Nei cinque anni dalla scomparsa precoce di Ezio Bosso escono per Sony Classical i suoi ultimi inediti di musica da camera, registrati per la prima volta dopo accurata revisione delle partiture, nell’interpretazione magistrale di quattro grandi solisti in due diverse formazioni cameristiche: il pianista ed intellettuale salentino Francesco Libetta, ormai capofila dell’eredità artistica del grande torinese; il violoncellista e direttore d’orchestra Luigi Piovano, già collaboratore di Bosso come primo violoncello dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; la violinista Grazia Raimondi e la giovane star del violino Aylen Pritchin, tra gli artisti più quotati sui migliori palchi internazionali. Entrambi i brani segnano momenti cruciali della vita di Bosso: la Sonata per violino e pianoforte N.1 Unconditioned è la versione originale da cui poi fu estratta la celeberrima Following a Bird. Il Trio per violino, violoncello e pianoforte N.2 Missed Steps composto nel 2013, racconta del suo reimparare a camminare ed è ispirato al cammino mistico dei Dervisci Rotanti. Con questo album si celebra dunque il primo quinquennale dalla morte di Bosso, completando il ciclo delle sue composizioni, mentre tutto l’anno sarà ricco di eventi a lui dedicati.

This live radio broadcast from NHK Radio comes after the release of Here, My Dear (1978), a deeply personal album, and just before In Our Lifetime (1981), reflecting a transitional phase in both his music and life. Gaye's performance at Budokan was a masterclass in soul music. Known for his rich, emotive voice, he delivered a setlist that balanced intimacy and exuberance. The show featured a blend of his greatest hits and newer material. Classics such as "What's Going On," "Let's Get It On," and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" form the backbone of the set . Romantic ballads such as "If I Should Die Tonight" and "Distant Lover" showcase his vulnerability and vocal control, and are paired with funkier tracks like "Got to Give It Up" which reflect the danceable, joyous side of his repertoire.

Steve Kilbey's second solo album, a musical companion to his first book of poetry by the same name. 20 instrumental tracks, covering many moods but invoking a magical time and place through their dreamy melodies and atmospheric treatments. Now with 25 minutes of SK reading from his book. Let yourself be carried off into another realm by SK's velvet voice, giving a further link from the music to the book… Includes eight newly found tracks of Steve Kilbey reading from the book Earthed, which are simply stunning. All music digiatlly remastered from original source material.

Since the first cave paintings, the first fireside stories, art has been a vehicle of escape from the stressors of the world. Philip Wilkerson and Chris Russell’s newest collaboration, Imaginary Realities, was written with that escape in mind. Wrought in bright drones and glimmering flourishes, this album is a portal to another place, a reprieve from the mundane in the realm of the extraordinary. While prior collaborations Vague Traces and Dark Measures took inspiration from our world, Imaginary Realities is quintessentially dreamlike, from the opening chimes of “Liftoff” to the closing chords of the title track. “Dissipation” shimmers and warbles like polarized magnets drawing closer and then receding. “Revealing the Concealed” begins with sparse piano before blooming into a shifting nebula of harmonic textures. “Abandoning Desire” hums with contemplation, with shades of Russell’s dark ambient solo work in its vibrating drones. Gentle strums add a percussive heartbeat to the drone’s sonorous breaths, ritualistic in their rhythm. Then, the piece brightens, carried by a sun-washed texture from the caverns to the skies. Back and forth, it compresses and releases, a seamless dance between darkness and warmth: the sound of all the needs for earthly possession, one by one, held to the light and let go. The closing title track is a sonic image of aurorae, colors swimming in the night sky.

Um der Besonderheit unseres Albums für WEST Ausdruck zu verleihen, wollten wir die „FÜR DICH“ Vinyl-Edition einzigartig machen und holten uns dazu den weltbekannten PopUp-Künstler Simon Arizpe ins Boot. Gemeinsam mit dem NewYorker entsteht in den kommenden Monaten ein noch nie dagewesenes Schallplatten-Kunstwerkt, das euch beim Aufklappen der Vinyl in eine, aus visuellen Erinnerungen der letzten 20 Jahre kreierte HÄMATOM Welt mitnimmt.

Mozart was the only composer to successfully conquer this hybrid form. For him, an orchestral serenade meant a large work (often nearly an hour long) combining all of the parts of a symphony with several aspects of the concerto. There are marches, minuets, and sections featuring a solo violin or horn. Karl Bohm was a Mozart specialist–his interpretations have just the right combination of discipline and spontaneity. This is music from an era when the pace of life was much more leisurely than it is now. So sit back, relax, and enjoy.

