![Nektar - Remember The Future (Deluxe Edition) (1973/2023) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2024/05/01/NjktMTk3MS5qcGVn.jpg)
Ars Antiqua Austria & Gunar Letzbor – Franz Joseph Aumann: Passion Oratorio (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:52:00 minutes | 1,82 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Accent
It was a sensational find in many respects when Gunar Letzbor discovered the Passion by the composer and Augustinian canon Franz Joseph Aumann in the archives of St Florian’s Abbey (near Linz, Austria) and other monasteries.
This oratorio de Passione Domini nostri Jesu Christi was not only a highly expressive work from the early classical period, but also, contrary to what the Latin title might suggest, the only known surviving Catholic Passion composition in German.
The work, which lasts around two hours, does not recount the Passion of Christ as is usually the case; instead, its atmospheric images and reflections focus on the emotional coping with the incomprehensible – Jesus’ death on the cross.
The Aumann Passion was probably performed on Good Friday in St Florian’s Abbey. It’s music is reminiscent of compositions by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach or Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross. Daring harmonic turns repeatedly heighten the expression, impressive choral movements sung by the four soloists and complex fugues make the suffering of Christ and the grief of the faithful sound impressive.
Gunar Letzbor and Ars Antiqua Austria are joined by soloists Alois Muhlbacher, Markus Miesenberger and Alexandre Baldo for this new recording.
Read moreBelcea Quartet – Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets – Plus Documentary (2020) [4 Blu-ray Discs]
Released Date: 2020
Label: EuroArts
Genre: Classical
Duration: 09:27:17 + 01:02:16 (Documentary)
Performers:
Belcea String Quartet
Corina Belcea, violin
Axel Schacher, violin
Krzystof Chorzelski, viola
Antoine Lederlin, cello
Video quality: Blu-ray 1080i
Format / Container: BDMV
Video Codec: H.264
Audio Codec: PCM, DTS
Available again in a repackaged format for the Beethoven Year 2020. This Belcea Quartet box brings a high-definition audiovisual reference recording of Beethoven´s Complete String Quartets to the market! Since 2006, the only filmed concert performance of Beethoven’s quartets available has been the Alban Berg Quartet’s DVD in 4:3 format. With this edition, released on the occasion of the Belcea Quartet’s 20th anniversary, EuroArts fills a niche for a high definition quality audiovisual production of Beethoven´s String Quartets available on Blu-ray.
The ensemble embarked on the mammoth task of playing the complete Beethoven string quartet cycle within a space of 12 days, recorded at the Wiener Konzerthaus in 2012. Every concert featured one work each from the early, middle and late quartets, including perhaps the most exciting of all works by Beethoven: the Opus 133, the “Große Fuge“ which he wrote as the finale of the quartet Opus 130. “This music, just sounds forever « avant-garde », I think in a way that perhaps no music written after the “Große Fuge“ manages to sound to this day”, explains the quartet’s viola player Krzysztof Chorzelski. In this recording, the Belcea Quartet performs the “Große Fuge” in one piece with Opus 130, which makes this performance even more thrilling.
This extraordinary edition not only includes the Belcea’s complete recordings of String Quartets from Vienna Konzerthaus but also a 47-minute bonus documentary “On the Paths of the Beethoven String Quartets” which brings us closer to the ensemble´s reflections on Beethoven´s quartets as well as on this unique project.
Read more
Lorenzo Sanchez Band – Blue Avenida (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:56 minutes | 452 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rock’n’Hall
Lorenzo Sanchez is a guitarist from the French professional blues scene. His Andalusian origins, his artistic encounters and the strong musical influences of the great blues masters, from Hendrix to Ry Cooder to Derek Trucks, have shaped an original Afro-American musical form.
Founder of the legendary group Miguel M and The BBB, winner of the 1999 Chesterfield Café national competition (jury: Thierry Ardisson, Yvan Le Bolloch and Peter Kingsberry), which led to the recording of the album Live au Chesterfield Café.
