Violinist HuanLing Qian, originally from China but with ties to Poland, presents an album of contemporary classical violin music by composers from the Middle Kingdom. The album features 20th-century compositions by composers such as Sicong Ma and Guoquan Li, as well as works written more than a decade ago by Xunfang Huang and Chen Shuying. The violinist is accompanied by pianists Grzegorz Gorczyca and Grzegorz Skrobiński.

GENUIN and SCHOLA HEIDELBERG present world premiere recordings on a new album featuring works by the internationally awarded composer Dániel Péter Biró, who teaches in Norway. The elite Heidelberg choir and the ensemble aisthesis, specializing in contemporary music, acquaint us with Biró’s imaginative and multi-layered music, which reflects the thought-world of the eminent Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza in sound and pours it into new contexts. A listening experience spanning cultures and epochs!

On November 7, 2025, the Belgian label Sdban Records will release a reissue of the mythical Open Sky Unit (1974) by the eponymous jazz fusion group featuring Micheline and Jacques Pelzer, Steve Houben, Ron Wilson, Janot Buchem and Michel Graillier. The album returns on vinyl, highlighting a pivotal moment in Belgian jazz history, where soul, funk, and free improvisation came together in a vibrant and family-driven project.

On ‘All That’s Solid Melts Into Air’, Devon Church (ex-Exitmusic) veers sonically and politically leftward. Taking its title from a famous Karl Marx quote - ‘All that is solid melts into air, all that is sacred is profaned’ - Church’s third album contemplates the corrosive effects of 21st century capitalism - impending climate doom, skyrocketing wealth inequality, the predations of the so-called ‘attention economy’, genocide and the specter of world war - and their hallucinatory effects on our collective and individual psyches.

Mario Pilati was born in Naples on 16 October 1903. His life was very short, intense and troubled. Together with his siblings, he was introduced as a child into the study of music, as was the custom in Neapolitan upper-middle-class families.

Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck (1746–1832), a student of C. P. E. Bach, blended empfindsamer Stil with Italianate elegance and Danish folk elements. This album presents his 'Six Keyboard Sonatas and an Ode' (1783), performed by the Danish clavichordist Mads Damlund, revealing Zinck’s expressive imagination through sparkling keyboard textures and lyrical melodies, offering a delightful rediscovery for modern audiences.

British recorder player Heidi Fardell makes her debut on Willowhayne Records with the world premiere recording of Robert Valentine’s Opus XI. A versatile performer and engaging educator, Heidi brings virtuosity, warmth, and historically informed insight to every note, opening up the world of the recorder for modern audiences.

Mott The Hoople were one of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK in the early 1970s. Everyone from Oasis to REM, Queen and The Clash have cited Mott as a major influence on their music. Unfortunately, very little evidence has been made available of the band’s live prowess, save for the all too brief live album recorded and released shortly before they broke up at the end of 1974. While their live performances had drawn renown, they failed to translate into record sales, and their first four albums for Island Records sold poorly. Before the switch to CBS and a game changing collaboration with David Bowie, Ian Hunter and the boys were near rock bottom. Would Mott The Hoople survive? London Calling returns to their November 29th 1972 performance, on stage at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Philadelphia to find out - as we present; All The Young Dudes LIVE!!!! Beautifully restored and professionally remastered original WIOQ-FM radio broadcast.

Bob Holz’s Honoring Larry Coryell celebrates the deep bond between two jazz fusion greats in a new collection that features and pays a moving tribute to the late guitar legend.

Evening Sessions 97 (Live)" is a live album by the band The Verve released on September 19, 2025, by the record label The Media Champ. The album features live recordings from 1997 and includes tracks like "Bitter Sweet Symphony," "Lucky Man," and "The Drugs Don't Work".

Get the balloons up! It’s the 100th issue of Electronic Sound this month and we’re heading into THE FUTURE with a special themed edition of the magazine. We are also bundling the issue with ‘FUTURISM’, a superb double CD featuring 23 tracks, 10 of them previously unreleased.

Florence releases her 5th studio album Dance Fever via Polydor Records.

“Anybody fancy a season of BM re-releases with lots of juicy extras?” asked Brian May through his Instagram feed in 2020. “We’re working on a plan!!!” The first stage of that plan comes to fruition now, with the long-awaited reissue of the legendary Queen guitarist’s superlative debut solo album. Almost 30 years on from its initial release, Back To the Light stands as an intimate and expansive testament to the talent and tenacity of one of the foremost guitarists and songwriters of his generation.

Sandra Chamoux received the highest distinctions in Christian Bernard’s class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR) of Grenoble before being admitted with honors to the Haute École de Musique in Geneva, where she studied with Harry Datyner and was awarded the Premier Prix de virtuosité in 1992. A laureate of the Gian-Battista Viotti and Ferruccio Busoni international competitions in Italy, she also studied under Catherine Collard, Vlado Perlemuter, and Yevgeni Malinin.

New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal documents the initial encounter between trumpeter Amir ElSaffar's trio, consisting of Tomas Fujiwara, one of NYC's most in-demand and dynamic drummers, and Ole Mathisen, a tenor saxophonist of unparalleled technique and versatility, with Greek pianist Tania Giannouli, a rising star who has headlined almost every major jazz festival and venue in Europe over the past several years.