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Julius Asal – Prokofiev: Piano Works (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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“This album is not only a confession and result of my great admiration for the music of Sergei Prokofiev, it also reflects an intense examination of one of the most multifaceted and versatile artists of the 20th century. My chosen program spans around three decades of his compositional works, in which hope and fate, innocence and abyss, directly intertwine and contrast each other. At the heart of this recording is the ballet Romeo and Juliet, based on the play by William Shakespeare. In addition to a total of three orchestral suites, the composer also created a suite for piano containing ten selected transcriptions from the orchestral version. This version, for the first time, includes six other pieces from Romeo and Juliet, which I arranged for the piano in 2020. They add other famous themes to the original piano suite as well as about half of it’s original duration. Apart from dealing with the orchestral score, which is in principle true to the original, new correlations arise occasionally through the linking of thematic material from different acts. The idea was, in particular, to bring about a cumulation of the musical characters by consciously reusing individual motifs based on the original and thus to create a new arc of tension in the piano suite.”
– Julius Asal
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Julija Hartig – Dark Velvet (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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This album can be seen as an autobiographical story. It is a reflection of Julija Hartig’s Yugoslav and Dutch identity described in 10 pieces by 8 composers. All of these pieces have their unique musical language and way of expressing thoughts and feelings. From pure honest most tender love to the unearthly sounds in search of answers. Some of them speak about deep sorrow of loss, passionate greed for love and life, brutally distorted decomposed beauty or simply pure wild untamed joy. One thing that is common to all of them is that they were written or arranged for Julija Hartig with a deep understanding of her way of playing which is always intense, honest and expressive. She loves them all like my children and enjoy watching them grow. In addition to the selection of already composed music from 1990 on, three new works were written for her, especially as a part of this project.
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Julie Roset, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Salve Regina (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Julie Roset, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón – Handel: Salve Regina (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:13:54 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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Julie Roset, a young French soprano from Avignon, immediately attracted attention with her first recital for Ricercar (Nun danket alle Gott with Clematis) and went on to record a recital of works by Sigismondo d’India with Mariana Flores that met with great critical acclaim. In this new recording she tackles several of Handel’s masterpieces on religious themes: his Salve Regina , Gloria and the motet Silete venti were all composed at the time when the young Handel had been inspired to new heights by his discovery of Roman musical life.
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Copenhagen Phil & Toshiyuki Kamioka – Strauss (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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With its Chief Conductor Toshiyuki Kamioka at the helm, the Copenhagen Philharmonic performs three of Richard Strauss’s most sparkling scores: the Oboe Concerto, with soloist Andreas Fosdal, the First Horn Concerto, played by Jakob Keiding, and the suite from Der Bürger als Edelmann. Strauss’s Oboe Concerto is in three seamless movements: a pastoral opening with ornate oboe lines leads into a radiant slow movement and virtuoso finale. Strauss’s famous horn-playing father inspired his First Horn Concerto, which reveals his evident relish for the horn’s uninhibited, bucolic character as it cuts through the orchestral colours. Strauss’s music for Der Bürger als Edelmann (based on the 17th-century Molière-Lully collaboration Le bourgeois gentilhomme) is an early instance of neoclassicism, originally composed to be performed immediately before his opera Ariadne auf Naxos. The result is a quintessentially Straussian confection, combining lyricism and good humour.

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Julie Park – Bowen: Viola Concerto & Phantasy (The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Julie Park, notably the first violist to receive a Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Scholarship, now makes her debut on Linn with a programme of works by York Bowen. Together with her duo pianist Michel Xie, they perform the Viola Concerto in C minor, Op. 25, and the Phantasy in F major, Op. 54. Both dedicated to viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis, these pieces successfully exhibit the compositional developments from the composer’s early years to his more mature style. Composed in 1907, the Concerto mirrors Bowen’s youthfulness and energy, whereas the Phantasy, dated 1918, delves into a deeper, more mature Romanticism.
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Julie Doiron, Dany Placard – Julie & Dany (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Julie Doiron and Dany Placard have announced a new collaborative album titled Julie & Dany. It’s due out April 29 via Simone Records.

“‘Mayo’ is a day like many days in our little house in New Brunswick,” said Doiron in a statement. “And while it seems we are just singing of things like mayonnaise and carrots, we are mostly singing of the ups and downs and all the moments in between.”

Spanning 11 tracks in total, Julie & Dany was written and recorded between Doiron and Placard’s homes in Quebec and New Brunswick during Canada’s mandatory stay-at-home orders. The real-life couple wanted to capture their love and desire to be with one another while enduring the monotony of pandemic life.

Doiron’s last album, I Thought of You, came out in 2021. And, in 2019, she released a collaborative LP with Mount Eerie called Lost Wisdom Pt. 2, a sequel to their 2008 record Lost Wisdom.
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Julian Velasco, Winston Choi – As We Are (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Saxophonist Julian Velasco headlines an inventive, virtuosic, and diverse album of contemporary classical works for soprano, alto, and tenor sax as winner of Cedille Records’ first Emerging Artist Competition, a juried event celebrating the independent classical label’s 30th anniversary of championing Windy City artists of world-class talent.

