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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The album is a collection of gems that consist only of award-winning works of Professional Music Recording Award of Japan ‒ the most prestigious professional musical recording award in Japan ‒ and is a portfolio released by UNAMAS, the music label which has been releasing high quality works since 2007. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
What's Love Got to Do with It (30th Anniversary 2023 Remaster)
Originally released on June 15, 1993, What’s Love Got To Do With It was a commercial and critical success. The album was the soundtrack for the Tina Turner biographical film of the same name and reached No.1 in the UK, also making the top 10 in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Canada, and the top 20 in the US. The album went on to be a ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
John Adams: Girls of the Golden West
Nonesuch releases the first recording of John Adams’ 2017 opera, Girls of the Golden West, on April 26, 2024. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the opera’s libretto, drawing from original sources, and also directs this performance. The composer leads the LA Phil in this live recording from Disney Hall. Girls of the Golden West also features the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Grant Gershon, and a cast led by Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Daniela Mack, and Ryan McKinny. ...
Composer: John Adams (1947)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30
Orfeo in Gluck’s opera Orfeo & Euridice has become a signature role for Jakub Józef Orliński on stages around the world. Now the countertenor embodies the mythical Greek bard in a recording that for him is the realisation of a dream. Made in his native Warsaw, it is conducted by the dynamic Stefan Plewniak and the instrumentalists ...
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Premiered at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 2022 with Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Kelli O’Hara as its stars, Kevin Puts’s The Hours was praised by The New York Times as “sincere and persuasive … fervent … and soaringly lyrical”. ...
Composer: Kevin Puts (1972)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Scrap the old-school idea of a rock band. Then enter the world of MOON SHOT where insight and experience replace youthful chaos as the thing that leads to great Rock’n’Roll. This is timeless music that sits right at home in the times we live in. Honest-to-rock melodies go big and themes strike deep. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
