Dmitry Masleev – Tchaikovsky: The Seasons (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:46 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Dmitry Masleev would like to dedicate this album to his first child Adrian, who was born in January 2023. “I remember well my very first score, which was a gift from my parents: ‘The Seasons’ by Tchaikovsky. I was just a boy then, exhilarated by every piece I discovered in it! Looking at my baby boy, who was born at the beginning of this year, I feel that same energy of my childhood, the sincerity, curiosity, and fascination for each magical living sound… I have decided to record The Seasons to capture these sensations and to share them with my son and the rest of the world.” – Dmitry Masleev
Read moreArkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Daniel Belongia, Phoebe Robertson – Influences and Expressions (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:21 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
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“Influences and Expressions,” a new album by the Arkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, was released by record label Tonsehen on Friday, Oct. 20. “Influences and Expressions” was recorded at Witherspoon Auditorium in November 2022 by Christian Amonson, former recording engineer for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. The project was made possible by the Pat and Roger Wattam Recording Series. The album includes “Slavdom” by Dr. Ksenija Komljenović, “DOPE” by Katahj Copley and “Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble” by David Maslanka.
Read moreAriel Kalma – Gliders in Motion (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:39 minutes | 365 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient, New Age
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Over 4 decades, Ariel Kalma published several vinyl LP’s, cassettes, and CD’s. His compositions have been used for modern dance-theatre, films, musical poetry, guided meditations, transformational groups. Ariel Kalma has also played on many albums in France – even throughout Europe, the US and recently Australia, where he lives.
Read moreAntoine Drye – Retreat to Beauty (Oblation, vol. 3: Providence!) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:01 minutes | 975 MB | Genre: Jazz
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It is our collective right and responsibility as Americans (some believe) to live, preserve and advance the culture left to us by our predecessors. One cardinal component of western culture is our contribution to the vast world of music, through our Great American Songbook.
Read moreAntje Weithaas – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 3, 7 & 8 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:46 minutes | 604 MB | Genre: Classical
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Within a very short time of about 10 years, Beethoven’s technique of composing developed rapidly. The artists on this recording wanted to show the comparison between earlier and later pieces, and this is the basis of this new series of recordings. of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas on three volumes.
Read moreAntje Weithaas – Antje Weithaas: Bach & Ysaÿe 2 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:04 minutes | 670 MB | Genre: Classical
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It was Antje Weithaas’s idea to record the six solo sonatas and partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach and Eugène Ysaÿe together. “The Bach works are reasonably well known,” she says. “But Ysaÿe’s? He is always placed in the virtuoso corner, but he is a composer to be taken seriously” In the second album of her trilogy, Antje Weithaas walks a path from darkness to light. Bach’s A minor Sonata is a passion without words, followed by the dramatic third violin sonata by Ysaÿe. The first movement of Ysaÿe’s fifth sonata is “L’aurore” (“Sunrise”), and the program ends with Bach’s third Partita, a clear, positive musical statement in E major.
Read moreDavid Brongo – Confluence (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:20 minutes | 991 MB | Genre: Classical
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Montréal percussionist David Therrien Brongo dexterously creates dynamic musical worlds on CONFLUENCE, a highly melodic album of solo percussion compositions by French Canadian contemporary composers. Both meditative and stimulating, the album makes for an impressive demonstration of the possibilities of this rare genre.
Brongo’s world-class performance is not only highly virtuosic in the technical sense, but also emotionally rich, nuanced, and deeply saturated with empathy. There is a zen-like quality to his interpretations, in which the silences are given as much gravitas as the sound around them, and both notes and rests are searing with constant energy. It’s a remarkable approach, and instantly recognizable.
Read moreAlva Noto – HYbr:ID II (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:37 minutes | 742 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Dub
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The new album captures the music commissioned to score Richard Siegal’s Ectopia performed in 2021 by Tanztheater Pina Bausch with Shooting into the Corner (2008-09) by Anish Kapoor. Building upon the blend of immersive dub and electronica from the first installment, HYbr:ID Vol. 2 takes the listener on a journey into the realm of intricately manipulated digital production. These ten compositions delve into infinity, drawing inspiration from resonance and elasticity, concepts rooted in Minkowski’s four-dimensional spacetime model.
Read moreUral Youth Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Rudin – Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphonies No. 17 & 20 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:42 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
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Alexander Rudin and the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra here present two symphonies by Nikolai Myaskovsky — one of the most undiscovered composers of the 20th century. In his creative legacy, Myaskovsky equals his more famous contemporaries — Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
Read moreTrio Laetitia – Bridge, Mendelssohn & Sterndale Bennett: Piano Trios (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:38 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Classical
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Composers: Bennett, William Sterndale (1816–75); Bridge, Frank (1879–1941); Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–47). Works: Bennett, W S: Chamber Trio, Op. 26; Bridge: Phantasie Trio (Piano Trio No. 1) In C Minor; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49.
Read moreAled Jones – One Voice – Full Circle (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:04 minutes | 866 MB | Genre: Classical
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Newly discovered recordings of Aled as a young boy, singing in a documentary in 1983 (40 years ago), have been found. The album will contain 10 ‘new’ tracks (Aled duetting with his younger self), a few of his greatest hits, and some bonus material. The album also features a beautiful piano only version of ‘Walking In The Air’ with Aled himself playing the piano.
Read moreThe Candlelights – Deathless (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 34:12 minutes | 393 MB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
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The Candlelights is a four-piece band from Finland that creates a dark sonic web of spiritual-rock blues aimed to liberate the listener from mental chains.
Read moreThe Blues Express – Turmoil (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:32 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Blues
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The Blues Express is about to finish off the final mixing of their sophomore album entitled Turmoil. The release date is not set, but it will be during some time in October this year.
Kai Fjellberg is currently in the making of a new studioalbum with his band – The Blues Express. The album will be entitled “Turmoil” and is set for release this fall.
Please check the bands own website: www.thebluesexpress.no for more info.
Read moreSunnysiders – 27 Stitches (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:33 minutes | 554 MB | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
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New album, 27 Stitches, with 12 original songs, was released on Octobar 12th 2023 by Dancing Bear, and promoted by Frank Roszak Promotion.
Read moreSt Martin’s Voices & Andrew Earis – A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:06:04 minutes | 2,36 GB | Genre: Classical
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In this, their debut recording with Resonus Classics, St Martin’s Voices presents a selection of contemporary choral works for the Christmas season. With settings of poetry from the fifteenth century to the present day, these new carols explore themes of winter snowscapes, the anticipation and contemplation of Advent, the Christmas story as seen by the women at its heart, and the joy of coming in from the cold to celebrate together. In a programme made entirely of premiere recordings, this album features works by Cecilia McDowall, Roderick Williams and Lucy Walker, among others. The album also boasts a major new carol suite by Bob Chilcott, with libretto by Georgia Way entitled Mary, Mother, which was premiered by the ensemble in 2022.
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