Mathieu van Bellen and Mathias Halvorsen present an ambitious and first ever completly instrumental arrangement of Giaccomo Puccini’s entire opera La Bohème. The musicians have arranged the score themselves, bringing together the parts of the soloists, the choir and the orchestra into a hyper-virtuosic piece for just violin and piano. Recorded live in front of an audience, van Bellen and Halvorsen give everything they have; bringing forth each scene in an expressive and highly evocative tour de force.

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres' striking new album ‘Play Echoes‘ is a collaboration with Her Ensemble, the UK's first women and non-binary orchestra formed during the pandemic. ‘Play Echoes‘ is a profoundly meditative, beguiling collection combining classical instrumentation with electronic and electro-mechanical elements.

Just Another Band From L.A. was recorded live at the Pauley Pavillion, UCLA (Los Angeles), on August 7, 1971. Released in early 1972, it is the last album to document the Mothers of Invention lineup that included singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (aka Flo & Eddie).

Blue Haze is a compilation album of tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954 by Miles Davis for Prestige Records.

In the 1980s, remixes were still a new concept and technology, and the vocal phrases performed could be endlessly copied, repeated, cut off, shifted up or down, give them echo, reverberation, add high tones or low bass.

Five Jays Music presents The Lonely Man: The Solo Piano of Joe Harnell, a collection of solo piano performances from the late American composer, musician, and music arranger!

Pure pop magic from the lovely Mina – a very weird little record in which she takes on a host of mid-period tracks by The Beatles! The sound is as offbeat as the cover's take on Revolver – kind of a cross between late 60s Beatles, and early 70s Italian – trippy at points, but kind of sweetly poppy at others. And we can't tell for sure from the notes, but the album appears as if it might collect tunes from a number of different periods – although it comes across with a very unified feel overall. Titles include "Let It Be", "Fool On The Hill", "She's Leaving Home", and "Hey Jude" – plus versions of "My Love" and "Oh Darling".

This album is nothing short of a sensation: it shows Else Marie Pade (1924–2016) in a hitherto unknown role as an orchestral composer.

Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with…The Ruby Cord. These seven tracks plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated; a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination. It’s a leap into a future that is well within reach, in some cases already here.

"Singers of English Song have a vast treasury in which to find their repertoire.

One of the most influential and underground Hammond organists of the 1960's was "Big" John Patton as he was then known. If it was the groove that you wanted Patton was your Man and he made several albums for the legendary Blue Note label, many of which went on to sell for eye watering prices. As his style went out of favor, some of the recordings never saw the light of day until almost 20 years later and at the same time Patton slipped into the background.

For his new album "Belgian symphonic organ", Antwerp cathedral organist Peter Van de Velde has recorded a delightful program with lots of exciting rarities: at the centre of the program is a world premiere recording of the three-movement organ symphony in B minor by Camille Jacquemin (1899 - 1947), a student of Vincent d'Indy and Louis Vierne.

Back in 2013, Nashville singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose released her first album on Dave Matthews' ATO Records; The Stand-In was a breath of fresh air and a sign of great promise. Rose's soft twang and retro-tinged style garnered comparisons to Loretta Lynn.

"From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields" – this is how we might sum up the shared roots of these four composers.

Here is a throwback to one of the earliest recordings ever made by Michel Corboz: a pioneering version of the Vespro della Beata Vergine.