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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden – War Requiem (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden - War Requiem (2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

This live performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was recorded at a memorable concert in Utrecht in May last year. The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, and Netherlands Children’s Choir are directed by the highly-rated Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden. The soloists are soprano Evelina Dobracheva, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, and baritone Mark Stone.

Born in Amsterdam in 1960, Jaap Van Zweden began his musical career as a violinist, becoming at 19 the youngest ever concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

In 1997, van Zweden made the decision to conduct full time, and was named the chief conductor of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra where he remained until 2003. In 2000, he added the music directorship of the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague to his credits, a post he held until 2005. Jaap van Zweden began his third season as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in September 2010. His commitment to the orchestra was recently extended through the 2015-2016 season.

Coventry Cathedral was almost entirely destroyed during a German air raid in 1940, with only the outer walls, bell tower and tomb of the first bishop remaining intact. The new building was completed in 1962 and musically inaugurated with Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem in a performance broadcast live by the BBC. The release of this new recording by Dutch forces coincides with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral on 30 May.
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Jaakko Luoma – Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jaakko Luoma - Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

As an instrument, the bassoon has had a remarkable history. Beginning with its Renaissance ancestry as the dulcian, it developed during the Baroque period into an almost indispensable part of the ensemble. Antonio Vivaldi recognized the versatility of the bassoon early on, composing no fewer than 39 concertos for it. But it was in the second half of the century that the bassoon achieved an equal prominence with the other woodwinds. The four delightful works on this album, performed by Jaakko Luoma and the Tapiola Sinfonietta, represent different facets of the Classical period solo repertoire, each of which makes considerable demands on the instrument. W. A. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto was composed in Salzburg in 1774. It is the only one of the five concertos for bassoon composed by Mozart that have survived. It is a bright, sunny piece written at the age of eighteen, in which Mozart reveals himself fully aware of the capabilities of the instrument. J. N. Hummel was a favorite pupil of Mozart, who at an early age demonstrated his skill both a composition and the fortepiano. His Bassoon Concerto, written c. 1805, reveals influences from Haydn, Weber and Mozart. Both Peter von Winter and Gioacchino Rossini were best well-known during their lifetime as composers of operas. Today, Winter’s woodwind concertos, including his Bassoon Concertino, are his only works that have remained in the concert programmes. Rossini’s Bassoon Concerto was allegedly written in 1845 as a graduation piece for a music academy. Although Rossinian in style, the actual origin of the work cannot be verified. Nevertheless, the work is a fine example of its kind among Classical bassoon concertos. Jaakko Luoma has appeared as soloist all over Finland and in Europe. Luoma became member of the Tapiola Sinfonietta in 1993. During the years 1996–98 he served as solo bassoonist of Orchestre de Paris. Between 2001 and 2003 he also served as solo bassoonist of Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Today, he is principal bassoonist of the Tapiola Sinfonietta.
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Jaakko Kuusisto – Bach: Sonatas & Partitas (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jaakko Kuusisto - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