His live experience has been enriched by collaborations with musicians such as Fred Chapellier, Johan Dalgaard (Cali, Gaétan Roussel, Johnny Halliday…), Philippe Brohet (Juliette), Greg Szlap, Mike Greene, Manu Codjia, Dave Crow and Andrew Balcon (Heymoonshaker).
His music is a blend of blues, soul, jazz and rock, sometimes tinged with Indian or Hispanic sounds, sublimated by his slide guitar playing.
Read more
Jean-Marc Fessard, Orlando Bass, Orchestre de la garde républicaine & Sébastien Belliar – Penard: Diversión (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:22 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Soond
The title of this album can be understood in different ways and lends itself to wordplay. Entertainment comes first, according to the literal translation of the Spanish diversión. And indeed, the works are at least partly intended to be light-hearted and relaxed. Nevertheless, the lightness of the French composer Olivier Penard’s music is almost illusory or merely a detour, because behind a diverse language there is music of serious, sometimes tragic expressivity, carried by an intense dramaturgy. As in the “Concert Argentin” with tango, jazz and milonga, but with the tragic life of Eva Perón at its center.
Read more
Geneva Piano Trio – Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:06 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Paraty
The Geneva Piano Trio was founded by three international awarded musicians, established in Switzerland. Sharing Russian origin and having lived in Geneva for twenty years, they paid tribute to their welcoming city by naming their musical ensemble The Geneva Piano Trio. The recording was done in the famous music room of a Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds (a UNESCO World Heritage site), holding a revolutionary Dolby Atmos technology. For this first CD, the musicians choose to celebrate their cultural roots with trios of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.
Read more
Nina Simone – Nina’s Back (1985/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:19 minutes | 864 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve
Recorded in 1985 after a break from recording and time spent living in Barbados and Liberia, Nina’s Back features a rejuvenated Nina Simone reaching out to a wider musical audience. Featuring a number of memorable original Simone compositions, the band includes horns and backup singers for a recording that’s unique in Nina’s catalog.
Read more
Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:17:02 minutes | 936 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Records Label
Sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter. His first studio release in six years, following ‘Man of the Woods’ (2018), the album features the singles ‘Selfish’ and ‘Drown’.
Read more
Frank Sinatra – INTEGRAL FRANK SINATRA 1957-1960 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 07:41:11 minutes | 2,35 GB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Diggers Factory
Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra (* December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey; † May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, actor and entertainer. His surnames were Ol’ Blue Eyes and, because of his characteristic voice, The Voice. Sinatra has long been considered the most influential artist in Las Vegas and was therefore called Chairman of the Board (Chairman of the board) among his colleagues half jokingly, but just as respectfully. He began his musical career in the swing era as a singer in the orchestras of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. With fellow artists such as Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. he was a member of the so-called Rat Pack. His internationally successful hits, including Strangers in the Night, My Way and New York, New York, brought Sinatra worldwide fame; his albums have sold more than 150 million copies.
Read more
Four Tet – Three (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:54 minutes | 477 MB | Genre: Deep House, Experimental, Ambient, Downtempo
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Text Records
Three is the upcoming twelfth studio album by British electronic musician Four Tet. It is set to be released on 15 March 2024 through Text Records.
After the release of two solo albums in 2020, the musician collaborated with other artists, including Madlib, Skrillex and Fred Again, and fought a legal battle with the Domino Recording Company concerning streaming royalties in 2021 and 2022. Returning to solo endeavours, Hebden released the lead single of his forthcoming album “Three Drums” on 27 April 2023, “a wall of electronic noise” supported by a “laid back beat” and a hint of “early 90s hip-hop” The opening track “Loved” was released on 10 January 2024 and features a “slowed, mellow drum beat” combined with “soft keyboard sounds”.
The musician announced Three on 14 February, alongside the release of “Daydream Repeat”, described as “gorgeously hypnotic”. The album artwork was designed by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper.[5] In promotion of the record, Hebden is set to host the “Four Tet & Friends” event in New York on 4–5 May with performances from Floating Points, UFO, and others.
