Yulianna Avdeeva – Resilience (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:01 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone
Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva makes her Pentatone debut with Resilience, presenting music by Szpilman, Shostakovich, Weinberg and Prokofiev, composers who – each in their own way – maintained themselves in times of great instability. The focal point of this album is Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who survived World War II thanks to the power of his music, and is widely known as the title hero of Roman Polanski’s award-winning film The Pianist. Incited by the unique opportunity to play on Szpilman’s house piano, this recording project helped Avdeeva to cope with the challenges of our current times, and it may offer fortitude and consolation to listeners as well. A pianist of fiery temperament and virtuosity, Yulianna Avdeeva plays with power, conviction, and sensibility, having won over audiences all over the world.
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Yoojung Kim – Scriabin Recital (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:18 minutes | 1014 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bridge Records
Praised for her poetic and dramatic interpretation, New York-based Korean pianist Yoojung Kim is a versatile pianist, improviser, arranger, musical curator, educator, chamber musician and collaborator. Ms. Kim has appeared in recital and as soloist with orchestras throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia. Yoojung Kim is currently a member of the Artist Faculty in Piano Studies at NYU Steinhardt.
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Yonder Mountain String Band – Get Yourself Outside (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 39:09 minutes | 706 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frog Pad Records
Pioneers. Innovators. These are but a few of the monikers that Yonder Mountain String Band has worn since their inception. From the first Yonder shows in the fall of 1998 to their drive-in tour of 2020, this touring force has brought their adventurous musical spirit to countless venues for nearly a quarter century. Yonder Mountain’s early success was fueled by their desire to make a sound distinctly their own, whether performed on crowded stages or selling out the hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheater. Their traditional take on bluegrass sound was fused with their diverse musical influences ranging anywhere from punk rock to the Grateful Dead. The combination of the band’s unique personalities extended musical improvisations, their jam band fan culture and their collaborative effort on writing and arranging original songs which span multiple genres—attracted more of a freewheeling jam crowd than the traditional bluegrass scene which, in turn, exposed a whole new generation of fans to Bluegrass. No band that has stood the test of time is without transformation and Yonder Mountain has had their fair share of change. In 2014, Yonder Mountain and Jeff Austin announced they were parting ways. Austin went on to tour full time with his side project, The Jeff Austin Band, with a rotating lineup of musicians playing with him until his unexpected death in 2019. Get Yourself Outside is Yonder’s ninth studio album. It features founding members Adam Aijala on guitar, Ben Kaufmann on bass, Dave Johnston on banjo, alongside the 2015 addition of Allie Kral on fiddle, and newcomer, multi-instrumentalist Nick Piccininni handling duties on mandolin, second fiddle, and anything stringed. Yonder Mountain String Band is a quintessential ensemble honing its craft night after night on the road; the result is music that doesn’t stand still, it’s always progressing and breaking unprecedented ground.
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Yham 4tet – Les lumières de nos rêves (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:51 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Jazz
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YHAM is a jazz quartet formed on the initiative of Yoann Haméon, saxophonist and composer from Seine et Marnais, also a teacher in the conservatories of the Melun-Val de Seine agglomeration. For this first personal project, he wanted to surround himself with talented musicians with whom he has forged musical relationships for many years: Jérôme Picard is on electric guitar, Philippe Monge on double bass and Ken Parassouramin on drums.
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Yes – Mirror To The Sky (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:34 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © InsideOutMusic
“This is a very important album for the band,” says Steve Howe, Yes’ longest serving member, master guitarist, and producer of Mirror to the Sky, the bands 23rd studio album. “We kept the continuity in the approach we established on The Quest, but we haven’t repeated ourselves. That was the main thing. As Yes did in the seventies from one album to another, we’re growing and moving forward. In later years, Yes often got going but then didn’t do the next thing. This album is demonstrative of us growing, and building again.” For Yes, that “next thing” is a collection of high energy, intricate, lush and layered new studio songs for an album which adds to the band’s much heralded legacy, while charting a path to exciting future times ahead. Mirror To The Sky will be available as a Ltd Deluxe Electric Blue 2LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook with poster, as well as a Ltd Deluxe 2CD & Blu-ray Artbook, both of which feature the album in pristine 5.1, as well as Dolby Atmos, a first for any Yes album. Also included on the blu-ray are high-resolution stereo & instrumental mixes. The album will also be available as a Ltd 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP & LP-booklet, Standard CD Jewelcase & as Digital Album. All featuring cover art by Roger Dean.
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Yelena Eckemoff – Lonely Man and His Fish (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:27:12 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © L & H Production
Pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff’s body of elaborate, ambitious jazz concept albums reaches a new virtuosic summit with “Lonely Man and His Fish,” to be released April 28. A double-album set, the album is also a long-form parable, a story of deep affection between a human and his beloved pet. An all-star lineup—cornetist Kirk Knuffke, flutist Masaru Koga, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Eric Harland—helps Eckemoff breathe life into the tale.
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Yan Levionnois & Guillaume Bellom – Malinconia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:34 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © NoMadMusic
With Malinconia, Yan Levionnois and Guillaume Bellom invite us to a musical exploration of nostalgia. From Debussy to Piazzolla, via Webern, Fauré, Janacek, Bartok, Sibelius and Liszt, this album also offers a journey through the 20th century. Through pieces testifying to the personal vision of this state by eight composers, this programme offers a juxtaposition of styles. Rich in contrasts, it offers an immediately perceptible diversity in which the works illuminate each other.
