Mark Pringle – Bright Dark (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:26 minutes | 812 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Bright Dark’ is the name of a new project and album from Berlin-based pianist Mark Pringle, featuring Felix Henkelhausen on double bass and Philip Dornbusch on drums. Introducing occasional electronic elements into an otherwise vibrant acoustic space, the trio dive fearlessly into Pringle’s compositions with open ears, navigating playful rhythmic vamps, weaving delicate tapestries of sound and meditating on lyrical melodies. Taking influence from such diverse sources as Karlheinz Stockhausen, the Berlin electronic and improvised music scenes, launderettes and purple fruit, the group’s sound is characterised by dynamic interplay, expressing itself emotively, urgently and reflectively.
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Mark Isham – The Cleaning Lady: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:06 minutes | 574 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Mark Ware Isham is an American musician and film composer. A trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic. He is also a film composer, having worked on numerous films and television series, including The Hitcher, Point Break, A River Runs Through It, Of Mice and Men, Warrior, Nell, Blade, Crash, The Lucky One and Once Upon a Time.Isham acted as well in Made in Heaven by Alan Rudolph (1987) and directed The Cowboy and the Ballerina in 1998.
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Marko Ylönen, Lilli Maijala, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas – Pēteris Vasks: Cello Concerto No. 2 “Klātbūtne” & Viola Concerto (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:11 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album includes two string concertos by Latvian-born composer Pēteris Vasks, the first of which is Concerto No. 2 “Klātbūtne” for cello and string orchestra – a three-part concerto for cello and string orchestra. Marko Ylönen will perform as a cello soloist on the recording. The second work on the album is the four-part Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra that features viola player Lilli Maijala as soloist. The orchestra is conducted by Juha Kangas.
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Marina Tarasova – Brahms: Cello Sonatas, Sonata No. 2 Op. 120 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:56 minutes | 621 MB | Genre: Classical
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For many years Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of International Competitions in Prague, Florence and the Grand Prix in Paris and a laureate of Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition.
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Marina Staneva – Vladigerov & Tabakova: Slavic Roots (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:38 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Classical
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For this her début recording, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva presents works by two contrasting Bulgarian composers. Pancho Vladigerov was arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first successfully to combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. He was also among the founding members of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers.
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Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:18 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Rock
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The British prog rockers Marillion will start with a new album at the beginning of 2022. “An Hour Before It’s Dark” is the name of the band’s 20th studio album, the successor to their orchestral album “Marillion With Friends From The Orchestra” from 2019.
In September, the band announced: “The recording process has now been completed and Michael Hunter will start mixing in the next few days. As a collection of songs, it sounds very strong. We are all five very excited about what we have created, and Lucy [Jordache, manager] says, “it surpasses FEAR”. A real praise.«
Six new songs have been recorded by Steve Hogarth (lead and backing vocals, keyboards), Steve Rothery (lead and rhythm guitars), Mark Kelly (keyboards), Pete Trewavas (bass, background vocals) and Ian Mosley (drums) for “An Hour Before It’s Dark” at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. The result is an album about the problems and opportunities of our time and, according to Hogarth, is musically rich and perhaps her most optimistic work for many years.
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Marija Bokor – Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 12:04 minutes | 165 MB | Genre: Classical
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An exceptional piano recital recently recorded by the Swiss pianist Marija Bokor: Works by Bartòk, Vaughan-Williams and Benjamin Yusupov (*1962). The album will be released in spring 2022.
Benjamin Yusupov’s compositions are based on both Western and Eastern musical traditions, drawing especially on musical traditions of various Jewish-ethnic communities with the aim of creating a new style of Israeli music. Marija Bokor has chosen the following works for her recital: Subconscious Labyrinths, Metaphor, Melancholy & Crossroads No.2. Exciting music worth discovering!
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Marianne Lambert – Canzone di notte (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 01:00:17 minutes | 1,71 GB | Genre: Classical
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The pandemic was a sudden shutdown, but also an opportunity. The newly found free time made it possible to devote oneself to certain projects left fallow. This was the case for the duo formed by two musicians from Trois-Rivières, soprano Marianne Lambert and harpist Valérie Milot who recorded their long-desired duo album, Canzone di Notte. The 19-track release features primarily Italian music, with selections from Giovanni Sgambati, Antonio Vivaldi, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Antonio Rossini, alongside other major Classical composers.
