Reassembled, Vol. 1: Sole Impulse
"The music itself on Sole Impulse is impressive, but what’s perhaps worthy of greater commendation is how well they crafted something that should appeal to every type of metalcore fan without leaving anything to be desired. This is as perfect a soundtrack for a mosh pit as it is for your morning commute" (Heavy Blog is Heavy)
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Of Love and War, partly inspired by Eduardo Galeano’s novel Days and Nights of Love and War, draws parallels between the isolation and pent-up passions of wartime and the experiences of the current pandemic. Much of this repertoire was composed around the time of the First World War, but also embraces broader themes...
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Anton Webern (1883-1945), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
A key presence in Glasgow’s musical life as composer and teacher, Oliver Iredale Searle is revealed in this first album devoted to his work as a poet of place and of sensation. Three works for wind ensembles vividly evoke journeys and their destinations, in a panoply of sights and sounds stretching from (and sometimes forging unexpected connections between) ...
Composer: Oliver Iredale Searle (1977)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
This initiative is created and curated by iconoclastic Billboard Chart-topping pianist and NPR Music personality Lara Downes, inspired by exploration of her own mixed-race heritage as a trailblazing interpreter of diverse American traditions, and building on the legacies of history, family, and collective memory. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
"Shall We Gather“ responds to the darkness of the pandemic and social distancing with the simple question of its title. Through fifteen art songs by and about a broad swath of people from the United States, Lucas and Irina Meachem offer a vision of Americanness centred around the things that call on us to gather and that we gather to call ...
Composer: Gene Scheer (1958), Arthur Farwell (1872-1952), William Grant Still (1895-1978), Kurt Weill (1900-1950), John Musto (1954), Richard Hageman (1881-1966), Florence Price (1887-1953), Jake Heggie (1961), Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946), Ricky Ian Gordon (1956), Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), Dan Emmett (1815-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Musician, radio man, teacher, Thomas Curbillon was born into a family of artists who also fed, at night, on jazz that makes java. With this very first album Place Sainte-Opportune, of which he wrote the score on texts in French by Gaëlle Renard, he winks at his masters, Charles Aznavour and Henri Salvador. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
On March 17, 2020, we made the rather ambitious – and, it should be noted, jet-lagged – decision to record and share one music video for every day we would spend in isolation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In retrospect, it was a bold choice – little did we know that our imagined two-to-three weeks of lockdown would turn into 88 days of ...
Composer: Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Mark Simpson (1988-), Édith Piaf, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Clarice Assad (1978), Cole Porter (1891-1964), Gabriel Fauré (1945-1924), Huw Watkins (1976), Jessie Montgomery, Donald Grantham (1947-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Italian producer Giovanni Amighetti and chinese flute virtuoso Guo Yue take their musical energy and inspiration from the world of mountains – the Alps. Together with Chapman-Stick master Guido Ponzini, Guzheng performer and composer Wu Fei and Percussion wizard Helge Andreas Norbakken, these masterminds are the core of an extraordinary project. ...
Genre: New Age
Subgenre: Nature
Expect the Unexpected (Live at Club Inégales)
The magic on Club Inégales nights often comes in the 3rd set. The resident band and guest have each played their own music, then comes the moment they come together, the clash, the unexpected, the meeting of minds and ears. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and gifted composer, with a claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. He was an early and important exponent of the hybrid symphonie concertante - a genre that draws on both the symphony and concerto traditions. ...
Composer: Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Tom Speight has made the album that 2021 deserves. A celebration of living life to the max, Everything’s Waiting For You is a timely reminder to approach every day as an adventure, and an invitation to ride alongside the singer/songwriter as he travels the world wide-eyed. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.Telemann was one of the most prolific major composers of all time: his all-encompassing oeuvre comprises more than 3,000 compositions, half of which have been lost, and most of which have not been performed since the 18th century. ... Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.Telemann was one of the most prolific major composers of all time: his all-encompassing oeuvre comprises more than 3,000 compositions, half of which have been lost, and most of which have not been performed since the 18th century. ...
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Jazz soars with rhythmic, harmonic and melodic luminosity in a variety of settings—solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet and so on— but there’s nothing like being swept into the frothy tides of an instrumental community in which upwards of 18 members assemble to embrace and exchange notes. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Britten: Complete Music with Guitar & Voice
The guitar music of eminent 20th-century British composer Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) comprises three works, all of them written with the great guitarist Julian Bream in mind. Two of these are sets of songs for high voice, for which Britten’s vocal model was of course the famous English tenor ...
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Intersec#Ion - Classic Meets Jazz
Pushing boundaries, daring to experiment and breaking new ground: through its extraordinary interpretations of arrangements and commissioned works, Ensemble Clazzic has found a musical language all its own. Sometimes filigree and playful, sometimes virtuosic or melancholic, but always rousing and unique. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
The ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) is among Canada’s most distinguished cultural ambassadors. It focuses on researching and recovering music suppressed under the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century and marginalised thereafter. Exile is generally associated with ...
Composer: Dmitri Klebanov (1907-1987)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations
From Arturo Toscanini and Sir John Barbirolli to Riccardo Muti and Antonio Pappano in our own time, Italian-heritage performers have often brought special qualities of sympathy and understanding to Edward Elgar’s (1857-1934) music. Now comes a new recording made in the ‘boot’ of southern Italy, lending Mediterranean ...
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The talented Chemirani family - Keyvan, Bijan and Maryam - have recorded an album called Hâl (pronounced ‘Hol’), which explores the intersection of Iranian, Indian and Irish music. Subtitled ‘Love ballads’, it features love poems with texts sung in English or Persian. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
"More than any other art form, music touches people directly," is ACT founder Siggi Loch's credo. For nearly 30 years, the core of what the label does has been to find and to promote the artists who can inspire the mind, reach the heart and touch the soul, and who do so in ways that have a lasting impact. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Compilations
