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Trio Wanderer – Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:40 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © harmonia mundi
After celebrating thirty years of life and work together with the Trios by Dvořak, our three wandering companions (Vincent Coq, piano, Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, violin and Raphaël Pidoux, cello) have brought out another round of Trios, this time by Joseph Haydn, the inventor of this form, which is an inheritor of the baroque trio sonata, with a cello part often providing the basso continuo. There are 39 authentic compositions by Haydn for this instrumental format, which he wrote at various points throughout his life. The music is of very high quality and it unites all the characteristic forms of his style, his vivacity, expression, freedom of tone and form, and the zest of his cheering humour. The Wanderers have judiciously selected their works from three different epochs for this new album which offers the Trios n° 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31 which offer plenty of surprises and rare tonalities from Haydn, like A-flat major, F-sharp minor, or E-flat minor. The performance is both fluent and lucid. – François Hudry
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Mostly Autumn – Studio 2 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:27 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mostly Autumn Records
In April 2022 Mostly Autumn were given the amazing opportunity to have two days in Abbey Road studios by York St John University. This recording is the result. Bryan Josh says: -“Unloading our equipment into Abbey Road – Studio 2 was like some untouchable dream you had as a child but were now part of. With the giants of music breathing down our necks and all those classic songs still ghosting in the walls, we set the band up together with a string quartet to record a live performance. There was no audience, barring the on-site engineers, film crew and some onlookers from York St John University. We all knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. This was just us performing live – a group of musicians performing as one when it really mattered, in that incredible cathedral of music history, Abbey Road – Studio 2.”
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Mondo Generator – We Stand Against You (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 22:43 minutes | 293 MB | Genre: Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Heavy Psych Sounds
9 songs of fire, fury and angst !! Some of the Songs are reflecting my personal thoughts and some songs are about family and close friends dying and / or committing suicide and some are about My Experience with the corona / sars lock downs. This is a record of real emotion and not for the weak.
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– Reger – Complete String Trios & Piano Quartet, Op.133 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:29 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © audite Musikproduktion
The violinist Franziska Pietsch and her Trio Lirico present their debut album on audite.
In between the poles of preserving tradition and striving towards fin de siècle modernism, Max Reger composed three works between 1904 and 1914/15 featuring a particular sense of clarity which the composer associated with Mozart. Even at their premieres, the two String Trios and the late Piano Quartet each caused a sensation, not least as their compositional complexity, for which Reger was (in)famous, mostly runs underneath the surface, creating an easier listening experience. These tuneful and harmonically rich works which, at times, enter into direct dialogue with works of the past, are rarely heard, even though they represent important cornerstones of their respective genres.
The Trio Lirico was founded in 2014 and soon established itself on the concert scene. The ensemble’s varied repertoire ranges from classicism through to contemporary music. The three performers are brought together by their passion for chamber music; in addition, all three also enjoy solo careers. It is this soloistic influence within a chamber music formation that constitutes the trademark of the ensemble: the chamber music dialogue is conducted with soloistic passion without neglecting the ensemble’s homogeneity. The result is a unique combination of enthusiastic and spirited music-making and attractive suspense. The Munich-based pianist Detlev Eisinger joins the ensemble for the Piano Quartet.
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Miriam Feuersinger, Klaus Mertens – Dialog-Kantaten (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:28 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Christophorus
Bach’s dialog cantatas occupy a very special place in his vast oeuvre of cantatas: As if in a personal dialog, the “Christian soul” (soprano) and “Christ” (bass) enter into a dialogue, designed by Bach as a spiritual “love duet”, which Miriam Feuersinger and Klaus Mertens interpret here in the most intimate way imaginable. The two cantatas Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen BWV 49 and Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen BWV 32 are complemented by Christoph Graupner’s oboe concerto in C major GWV 302, performed by oboist Elisabeth Grümmer.
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Milton Kaye – Organ And Chimes Play Christmas Carols (1962/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 28:08 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Christmas, Pop, Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Since that last John Klein share featured the orchestra and chorus of Leo Addeo, I figured I’d throw up another record from Mr. Addeo. This one isn’t nearly so peppy as that one, but it does have a nice cover.
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Mikael Godée, Eve Beuvens – Ingen fara (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:49 minutes | 905 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Igloo
After “Looking Forward” (2019), pianist Eve Beuvens and Swedish saxophonist Mikael Godée sign a new opus with their Swedish team. “Ingen Fara” evokes a flight of migratory birds that fly free yet united, like the music of this Nordic quartet: airy, poetic and delicate.
After “MEQ” (Spookhuis, 2013) and “Looking Forward”, their second album released in 2019 (Igloo), the quartet toured extensively on the European scene. In the interim, the pianist also released a solo album (Inner Geography, Igloo, 2021) and is currently developing a trio project with singer Lynn Cassiers and bassist Lennart Heyndels.
Faithful to the Igloo label since 2009 (first album as a trio, “Noordzee”), she and her Swedish acolytes Mikael Godée, Magnus Bergström and Johan Birgenius completed this third opus entitled “Ingen Fara”.
