Kurt Berger (flute), Béla Kovács (clarinet), Daniel Gerard (piano), Bernd Heiser (horn), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) János Rolla, Herbert Kraus, Hans Graf, Sándor Végh, Frigyes Sándor

Rhythm & Blues Records Presents New Orleans Soul 1966 album 28 original hits and the original artists genre Soul, Funk, RnB. Includes tracks by Lee Dorsey, Senator Jones, Jackie Avery and more.

It’s hard to talk about techno without Robert Hood. The Motor City mainstay was a founding member of the pivotal Underground Resistance with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, and then went on to lay down a blueprint for minimal techno which continues to make an impact to this day. As Floorplan, of course, he veers into more funky and melodic house and techno, often with a gospel overtone that lead to rapturous receptions on dance floors around the world.

American tenor Stephen Costello's meteoric career has taken him to the stages of the world's top opera houses. In this, his first recording for Delos, he performs a glittering assortment of arias that will appeal strongly to any opera lover, but that will be a particular treat for fans of the bel canto repertoire. While it mainly showcases classic arias by Gaetano Donizetti, we also hear single selections by Vicenzo Bellini and Giuseppe Verdi. Polished and sensitive orchestral collaboration comes courtesy of Maestro Constantine Orbelian and his vaunted Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra.

Brahms probably heard most of these tunes as a child growing up in Hamburg, played by the Gypsy orchestras that were famous for their 'Hungarian' dance tunes. These passionate and high-spirited melodies fascinate with their abrupt changes of mood, fanciful reveries and extravagant embellishments. Brahms may even have written a few of the melodies himself! But his hand is evident in the lush harmonies and emotional depth. This version for violin and piano was arranged by Brahms' friend Joseph Joachim, the greatest violinist of his generation. The dances are played brilliantly by violinist Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, who captures flawlessly the wild exuberance and deep sorrow of these alluring tunes. Fabio Bidini is the ideal collaborator, and together they have produced an album of uncommon beauty and appeal.

For his first album for Rubicon, Christian has recorded perhaps the most famous and best loved of all 19th century concertos, Max Bruch’s evergreen first Violin Concerto, and paired it with the Wilhelm Stenhammar’s warmly romantic Violin Sonata. The same composer’s two Sentimental Romances conclude the disc.

The all-female vocal ensemble Papagena makes its debut on SOMM Recordings with The Darkest Midnight, a sublime collection of songs for winter from the Middle Ages to the modern era embracing the secular and the sacred. Described as “a stunning addition to the vocal music scene” and “la crème de la crème in the crowded a cappella space”, Papagena look certain to add to their fast-growing reputation with this beautifully sung compendium. Casting a dark glamour all of its own, the bleakness of winter has prompted some of the most bewitching, brittle and bright songs.

In her debut recording for harmonia mundi, Lucile Boulanger explores the facets of Antoine Forqueray’s career as a virtuoso instrumentalist: adept in a wide range of Italian repertoire and skilled at transcribing works originally intended for the violin, he could try it on for size, as it were, before settling on a different medium. With the viola da gamba, he extended the technique of playing it far beyond the norm, confronting the performer with fiendishly difficult challenges… which have been met brilliantly by the hugely talented foursome heard here.

With this new recording, the madly epic and romantic opera, Il Giustino, finally receives its place in the spotlight, something that the history of music has denied it up until now. The fifty-eighth recording and eighteenth opera in the Vivaldi Edition, which began in 2000, solidifies the status of Vivaldi as the greatest of opera composers - and of composers full stop.

Fragrances of love songs and orange blossoms – azahares – introduce the Andalusian mood of the pieces arranged for woodwind quintet on this CD. At the onset, three strikingly distorted fortissimo chords mark the 12/8 soleá meter used by Joaquín Turina to evoke the atmosphere – the “aromas”, in his own words – of the Orange Tree Courtyard next to Seville Cathedral. During the ten years Turina spent in Paris, his compatriots Isaac Albéniz and Manuel de Falla taught him how to blend Iberian folklore with Impressionist harmonies, and Sevilla became the first work he wrote in his new “Andalusian” style.

Electro swing projekt with old jazz and a positive vibe. Members: Per Ebdrup and Karina Kappel. The debut album "Electro Swing Republic" was released 7th feb 2011 on Freshly Squeezed. The album second "Midnight calling" was released 5th november 2012, also on Freshly Squeezed. The tracks on this album are original compositions written and performed by Swing Republic and additional musicians. Produced and mixed by Per Ebdrup. Co-produced and Co-mixed by Jakob Sejer-Nielsen. The third album "Let's misbehave" follows the vibe from the first album, with old samples combined with electronic elements.

Bomb Strikes continue their quite frankly untouchable run with this latest release as they unveil the fourth edition of their 'Bass Funk' compilation series, showcasing some of the most forward thinking bass music about right now. As a compilation, it covers a lot of ground, from the tearout D&B stylings of Featurecast's 'Trigger Finger', to the futuristic post dubstep designs of 'Flexx' from Stylust. Other highlights for us include Kenny Beeper with his groove-infused scratch masterpiece 'Crown Jewels', the long awaited 'Back To The Flow VIP' from Krafty Kuts and of course, Champion's high profile appearance alongside the unmistakable vocal presence of Dread MC on 'One Time'.

Italian Canzone – Golden Hits: The most beautiful Italian songs of all time on 2 CDs! A Sound that immediately puts you back in the 60s, when the VW Beetle has climbed the Alps and you could feel and experience the Dolce Vita south of the Alps. It includes: Caterina Valente, Adriano Celentano, Tony Dallara, Domenico Modugno and much more. Enjoy Southern Flair with the most beautiful Italian songs.

NOW Thats What I Call Easy is a collection of timeless laid-back songs featuring some of the greatest easy listening artists including Andy Williams, Perry Como, Engelbert Humperdinck, Henry Mancini, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett to name a few! The perfect gift this Christmas. Decent selection and great tracks, all of us listened to at one time or another, for many years! Now Thats What I Call Music Since then NOW has gone from strength to strength.

NOW Thats What I Call Music presents NOW Classic Love Songs. This 3-disc compilation features the most heart-wrenching classics released between the 80s to present day, and is the perfect gift for those special people in your lives. Refined selection and numerous functionality of diverse genres of navigation in the perfected tracks of this formation. All this gives a general picture at the sound level in a sufficiently high quality selection!