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Matthew Sweet – Tomorrow Forever (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:05 minutes | 732 MB | Genre: Rock
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After spending the ’80s as an unappreciated jangle pop guitarist with Oh-OK and Lloyd Cole, as well as a solo artist, Matthew Sweet emerged in 1991 as the leading figure of the American power pop revival. “Tomorrow Forever” is his new album, the first in six years, features contributions from the Zombies’ Rod Argent, Paul Chastain, the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris, Ric Menck, and the Bangles’ Debbie Peterson.
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Matthew Stevens – Preverbal (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 52:04 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ropeadope
Preverbal is a visceral statement, a kinetic exploration of harmony and rhythm driven by Stevens’ masterful playing and singular melding of elements of experimental, jazz and rock. The album blooms and disintegrates over 8 original songs that are immersive and muscular, dark and joyous. Preverbal was recorded with Stevens’ core band of Eric Doob on drums and Vicente Archer on bass, plus synthesizer and deft touches of sound manipulation and studio craft. It also features a soaring guest vocal appearance from Esperanza Spalding on album closer “Our Reunion.”
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Matthew Stevens – In Common: Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan & Marcus Gilmore (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 37:09 minutes | 697 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Whirlwind Recordings
The moment when spontaneity and technical expertise coalesce into a decidedly different soundscape is captured convincingly in this eponymous debut release from In Common. Behind that veiled moniker are the prominent names of tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III and guitarist Matthew Stevens – and together with vibraphonist Joel Ross, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Marcus Gilmore, they fashion striking improvisations from original compositional foundations.
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Matthew Sharp, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods – Hans Gál: Concertino for Cello and Strings (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:08:00 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Avie Records
Although he lived to be 97 years old, Hans Gál (1890-1987) didn’t exactly leave an indelible mark on European music. Still, the first decades of his career seemed to suggest a bright future: his works received enthusiastic support from Szell, Furtwängler, Strauss, Fritz Busch, and his notoriety grew steadily until Nazis came to power. Then there was the exile in Great Britain where he was interned during the war until the authorities understood, rather quickly in fact, he was anything but an enemy infiltrator! He went on to spend his late years in Edinburg where he taught at the university until he retired. His musical language remains rooted in Austro-Hungarian post-romantic tradition, while never foraying in any dodecaphonic nebula; it’s easy to imagine how much his work was neglected, particularly during the post-war years of lead with their imposed serialism, but the early 21st century finally saw his star shine once again in the firmament. Let’s therefore welcome the release of this album, which features his 1966 Concertino for Cello, followed by his Sonata and Suite for Solo Cello, both from 1982 – works from his ultimate maturity. All brought to life by the talented touch of Matthew Sharp, a disciple of Pergamenschikow and Jacqueline du Pré – and even of Galina Vishnevskaya, because he’s not only a talented cellist, but also a popular baritone!
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Matthew Schellhorn – Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:58 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
With this album, Matthew Schellhorn sheds new light on Herbert Howells as a truly significant 20th-century composer for the piano. From the charming Summer Idyls, written before the composer began studies at the Royal College of Music, to the mature and subtle movements of the Petrus Suite, we encounter an extraordinary range of pianistic expression. Spanning over 60 years of Howells’ compositional style, every track on this release is a world premiere recording.
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Matthew Owens – Pachelbel: Organ Works, Volume 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:01 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonus Classics
A close contemporary of Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel was by all accounts an outstanding keyboard player himself, and his compositions provide a fascinating stylistic bridge between early-Baroque composers such as Frescobaldi and Froberger (both of whom influenced him) and the later music of Bach and his contemporaries. Organist Matthew Owens embarks on a major exploration of the many extant organ works of Pachelbel beginning with this first volume recorded on the iconic 1965 Frobenius Organ of The Queen’s College Chapel in Oxford, considered a vital instrument in the classical organ revival in Britain. Demonstrating the huge range of his abilities as a composer, the diverse forms and styles Pachelbel used are revealed in this compelling recital.
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Matthew Owens – Christmas Bells: Organ Music from Belfast Cathedral (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:27 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonus Classics
For this recording Organist Matthew Owens presents a diverse recital of some of the greatest Christmas music ever written for the instrument. Traditional tunes, whether Lutheran chorales, plainchant, French noëls, or medieval carols, have provided the inspiration for much Christmas organ music throughout the years, with much of this programme made up of pieces based on such tunes, from J.S. Bach’s Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch to Louis-Claude Daquin’s Noël Suisse.
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Matthew Marshall – Fragments (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:52 minutes | 419 MB | Genre: Classical
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This wonderful album of music written specifically for classical guitar by some of New Zealand’s finest composers features classical guitarist Matthew Marshall in a set of recordings made by Radio New Zealand producers and engineers between 1993 and 1995.