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The Vibrations – Misty (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:03 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy
Think again if you thought The Temptations in a Mellow Mood (an album of standards) pioneered this concept by a ’60s soul group; this smooth set preceded the Temptations’ album by a couple of years and probably inspired the Motown classic. The dancing, exciting Vibrations shocked their fans with this early-’60s release of standards sung in modern but soulful harmony. It was before its time and wasn’t really appreciated until years later when it was out of print. “Misty” charted, but the California natives also serve up excellent renditions of “The Days of Wine and Roses,” “I Wish You Love,” “What Kind of Fool Am I,” and “Gina.” The Vibrations’ Okeh albums are excellent but rare, each deserves reissuing on CD, and why this hasn’t happened is a mystery.
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Trio Karénine – Schumann: Piano Trios 1 & 2 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:51 minutes | 1001 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mirare
Winner of the ARD International Competition in 2013, Trio Karenine has been highly praised for their musical integrity and technical prowess. For this recording, they perform Schumann’s Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2. Written in a two-week period in 1847, Piano Trio No.1 is justly famous and possibly inspired by Mendelssohn’s piano trio in the same key. Composed only a few months later, Piano Trio No.2 has an immense spirit and a beautiful lucidity. Both works are given dazzling performances by this young trio.
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The Ventures – The Colorful Ventures (1961/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:04 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
In 1961, the Ventures included Bob Bogle (lead guitar), Nokie Edwards (bass guitar), Don Wilson (rhythm guitar), and Howie Johnson (drums). Their fourth album, “The Colorful Ventures,” was released in October of 1961. It was their first album with a theme, with every song having a color in the title. Although it didn’t generate a hit single, it’s a solid album from start to finish. Highlights include their versions of “Blue Moon,” “Blue Skies,” “Greenfields,” and the rocking “Red Top.” Original instrumentals include “Yellow Jacket” (written by Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, and Don Wilson), and “Orange Fire” (written by Nokie Edwards). The closing song, “Silver City,” features brass, and could have been used as the theme song for a Western. What makes this album even more impressive is the fact that it was their fourth album released in less than 12 months, after “Walk, Don’t Run” (1960), “The Ventures” (1961), and “Another Smash!!!” (1961).
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The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (1969/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:53 minutes | 1,84 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor
The Velvet Underground is the third studio masterpiece by the American rock legends. The work features the rock anthems “Candy Says,” “What Goes On,” “Some Kinda Love” and “Pale Blue Eyes.” It is included on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” The album is a rich display of Lou Reed’s effortless songwriting abilities. The Velvet Underground ranked #6 on NME’s “Greatest Albums of All Time”.
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Trio Heinz Herbert – The Willisau Concert (Live) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:52 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Intakt Records
This refreshing live performance by the Trio Heinz Herbert on the main stage at the Willisau Jazz Festival was recorded in September 2016 and finds the band confronting the audience with a kind of contemporary music that might not seem like jazz at first, but is infused with the same freedom and spirit of adventure. Many of the more traditional festival attendees were very excited about the young trio’s sound, which incorporates synthesizers, samples and effects. The three instrumentalists set out to create wholly individual music with precision and determined playfulness; this concert album provides ample evidence that they realized their goal.
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Ava Mendoza – Echolocation (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:14 minutes | 625 MB | Genre: Avant-garde Jazz, Noise Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © AUM Fidelity
‘Echolocation’ is the astonishing debut album from Mendoza Hoff Revels, a formidable new unit led by Ava Mendoza & Devin Hoff and featuring James Brandon Lewis & Ches Smith.
While Mendoza and Hoff have floated around each other’s musical orbits for decades, and have been friends for some time, this is their first work together on record. It is an electric & holy harmonic fusion of highly estimable musical forces; wholly rendered. The original impetus of this group was Mendoza’s, based on the love she and Hoff shared for aggressive and polyglot electric avant-garde ensembles – artists like mid-80’s Black Flag (w/ Roessler & Stevenson) and Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time bands revolutionized the way they heard music. As stated in their liner notes, “we shared the writing of these pieces, though without the sizable stamps of both James and Ches, they would sound nothing like they do here.”
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The Tubes – Now (1977/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:39 minutes | 953 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M
Now is the third album released by The Tubes. It was produced by John Anthony. Fed up with constant meddling from Bud Scoppa and Don Wood under the direction of Bill Spooner including surreptitiously remixing a track when Anthony was not at the studio, Anthony was advised to leave the project by Jerry Moss. The head of A&M A&R Kip Cohen said that they took advantage of Anthony and believed that they overran the budget to increase their union fees. Bill Spooner took over and completed the project with the help of the engineer Wood and Scoppa.
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The Tubby Hayes Quartet – Mexican Green (Remastered 2019) (1968/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 50:33 minutes | 1009 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO)
Belated Christmas presents for fans of the late, great Brit-jazz tenorist Tubby Hayes as Universal have announced the arrival of selected remastered albums.
The tapes were in perfect condition and had never been played since the recording, with reports suggesting the music ranks as highly as Hayes’ classic albums 100% Proof and Mexican Green. Alongside this the label also possesses all of the original tapes for Hayes’ 11 Fontana albums, plus lots of out-takes and never before issued material, all of which will be remastered and reissued in one mighty Tubby Hayes on Fontana box set.
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