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Marianne Faithfull – Vagabond Ways (Expanded Version) (1999/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:23 minutes | 777 MB | Genre: Pop
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Following a pair of albums that delved into cabaret and one which paired her with Angelo Badalamenti (an affair that yielded mixed results), the Grande dame of rock & roll returned with her most striking effort in a while. Faithfull, an amazing interpreter of others’ material, co-wrote most of the songs here, including the haunting title track. In fact, haunting is the best way to describe the first several cuts. “Incarceration of a Flower Child,” written by Roger Waters, is emotionally wrenching, and “File It Under Fun From the Past” has an air of wistful resignation. Some of the material wavers a bit (“Marathon Kiss,” the somewhat overly dramatic, spoke word “After the Ceasefire”), but Faithfull is never anything less than riveting. For long-time fans, Vagabond Ways is a worthy addition to her body of work. For newcomers, it’s a suitable introduction to one of the true icons of rock history and one who has become more relevant with age.
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Mario Venzago – Symphony in E Major, D. 729 (Completed by Richard Dünser) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:04 minutes | 994 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recently, the E major Symphony has often been counted as Schubert’s 7th symphony. Unlike his other symphonic fragments, the Symphony in E major exists in a complete draft from the first to the last bar in all four movements.
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Marcus Deml – Healing Hands (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:45 minutes | 779 MB | Genre: Blues
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Solo album by BLUE POETS mastermind MARCUS DEML on TRIPLE COIL MUSIC.
In 2020, guitar virtuoso Marcus Deml was sitting at home and had a lot of free time (we all know why!). So much for the initial situation that led to the creation of his new album “Healing Hands”, the first solo album in his long career. The result is an instrumental album that captivates the listener melodiously through its exuberant, stylistic diversity. Already the first bars of the anthemic title track point the way into the world of the world-class guitarist, who here tastefully puts his outstanding skills at the service of his compositions.
Whether fusion, blues, flamenco, Latin, swing, rock or breakneck up-tempo hillbilly – Marcus Deml shines in every respect. Deml was born in Prague and came via stations such as Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Los Angeles finally to Hamburg, where he has lived for over 20 years. The graduate of the GIT in L. A. lived in the USA for 7 years and played on more than 100 albums as a sideman for greats like Bobb y Kimball, Rick Astley, Snap, Lai th Al-Deen, Saga, Michael Sadler, John Wetton, Nena, Achim Reichel, Moses P., Phil’s son Simon Collins, Pat Mears or Sabrina Setlur.
In 1998 he started his fusion band Errorhead, with which he released six albums and a live DVD. In 2005 Marcus received a “Guitar Hero Award” for his album “ErrorRhythm” as one of the world’s best new guitarists at the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. His latest band project is The Blue Poets with singer Gordon Grey, who caused a sensation with their three albums and brilliant live gigs.
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Marc Sabbah, Eliane Reyes – Appassionalto (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:24 minutes | 376 MB | Genre: Classical
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Marc Sabbah (1988, New York City) is a viola soloist, chamber musician, professor at the Royal Conservatory of Mons and as of 2012 has been the viola soloist of the Belgian National Orchestra.
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Marc Mauillon, VivaBiancaLuna Biffi, Pierre Hamon – Guillaume de Machaut (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:19:04 minutes | 3,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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Ce triptyque consacré à la musique de Guillaume de Machaut est important à plus d’un titre : d’abord L’Amoureus tourment marque le premier enregistrement du jeune Marc Mauillon, qui fait depuis une carrière exemplaire et pas seulement dans la musique ancienne. Ensuite chaque volume a reçu les récompenses les plus importantes, à commencer par le “Diapason d’Or de l’année” en 2008 pour Le Remède de Fortune. Enfin, cette musique si vivante sept siècles après sa création, est portée par un ensemble de musiciens qui ont, chacun dans leur domaine, contribué à sa résurrection au plus haut niveau, au premier rang desquels Angélique Mauillon à la harpe, Pierre Hamon aux flûtes et Vivabiancaluna Biffi à la vièle.
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Marcin Suszycki – Poradowski: Violin Concerto, Op. 70, Double Bass Concerto, Op. 26 & Symphony No. 3, Op. 29 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:21 minutes | 993 MB | Genre: Classical
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The album is the world recording premiere of the oeuvre of the Poznań composer Stefan Poradowski, whose output, once known and enjoyed by a wide audience, has been unjustly forgotten. Stefan Bolesław Poradowski (1902-1967) was a musician, composer and teacher who rendered great service to Poznań and the Greater Poland region. His oeuvre underwent many stylistic changes reflecting the musical background of the era. His Double Bass Concerto, Op. 26 from 1929 is a work in the Neo-Romantic spirit (recorded in a new arrangement on this album).
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