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Joel Urch & Sophie Sczepanek – Beethoven, Schumann & Ravel: Wanderlust – Fernweh (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:14 minutes | 783 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Odradek Records
Baritone Joel Urch and pianist Sophie Sczepanek perform an intimate recital of songs by Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Ravel. Alongside the well-known concept of ‘Wanderlust’ – the purposeful desire for travel – they explore the less widespread expression ‘Fernweh’: a wistful longing for faraway places that cannot be reached.
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Travis & Kremer – Dressed to Kill (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 21:28 minutes | 248 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hum Tracks – BMG Production Music
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs’ lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are “Sixteen Tons”, “Re-Enlistment Blues”, “I am a Pilgrim” and “Dark as a Dungeon”. However, it is his unique guitar style, still called “Travis picking” by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, for which he is best known today. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb while melodies are simultaneously plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Tony Oxley – The New World (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 52:48 minutes | 567 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Discus Music
New music – recorded 2022. Oxley needs no introduction as one of the inventors of this style of playing. He remains active in music some 60 years after he burst onto the scene as one of the finest percussionists the UK has ever produced. For his current music he concentrates on electronic sounds via his manipulation of close mic’d sound objects, with the acoustic percussion element skilfully provided by Holker. A dense weave of detail and texture and a vital new entry point into Oxley’s continuing body of work.
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Tone Elisabeth Braaten, Ebba Rydh, Per Kristian Amundrød & Håkon Thelin – Edvin Østergaard: Ørenslyd (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:02:12 minutes | 2,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lawo Classics
All four compositions of Ørenslyd are developed from an exploration of acoustic and vocal sound formation and the active participation of our listening ability in this formation. The four pieces represent different manifestations of the tonal expression of the human voice and the acoustic richness of the double bass. Ørenslyd (from “øre”, ear, and “lyd”, sound) means “the opportunity to hear something being said or to be heard yourself”.
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Sylvia Tyson – At The End of The Day (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:53 minutes | 787 MB | Genre: Folk, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Stony Plain Records
The album “At The End Of The Day” by Tyson, Sylvia is a captivating collection of songs that showcases the artist’s exceptional talent and heartfelt storytelling. Released by Stony Plain, this album is a must-have for fans of folk and country music.
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Den Norske Studentersangforening & Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde – I signet juletid (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 55:20 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LAWO Digital
We’ve got a number of talented Norwegian composers to arrange well-known and lesser-known Christmas songs – there are a total of 11 new arrangements for male choirs! “I signet juletid” offers a beautiful and powerful male cross slang with a warm tone, rich harmonies and precise rhythms. The album includes the most traditional Christmas carols, but also modern classics. It is both solemn and traditional at the same time as it is hearty and relaxed! Listen to the album where music is streamed or follow the link in the bio. We wish you a good listening experience.
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Clémence Tilquin – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze: Complete Lieder (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:43 minutes | 447 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
The Swiss composer Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950) is best remembered for his development of Eurhythmics, which teaches the appreciation of music through movement. This first-ever complete recording of all his German-language Lieder – setting folksongs as well as more recent Romantic poetry – shows him bridging both French and German traditions with a style somewhere between Fauré and Brahms. Written early in Jaques- Dalcroze’s career, these songs span a wide range of emotions, from innocent rural idylls to the contemplation of existential pain and heartache.
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Steven Osborne – Debussy: Études & Pour le piano (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:07:48 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion
Debussy may have stipulated ‘mains formidables’ as the requirement for pianists tackling his Études, but they need a lot more besides. It’s clear from these magisterial performances that Steven Osborne’s ‘formidable hands’ are always at the service of a profound musical intelligence.
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Rulo y la contrabanda – 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:46 minutes | 741 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © WM Spain
“Five is a very important number in my life. This is my fifth solo album, there are five of us in my family and in my band too.
Join me to discover Five.’
Ole Amund Gjersvik – Live At Biblioteket (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:49 minutes | 754 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Acoustic Records
Live recording from the Library Bar in Bergen, spring 2023. The music consists of nine original compositions by Ole Amund Gjersvik, plus “Take the A Train” (Duke Ellington) and “If I Should lose you” (Ralph Rainger).