There are many questions surrounding Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘Six Solos for violin’, or the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, as they are usually called today. When did he compose them, and why, and for whom? In what circumstances were they performed? And why would a master of polyphony choose to write for a melody instrument with limited scope for polyphony or chords? We can only guess at the answers – which makes the works all the more fascinating. The legendary violinist George Enescu famously described the set as ‘the Himalayas of violinists’, but for more than 200 years they were primarily regarded as pedagogical exercises rather than compositions worthy of the concert hall. Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann tried to popularize them by making versions with piano accompaniment, while Busoni did away with the violin altogether in his transcription of the famous Chaconne from Partita No. 2. But since Yehudi Menuhin made the first complete recording of the Sonatas and Partitas, between 1929 and 1936, they have become a staple during violin recitals, on disc and in concert. Fascinating performers and audiences alike with their architectural perfection as well as their emotional range, these are works that lend themselves to very different interpretations, and on this recording it is the Bach of Finnish violinist Jaakko Kuusisto we hear. Himself a composer – as well as violinist and conductor – Kuusisto remembers beginning to study individual movements from the set at the age of ten. The music has been with him ever since, and to him ‘no other works for the violin provide a higher challenge or greater beauty’.
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John Hammond – Rough & Tough (2009) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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John Hammond’s blues career has spanned the better part of the last five decades. From coffeehouses to concert halls, to festivals and beyond, Hammond emerged the ever-consummate blues man out of the great blues renaissance of the 60’s. And while the 60’s renaissance was largely an electric affair, Hammond has managed to keep vital the embodiment of the quintessential acoustic blues troubadour with brilliant acoustic guitar and rack harmonica playing and an impassioned voice. A Grammy Award winner and four time nominee, Hammond is also a multiple W.C. Handy award winner and has shared the stage and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf.
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Futurecop! – Between the Moon and Stars (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Futurecop! is back at it with another synthtastic project. “Between the Moon and Stars’ is a special project that draws many inspiration from the past while harnessing the groundwork of the present day. it is a lovely addition to the Futurecop! catalog. Listen and enjoy. A must for all synthlovers.

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Frittenbude – Apokalypse Wow (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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st 2023 denn schon Apokalypse? Ja, wow! Also, insofern, dass mit »Apokalypse Wow« das sechste Album von Frittenbude erscheint. Und das erstmals auf ihrem eigenen Label Nachti.

Mit den Singles »Sandadrome« und »Stoli« sendeten Jakob Häglsperger (Kalipo, Dina Summer, u.a.) und Johannes ‘Strizi’ Rögner (Team Delphin, Anette Records, u.a.) vorab eindeutige Signale, denn man bleibt der klaren Kante treu und doch ist irgendwie alles anders. Den postpunkigen Gitarren und epischen Bläsern der 2022 veröffentlichten Singles, folgen mit »Vorbei« und »Suchen/Finden« tröstende Pop-Hits. Aber auch basslastige Technopunktracks, wie wir sie von ihren Liveshows kennen (zur Veröffentlichung auch auf »Apokalypse Wow«-Tour!) findet man auf den insgesamt 12 Album-Tracks.

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Fred again.. – USB (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Featuring a mix of both released and unreleased original tracks, edits and remixes, this USB is essentially a gold mine for any fans of the producer. Including masters of released tracks such as ‘Turn On The Lights again..‘ and ‘Rumble,’ its the edits and remixes that fans are looking to the most. One of the biggest parts of this USB has to be the still unreleased Anyma remix of ‘Turn On The Lights again..’ which has been making its rounds within different sets for a good few months now. Other highlights include Fred’s popular live show edit of Moderat and Frank Ocean, and his bootleg of Overmono.

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Francesco Caligiuri – Whale’s Tales (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Caligiuri Francesco, saxophonist, and composer, undertakes the study of the baritone sax, the soprano sax, the bass clarinet and the recorder.

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Forest Pooky – Violets Are Red, Roses Are Blue And Dichotomy (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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VIOLETS ARE RED, ROSES ARE BLUE AND DICHOTOMY, is FOREST POOKY’s second album, a good ten years after the first one, not counting several side steps, cover albums, EPs and other split singles. We discover the evidence of his pop influences with a range of tracks that melodically reference the Beach Boys or the Beatles, while carrying the rhythmic energy of a Rancid or a Hot Water Music. The lyrics are sometimes satirical, sometimes naive, and at other times, the songwriter’s gentle rage is transpiring with humour. The track If I Get Sick of It, for example, goes against the romantic image of artists who proclaim “On the road until the end! – On the road until the end”, saying that the day he gets sick of it, he will stop. A first single illustrated by a video clip with strong vocals and served, like those that follow and the album itself, by the beautiful visuals signed by Roxane Rastrelli. Or Marvellous, which humorously recounts how awkwardly he managed when he first met his sweetheart on Reunion Island. And let’s not forget Jojo, in which he gently settles his score with the social network trolls. FOREST POOKY took his time to make VIOLETS ARE RED, ROSES ARE BLUE AND DICHOTOMY a record in his own image, touching, funny, moving sometimes, energetic often, liberating why not, always delightful. A bit of teenage energy in a “mature record”? Dichotomy we said!