Read more
Elina Garanca – When Night Falls … (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:24 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Just in time for World Sleep Day on March 15, 2024, Elīna Garanča’s new album “When Night Falls…” will be released and will convey a feeling “for that time of the day when you withdraw from the world, come home, close the door and devote yourself to your own private life in a protected setting.“ Accordingly, it is a very personal album, Garanča highlights her homeland here for the first time in her previous discography. “My Latvian identity should definitely be part of the program with such an intimate, personal program,” says the artist. Latvian composers such as Raimonds Pauls, Alfrēds Kalniņš and Jānis Zālīts, among others, can be heard on this album.
The program ranges from large-scale orchestral works to chamber music pieces and songs performed as soloists. The mezzo-soprano is accompanied by renowned colleagues and ensembles, including Albrecht Mayer, Raphaël Feuillâtre, Malcolm Martineau and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria.
Read more
Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:30:45 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
Unsettled by the state of the world in 2020, Charles Lloyd began conceiving of a musical offering in the form of a new studio recording featuring a new band, a quartet that would be a first-time convening of four distinctive voices with the legendary saxophonist joined by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Brian Blade. In Spring 2023, around Lloyd’s 85th birthday, the project at long last flowered with the creation of an expansive double album titled ‘The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow’. A majestic body of work that finds one of the most significant musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries still at the peak of his powers, the album presents a collection of Lloyd originals new, old, and reimagined.
Read more
CAKE – Pressure Chief (Deluxe Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:48 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Indie Rock, Art Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Legacy Recordings will release the latest of the CAKE reissues, Pressure Chief, on vinyl. Celebrating it’s 20th anniversary this year, the album had key tracks like “Wheels” and the ever popular “No Phone.” Outside of being included in a limited-edition Record Store Day box set this album has never been available on vinyl as a standalone item. Pressure Chief is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band CAKE. Released in 2004, this album showcases the band’s unique fusion of different musical styles including country, pop, and rock. With track highlights like “Wheels” and “No Phone,” CAKE further solidifies their presence in the music industry through their creativity and storytelling.
At no point is there any sign of a dip in Cake’s music. With ‘Pressure Chief’, again provided with the artwork of their front-man John McCrea, Cake proves to be slightly departing from the slowly evolving sound that they had developed over the past decade. Most notably are the significantly increased amount of synthesizer and keyboard invading their melodies and along with McCrea’s unique vocal timbre it had become the foundations of the bands ‘sound’. There is not a single song on this album that isn’t entertaining and moving. There’s additional electric guitar playing by Green On Red desert rocker Chuck Prophet on ‘She’ll Hang The Baskets’.
Read more
Burkard Schliessmann – Robert Schumann: Fantasies (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:33:13 minutes | 2,53 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Divine Art
Divine Art proudly introduces Burkard Schliessmann’s distinctive interpretation of Robert Schumann’s inner world through the groundbreaking recording project, “Fantasies.” At Berlin’s Teldex Studios, Schliessmann, having immersed himself in Schumann’s oeuvre, sought to reveal the inner qualities of the music, pushing expressive and explosive boundaries. Collaborating with producer Julian Schwenkner and engineer Jupp Wegner, he employed 14 microphones for a Dolby Atmos experience, capturing the intricacies of Schumann’s compositions on 3 SACDs, including an alternative interpretation of Fantasiestücke Op. 12.
Read more
Boeckner – Boeckner! (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:58 minutes | 770 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sub Pop Records
Daniel Boeckner understands the grit and gravel that accumulates in the heart and that it takes an unwavering courage to crack through that clutter and burrow to the other side. And in Boeckner’s hands, that quest comes via post-apocalyptic synth and guitar heroism, a rallying cry for those always coming home through the scorched clouds. Throughout his work with Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits, Operators, Atlas Strategic, and more, the iconic Canadian indie rocker recognizes that few feelings are more gratifying than hope. But it takes getting the hell out of your own way. Boeckner’s solo debut, Boeckner!, is the culmination of his deep library of musical reference. Produced by Randall Dunn (SunnO))), The Cave Singers, Earth) with help from drummer Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam, Fiona Apple), Boeckner! Is filled with lively, catchy rock that calls to mind The Cars, David Bowie.
Read more