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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham – Handel, Beecham: The Gods Go a’Begging (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 18:38 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
This album is a late recording by the legendary Thomas Beecham. Much like some of his contemporaries (such as John Barbirolli), Beecham enjoyed composing witty pastiches and transcribing the old masters. In particular, the Beecham-Handel suites after excerpts from operas and instrumental music remain very famous. In 1928, Serge Diaghilev commissioned Beecham to produce music for his ravishing ballet The Gods Go A’Begging after Handel, and whose choreography designed by Balanchine was inspired by 18th-century pastorales. Here is the version conducted by the composer himself, remastered from the original tapes and made available for the first time on digital platforms.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes – Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43, Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:27:04 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RUBICON
Sibelius’s 2nd Symphony of 1902 represents a big step forward in his development as a symphonist. The presence of Tchaikovsky in the 1st symphony has receded, and the big themes, though present, are not so much big statements, but thematic fragments driven by harmonic tensions through which the composer takes the listener on an eventful journey. The tensions are resolved in the opening movements trumpet -capped brass chorale and the finale’s exhilarating hymn-like assurance of the bracing “big tune”.
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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum – Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5, Te Deum (First Part) (2017/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:56 minutes | 853 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Praga Digitals
Eugen Jochum conducts the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in Bruckner’s Symphony No.5, a gigantic musical cathedral and a masterpiece of counterpoint. Everything is prayer, everything is contemplation, everything is a state of grace. With this concert performance on May 30, 1964, Jochum set the bar for this ”Katholische Sinfonie.” The recoding also includes his reading of the composer’s Te Deum, leading the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Roy Orbison – The Original Sound (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) (1969/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 26:15 minutes | 433 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sun Records
Celebrate the man to whom Elvis Presley once said “I love what you do but we’ll never play together because I’ll never follow that.” Originally released in 1969, Sun Records is pleased to share it’s 70th anniversary edition of Roy Orbison’s The Original Sound (Remastered). This gem includes classic Sun masters “Ooby Dooby” and “Mean Little Mama” – alternate versions of original Sam Phillips recordings, reworked by Shelby Singleton, featuring a never-before-released recording of “Problem Child”.
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Roy Orbison – Crying (1952/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:14 minutes | 603 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Nashville Legacy
Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in 1962. It was his second album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that would be the first of Orbison’s five Chart-topping singles in Australia. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
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Roy Orbison – Original Mono Singles, As & Bs (1959/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:43 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
There have been countless ROY ORBISON compilations over the years, but all too often overdubbed or stereo versions are used, which possess neither the presence nor the bite of his original mono 45rpm versions.
Indeed, the best way to listen to Roy is to hear those original singles in glorious, pristine mono, sounding exactly as they did when you bought them all those decades ago.
This compilation presents his first seventeen singles, released between 1956-62, on Je-Wel, Sun, RCA Victor and Monument, with one omission; the first, non-hit version of ‘Ooby Dooby’ (NB: his Sun re-recording, which is included, was his first hit).
Also included are his early million sellers ‘Only The Lonely’, ‘Blue Angel’, ‘Runnin’ Scared’, ‘Cryin”, and ‘Dream Baby’.
This is an intriguing body of work, and it is interesting to compare his very early 45s with the ten peerless singles herein, which he cut for Monument.
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Roxy Coss – Disparate Parts (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:01:50 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outside in Music
Let’s just get thing one out into the open right away: Disparate Parts has plenty of balls to spare.
Saxophonist Roxy Coss’ acute, teasingly biting tone and rich, no boundaries disposition to composing and jamming has placed her high in the generational echelon of new and challenging players. She willingly and unapologetically blends and blurs the lines to suit any and all missives, and the fourteen fireballs heard loud and clear on Disparate Parts broach nothing less. Commandeering the same team of trusted cohorts that broke sharply into view on 2018’s impactful The Future Is Female (Posi-Tone) and 2019’s fiercely defining Quintet (Outside In)—guitarist Alex Wintz, pianist/keyboardist Miki Yamanaka, bassist Rick Rosato and drummer Jimmy Macbride hold no bars as they charge headlong into the ever cresting Disparate Parts.