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Krilja – Sosnitsa (Roma Music from Russia & Eastern Europe) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:15 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: World, Gypsy, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Liljans Musik
Traditional Romani folk music from Russia and Eastern Europe with an element of flamenco and jazz. By turns passionate and melancholic.
Krilja is a trio based in Gothenburg, Sweden, who play traditional Roma/Gypsy songs from Russia and Eastern Europe. The music is of uncertain date but in many cases from the 19th century and onwards and shifts between lyrical melancholy and fiery intensity. The lyrics of the songs are in Romanes and Russian, and tell of sorrow, pain, poverty and suffering, but also love and passion.
The arrangements have been improvised by the musicians, often influenced by styles such as flamenco, but they remain true to the traditional idiom.
The name ”Krilja” means ”wings” in some dialects of Romanes as well as in Russian.
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Wes Montgomery – The Complete Full House Recordings (Live At Tsubo / 1962) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:43:17 minutes | 3,86 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Includes all recordings from the ‘Full House Sessions’ at the Tsubo in Berkeley on June 25, 1962 and two previously unreleased performances.
Wes Montgomery’s incredibly original concept and style continue to have a profound influence on virtually all jazz guitarists of his era and beyond, as well as a host of rock musicians.
Montgomery, known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, played in Lionel Hampton’s band in the 1948s and 1950s and with brothers Buddy and Monk.
Beginning in 1964, a series of recordings with string orchestra and big band accompaniment became bestsellers, but Wes was rarely recorded in his prime.
He rarely performed in clubs, and it was often said that his club performances exuded more warmth and excitement than his studio work.
This album is the only “live” album he left on his first label, Riverside, and features tenor sax virtuoso Johnny Griffin, with whom Montgomery was Miles Davis’ partner at the time.
A memorable session where Montgomery first joined the celebrated trio of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, who formed Miles Davis’ rhythm section at the time.
New notes by journalist Bill Milkowski.
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Viktor Orri Arnason, Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir – Poems (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:27 minutes | 411 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Poems, the collaborative debut DG album from Icelandic composer, conductor and producer Viktor Orri Arnason, released worldwide on 10 November 2023. The album was conceived and co-written with soprano and visual artist Alfheidur Erla Gudmundsdóttir. Its ten exquisite tracks draw on the pair’s shared cultural heritage, setting poems by Icelandic poets past and present, including lyrics by Arnason and Gudmundsdóttir themselves. Viktor adds piano accompaniment to Alfheidur’s hushed, floating vocals throughout, at times playing violin and viola as well, with some tracks featuring additional strings (members of the Reykjavík Orkestra) and/or subtle electronic elements. Drawn to poetry that speaks of vulnerability and solitude, change and renewal, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of words to express our dreams and innermost selves, they were also inspired to write their own poems, each contributing one new text to the album. Arnason hopes Poems will encourage listeners to be mindful: ‘Poems is in many ways about the joys and struggles in life and how being present can help you through’.
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet -Jazz At Oberlin (Live At Oberlin College / 1953) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:45 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Recorded at Oberlin College, Ohio in 1953, the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Jazz at Oberlin” album is one of the earliest works in the cool jazz genre. As well as Dave Brubeck (piano) the album also features Paul Desmond (alto sax), Lloyd Davis (drums) and Ron Cotty (bass). This new edition of the album is released as part of the OJC Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It is presented in a Tip-On Jacket.
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Stacey Kent – Summer Me, Winter Me (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:49 minutes | 543 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve
Singer Stacey Kent brings a new album, which will be released through the label Naïve.
Stacey says, “This is the first time I’ve recorded a song twice on the same album. “If You Go Away” came into my repertoire in 2018 when Jim wrote an orchestral arrangement for a concert in Paris. From time to time, I also sang Jacques Brel’s original, “Ne me quitte pas.” But regardless of the language, someone always asked me why I didn’t sing it in the other language. Some singers then added both languages to the same version. Since both lyrics are beautiful in their own right and equally deserve to be recorded, I decided to record them both.
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