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Floralia – The Witch’s Flower (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Progressive rock music from the silent countryside of southern Ohio.

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Flavio Cucchi – Flavio Cucchi Plays Dances (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Flavio Cucchi has given hundreds of recitals all over the world and participated in radio and TV broadcasts for the BBC, RAI, ZDF, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Televisa (Mexico), the Television Corporation of Singapore and Radio Prague, among others.

Many composers have dedicated works to him, including the jazz legend Chick Corea. He has held masterclasses in the US, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Russia, for the most important music societies and universities, and has collaborated with artists from different fields including theatre, cinema and literature.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa dedicated his Ode to the Guitar to Cucchi, presented at the Genova International Festival of Poetry. Cucchi has recorded the DVD Master Serie for the Guitar Media Collection label and released over 15 albums.

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Flanders Symphony Orchestra – 5th International Clarinet Competition Ghent (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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The original idea for this fifth clarinet competition was that it would be part of the “Van Eyck project 2020 – 2021”. Everyone knows why this has been delayed by a year. For this competition, three composers were asked to write a new work inspired by the characteristic painting by Jan Van Eyck, “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb”. The composers Alain Crepin (Lam Gods Impressions), Johan Duijck (L’Homme désarmé) and Dirk Brossé (The Secret of the Mystic Lamb) have succeeded in this in a very special way. The International Clarinet Competition Ghent has now been organized for the fifth time. It has now grown into a special and highly appreciated competition that, due to its great and quickly built up success, has attracted registrations from more than 200 candidates from 5 continents. Of these, 65 clarinetists were selected to participate. On this album you can listen to the three finalists and enjoy their exceptional playing. Accompanied by the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, the Zemlinsky Quartet, Johan Duijck (piano) and soprano Franches Dhont, they will take you into the atmosphere of the competition!

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Five-Way Split – All the Way (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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The debut album from this all-star UK based Quintet, featuring the UK’s finest jazz musicians. Five-Way Split is a new jointly led band which was formed in 2020 and features some of the finest contemporary jazz bebop musicians in the UK. Five-Way Split is fronted by internationally renowned trumpet star Quentin Collins, Greek saxophone phenomenon Vasilis Xenopoulos and the golden touch of pianist Rob Barron. Added to this is virtuosic double bassist Matyas Hofecker and hard-swinging drummer Matt Home. The band’s vision is to carry on the lineage of groups like Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as well mirroring the New York contemporary-bop scene. From this inspiration, the band presents a sound that respects the tradition of the hard-bop era whilst also bringing it up to date for today’s audience. With an extensive repertoire of carefully crafted and imaginative original compositions, along with cool, swinging material by greats like Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton and Horace Silver, Five-Way Split delivers some of the swinging swinging and soulful music in contemporary jazz.

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Fish – Vigils End Tour 2021 Alternative Set (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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‘Vigils End’ was filmed and recorded at Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms on the 24th November as the final show on the short 7 date UK tour in 2021 These were the only dates performed on what was originally planned to be an extensive International tour that was postponed and finally cancelled due to the covid pandemic. The shows were to feature the new ‘Weltschmerz’ album and the final performances of the entire ‘Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors’ album on its 30th anniversary and had begun on March 13th 2020 at Aberdeen Lemon Tree. 48 hours after the first gig the tour was brought to a close and a week later the first lockdown began. The band wouldn’t perform again until the following year and due to a combination of adverse factors the 2021 UK shows would be the only gigs featuring this setlist and the last shows for a considerable time.

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