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Yabbalaga – Creatures (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:17 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JazzSick Records
Jazz goes rock goes prog goes electronics: Yabbalaga is the name of the new project by Cologne saxophonist Stephan Mattner. Together with bassist Sebastian Räther and drummer Ralf Gessler, he presents eight exciting pieces on Creatures that are far removed from any pigeonhole thinking.
Sometimes more jazzy, then again more inclined to rock, the prog-rock oriented track “The Diva” also sets new standards in this metier with this instrumentation, electro beats and house sound carpets round off the groovy trip through Yabbalaga’s musical world.
The loops were played in advance with flute, clarinet and soprano sax, partly edited and played back to live music. This creates a powerful construct that can go hand in hand with coincidences in a clear structure.
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Xenia Jankovic & Camerata Novi Sad – Dvořák, Tchaikovsky & Jevtic: Love (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:11 minutes | 383 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Indésens Calliope Records
“Love” is a very powerful force. It is fascinating to realize that by cultivating feelings of love within ourselves and by acting out of love we can bring about many positive changes in our society, our planet and our lives. Can we also cultivate our feelings of love by listening to music? Yes, the music can truly open our hearts and horizons, intensify and clarify our feelings by touching us directly and deeply with its mysterious sounds. This album is dedicated to love and represents different aspects of love, human love, suffering, joy, humor and play…
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Within Temptation – Wireless (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:29 minutes | 912 MB | Genre: Hard Rock
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Within Temptation will release their brand new single “Wireless” from their new studio album tomorrow, May 19, 2023. The video premiere starts tonight. In 2022, they were a special guest of Iron Maiden on their North American tour and then on the “Worlds Collide Tour” – a huge co–headline tour together with Evanescence in Europe, for which they sold almost 200,000 tickets.
Their brand new single “Wireless” marks the beginning of the countdown for the highly anticipated eighth studio album, which is due to be released later this year.
Lyrically, the band attacks those who are hungry for war and turmoil and manipulate and control the media.
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Winger – Seven (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:35 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Hard Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frontiers Records s.r.l.
7th studio album from popular ’80s hard rockers Winger. First new studio album since 2014’s “Better Days Comin'”. Features all four original members + ‘new’ guitarist John Roth, who has been with the band for an extended period of time.
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Willie Colón, Hector Lavoe – Crime Pays (1972/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:52 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Crime Pays is a vintage collection of Willie Colón’s early lounge recordings from the late 1960s and early 1970s mainly with Héctor Lavoe, including Guajirón, El Titán, Que Lío and Eso Se Baila Así.
Craft Latino is proud to present an all-analog reissue of Crime Pays, an anthology of Willie Colón’s most influential songs from his first 4 albums. The ironically titled Crime Pays was a comment on the success of Colón’s carefully cultivated bad guy image that he sustained until the mid-1970s. The album contains nine key cuts from his first four albums. His 1967 debut album El Malo (The Bad Guy) is represented by his first hit, the mambo jazz instrumental “Jazzy” and the title track, a bomba-guaguancó ‘composed by Colón. “Jazzy” was co-penned by Colón and his African American pianist Dwight Brewster and bassist James Taylor.
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William Prince – Stand in the Joy (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:35 minutes | 678 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Six Shooter Records Inc.
Guided by a practical yet profound gratitude, William Prince’s songs convey the power of wonder and humility. A masterclass in skillful simplicity, Prince’s songwriting is grounded in a balance between the personal and the universal, his own moments of self-discovery and the larger questions we face together. Prince offers what’s true for himself in whatever way it is helpful. Grace is not a final state but a process. Stand in the Joy is a declaration of joy. Grounded in the strength to stand in the goodness of what you have, the new songs fights to give joy and happiness a chance. Produced by Dave Cobb and recorded in Savannah, GA, the album balances William Prince’s noted baritone in a lush, warm atmosphere. Prince has also built a collection of memorable collaborations with many of Canada’s most esteemed artists, including Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Tragically Hip and Serena Ryder along the way. Prince’s career trajectory is marked by accolades and milestones: an opening slot for Neil Young, a JUNO Award, a Tiny Desk and a return to the studio with Grammy winning producer Dave Cobb. With meaningful, impactful appearances on national broadcasts honouring icons and amplifying crucial conversations alike, Prince has taken up his deserved place on the national stage.
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William Goldstein – Goldstein in Tallinn – Creating The Score Live in Concert (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:47 minutes | 452 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © New Gold Music Ltd
On 21 and 22 November, an international movie music seminar, called “Music Meets Film”, took place in the framework of the Black Nights’ Film Festival, held annually in Tallinn, Estonia, since 1997; the opening day culminated in an extraordinary 60-minute concert during which composer William Goldstein in real-time and in front of the eyes of the audience created music for Jaan Tootsen’s documentary “Fred Jüssi. The Beauty of Being”.
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Wilhelm Furtwängler – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:33:17 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Classique
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the venerable Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele in this legacy programme of Beethoven! The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
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