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Rosalie Cunningham – Two Piece Puzzle (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:08 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Esoteric
After her acclaimed band Purson played their last concert at the end of 2016, British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rosalie Cunningham launched her solo career. After their self-named debut album from 2019, the successor will be released in 2022.
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Rosalia – MOTOMAMI (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:24 minutes | 458 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Motomami is the third studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, released on 18 March 2022 through Columbia Records. The concept album features guest vocals from the Weeknd and Tokischa, and is presented as Rosalía’s “most personal and confessional album so far.”
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Rory Gallagher – Cleveland Calling, Pt.2 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:30 minutes | 1021 MB | Genre: Pop/Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chess
Recovered from the depths of the Rory Gallagher archive comes ‘Cleveland Calling’ a previously unreleased radio session recorded at WNCR in Cleveland on August 7th,1972. This intimate 8-song acoustic session and interview with DJ Carolyn Thomas was found on a small 7” reel and will be released for the first time for Record Store Day 2020.
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Rory Gallagher – Cleveland Calling, Pt.1 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:57 minutes | 967 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chess
Recovered from the depths of the Rory Gallagher archive comes ‘Cleveland Calling’ a previously unreleased radio session recorded at WNCR in Cleveland on August 7th,1972. This intimate 8-song acoustic session and interview with DJ Carolyn Thomas was found on a small 7” reel and will be released for the first time for Record Store Day 2020.
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RONNIE ROMERO – Raised on Radio (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:04 minutes | 601 MB | Genre: Hard Rock, Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frontiers Records s.r.l.
One of the great up-and-coming hard rock singers of our time, Ronnie Romero has announced the release of a unique covers album, “Raised On Radio”. The album features covers of classics that have meant something special to Romero over the years and helped forge this talented singer’s musical style. Songs by legendary acts like Survivor, Bad Company, Foreigner, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and more are given Romero’s talented vocal treatment here. Joining Romero is a stellar cast of musicians, including Srdjan Brankovic (The Big Deal, Alogia) on guitar, Javi Garcia on bass, Andy C (ex-Lords of Black) on drums, and Alessandro Del Vecchio on keyboards, who also handled production, mixing and mastering.
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Ronnie Atkins – Make It Count (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:17 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Hard Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frontiers Records s.r.l.
As frontman with Swedish hard rock legends PRETTY MAIDS, Ronnie Atkins is already a legend several times over, but none of his past achievements come close to the marvel of his ongoing solo career, launched in the wake of an incurable cancer diagnosis. “Make It Count” loudly proclaims that Atkins is very much still with us and, as was evident on 2020’s “One Shot”, on exceptional form as both a singer and songwriter. Frankly, the man is a fucking hero.
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Ronit Kirchman – The Sinner: Seasons 2-4 (Original Series Soundtrack) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:01:32 minutes | 633 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lakeshore Records
Ronit Kirchman is a composer, music producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental performer, visual artist and author. She composes music for film and television, theater and dance, multimedia installations and the concert stage.
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Romain Leleu, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Marcus Bosch, Romain Leleu Sextet – Move – The Trumpet as Movie Star (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:29:12 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi
The trumpet at the movies *Move *– the name of this album – is also the title of a concerto written by Baptiste Trotignon and here receiving its recording premiere; the work pays tribute to major composers of film music, whose iconic scores form the backdrop in this “audiofilm” starring the trumpet of Romain Leleu. Taking us on a cinematic journey with stops to admire Rota’s The Godfather and Ennio Morricone’s Wild West, Rochefort and Chinatown, Elevator to the Gallows and Dingo (both films with a direct connection to Miles Davis), the young French trumpet player skilfully navigates between a jazz line-up and full orchestra, in the company of stellar associates. Roll film!
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