Im frühen 17. Jahrhundert war Italien das Wunderland der Musik, alle neuen Ideen und Anregungen kamen von hier, und wer im Norden – also auch in Deutschland – Komponist war, kam an diesen Neuerungen, so z. B. der „madrigalischen Manier“, nicht vorbei.

SOMM Recordings marks the anniversaries of the birth and death of the late-Renaissance, early-Baroque master Girolamo Frescobaldi with a revelatory new recording of his celebrated collection of liturgical organ music, Fiori musicali.

Born and raised in Curitiba-Paraná-Brazil, Gabriel Schwartz had his parents’ incentive to dedicate his time to music and the musical influence of his maternal grandfather, clarinetist and music enthusiast Joaquim Melim Filho.

Ivan Bosnar, the 2020 First Prize Winner in the American Guild of Organists’ National Competition in Organ Improvisation (AGO’s NCOI), makes his debut album on the Pro Organo label, with a program that combines symphonic -romantic organ literature by Saint-Saëns, August Ritter and Charles Koechlin, with 6 improvisations (4 intermezzi, a set of variations on Regina Coeli, and a passacaglia and fugue).

The waiting has finally paid off: the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle has finally arrived. Japanese pianist Mari Kodama is only the fourth woman to have recorded all of Beethoven's sonatas (Pizzicato). Although not the first with this achievement, the very idea that an artist can play this music and still introduce a new perspective, as Kodama so often proves with her performances, is astonishing.

Recorded over the same four day period in 1961 as Dexter Gordon's Blue Note debut Doin' Allright, this session features a different lineup of musicians with Gordon the only horn player. The band, lavishly praised by critics, features pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Like all his early '60s Blue Note recordings, this is Gordon at his absolute best.

One Man Dog is the fourth album by the legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released in 1972, it made it all the way to #4 on the US Billboard Pop Albums charts. It was a concept album comprised of 18 short pieces strung together was primarily recorded in Taylor's home studio. One Man Dog features the hit "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight", which peaked at #14 on the Billboard charts on January 13, 1973.

Celebrating a momentous five decades in the industry, legendary musician and songwriter Paul Carrack, who's 'Golden Voice' features on numerous classic world wide hits such as 'How Long' (ACE') , 'Tempted' (Squeeze), 'The Living Years', 'Over My Shoulder' ( Mike and the Mechanics) teams up with the GRAMMY Award-winning SWR Big Band & Strings on epic new album " Don't Wait Too Long". The covers album celebrates the pioneering golden era in music from the 50s and beyond spanning blues, gospel, country and jazz. The first single "Cryin' Won't Help You" out in Jan 2023 is Paul's tribute to the legendary BB King.

Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson) also known mononymously as Hannibal, is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. The New York Times dubbed him “the Mohammed Ali of jazz trumpet players”. Born in 1948, Texas trumpeter Hannibal came to fame in the early 70’s from his work and records with the legendary Gil Evans Orchestra, drummer Roy Haynes’ band, and Pharaoh Sanders. His oratorio African Portraits was recorded by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

This album was recorded live at the 1976 Berlin Jazz Festival. Pianist Cochrane and cellist Murray are once again on board, and tenor saxophonist George Adams, whose work in Charles Mingus’ last great band had already put him on the map, is a welcome addition.

"Strange Beautiful Music" is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani. The album reached No. 140 on the United States Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for a week, as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries. The title of Strange Beautiful Music is also the name of Satriani's publishing company.

Daniel Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבויו; born November 15, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor.

Bryan Adams releases his cover album 'Tracks Of My Years' which includes classics from the 50s, 60s and 70s plus a song of his own called 'She Knows Me'.

Legendary jazz Chanteuse Sarah Vaughan is present in stunning modern clarity on this high-fidelity digital transfer of her classic Sarah Vaughan Sings …

Wonderful work from guitarist Gabor Szabo - a record that really helped to shift his sound and style into the 70s! The groove here is often open and free - taking off from some of the exoticism of Gabor's 60s albums on Impulse and Skye, but with a bit more of the CTI electric groove - thanks to arrangements from Bob James, who also plays keyboards on the set! The mix of Gabor's exotic tones and the deeper groove of CTI is a surprisingly great blend – and really helps to open up the guitarist's sound for a whole new generation.