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Kateřina Englichová & Vilém Veverka – Impressions / Ravel, Debussy, Sluka: Works for Oboe and Harp (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:57 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Supraphon a.s.
On their previous Supraphon recordings (SU 4185 – Musica per arpa, SU 4188 – Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, SU 4121 – Telemann, Britten ad.), harpist Kateřina Englichová and oboist Vilém Veverka sufficiently proved their outstanding performance qualities as well as informed interest in such mutually remote music worlds as the Baroque and the 20th century modernism. The present recording – their first made in dues – reflects more than twelve years of their performing together in concerts. The not-so-common combination of oboe and harp provides an endless scale of timbres and the resulting impression is marked both by frailness and confident virtuosity. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin is the crucial piece on the album and represents the composer’s memories of his friends lost in the First World War. Little musical gems written by Ravel and Debussy resound here in sensitive arrangements which have enriched the compositions by new timbre qualities. Primavera composed by Luboš Sluka was composed explicitly for the Englichová – Veverka duo and appears here in premiere recording.
The musical world of Kateřina Englichová and Vilém Veverka: entrancing timbre scales, frailness and virtuosity
“The playing is exceptional – there is strong evidence is of interpretative sympathy between the two instrumentalists. The recording quality is very clear and uncluttered.” (MusicWeb International)
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Kate Westbrook – Earth Felt the Wound (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:32 minutes | 647 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Westbrook Records
b. Kate Barnard, Guildford, Surrey, England. Westbrook initially studied as a painter, exhibiting in the UK, Europe and the USA, before joining her future husband in the Mike Westbrook Brass Band (1974). Self-taught as a musician she sings and plays a variety of wind instruments, as well as composing and writing lyrics for many of Mike Westbrook’s groups. Independently, she was a guest soloist with the RAI Orchestra in Rome and the Zurich Radio Orchestra during the 70s, and in the 80s worked on projects with Lindsay Cooper. She sings in French, German, Greek and Italian and has performed from the works of poets and songwriters as diverse as D.H. Lawrence, William Blake, Cole Porter, Rossini and Lorca. In conjunction with Mike Westbrook, she organized many multi-media events involving music, performance and painting, which have been performed on television and the theatre. With such a wide variety of experience it is hardly surprising that she has complained: ‘I think we’ve got some way to go before there’s an understanding in the musical world of this thing greater than any category: music’.
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Kate Todd – Anywhere With You (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:46 minutes | 475 MB | Genre: Country, Pop Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Kate Todd
The title track and debut single for Kate Todd’s latest album, Anywhere With You, is more than just an ode to the ideal romantic relationship. It’s passionately hopeful tone could also be said to be emblematic of the way Kate herself has plunged headlong into pursuing her musical dreams. “It’s about having such a deep connection to someone; having such faith in them that you would follow them anywhere; the same goes for your passions and desires to follow dreams. It requires this kind of faith,” said the multi-talented, Toronto-based country music sensation.
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Kate Tempest – The Book Of Traps And Lessons (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:03 minutes | 804 MB | Genre: Electronic, Spoken Word
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records
Passionate spoken words and lyrical prose match with beats flooding in on a wave of emotion.
Poet, performer, lyricist, rapper, artist, writer and playwright Kate Tempest has received and been nominated for multiple awards (including the Mercury / Brit Awards / the Ted Hughes prize…) This is the third studio album from Kate Tempest, built over the last five years with Rick Rubin and Dan Carey. These are the teaches of Tempest – evocative vocals serve up a slice of grimy everyday life. Words flow turning the mundane into poetry and a flowing lyric-garden of beauty. The distinctive tones of Kate Tempest are augmented with jazz and beats musical bits and pieces into a sprinkling of gritty 100s and 1000s.
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Kate Taylor – Why Wait! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:27 minutes | 959 MB | Genre: Folk Rock, Americana
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Red House Records
It was 50 years ago when Kate Taylor released her first full-length LP, Sister Kate. The album reached the Billboard Top 100, propelled by her version of brother James’ lovely lullaby “You Can Close Your Eyes”. Kate was part of a whole skew of Taylor siblings (Alex, Hugh, Livingston) whose musical careers were piggy-backed on top of the rocketing success of James. After all, she was billed as “Sister Kate”, not Kate Taylor. Her musical career lost steam after the debut album, but she still occasionally recorded and performed.
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Kate Smith – Today (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 38:39 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Victor – Legacy
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. “Today” is her 1966 album released for RCA Victor label.
