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Munich Lab Band – The Way Things Are (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:05 minutes | 644 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mutterkomplex
Modern and progressive – the two composers and founders of the Munich Lab Band Felix Ecke and Vincent Eberle know how to make tradition sound anew. With great self-confidence, they mix jazz with elements of classical music and thereby manage to give the protagonists the freedom to develop musically on stage. Sometimes pompous and overwhelming, then again gentle, intimate and inviting to dream – hardly a facet of the music remains untouched in the band’s repertoire.
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Mister Montelli – Mit Hut (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 51:20 minutes | 507 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gramola Records
Flutes, viola, clarinets – three musicians, three instruments and three voices – just one found composition for this line-up – written under the pseudonym “Mr. Montelli.” Three women who took up this name as a trio and draw inspiration from the diverse sound of this line-up, their diverse musical experiences and the narrative threads of music history to tell their own stories.
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Michael Arbenz – Reflections of D (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:42 minutes | 356 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Michael Arbenz
Michael Arbenz has played countless concerts and tours throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. He is also a founding member of the Swiss trio VEIN and has worked with Greg Osby, Glenn Ferris, Dave Liebman, Marc Johnson, Wolfgang Puschnig and Andy Sheppard, among others.
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Mette Juul featuring Lars Danielsson & Mike Moreno – Celeste (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:28 minutes | 754 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Prophone Records
Mette Juul, the accomplished Danish jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist, is set to release her sixth release as a leader, “Celeste,” slated for November 10, 2023. Known for her unparalleled vocal prowess and heartfelt interpretations, Juul embarks on a musical journey that combines timeless American classics, modern compositions, and her own original songs. For this captivating endeavor, she collaborates with the renowned American guitarist Mike Moreno and the multi-talented Lars Danielsson, both of whom also graced Juul’s EP “New York – Copenhagen” in 2020.
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Claire M Singer – Saor (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:13 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Modern Classical, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Touch
Saor [pronounced Sieur: meaning “free” in Scottish Gaelic] is the first release in a triptych of albums, inspired by escapes to the peaks of Claire’s homeland of Scotland. Saor perfectly encapsulates Claire’s experimental approach to the pipe organ, exploring rich harmonic textures and complex overtones creating ever-shifting melodic and rhythmic patterns, which conjure visions of the Scottish dramatic landscapes she is inspired by.
“Saor follows two narratives: my trekking across the Cairngorm mountains in Aberdeenshire through the granite plateaux, corries, glens and straths, and my exploration of the 1872 Conacher organ in Forgue Kirk Aberdeenshire where many of my ancestors lie”.
“Inspired by Steve Reich and Terry Riley, this contemporary composer and violinist creates pensive, minimal-but-emotional work.”
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Luo Ning – George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:41 minutes | 832 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Go East Music Entertainment Consulting Limited
Luo Ning was born in a family of music in China and grew up in the multiracial province Xinjiang with much ethnic customs. In the year when Luo Ning was 4 years old, his father discovered Luo Ning’s talents in music and become the piano abecedarian of Luo Ning. That is how Luo Ning started his journey of music.
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Lorenzo Ghielmi – Bach Fragments: Organ Works Completed by Lorenzo Ghielmi (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:53 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Passacaille
The catalogue of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works numbers 1128 works, although he actually composed many more than that: a quantity of works have unfortunately not survived to the present day. Some works have also survived in an unfinished form, either because Bach himself did not finish them or because part of the manuscript has been lost. This recording presents all of Bach’s organ works that have survived as fragments; I myself have provided them with completions. Not an easy task, to say the least, but I have tried to adhere to Bach’s style, knowing only too well the impossibility of imitating such a supreme artist. This notwithstanding, it is at least now possible for us to hear and appreciate works that had to a great extent been forgotten.
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London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:02 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LSO Live
Prokofiev sends an urgent musical bulletin from Stalin’s Russia with his Symphony No. 5—music of iron and steel, forged in a time of war and tyranny.
“There was certainly plenty of optimism and heroism in Noseda’s approach to the symphony, and he conducted a pitch-perfect account, with all sections of the LSO blazing at every given opportunity. This was an exemplary performance, luckily recorded for release on the orchestra’s own label: LSO Live.” – Keith McDonnell, Seen and Heard International
Noseda is known for his mastery of Russian repertoire, and his previous Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich recordings on the LSO’s own label have attracted glowing reviews. This album marks the second in a new cycle of Prokofiev symphonies with Noseda.