Until Charpentier, the myth of Orpheus had never provided the subject matter for an opera in French. He repaired the omission with this fascinating little gem on the margins of the large-scale tragédie lyrique. Charpentier offers us here a myth left in suspension, without a resolution, a carefree and happy ‘descent’ that consecrates Orpheus’ song and the enchanting power of music. A poetic experience amid the depths of night, which inspire Sébastien Daucé and his Ensemble Correspondences more than ever!

Premiered at the King's Theatre, London during May 1739, this is not a familiar Handel opera, although its music certainly will be. It is a pasticcio opera cobbled together by Handel using an existing libretto and music he plundered from the little known Francesco Araja (c1709-1770).

May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. After five years of performances around the world in venues large and small, the choicest ensembles have gone into the studio and the results are some of the most exciting and varied music Zorn has ever presented. This first volume features the remarkable Mary Halvorson Quartet. Dynamic, fiery and endlessly imaginative, this is a fascinating first peek into the world of Zorn’s Bagatelles.

Renowned International / Canadian Holly Cole is set to release her 13th studio album, Dark Moon, on January 24th. Teaming up with her long-time live performance partners, along with additional musicians to create rich harmonies and layers, this album is a true ensemble project that highlights her signature style. The ensemble that Holly has brought together to help create and perform on Dark Moon includes long time live performance / recording mates, Aaron Davis (piano), George Koller (bass), Davide Direnzo (drums) and John Johnson (saxophone). Add to that the brilliance of sometime accompanist’s including guitar master and provocateur Kevin Breit and on harmonica two-time Grammy winner and original member of Bella Fleck and the Flecktones, Howard Levy and finally the wonderful three-part 1950’s Nashville style harmonies of the Good Lovelies. Together they define the absolute best in “ensemble playing”!

FKA twigs announces her highly-anticipated third studio album, 'EUSEXUA'. The album will be released on 24th January 2025 via Young Recordings. Eusexua is a state of being. A feeling of momentary transcendence often evoked by art, music, sex, and unity. Eusexua can be followed by a state of bliss and feelings of limitless possibility. Also used to refer to: 'The pinnacle of human experience'. It is united through any moment in which we are fully embodying ourselves, present in the moment, disconnected from technology, synthesized with those around us. It was moments of Eusexua that birthed 'EUSEXUA' the album, as twigs cites her late nights in the underground techno scene of Prague.

Earthling is the twenty-first studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 3 February 1997 through RCA Records in the United Kingdom, Virgin Records in the United States, and Arista Records/BMG in other territories. Developing musical styles previously explored on Outside (1995), Earthling showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s, further exhibiting jungle and techno styles. Lyrically, the tracks express themes of alienation and spirituality. One of them, "I'm Afraid of Americans", was remixed for release as a single by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, who appeared in its music video. The artwork depicts Bowie wearing a Union Jack coat co-designed by Alexander McQueen. Earthling charted better than its predecessor and reached the top ten in several countries.

Asphodels, the seventh studio album from The Veils, was recorded live to tape over five days at Roundhead Studios in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Veils debut album The Runaway Found turned 20 last year which provided lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews with a healthy dose of existential dread. "I feel as though this album is the end result of a now disconcertingly long career in music," he says. "I think after your 7th album, much like turning 40, you should really just stop counting. I've learned a lot along the way, which I suppose is the whole point, and I've really distilled it all into these 9 songs. As always, I really just write about love and death - it's a compulsion - and that is once again the case here. But I feel as though I've never been able to express this stuff rattling about in my brain quite as directly until now. I have rarely felt proud of anything I've made for very long, but this one feels different. It's built on a strong foundation I think."

This is Music: The Singles 92–98 is a singles compilation album by the English alternative rock band the Verve. The compilation was released in November 2004 and included two previously unreleased tracks: "This Could Be My Moment" and "Monte Carlo". Nick McCabe did not participate in the songs, Simon Tong being the one that took the control of the lead guitar. The album was named after a track by the same name off their 1995 album A Northern Soul. The album cover is based on the cover of their 1992 single "She's a Superstar".

Shamall is the moniker used by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Norbert Krueler, a highly influential DJ in Germany by trade and a passionate part-time musician to boot.
The late 80’s was the playground for flutey synths, plucky guitars, bassy stabs, pan-pipes and digi-attacks. This album is pitched right in there and uses with great skill the leading edge technology available at the time. It has a comforting familiarity, like a distant friend, which puts you at ease allowing each track to be absorbed and enjoyed. ‘Spanish Impressions’ demonstrates the clever compositional angle which many of the tracks take. Different sections joust for the high ground during the opening minutes before an unexpected shuffling rhythm settles the track down allowing different themes room to grow…