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Funk Band, Inc. (2024 Remaster from the Original Grit Tapes)
The return of Funk, Inc., one of the most popular soul jazz combos of the Seventies, is a remarkable story. Formed in 1969 by organist Bobby Watley, the Indiana-based group was signed to Prestige Records two years later by producer Bob Porter. The band’s inspired blend of impassioned jazz improvisation and riveting funk grooves was ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Funk
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, WAB 105
Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra bring a superb recording of Bruckner's 5th Symphony. Shani as a conductor has been devoted to Bruckner's music as he stated in an interview with Gramophone; “His music has a sense not only of looking back and encompassing the history of music, but also very much looking forward and seeing the future...There is no sentimentality ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Multi-Platinum pop icons New Kids On The Block have returned with their first new music in 11 years. The album announcement comes alongside the release of their new lead single ‘Kids’, written and produced by David Stewart (BTS, Jonas Brothers, Jack Harlow, Shania Twain and more) and Luke Batt (Katie Melua). ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
This is the first new album by American guitarist Jeff Coleman in three years, since 2021. The album is an all-guitar instrumental album by the talented guitarist, who has played in the progressive metal band COSMOSQUAD as well as supporting many other Japanese artists. The album features many of the rock scene's most talented musicians, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Live set from the Rock and Roll hall of fame, gospel hall of fame, and Grammy lifetime achievement award winners. Featuring hits “Let’s Do It Again,” Respect Yourself,” “Touch A Hand, Make A Friend,” and more. Packaging features new liner notes from Tim Dillinger-Curenton. Africa ‘80 presents a look into this ever-evolving musical and National treasure. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Soul
The Bach album comprises four preludes and one fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from the fourth Partita, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works of Bach—including Mehldau’s Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
On After Fauré, Mehldau performs four Nocturnes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré’s career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor. Here Mehldau’s four compositions that Fauré inspired are presented in a group, bookended by ...Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Riot are the epitome of class, longevity and integrity: The New Yorkers play their high-class heavy metal with full fervour and have not let numerous strokes of fate (such as the death of guitarist Mark Reale, since when, out of respect, they are operating as "Riot V") get them down. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
In 2019, I began to think about making concept albums. Of all the ideas I developed, one of the most potent was that of collating works that we would like to listen to in the morning and evening. This was the sentiment behind the creation of the albums Morning and Evening. ...
Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772), Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fazil Say (1970), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
From the futuristic, synth-laden opener of ‘Our Lives Can’t Last Forever’ and innovative psychedelic swirl of ‘The Starship (One Love One Life)’ and ‘Traveller of Time & Space’, to the lamenting saxophones and menacing riffs of ‘What Are We Going To Do While We’re Here’ and ‘Stargazers’, the band deliver 13 tracks of classic material. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Debussy: Nocturnes & Franck: Symphony in D Minor (Remastered)
This release from the archive of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra honours two iconic works from the repertoire of French symphonic music of the late 19th century: César Franck's Symphony in D minor and Claude Debussy's Nocturnes. Franck's only symphony testifies to grandeur and French elegance, while ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
After 8 years, the Australian pop icon's first regular solo album is finally being released. The album contains 15 tracks with various guest appearances from Kylie Minogue, Chaka Khan (who, like Sia, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November), Paris Hilton, Tierra Whack, Labrinth, and ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Meditation 333 is RIOPY's latest meditation-themed album, continuing his series of piano music designed for healing and peace. The master composer-pianist delivers 3 meticulously crafted piano tracks - part music, part audio-tools - to guide listeners through a deep personal meditation. ...
Composer: RIOPY (1983)
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
This was something I'd had in mind for a long time..." says pianist Alexandre Tharaud, "to put together an album for the sheer pleasure of it, in collaboration with dear friends and paying tribute to the wonders of the piano duet repertoire." The aptly named 4 Hands offers 18 tracks, each just a few minutes in length, each featuring Tharaud ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Erik Satie (1866-1925), Jean Francaix (1912-1997), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
MOTHER – a word that evokes associations – memories – emotions. Which mother do you think of? A loving mother with a newborn baby in her arms. Intimacy. A despairing mother in deep grief over a lost life. Emptiness. Through words and music our lives are woven together with Mary's life and perhaps we sense that a mother's pain ...
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Petra Bjørkhaug (1964)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Named after the Japanese word for chameleon, Susan Wong’s twelfth album Kamereon highlights the Hong Kong-born singer’s unerring ability to bring a fresh, new complexion to a wide range of songs taken from different musical genres. Aided by her producer, the Osaka-born saxophonist Hisatsugu Suzuki, and his band, Wong has created a stylish jazz album brimming ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
It all started with Mozart. In fact, the day I was born - like Wolfgang Amadeus - on 27 January. When I was four years old, we were living in Rome at the time, I heard this melody in the stairwell that I couldn't get out of my head and therefore kept whistling to myself: it was from Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1. I asked our neighbour, whose flat the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Even when music is notated relatively precisely, as in music, a performer must make many decisions because the notation does not specify all elements of the music. The process of deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated is called "interpretation". Interpretations of the same piece of music by different ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Respighi: Pines of Rome, P. 141
Ottorino Respighi was fascinated with the music of Italy’s distant past; his hallmark was over-the-top orchestral color. He combines both in Pines of Rome, using “nature as a point of departure, in order to recall memories and vision. ...
Composer: Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