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Lise Davidsen – Christmas from Norway (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:18 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
Lise Davidsen, the most in-demand soprano in the world, releases ‘Christmas From Norway’ 10 November 2023. Lise’s forthcoming album presents a delightful and personally-selected collection of traditional Norwegian Christmas music and classic festive favourites, spreading the warm glow of the Scandinavian Christmas spirit. For this album, the soprano draws inspiration from the classic albums of iconic predecessors on Decca Classics, such as Kirsten Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson. The album features beautiful arrangements drawn from the label’s archive, originally made for such legendary singers as Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, and Renée Fleming.
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Lazy Lester – All Over You (25th Anniversary Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 42:49 minutes | 840 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Antone’s Records
All Over You is a forgotten gem, remastered and presented here for the first time on vinyl, nearly 25 years to do the day after its original release. Recorded raw with a band pulled from the ranks of Austin’s legendary Antone’s Nightclub, this session finds an older, laid-back Lester revisiting his classic Excello sides and distilling them to their essence. The remastered album features a bonus live recording of the Lightning Slim track, “Nothing But The Devil.” The audio was remastered from original source material and pressed at GZ Vinyl in the Czech Republic.
Read moreKonstantin Volostnov – Brahms: Complete Organ Works (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]
Konstantin Volostnov – Brahms: Complete Organ Works (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:23 minutes | 577 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
In contrast to the grand scale and public profile of his orchestral and choral works, Johannes Brahms saw the organ as an instrument ‘for home use’, and one in which he confided his most intimate feelings. The earlier pieces were exercises in counterpoint inspired by Brahms’ friendship with Clara Schumann and, despite their academic titles, they are infused with distinctive musical ideas and lyrical expressiveness. The later Chorale Preludes with their themes of suffering and death can be seen as autobiographical, the elder Brahms seeking spiritual strength in the ‘pure style’ of the Protestant tradition.
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Klaus Paier, Camerata Sinfonica Austria & Davorin Mori – View to Horizon (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:03 minutes | 410 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SKIP Records
“Passion”. Whether solo, in a long-standing duo with cellist Asja Valcic, recently also with bassist Florian Dohrmann, in a trio or with string quartet – thanks to his unique technique, his unmistakable individual style and his compositional imagination, Paier is one of the great genre-encompassing storytellers of his instrument. An art that was only waiting for the large format. In his first orchestral project, Paier is now making this a reality with 22 string and wind players of the “Camerata Sinfonica Austria”. The orchestra, co-founded in 2017 by pianist and conductor Davorin Mori, already established through outstanding performances at important festivals, sees itself as a soloist ensemble along the lines of Arnold Schönberg’s famous Viennese “Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen” and is thus the ideal sound body for Paier’s demanding compositions.
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Judi Jackson – My American Songbook (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:32 minutes | 907 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Judi Jackson
Judi Jackson, one of the most impressive voices in neo-soul jazz, has performed on many prestig-ious stages with her deep vocals inspired by jazz divas. Jackson, who will be a guest on the festival stage with her soulful, sad voice, will offer the audience a sophisticated soul-jazz evening with her new project “My American Songbook”, composed of song
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Johnny Griffin – Live at Ronnie Scott’s, 1964 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:54 minutes | 1,99 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gearbox Records Ltd
This never-heard-before recording of the legendary tenor sax “Little Giant” Johnny Griffin playing at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and backed by members of Ronnie’s House Band (Stan Tracey, Malcolm Cecil and Jackie Dougan) sees a AAA vinyl release. The album was mastered at Gearbox Records using an all-analogue signal chain and cut directly from the original tapes, which were recorded at the club by Les Tomkins in 1964.
The sleeve features photography by the esteemed Val Wilmer and liner notes by Richard Williams.
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Jane’s Party – The Best of Wild in the Woods, Vol. 1 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:31 minutes | 302 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JP Productions
Toronto indie rockers Jane’s Party have announced a new EP, previewed today by a cover of Steely Dan’s iconic “Dirty Work.” The Best of Wild in the Woods Vol. 1 arrives November 6, following the band’s recent single “Ships on an Ocean.” Having previously only been a live performance series uploaded to the band’s YouTube channel starting in the summer of 2021, select highlights from Wild in the Woods will soon be available on your streaming platform of choice.
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