For his first monographic CD, Johan Farjot offers a programme of short pieces, for one to eight instruments (New York City, for double saxophone quartet). In this mix of concision and magic, we find the essence of the composer's interests. Perpetuum mobile, ostinatos, imitations, questions and quick responses: for the most part, the pieces on the CD reveal his predilection for a systematic approach. But although he likes symmetry, he likes it just slightly abridged. If he repeats something, it is in order to introduce modifications, however infinitesimal. His clocks are broken, his obsessions are subverted from the interior by delays. If he explores non-modulatory climates, he spices them up with acidic notes. And more generally, if he uses stylistic vocabulary which has already been used by his predecessors, his way of combining it is never conventional.

On this collection he blends his distinctive blues guitar playing with the Latin touches of Spanish acoustic guitarist Juan Gómez ‘Chicuelo’ recreating an individual yet equally beautiful version of ‘Del Sur’. Apart from Southern root characeristics, one can recognise an intense latin blues influence on songs like ‘Spanish Wine’ which is set to be the first single from the album that is to become in every bit a classic epic alongside his songs ‘Blues Latino’ and ‘Buenos Aires Blues’.

Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. He became better known for his series of pop rock ballads, recorded after a stylistic change in the late 1980s.

The success of “Love Hangover 2020” continues to illustrate the unprecedented star-power of Ms. Ross as a trailblazer and legend in the music industry.The balance of the nine tracks on Supertonic include remixes of two more cuts from the album The Boss, whose original LP tracks were collectively No. 1 dance hits: a dramatic, up-tempo rendering of “No One Gets The Prize” and a Latin-ized “It’s My House.” The top 20 hit “Remember Me,” gets a smart R&B feel, while “Surrender,” and the 1973 No. 1 hit “Touch Me in the Morning” are two additional thrilling Kupper remixes.

Un an après Tales of America, son premier album Qobuzissime de février 2019, J.S. Ondara sort en pleine épidémie de Covid-19 le bien nommé Tales of Isolation. Le confinement n’a pas vraiment modifié la trajectoire du jeune Kenyan, qualifié par son label de trait d'union entre Tracy Chapman et Michael Kiwanuka. Lui qui avance sur les brisées de ses deux albums de chevet, The Freewheelin’ de Dylan et Nebraska de Springsteen, offre une collection de chansons acoustiques portées par son vibrant chant plaintif et androgyne qui vise aux tripes. L’american dream qui le fascine tant est à nouveau confronté aux intempéries de la vie. Et la création dans son ensemble est chahutée dans ce que les artistes ont de plus intime. Tout ça est l’engrais idéal pour les chansons d’un troubadour de la trempe d’Ondara, qui n’est jamais aussi juste et puissant que lorsque le ciel est gris et orageux.

On their label MPHIL, the Munich Philharmonic is opening up its vast archives, giving listeners the opportunity to enjoy one of the richest collections of recordings by legendary artists. Because of the Celibidache era and its part in forming the core essence of the orchestra, the label MPHIL have placed a particular focus on archive recordings under the baton of Sergiu Celibidache. In spring of 2020, it is a recording with Sergiu Celibidache from 1989, which is being made available to audiences around the world: a recording of Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.

In the 250th Beethoven anniversary year, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has chosen this programme of works by contemporary composers to illuminate and contextualise Beethoven’s extraordinary output for piano. In his explanatory note for the album, the pianist writes: ‘Just as a mountain peak is always surrounded by other perhaps less lofty but no less fascinating summits, the major works of Beethoven are not isolated rock formations rising from the desert, but, as it were, “Himalayas”, forming part of a range in which other mountains might be the best pieces by contemporaries such as Clementi, Hummel, Dussek, and Wölfl.

The debut album by producer, composer and violinist MIKI Kekenj is a large-scale concept album between epic orchestral sounds, hip hop beats and rap - featuring Curse and the WDR Funkhausorchester "With 'My Utopia' Miki Kekenj proves that it is possible to bring together classical music and hip hop, these two musical genres which at first glance may seem to have nothing to do with each other. With a musical force that only classical music is capable of and with lyrical depth that only hip hop can provide," writes hip hop specialist and journalist Jan Wehn

It's a treasure that's about to come out of cartons. Universal Music will unveil on May 29 the box set "Johnny 69", dedicated to the missing rocker and this year 1969. It will include rarities and concert recordings never published.

The success of “Love Hangover 2020” continues to illustrate the unprecedented star-power of Ms. Ross as a trailblazer and legend in the music industry.The balance of the nine tracks on Supertonic include remixes of two more cuts from the album The Boss, whose original LP tracks were collectively No. 1 dance hits: a dramatic, up-tempo rendering of “No One Gets The Prize” and a Latin-ized “It’s My House.” The top 20 hit “Remember Me,” gets a smart R&B feel, while “Surrender,” and the 1973 No. 1 hit “Touch Me in the Morning” are two additional thrilling Kupper remixes.

Le 29 mai prochain, Aleksandra Kurzak publiera pour Sony Classical son nouveau récital. Intitulé « Desire », il comportera plusieurs arias montrant l’évolution de la voix de la soprano vers des rôles plus lourds. Kurzak abordera ainsi Tosca, Adriana Lecouvreur, Leonora du Trouvère ou encore Elvira d’Ernani.

Def Leppard will release the Hits Vegas Live At Planet Hollywood show as a digital live album on 24th April.The 'London To Vegas' box set and separate 'Hysteria At The O2' 2CD/DVD/Blu-ray sets were announced on 27th February.A new separate live digital album of 'Hits Vegas Live At Planet Hollywood' featuring all 28 tracks from the DVD is now being listed for released on 24th April.It features a variation of the London cover art with a photo from Vegas set against the American flag. No separate release of the Las Vegas concert film is listed anywhere.In addition 'Hysteria At The O2' is also listed as a full digital live album.

Thomas Anders - THE Gentlemen Of Music As a singer of Modern Talking, his world career began 30 years ago. Thomas Anders has been singing in German for 3 years and is currently one of the most successful artists in Germany. On March 13th he released together with Florian Silbereisen a first German duet album. What could be more natural than to take a musical look back at its beginnings and of course the Modern Talking time on 3 strong CDs. As a bonus, the high-quality digipack also contains a hit album with German songs from its beginnings. The set contains an extensive 24-page photo booklet. Everything else on 3CDs and of course digital.

The Rhine is where Richard Wagner’s cycle of operas “Der Ring des Nibelungen” begins and ends – and it was beside the Rhine in 1851 that the composer first dreamed of this equally visionary and monumental work. Even if Wagner’s plans for a festival would ultimately be realised in an entirely different part of Germany, the performance of a “Ring on the Rhine” will always remain something very special.

Three CD set. Over a decade now since punk rocked the British musical scene to it's foundations and caused an eruption of independently produced records, the scene and a new generation of figurehead artists began to let ambition in and head overground, playing to increasingly large crowds, working with bigger budgets and selling more copies, finding a footing in the UK's Top Forty, venturing into the USA and, ultimately, creating a mainstream audience now primed for credible, guitar-tinged pop. Meanwhile, an underground revolution in clubland began to push towards the commercial same space, resulting in an inevitable fusion of songcraft and dancefloor aesthetics.