Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet
Here are two works composed by Schubert at the very end of his short life. Schwanengesang (Swansong) was written in Vienna in the autumn of 1828. He died on 19 November at the age of thirty-one, and Die Taubenpost (Pigeon post), which closes the collection, is said to be his very last composition. ....
Composer: Fanny Caecilie Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The fourth studio album from Kacey Musgraves, star-crossed is available here on mystery color vinyl as a special surprise just for you! A bold, empowering and personal series of songs display the GRAMMY-winner’s growth and evolution as one of our finest singer-songwriters. Following up Golden Hour, which distinguished Musgraves as ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Arvo Pärt: Choral & Orchestral Works
After "Te Deum", "Arvo Pärt - Live" and "Miserere", "Stabat Mater" is already the fourth album to emerge from the close artistic collaboration between the composer and the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and to be recently released by BR-Klassik. - In addition to this impressive piece, this newly-released album offers ...
Composer: Arvo Pärt (1935)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
“Their years together have resulted in an ensemble with an utterly symbiotic creative flow,” observed Don Heckman in the Los Angeles Times, when the Marcin Wasilewski Trio was first making its presence felt on the international jazz scene. The improvisational communication among the players has continued to deepen with the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Florish in the Key: The Solo Violin in London 1650-1700
As well as being internationally recognised as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. Here he presents the works from ‘Preludes or Voluntarys’ (2nd edition, published by ...
Composer: Nicola Matteis (1672-1699), Nicola Cosimi (1667-1717), William Corbett (1675–1748), Thomas Baltzar (1630-1663)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Inspired by traditional melodies and cultural flavors, A GRAND JOURNEY gives us contemporary chamber works by Richard E. Brown, Ovidiu Marinescu, and Mark G. Simon. Performed by internationally acclaimed Trio Casals, these distinct works immerse listeners in varying motifs drawn from diverse cultures,...
Composer: Liviu Marinescu (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Eugène Walckiers: String Quintets No. 2 & 4
The fabergé Quintet excels in the ravishing premiere recordings of the String Quintets Nos. 2 and 4 by the almost forgotten French composer Eugne Walckiers (1793-1866). Following their highly acclaimed and award-winning recordings of the string quintets by Adolphe Blanc, the ...
Composer: Eugène Walckiers (1793-1866)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Dreams of Spain is an imaginary musical voyage of composers living in France who were inspired by the sunshine, the dance rhythms and folk music of Iberia: Maurice Ravel, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, Mel Bonis, Vincent d'Indy and Manuel de Falla. In Paris at the time of the Belle Époque, ...
Composer: Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Melanie Bonis (1858-1937), Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931), Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Bach: Sei suonate à cembalo certato è violoncello piccolo solo
After mastering the Sonatas and Partitas, Mario Brunello continues his trilogy devoted to reinterpreting Bach’s violin masterpieces on the violoncello piccolo. In this second volume he tackles the other great collection, the Sei Suonate a cembalo certato e violino solo (Six sonatas for concertato harpsichord and solo ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
PYJÆN are delighted to announce the release of their second album 'Feast', planned for September 2021 on DeepMatter Records. The five-piece outfit reaches inside the deep, multidimensional well of what is broadly called Jazz, bringing together all its diverse components in a singular, emotional sound. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
The works of George Enescu, a Romanian composer nurtured on the musical traditions of his country, also has deep roots in the French musical world of the early twentieth century. This disc explores that twofold ancestry, which made Enescu, an outstandingly charismatic personality, a veritable bridge between Romania and France....
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), George Enescu (1881-1955), Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brand-new 2021 remixed stereo versions by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh, who also remixed the deluxe editions of Script For A Jester’s Tear and Clutching At Straws. In March 1984, Marillion released their second studio album Fugazi, which went on to be certified Gold and reach ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Die Pandemie machte die Vorgaben. Die Band stand im Lockdown. »Do it yourself« – das scheint sich daraufhin Peter Maffay gesagt zu haben, als er sich entschied, unter Corona-Bedingungen Musik zu schreiben und zu produzieren. »Auch wenn der Lockdown und ich bestimmt keine Freunde werden, so haben diese Umstände mir doch erlaubt, einen alten Traum zu verwirklichen«, so Peter Maffay. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Bach's Chaconne and folk music from Denmark? Biber's Passacaglia and a Swiss Scottish? And all that for solo viola? When the first Lockdown began in March 2020, one of my first thoughts was: finally enough time to practice Bach's Chaconne on the viola! ...
Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644-1704), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Harald Haugaard (1975), Noldi Alder (1953), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020), Armin Schibler (1920-1986)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
“Arvo Pärt’s music takes us from darkness to light,” says Renaud Capuçon. “It looks relatively simple on paper, but each note needs to have its own life as it undergoes change. This music is not just relaxing – it has a depth and drama.” In Autumn 2021 Renaud Capuçon becomes Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. ...
Composer: Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Jonathan Paull Gertler operates on the “less is more” premise with No Fear, set for release on September 10. Capturing a pure acoustic sound, Gertler has gone for clean guitar tones, supportive instrumentals and clear vocals, aiming at minimum production density and an organic feeling. “I hope the simpler it gets, the better it ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
The Wind That Shakes the Bramble
Following on from his 2020 album, Blackberry, Peter Broderick shares some additional work from the same sessions, as well as a beautiful two-part rework from Bing & Ruth (4AD) and the new 22-minute title track; an expansive and meditative ambient odyssey, a balm for the baffling chaos of the current era. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Symphonic thinking dominated Mieczysław Weinberg’s final decade, and these chamber symphonies are part of an interrelated sequence that reworks and cites earlier pieces. The Second Chamber Symphony draws on a string quartet from 1944, reflecting the sombre and fatalistic tone of the period. ...
Composer: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919–1996)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Saint-Saëns: Music for Violin & Piano, Vol. 3
Saint-Saëns composed many original works for the violin. He also took the art of arrangement to new heights of refinement, believing his transcriptions were independent of their models, following the precedent of composers such as Liszt. This album presents early or alternative duo versions of some of Saint-Saëns’s most ...
Composer: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
he Acelga Quintet's new thematic GENUIN album is full of drama! It features original works and arrangements for wind quintet by Luciano Berio, Franz Danzi, Jacob Gade, Claude-Paul Taffanel, and Giuseppe Verdi. All works relate their own narrative, both musically and dramatically: ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Franz Danzi (1763-1826), Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Paul Taffanel (1844-1908), Jacob Gade (1879-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
