Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction (Super Deluxe Edition) (1987/2018) [4xCD + 1xBlu-ray Audio]

The Appetite For Destruction: Super Deluxe Edition features 4CDs including the album newly remastered for the first time ever; B-sides N’ EPs newly remastered; the previously unreleased 1986 Sound City Session N’ More recordings; a Blu-ray Audio disc with the album, bonus tracks and music videos in brand new 5.1 surround sound along with the unearthed music video for “It’s So Easy” originally shot in 1989 but never finished; and a 96-page hardcover book showcasing unseen photos from Axl Rose’s personal archive and wealth of memorabilia. In addition, the Super Deluxe Edition contains collectables like never-before-seen band lithos, replica concert tickets, a wall poster, temporary band member tattoos , a Robert Williams painting litho, and a replica “Welcome To The Jungle” video shoot invite flyer originally drawn by Slash.

96-page Hardcover Book with Unreleased Photos from Axl’s Personal Archive and a Bombardment of Memorabilia
Simulated-Leather Wrapped Slipcase and Book Cover with Embossed GN’R Logos

4 CDs:
73 Total Tracks – 49 Tracks Previously Unreleased
First Ever Album Remaster from Original Analog Tapes
12 Tracks from B-SIDES N’ EPS Newly Remastered from Original Analog Tapes
25 Unreleased Recordings from 1986 SOUND CITY SESSION
2 Unreleased Recordings from Mike Clink Sessions:
“Shadow Of Your Love” – from December 1986 Mike Clink tryout session
“Move To The City (1988 Acoustic Version)” – from GN’R LIES sessions

1 Blu-ray Audio Disc:
New 96kHz 24-bit 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes from Original Analog Multi-tracks
Original Album Mixed by Elliot Scheiner
5 Bonus Tracks Mixed by Elliot Scheiner & Frank Filipetti
All songs feature brand new animations
4 Original Music Videos in 5.1
Unreleased 1989 “It’s So Easy” Video in 5.1

5 Previously Unseen Band Member Lithos
“Welcome To The Jungle” Video Invite Flyer – Originally Drawn by Slash
Robert Williams Painting Litho 12”x24”
Temporary Band Member Tattoos
3 Replica Ticket Stubs
1 Wall Poster 24”x36”

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Viktoriia Vitrenko, David Grimal, Luigi Gaggero & Niek de Groot – György Kurtág: Scenes (Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19, Eight Duos for Violin and Cimbalom, Op. 4, Seven Songs, Op. 22, In memory of a Winter evening, Op. 8, Several Movements from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s Sudelbücher ‘Scrapbooks’, Op. 37a & Hommage à Be (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Viktoriia Vitrenko, David Grimal, Luigi Gaggero & Niek de Groot – György Kurtág: Scenes (Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19, Eight Duos for Violin and Cimbalom, Op. 4, Seven Songs, Op. 22, In memory of a Winter evening, Op. 8, Several Movements from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s Sudelbücher ‘Scrapbooks’, Op. 37a & Hommage à Be (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:22 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © audite Musikproduktion

In the history of music, György Kurtág is a figure apart. Born in Hungary in 1926, he stood aside from the great ideological movements of his time and created his own personal language in solitude, thinking of music as he put it, “as an ongoing search”. But while doggedly independent, he was also a man of culture whose language developed in the shadow of two great teachers: Bartók and Beethoven, the former following on largely from the latter. A champion of the small form, Kurtág also drew inspiration (when he wasn’t revisiting them explicitly) from Bach, Schubert and Schumann.

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Asko/Schönberg – Asko/Schönberg : György Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble And Choir (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Asko/Schönberg – Asko/Schönberg : György Kurtág: Complete Works For Ensemble And Choir (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:30:35 minutes | 2,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM New Series

Recorded in Amsterdam’s Musikgebouw and Haarlem’s Philharmonie between March 2013 and July 2016, this triple-album set is a milestone in the documentation of Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s work and also a labour of love. It brings together all of Kurtàg’s works for ensemble and for ensemble and choir.

The insightful and precise performances bear witness to extensive preparation by the dedicated Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble. Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw speaks of “learning Kurtág’s oeuvre step by step, and performing these pieces repeatedly over a period of twenty years.”

De Leeuw consulted extensively with György and Márta Kurtág before and after each session: “There were moments when I was overwhelmed at first hearing”, says the famously-demanding Kurtág, “and we could embrace the result immediately. But sometimes we were critical. The fact that Reinbert always listened to our remarks and re-recorded fragments or even whole pieces makes this publication authentic.”

Works heard here are presented in chronological order of composition, beginning with the Four Capriccios (1959-1970, rev. 1993) and continuing with Four Songs to Poems by János Pilinszky (1975), Grabstein für Stephan (1978-79, rev. 1989), Messages of the late Miss R. Troussova (1976-80), ?quasi una fantasia? (1987-88), Op. 27 No. 2 Double Concerto (1989-90), Samuel Beckett: What is the Word (1991), Songs of Despair and Sorrow (1980-1994), Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova (1997-2008), Colinda-Balada (2010), and Brefs Messages (2011).

The extensive album booklet includes all song texts with translations, an interview with Reinbert de Leeuw, liner notes by Wolfgang Sandner and Paul Griffiths, and a statement by György Kurtág.

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Gyöngy Erödi – Bach: Cello Suites (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gyöngy Erödi – Bach: Cello Suites (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:56 minutes | 359 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Carpe Diem Records

Three suites for Violoncello by J. S. Bach, played by Gyongy Erodi on a baroque violoncello in the incredible acoustics of a small chapel in the Austrian mountains. A very special and personal rendering of these iconic masterworks.