For his first-ever album as a featured soloist, Velasco has assembled a program he says reflects “the different musical aspects of my life at this moment” while paying tribute to “the unique and wonderful people with whom I have been lucky enough to surround myself.”
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Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr – Mosaic (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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For their new album “Mosaic”, their first in four years, the German brothers Julian (trumpet) and Roman (piano) Wasserfuhr have put together their personal, international dream band and written music with each special member in mind. The result is music in which all these masterful players put their skills in the service of melody, groove and atmosphere.
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Julian Lloyd Webber, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Hans-Peter Hofmann – Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Cellos (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Julian Lloyd Webber, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Hans-Peter Hofmann – Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Cellos (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:38 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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The first arranger of Vivaldi’s concertos was Vivaldi himself, and Julian Lloyd Webber’s new versions in this recording reflect the composer’s pragmatic attitude and zest for experiment. Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor RV 531 is his only original concerto for two cellos. Alongside this appear works both popular and recently discovered, the mercurial moods of the cellos representing instruments from mandolins to hunting horns. Piazzolla’s Milonga displays all of his most distinctive hallmarks. Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed album A Tale of Two Cellos can be found on Naxos 8573251. This release follows Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber’s highly successful album A Tale of Two Cellos (8573251), with its two cellos “beautifully played and blended together” (Gramophone) and considered a thing of “rare beauty” by The Strad. This recording of Vivaldi concertos will have poignant associations and special value for Julian’s many fans, as he has since been forced to withdraw from performing due to injury. Vivaldi’s ever popular music dressed anew by such an internationally outstanding artist is a guarantee of global interest and very substantial sales.
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Come Shine – Coming Home (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Come Shine is saying goodbye after more than 20 years, with two releases from a series of intimate concerts in 2017-18. The original idea for a Coming Home project with four intimate concerts arose while the quartet was recording at Hellviktangen on Nesodden outside Oslo, close to Roggen’s home turf. Fully acoustic recordings with the audience present on four stages, each representing the four members of the band in their own way. Come Shine was born in a rehearsal room and the intimate, acoustic setting of these recordings draws a long line back to this starting point. Come Shine had come home!

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Julian Lennon – Save Me / Breathe (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, Julian Lennon has released two new songs today, “Breathe” and “Save Me” across all streaming platforms. Both singles are from his upcoming album Jude, being released September 9, 2022.

The piano-driven “Breathe” sees Lennon finding peace and balance in a time of emotional upheaval, while “Save Me” speaks to not running away and hiding from life.

On September 10th, in celebration of his late Mother, Cynthia Lennon’s birthday, he will be releasing Jude on vinyl as well.

In April, Lennon released the first two singles from the album, “Every Little Moment” and “Freedom.” Lennon and Justin Clayton share production on JUDE.
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Julian Lennon – Lucky Ones (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, son of the legendary John Lennon, releases his new single and EP Lucky Ones, ahead of his upcoming full-length Jude. The EP contains previously released singles “Every Little Moment,” Freedom,” “Breathe,” and “Save Me”, alongside the title track. “Lucky Ones” captures Lennon’s ability to inspire hope and unity with an anthemic hook that reminds us that we are the “Lucky Ones,” as his passion for climate action comes through with lyrics calling for a revolution.
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Julian Lennon – Jude (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Julian Lennon didn’t plan to make another album after his 2011 LP, Everything Changes, but as time went on, something shifted. The artist found himself revisiting songs he’d written and recorded 30 years ago, and decided to update the production, to make the tracks more relevant in today’s world. The creative process sparked new music as well. These songs, drawn from the past three decades, have evolved into Julian’s seventh studio album, JUDE.
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & John Morris Russell – JOY! (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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The Cincinnati Pops announced the release of its newest recording, JOY!, led by Cincinnati Pops Conductor John Morris Russell. JOY! will feature recordings of live performances from the Orchestra’s popular Holiday Pops programs, including a diverse and eclectic collection of favorite holiday classics in new arrangements. The latest release will include a new recording of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Christmas Overture,” which is complemented with creative new takes on traditional melodies like “Silent Night” and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” folk tunes like “Mis zeh Hidlik” and “The Ukrainian Bell Carol,” as well as contemporary songs like “Blue Christmas” featuring singer and trombonist Aubrey Logan.

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United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 & Other Works (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 & Other Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:25 minutes | 2,49 GB | Genre: Classical
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After two stylistically diverse anthologies – “In Motion” and “Renewal” – the United Strings of Europe and their director Julian Azkoul have chosen to devote their latest project to a single composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. They open with the composer’s Serenade, a tribute to Mozart’s divertimentos, but infused with Tchaikovsky’s characteristic pathos and melancholy. It is one of his most popular works, with the especially beloved Waltz as its second movement, and a finale featuring Russian folk songs.
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