be no other explanation. ...
Composer: Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Josef Slavík (1806-1833), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812-1865), Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Pavel Sporcl (b. 1973), Nathan Milstein (1903-1992), Jan Kubelik (1880-1940)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Myaskovsky: Vocal Works, Vol. 1
The dignified bearing and quiet wisdom of Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950) gained him the sobriquet of ‘the conscience of Russian music’ – and those qualities are reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, ...
Composer: Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 - Spohr: Nonet in F Major, Op. 31
Twenty-five years of "Ensemble Obligat": reason enough to celebrate and honor an extraordinary chamber music formation. On its anniversary album on GENUIN, Ensemble Obligat has expanded into a chamber orchestra with soloists to present Johannes Brahms' Serenade No. 1 ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Hoffmeister, Stamitz & Mozart: Classical Viola Concertos
A mere dozen or so printed viola concertos are known of from the Viennese Classical era, contrasting with countless violin, cello, and flute concertos. There can be only one explanation for this: there were relatively few players available of truly virtuoso ability. Alongside two emblematic viola ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812), Carl Philipp Stamitz (1745-1801)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Defining French Arias of Early 19th Century New Orleans
The present album showcases works by Daniel-Francois Auber and Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry. New Orleans was one of the first cities in the U.S. to embrace opera on a significant level. New Orleans was well-noted for its French Opera House in the 19th Century. ...
Composer: Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871), André Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Sounds for the Soul: Music to Help Overcome Cancer
Music can be a powerful therapeutic tool and it has been shown to bring about positive emotional changes and reduce anxiety. For cancer patients, music and music therapy can also be used to develop positive coping skills that come with a cancer diagnosis. ...
Composer: Arvo Pärt (1935), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Vladimir Cosma, Charles Trenet, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mary Hellmann presents a program of works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, Christopher Cook, Thomas Harrison, and James Paul Sain. Mary Hellmann studied first at the University of Louisville before receiving Masters degrees from the University of Illinois and her DMA from the University of Alabama. ...
Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti (1685-1757), Arnold Cooke (1906-2005), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Harrison Birtwistle (1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Locatelli: 6 Concerti à 4, Op. 7
The Baroque Ensemble “Carlo Antonio Marino,” directed by Natale Arnoldi, already protagonist of important Classical and late Baroque productions, within this album is faced with the concerts from the seventh opera by Pietro Antonio Locatelli, well known composer and violinist from Bergamo. ...
Composer: Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
In einem kleinen Urner Bergdorf in musikalischem Umfeld aufgewachsen, gründete die Pianistin Gisela Horat 2009 ihr gleichnamiges Trio. Nach einigen Wechseln in der Besetzung spielen an der Seite der Chefin aktuell der Schlagzeuger Samuel Büttiker und der Bassist Simon Iten. Beides sind sie erfahrene Musiker mit einer beeindruckenden ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Beginnings: Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Bernstein
Drei Komponisten ganz unterschiedlicher Provenienz und Epochenzugehörigkeit versammelt das Silver Trio auf seiner jüngsten Neuerscheinung. Der junge Ludwig van Beethoven, vom Klavier als Solist herkommend, wagte 1794 mit der Erweiterung der Besetzung um die beiden Streichinstrumente erste Schritte ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