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Kate Smith – The Kate Smith Anniversary Album (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:24 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. “The Kate Smith Anniversary Album” is her 1966 album released for RCA Victor label.
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Kate Smith – Songs of the Now Generation (1969/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:45 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Victor – Legacy
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. “Songs Of The Now Generation” is her 1969’s album released for RCA Victor label.
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Kate Smith – Something Special (1967/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:57 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. “Something Special” is her 1967 album released for RCA Victor label.
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Kate Smith – May God Be With You (1968/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:27 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Pop, Vocal, Gospel
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
The “Songbird of the South,” vocalist Kate Smith was one of the most popular stars of the pre-World War II era; she remains best remembered for her definitive version of the patriotic anthem “God Bless America,” which became a hit on no less than three separate occasions. Born Kathryn Elizabeth Smith in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1907, she initially trained to be a nurse but began singing professionally during the early 1920s, soon relocating to New York to pursue roles in vaudeville and on Broadway, where she appeared in Honeymoon Lane in 1926. The owner of a thunderous contralto, Smith signed to Columbia in 1927, debuting with “One Sweet Letter From You,” backed by Red Nichols’ Charleston Chasers. In 1931 she began hosting her own radio show; its theme song, “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain,” subsequently became her first major hit, selling some 19 million copies.
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Kate Smith – Just a Closer Walk with Thee (1967/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:22 minutes | 924 MB | Genre: Vocal Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy
Kate Smith released dozens of successful 78rpm singles during the 1930’s and 1940’s. She recorded sporadically during the 1950’s but in 1963 signed a contract with RCA Victor Records releasing a number of successful albums including several that charted on the Billboard Hot 200 chart alongside the major rock stars of the era, usually with Smith, then well in to her fifties, the oldest performer on the charts. Now we listen here album “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” originally released 1967 by RCA Records.
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Kate Rusby – Hand Me Down (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:33 minutes | 1019 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pure Records (Yorkshire) Ltd
Kate Rusby’s album, Hand Me Down, started life a few years ago whilst she was rehearsing for the Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 2. Jo asks her live music guests to perform songs of their own plus any cover version of their choice, Kate’s choice at that time was Oasis’ “Don’t Go Away”; on her second visit to the show she chose by ‘Friday I’m in Love’ by The Cure.”As a folk singer, it’s what I do, re-interpret existing songs, but usually the songs are much, much older. After playing a version of Oasis’ ‘Don’t Go Away’ on the BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley show, about 5 years ago, it dawned on me that not just the very old songs are handed down through the generations, but also favourite songs of any age, of any generation. Songs are precious for many different reasons. With ‘Don’t Go Away’ proving so popular on the last album and hearing the reaction when we performed it on tour, I decided, “Right, that’s it! I am doing a whole album of covers.” It was always the plan to make this album this year, lock-down just made it more intimate. We have laughed and we have cried, we have danced and we have sung. All of that is here, engrained in every track.”
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KATE NV – Room for the Moon (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:04 minutes | 923 MB | Genre: Experimental, Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RVNG Intl.
“Music knows what she wants,” says Moscow-based artist, Kate NV. On Room for the Moon, the lyrical follow up to the buoyant minimalism of 2018’s FOR, NV follows this muse in fluid expression, harmonizing her lunar lullabies with a starry compositional choreography. NV says, “I always let music express herself without pressure, and with or without voice.”
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Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble – What to Wear in the Dark (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:48 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resilience Music
Multi-time GRAMMY nominee Kate McGarry, “one of the country’s premier jazz singers today” per NPR, has teamed with renowned guitarist Keith Ganz (Harry Connick Jr, Luciana Souza) – her partner in life and music – for What To Wear In The Dark, a new collaborative collection out September 3rd via Resilience Music Alliance. Teaming with Downbeat Critics Poll winner Gary Versace on keyboard, Blue Note recording artist Ron Miles on trumpet, and a host of jazz A-listers, What To Wear In The Dark finds McGarry and Ganz using their decorated jazz backgrounds to offer imaginative and fresh perspectives on the indelible pop standards that have helped them transcend their own challenges.
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Kate Lindsey, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen – Arianna (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:10 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics
Several composers have written music inspired by the story of Arianna (also commonly known as Ariadne) abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos. The American mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, lauded for her intelligent and luminous singing, chose to illustrate this story by means of three composers: Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel and Haydn and with the help of the Arcangelo ensemble, founded by harpsichordist and organist Jonathan Cohen. The archetype of the woman abandoned, the character of Arianna offers composers and performers alike vast expressive possibilities for an audience always eager to identify themselves with the scarred heroine.
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