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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – 11th Street, Sekondi (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – 11th Street, Sekondi (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:36 minutes | 527 MB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Agogo Records

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley was born on the 11th Street in Sekondi, Ghana 72 years ago. on the cover photo you can see on the right side the house of his birth which was also his parental home.

The Ghanian legend’s latest release shows off a pride of heritage, and his honed talent for mixing highlife with other genres like rap, Afro-funk and Disco.

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Gwyneth Herbert – Ten Lives (2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwyneth Herbert – Ten Lives (2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:32 minutes | 434 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Real World Records

…In early 2008, Herbert was commissioned by a collaborative project between Peter Gabriel and Bowers & Wilkins to record an acoustic album at Gabriel’s Real World Studios. The result of these sessions – Ten Lives – was released as a digital download in July 2008, available only from the Bowers & Wilkins website as part of their Music Club…

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Gwilym Simcock & Yuri Goloubev – Reverie at Schloss Elmau (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Gwilym Simcock & Yuri Goloubev – Reverie at Schloss Elmau (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:26 minutes | 1010 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

It seems inevitable that the highly acclaimed, virtuosic pianist-composer Gwilym Simcock and multi-award winning double bassist-composer Yuri Goloubev would one day record together in a duo once their paths had crossed. That moment has come with the new recording Reverie at Schloss Elmau on the award-winning ACT label.

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Gwilym Simcock – Near and Now (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwilym Simcock – Near and Now (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:52 minutes | 545 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

A rare gift,” is how the Daily Telegraph describes the artistry that Gwilym Simcock brings to playing solo piano. “I have always enjoyed the challenge to make sure that a piece of music has a nice arc to it,” says Simcock. “It should take you on a journey whether it is composed or improvised.” The outstanding individuality of his playing is what led to him to become a member of the great Pat Metheny’s quartet and to tour extensively with it. It is no coincidence that “Near and Now” seems so close up and personal: “Many albums are written at home and then recorded out ‘on the road’, but I decided to do it the other way round,” explains Simcock. And so he creates music that is current, fresh, and brings a sense of real intimacy.

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Gwendolyn Masin – Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Live] (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwendolyn Masin – Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Live] (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:02 minutes | 429 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

The GAIA Music Festival takes place annually in Oberhofen in Switzerland. The brainchild of violinist Gwendolyn Masin, the Festival is named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, and in just a few years has grown into a thriving and captivating series of events. Concerts from the Festival have been recorded in collaboration with Orchid Classics, capturing the energy and spontaneity of these special live performances.

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Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 480 MB | Genre: Pop, Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMGRI Interscope

It’s only September but Gwen Stefani’s celebrating Christmas early! On Monday (Sept. 18), Stefani announced she had something big planned for the holidays. Now she finally confirmed her first Christmas album, released Oct. 6, called You Make It Feel Like Christmas. The album is a collaboration with her country star boyfriend Blake Shelton and features classics like “Jingle Bells,” “Santa Baby” and “Silent Night,” as well as some original holiday songs.

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Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like (Deluxe) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like (Deluxe) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:02 minutes | 730 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Interscope

A singer and songwriter since childhood, Gwen Stefani has sold close to 30 million records as the front woman for the band No Doubt and as a multi-platinum solo artist. Gwen took her time to carefully craft her new album This Is What The Truth Looks Like, her most personal work to date. With intimate songs such as Make Me Like You , Misery Truth and Used To Love You combined with the stellar productions from producers Mattman & Robin, Greg Kurstin, JR Rotem and Stargate, there is an emotional through line to the album that highlights Gwen s songwriting and impassioned themes of love and loss that are universally felt worldwide. Deluxe Edition features 5 bonus tracks.

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Gwen Hoebig, Karl Stobbe – Leclair: Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 3 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Gwen Hoebig, Karl Stobbe – Leclair: Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 3 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:32 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Groupe Analekta, Inc

Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster, and Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster, both distinguished musicians of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, combine their talents to bring us the album Six Sonatas for Two Violins, by the great French composer Jean-Marie Leclair, whose tumultuous life led to his murder in 1764.

This magnificent work, composed of lilting pastorals, graceful sarabandes and fiery jigs, is admirably performed by the two virtuosos. Known for his delicate and clean melodic writing, Jean-Marie Leclair is considered the father of violin in France.

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Gwen & Tiana – African Time, Live in Switzerland (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Gwen & Tiana – African Time, Live in Switzerland (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:25:45 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ubuntu Music

Ubuntu Music is delighted to announce the continuation of its relationship with Gwen & Tiana, for the release of their new album, African Time, Live in Switzerland.

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Guy Van Nueten – Contact (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Guy Van Nueten – Contact (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:28 minutes | 390 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Contact is the third and final part of Flemish musician and composer Guy Van Nueten’s piano trilogy ‘Pacman”. With Contact, Van Nueten has come up with his most mature work to date. Through recording his compositions in one take he allowed for a unity of time and space. This is a reaction against the frequent cutting and processing that takes place during recordings, whereby original emotions become diluted and the distance between music and listener increases. “I don’t know what happened with me,” says Van Nueten, “but with this record I’ve delved deep. I raised the bar higher than ever. This is the crowning glory.”

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Guy Sigsworth – STET (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Guy Sigsworth – STET (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:54 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

After a decades-long career in the course of which he has collaborated with some of the biggest artists in the world, including Björk, Britney Spears, David Sylvian, Seal, and Madonna, the celebrated British producer finally recorded his own debut album. A lush opus encompassing both electronic-ambient and post-classical ideas, it includes a number of collaborators including, most notably, Imogen Heap, Sigsworth’s former bandmate in Frou Frou. ~ John D. Buchanan

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