With Vom Willen und Tod (‚Of Will and Death‘), Gellért Szabó’s Ideal Orchestra pushes even further into existential weight and musical scale after Live at Berghain (2025). To record the album, the ensemble from Leipzig secluded themselves in a church, where they captured four compositions by Szabó alongside two newly reworked excerpts from Brahms’ Requiem. A sense of inner struggle runs through the entire record: the drive toward transcendence in the shadow of mortality, and the pull back toward one’s own origins after the death of the father.

British mezzo-soprano and BBC New Generation Artist Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch present their take on Robert Schumann’s famous song cycle Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love), based on poems by early 19th century German poet Heinrich Heine. The sixteen songs convey the birth of love, wonder, fragility in the face of love, emotions and nuances, wounds, sorrow, nostalgia, dreams, tears, betrayal, pain, consolation, death… The music expresses all the misfortunes that the poet had to face, as if a mirror image existed between the poet and Schumann.

The Four Last Songs, Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra were composed in 1948 when Strauss was 84. They are – with the exception of the song "Malven" (Mallows), composed later the same year – the final completed works of Richard Strauss.

This first joint project by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Basel-based vocal ensemble Voces Suaves is dedicated to the musical milieu into which Johann Sebastian Bach was born, and especially to those composers who had a demonstrable influence on the work of the man who would later become Thomaskantor in Leipzig. In addition to pieces from the Altbachisches Archiv (Archive of the Older Bachs), the album features sacred concertos and early cantatas by Bach’s predecessors and superiors from Arnstadt, Mühlhausen, Weimar and Leipzig, providing impressive proof of how highly developed the musical tradition of Central Germany was then.

Live at Kleine Olympiahalle" rattles into orbit at full throttle and puts you and us right back in the incredible mood of the evening, where we were able to celebrate "10 years of Jazzrausch Bigband" together.

Austrian mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert, accompanied by expert pianist Joseph Middleton, presents a selection of Schubert lieder blending beloved masterpieces with lesser-known gems.Sophie Rennert's extensive operatic repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary works, encompassing Purcell, Rameau, Handel and Vivaldi, through Mozart and operetta - numerous recordings with leading figures in the early music scene further highlight the quality of her voice. Hailed by critic David Nice as "a mezzo of many colours, subtlety, dramatic intelligence and a crucially brilliant top", it was only a matter of time before she lent her voice to Schubert's highly dramatic songs.

Geen Paniek is a studio album by German rock musician Udo Lindenberg and his band, Das Panik-Orchester, released in 1978. Notably, this album features songs sung in Dutch. It was produced by Jaap Eggermont and released under the Telefunken label. The record includes collaborations with Dutch artists such as Joost Nuisl, who contributed lyrics, and Jerney Kaagman, who provided guest vocals on several tracks.

On March 6, 2026, German-British artist Christin Nichols will release her new and third album. It is named after her, “Christin Nichols,” and is the essence of everything this woman is and always has been about. Christin Nichols will be going on tour with the new album in April 2026. The advance single “Cheerleader” – an anthem about self-love – is being released today.

Dalida (1933–1987) was a legendary Italian-French singer and actress, born in Cairo, who sold over 140 million records worldwide during a 30-year career.

With "Stabile Poesie", BOSSE is releasing his tenth album in 21 years today – a work that once again shows why Aki Bosse is one of the most influential voices in German-speaking indie pop. Instead of short-lived trends, he continues to focus on strong, coherent albums with a clear attitude and emotional depth.

Hailed by the international music press and highly praised by music connoisseurs, the recordings of Bach’s entire body of vocal music made by the Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ), its conductor Masaaki Suzuki and numerous prestigious soloists, many of whom have remained remarkably loyal to the undertaking from the outset, are here brought together to form the only complete set of these works in high-resolution format.

Michael Moravek has composed an entire album about the resistance fighter Georg Elser. Originally written for a play, it is the first extensive and a self-contained musical work about the carpenter from Königsbronn, who almost changed the course of the world with his act.

Robert Schumann has accompanied saxophonist Joerg Kaufmann since his childhood. As a young piano student, he was shaped by pieces from Album for the Young; later, he was particularly captivated by the Piano Concerto in A minor.

With his first recording Himmelsmusik, the Hieronymus Consort explores Sacred Concerts and Songs by the Hamburg councillor musician and organist Johann Schop and his son Albert Schop. Both composers were well-connected during their time; Johann traveled to Copenhagen together with Heinrich Schutz to play at the wedding celebrations of the Danish Crown Prince. Albert received his organ education from Philipp Scheidemann and worked as organist at the Mecklenburg court in Gustrow. The concerts shine through their focus on the text and virtuosity, and the songs, with the texts from Johann Rist’s “Heavenly Songs,” transport the listener to other worlds.

Recorded during the concerts of the Ecclesia Tour, the CD captures the special atmosphere and rich sound of this successful concert series. With bagpipes, drums, shawms, and powerful voices, Corvus Corax presents its characteristic blend of medieval musical tradition, archaic energy, and impressive live performance.