Fragment (Schubert: String Quartets)
After issuing three successful concept albums since 2017, of which the most recent, “Chiaroscuro”, has just been nominated for an Opus Klassik award, the Schumann Quartet has chosen three string quartets by Franz Schubert for its new album, “Fragment”. ....
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Coronas’ 13-year journey has definitely been unique. With a handful of multi- platinum selling albums and a huge fan base in their native Ireland, they were just about to embark on a planned six-month world tour in support of their long-awaited sixth album when a certain ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
In an exciting new collaboration, Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir, one of the world's oldest and best-known cathedral choirs, joins forces with soloists from The Sixteen and Oxford Baroque on this new recording of Francesco Durante’s Requiem Mass in C minor. ...
Composer: Francesco Durante (1684-1755)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
E^ST debut album “I’M DOING IT”, set for release in July 2020, was recorded with acclaimed long-term collaborator Jim Eliot (Ellie Goulding, Anne-Marie, Halsey), and deals with heartbreak, feelings of isolation, and failure. It signals a huge leap forward in subject matter and sound from her EP ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Rarely heard on disc, the songs of Florent Schmitt receive fresh exposure in this significant new survey of these neglected works including a number of world premiere recordings. The qualities that appeal in many of Schmitt's larger works are found in abundance in ...
Composer: Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
In a time where virtual concerts and couch livestreams are ubiquitous, TYLER RICH surprised loyal followers with a new track called “Feels Like Home.” The title may lend itself to the current atmosphere, but the buoyant melody and cheery lyrics were quickly becoming a fan-favorite at live shows pre-pandemic. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Traditional Country
‘Love & Peace’ sees Steve mixing up all of his much-loved ingredients to deliver a fresh new record that offers the perfect antidote for the troubled times in which we live. Full of hope for the future, it’s a great mix of boogie, blues, rock, Americana and folk – all delivered in ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues-Rock
The surviving musical edition of Dutch Golden Age “Renaissance Man”, Constantijn Huygens receives a fresh new recording – issued on Glossa – from a singer who has become a connoisseur of vocal music from the seventeenth century: Cyril Auvity. ...
Composer: Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Leipzig Circle, Vol. 2 (Live)
SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the second volume in the London Bridge Trio’s revealing exploration, recorded live, of the influential musical fraternity known as The Leipzig Circle. Delving deeper into the coterie that coalesced around the husband-and-wife composers Robert ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Teaming up with Danish DJ and producer MORTEN, who he recently collaborated with on ‘Never Be Alone’ and the remix for Avicii’s ‘Heaven’, they are continuing their revolution with their new sound. "I feel like with this new sound, I’m filling this gap with something darker and techno and cool ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electronica
Mary J Blige’s The London Sessions is proof that switching things up can be the best thing for an artist at any stage of their career. It’s been a while since we heard the queen of hip hop and soul sound this fresh. The London Sessions is best when it goes house, particularly when the Disclosure ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Soul
Greendale, a concept album focusing on a small town family's troubles has received much attention. The common theme throughout provides a flow and a unique song unity. The sound and fresh approach to this album has made it a great comeback for Young. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
The goal of Babylon ORCHESTRA, since its founding in 2016, has been to create a fresh sound that speaks to Berlin’s multicultural society. Conversations between the traditional sounds of the Middle East and the musical cultures of Europe emerge during performance, all while keeping the focus on urban elements of the Berlin music scene. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 1
Robert Schumann wrote his first symphony according to his own words “in that springtime urge which carries people away into old age and overtakes them anew every year. – The famous quotation aptly describes Schumann’s emotional exuberance of that time, which probably did not only ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
An effortless storyteller with a pure and unfiltered singing talent and songwriting ability, Mabel McVey has an instinctive gift of melody far beyond her twenty two years. Indeed Mabel has made quite the impression since bursting on to the scene in September 2015 with her release ‘Know Me Better’. ....
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
After successful debut EP ‘Everlast’, two sold-out headline shows in London and 4 international headline and support tours, Matt Perriment returns with brand new ‘Memos’ EP, out via V2 Records. With support from BBC Introducing, Spotify editorial, and placement in various singer-songwriter charts, Perriment ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
Les Passions de l'Ame release their new album "Divina". The echo between heaven and earth becomes tangible in the spirited and opulent interpretation on instruments by Jacobus Stainer, the rich continuo and touching human voices. This album crowns the complete recording of all ...
Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680), Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644-1704)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The first-time creative teaming of Poland’s Marcin Wasilewski Trio and US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays tunes by Wasilewski and by Lovano, as well as Carla Bley’s classic ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
As saxophonist/composer Bobby Watson embarks on a new chapter in his storied career, his latest album arrives as a reminder of the authenticity that has characterized his music on every step of that journey. Keepin’ It Real, due out June 26 via Smoke Sessions Records, debuts a new incarnation of his ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331 "Alla turca"
The opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K.331 is a theme and variations, a novel approach for a Viennese composer of the time. The work’s finale – the famous rondo ‘alla turca’ – which echoes the sound of Turkish Janissary bands (an idiom the composer also mined for his operatic Singspiel ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
