Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Romances Nos 1 & 2
The violinist Midori has been a celebrated performer for more than 35 years, this recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, complemented by his two Romances for violin and orchestra, marks the composer’s 250th birthday in December 2020. Midori plays with the Lucerne Festival Strings ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The young Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, praised for the luminosity and rich colours of her voice, makes her recording debut for Warner Classics with El Nour. Her enticing and absorbing recital programme crosses cultures, combining art songs by French, Spanish and Egyptian composers with ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel , Manuel de Falla, José Serrano, Fernando Obradors, Hector Berlioz, Philippe Gaubert, Federico Garcia Lorca, Abd al-Rahīm, Georges Bizet
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
“No Control” boasts retrospective lyricism, pummeling guitars, catchy melodic riffs, and heavy rhythmic drums. Mess Of Wires exudes authentic chemistry that only comes from fine calibration and undeniable talent. “Hard To Tell” weaves through storytelling elements while remaining ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Feels Like We’ve Been Here Before
he band has also announced the eagerly awaited release of their forthcoming sophomore EP, Feels Like We’ve Been Here Before, arriving on Friday, October 16th. In addition to “Déjà Vu,” Feels Like We’ve Been Here Before further features such widely lauded singles as “If That’s Alright,” ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Mixing soul, R&B and Lo-Fi sounds with a nerdy, laid-back attitude à la Boy Pablo and Rex Orange County, Omar Apollo is making strides into the broader public consciousness with his new album Friends. On debut album Stereo, his slow and drowsy sound was drenched in blues ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
American Beauty: The Angel's Share (Remastered)
The musical distillers that recently uncorked Workingman’s Dead: The Angel’s Share have finished another batch of unreleased session recordings by the Grateful Dead. This time, the heavenly sonic elixir will toast the 50th anniversary of American Beauty with over two hours of unreleased studio outtakes, demos, and alternate mixes. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Wisdom Teeth, the latest release from Irish singer/songwriter Naomi Hamilton’s Jealous of the Birds project, is yet another intriguing mix of sonically disparate elements from one of music’s most promising young musicians. Pairing Hamilton’s subdued vocals with quirky, adventurous arrangements, ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
The sophomore full-length from Post Animal, Forward Motion Godyssey unfolds with a frenetic momentum, mercurial and unhinged and gloriously volatile. In a bold leap forward both artistically and sonically, the Chicago-based alt-prog band sets their existential questioning to a wildly ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Sibelius: Scènes historiques, Pelléas et Mélisande & Rakastava (Remastered)
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, and between 1926 and 1933 he was ...
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, and between 1926 and 1933 he was active as an opera conductor ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
The sixteen lullabies – or berceuses – that pianist Bertrand Chamayou has chosen for Good Night! form a captivatingly varied album. His programme embraces a diversity of eras and musical cultures: Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and, of course, Brahms through Balakirev, Lyapunov, Alkan, Bonis, Busoni, Janáček, Martinů and Villa-Lobos to ...
Composer: Leos Janacek (1854-1928), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Melanie Bonis (1858-1937), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Bryce Dessner (1976), Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
At various points along the trajectory between then and now, Travis have sold millions of albums (just under three million of The Man Who in the UK alone); they’ve been the subject of an award-winning feature length documentary (Almost Fashionable) and Fran has elicited acclaim from Paul McCartney, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Morrison Hotel (50th Anniversary Remastered Deluxe Edition)
The “Day of The Doors” annual celebration will mark its fourth year with a special celebration at the location of the original Morrison Hotel on Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles on January 4, 2020. The event will see hotel restored to its original façade as captured on the iconic cover of ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
After influencing and impacting R&B for 15 years, Trey Songz finally returns home… The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated R&B superstar launches the pre-order for his anxiously awaited eighth full-length album, BACK HOME, today; see HERE. The full length album will arrive at all DSPs and streaming services on October ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
Smith and Myers are a duo comprised of multi-platinum artists Brent Smith and Zach Myers. Smith and Myers illuminates the depth of Brent and Zach as a duo and showcases a very different yet just as intriguing musical side of these two versatile artists. As one-half of multiplatinum band Shinedown, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
“Consider for a moment your life as an art project. Grief stands out as one of the messiest strokes of life, like glitter scattered across the floor after a collage. The beautiful and shiny memories of people stick to you, as does the absence of them...when you think someone’s memory is gone, you ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
New Zealand-born brothers Zech Walters (guitar/vocals) and Eze Walters (guitar/vocals) struck up a friendship with Bowen Purcell (drums) after moving to Australia. In search of adventure, the three traveled around the country busking, before eventually settling in Melbourne. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Largely produced by Jonathan Quarmby (Lewis Capaldi, Tom Walker, Finley Quaye), and mostly recorded in lockdown from their Hampshire cottage, ’Invitation’ is a coaxing doorway for all into an exciting new chapter as the fog of a global pandemic begins to lift. There’s palpable energy by the bucket load, and ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Three years after his debut album shot him to global attention, fast-rising international artist Prateek Kuhad has released a new surprise EP. Called ‘cold/mess’. Written primarily in Kuhad’s hometown of New Delhi and recorded in Nashville, ‘cold/mess’ is a dazzling ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Shiver is the exciting and boundary pushing second record from LA-based Icelandic musician Jónsi, co-produced by A. G. Cook (PC Music, Charlie XCX) and comes a decade after his debut, Go, was released. The new album features tracks with Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and pop icon Robyn. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