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Matthew Lee – Rock’n’Love (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:13 minutes | 760 MB | Genre: Rock
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Rock’n’love is Matthew Lee’s new single, on radio and digital stores from September 4, 2020. The song (Decca Records/Universal Music Group) anticipates the release of the artist’s new album. It is a duet with Paolo Belli, which consecrates the knowledge and esteem between the two singers.
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Matthew Larkin – Mendelssohn, Willan, Franck & Others: Organ Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:35:17 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ATMA Classique
ATMA Classique is pleased to present the label debut of Canadian organist Matthew Larkin. Recorded on the Opus 550 Casavant Organ at St. Paul Anglican Church in Toronto, this two-album organ recital showcases the remarkable scope and beauty of one of North America’s signature pipe organs. Larkin’s recital offers a vast range of periods and styles, including music by composers ranging from Bach to Keith Jarrett, along with works by Canadians Healey Willan, Ernest MacMillan, and Andrew Ager. “In selecting repertoire, my aim was to feature not only the majestic power of the instrument, but its ability to speak to the whole range of human emotions”, says Larkin.
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Matthew Jones & Annabel Thwaite – Walton: Chamber Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:00 minutes | 2,42 GB | Genre: Classical
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These four works represent all of Sir William Walton’s chamber music involving both violin and piano, as well as being a microcosm of his compositional output between 1918 and 1950. They offer a fascinating glimpse of Walton’s stylistic journey, from the youthful exuberance of the early Piano Quartet and the Toccata to the unconventional but masterful Violin Sonata, and the Two Pieces with their connection to his music for films. Matthew Jones and Annabel Thwaite’s pevious recording of works by Benjamin Britten was summed up as “superb” by BBC Music Magazine.
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Matthew Halsall – Salute to the Sun (Live at Hallé St Peter’s) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 46:30 minutes | 840 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gondwana Records
Salute to the Sun: Live at Hallé St Peter’s documents a very special concert recorded at the iconic Manchester venue during lockdown.
Released in November 2020, Matthew’s Halsall’s Salute to the Sun was the trumpeter’s first album since 2015’s Into Forever and marked the debut of his new band. A hand-picked ensemble featuring some of Manchester’s finest young musicians. The album drew it’s energy from the band’s weekly sessions and was inspired by Halsall’s love of nature. Lush and spiritual it received universal praise, but Halsall and his band were frustrated that they were unable to share their beautiful new sound live with an audience.
On November 25th 2020, Halsall took his band into the iconic Manchester venue, Hallé St Peter’s, for a concert recording in aid of the charity Mind, that was streamed on January 21st 2021 to a global audience in the thousands. The concert was also recorded for posterity.
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Matthew Halsall – Salute to the Sun (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 57:22 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gondwana Records
Trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall is an inspirational figure on the British scene, as a musician and as the founder of the successful Gondwana Records label. Based in the northern city of Manchester, two hundred miles and a lifestyle away from London, Halsall debuted in 2008 with Sending My Love, on which he unveiled his distinctive spiritual-jazz take on the less-is-more modalism and lustrous sound of Miles Davis circa Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959). Since then, Halsall’s bands have accelerated the emergence of some of the north of England’s most striking musicians, including reed players Nat Birchall and Chip Wickham, pianist Adam Fairhall and harpist Rachael Gladwin.
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Matthew Halsall – Oneness (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:50 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gondwana Records
The recordings on Oneness date from Jan, March and September 2008 and were born from a period of experimentation as Halsall first began to explore the music that would provide the inspiration for his spiritual jazz recordings Fletcher Moss Park and When the World Was One. They also offer an intriguing snapshot into the birth of Halsall’s Gondwana Orchestra and feature many musicians who would go on to become a key part of Halsall’s musical journey, such as harpist Rachel Gladwin, bassist Gavin Barras and saxophonist Nat Birchall. The recordings sat in the Gondwana Records vaults for over a decade before Halsall felt it was the right time to share them. Asked about the recordings Halsall says:
“I’ve always treasured these recordings and loved how vulnerable, open and free they are, but I just felt they were too subtle and sensitive to release early on in my career, so I held them back until now. I also feel now is the right time to release these before I begin a fresh journey with a new bunch of musicians.”
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Matthew Halpin – Agreements (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:32 minutes | 555 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frutext Tracks
Agreements is the debut release for Irish tenor saxophonist Matthew Halpin. Graduated from Berklee College of Music as a presidential scholar in 2013 and based in Cologne since 2015. For his debut album, Halpin has assembled a cast made up of some of the most influential musicians he has encountered during his times in Dublin, Boston and Germany.
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