Gertruda Jerjomenko, Maris Kupčs, Liepāja Symphony Orchestra – Bruk: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:57 minutes | 900 MB | Genre: Classical
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Fridrich Bruk – born in Kharkov in 1937 and a Finnish resident since 1974 – made his name as a composer of tangos. But the heart of his music lies in a series of eighteen symphonies, which have a strong narrative element, some reflecting Jewish themes, others inspired by Karelia and Finland. Symphony No. 17, Joy of Life (which Bruk also calls a ‘Concerto-Symphony for Orchestra and Piano’), has an autobiographical programme charting, in abstract terms, Bruk’s surmounting of the obstacles fate put in his path. Symphony No. 18 takes as its starting point a Latvian-Jewish folksong: it is premised on the deportation of his grandparents from their Latvian home, in an anti-Semitic campaign by Tsarist Russia that Bruk sees as a kind of prologue to the Holocaust.
Read moreGerry Mulligan – Body And Soul (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:45 minutes | 656 MB | Genre: Blues
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Gerald Joseph “Gerry” Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also a notable arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. Mulligan’s pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the more important cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. “There are some words that have been kind of lost from modern usage that I would like to bring to my music and have striven all my life to do, BEAUTY, GRACE, NOBILITY, these are the things that music can bring to us, as human beings. I think it is well that we who make music keep that in our consciousness.” -GERRY MULLIGAN
Read moreMichael Grossman – Time’s Memory (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:23 minutes | 521 MB | Genre: Classical
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Composed in 2016, published 2017. Ruminations on “Time”. George Peter Tingley’s inspiration for this piece is based on St. Augustine’s ruminations on the subject over 1500 years ago mixed in with his own reflections.
Read moreGeorg Poplutz – Ich bin mit Gott vergnügt (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:12 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the soulful interpretation of tenor Georg Poplutz and the Telemann-Ensemble Frankfurt under Andreas Köhs on SPEKTRAL, widely unknown solo cantatas in small instrumental ensembles become precious jewels of sacred chamber music. An hour of the finest cantata art of the German Baroque with little-known works that will always give the inclined listener a joy of discovery.
Read moreGavin James – The Sweetest Part (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:18 minutes | 489 MB | Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Pop Rock
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Gavin James Already on his way to becoming one of 2015’s international crossover-stories, Gavin James is a 22-year-old artist who grew up in a Dublin suburb. The son of a postman, music was arguably in Gavin’s blood: his maternal great-grandparents were both famous Irish Opera singers. James began playing guitar at age eight. After years of playing Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin covers in the garden shed, he joined a band while in his teens and, upon drawing the short straw, was drafted as its singer.
Read moreGalya Bisengalieva – Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:00 minutes | 435 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Following the release of Netflix’s inspiring documentary short ‘Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive’, Galya Bisengalieva presents her official soundtrack, out on July 22nd.
To accompany the gruelling journey of freediver Johanna Nordblad as she tries to break the world record for distance travelled under ice with one breath, Galya has crafted an expert ambient narration that highlights the rising intensity toward the films looming climax. She uses warped solo violin techniques and electronically manipulated strings to produce compelling and emotive compositions that induce complete submersion. Aiding in the use of the dive to make comment on both global warming and the pandemic, the soundtrack commands attention while giving the characters their own space to breathe.
Read moreGaetano Simone – J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1007-1012 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:27:00 minutes | 2,34 GB | Genre: Classical
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The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).
Read moreGaétan Jarry – Chandos Anthems (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:33 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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Even if his wealth had come about in a rather questionable way, James Brydges, Earl of Carnavon and First Duke of Chandos, acquired at least an honorable musical-historical memory in the late 1710s as an important patron and patron of Handel. For the services in the chapel of the magnificent estate, Handel wrote the Chandos Anthems. Three of these little-known pearls, which impress with their virtuosity, their light texture and their timbres, will presented here by the ensemble Marguerite Louise under Gaétan Jarry with a lot of verve.
Read moreGabríel Ólafs – Solon Islandus (Deluxe) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:14 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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Solon Islandus is the Decca Records US debut of 23-year-old Icelandic composer Gabríel Ólafs. It is an ambitious concept album that pays homage to the artistic spirit of the people of Iceland. A work of personal discovery, and an exploration of the artistry, culture and place that has shaped Gabríel’s identity.The record draws inspiration from the writing of one of Iceland’s great poets, Davíd Stefánsson, in expressive and emotional works for piano, ensemble and choir with spoken word elements.It is, writes PopMatters, “brimming with beauty.”
Read moreGábor Csordás – On The Rhodes Again (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:59 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The style of this album is based on traditions of European jazz, but it is also influenced heavily by modern American movements (neo-soul, funk, etc.) and even electronic music. The sound is also defined by dynamic improvisations and a blend of unexpected influences and styles.
Read moreGábor Benda – The Story of Jesus (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:33 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the summer of 2020 I had a solo piano concert tour in several mid-century temples. The atmosphere of these sacral spaces was unique. I felt inspired by the environment: by the acoustic sounding, the magnificent architecture, the congregations. A lot of new melodies came into my mind and I decided that like so many composers in the past I’m going to tell the story of Jesus with my own musical expressions, highlighting the segments that mean the most to me. I chose 12 parts of Jesus’s life and melodised them for solo piano. The duodenary number refers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel and Jesus’s 12 disciples who symbolise the importance of spreading his philosophy and teachings.
Read moreFrode Haltli – Avant Folk II (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:23 minutes | 442 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The opening track of ‘Avant Folk’ is like a dream of what contemporary experimental folk-meets-jazz-meets-chamber-music might be. Composed by Frode Haltli, ‘Hug’ begins with a galumphing off-centre rhythm that could be an accompaniment to elephants waltzing before the wheezing bellows-breath of Haltli’s accordion creates delightfully airy whispers of noise that drift across the other instruments like wisps of cloud across the sky.
Read moreFriendship – Love The Stranger (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:09 minutes | 500 MB | Genre: Rock
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Friendship’s Merge debut, Love the Stranger, moves like a country record skipping in just the right spot, leaving its fellow travelers longing for a place they’ve only visited in their dreams. Guitarist Peter Gill, drummer Michael Cormier-O’Leary, bassist Jon Samuels, and hawkeyed balladeer Dan Wriggins map out the group’s particular, breathtaking landscape and invite the listener to share in its glory.
Read moreFrida Touray – Mending (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 21:00 minutes | 227 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Frida Touray is an undiscovered gem – an artist who, with the release of her debut EP ‘Mending’, will capture the hearts and minds of audiences who love music that melts in your mind, that provokes emotions you weren’t even aware of and of music that creatively captivates in every nerve on your body. She is without doubt an artist of the future that will command your attention.
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