"Sound, ye drums! Ring out, ye trumpets!" In his Leipzig years, Bach liked to remind people that he was not only Kantor of St Thomas’s, but also the city’s director of music. It was in this capacity that he wrote these sumptuous secular cantatas, in honour respectively of the university professor Kortte (BWV 207, 1726) and of Queen Maria Josepha (BWV 214, 1733). Allegorical figures such as Industry, Fortune, Honour and Gratitude take it in turns to sing of the learning and the merits of the recipients, borrowing material from one of the Brandenburg Concertos or ‘quoting’ some of the finest music from the Christmas Oratorio, not yet composed…

Although Bach had dreamt of establishing a ‘well-regulated church music’ since his early days, it was only between 1723 and 1750 that he finally had the chance to do so, as Kantor and Director Musices in Leipzig. Here he invented the ‘modern’ cantata, combining chorales and traditional biblical texts with arias and recitatives on freely composed texts. The four cantatas recorded by Philippe Herreweghe offer a magisterial demonstration of the transition from cantatas initially judged ‘too theatrical’ to a perfectly achieved form – as in the cantata BWV 84, among the very last to be written.

On their latest album the internationally acclaimed Jussi Fredriksson Trio shares musical anecdotes on the beautiful yet vulnerable Archipelago Sea. The trio’s rooted new sound is ecologic and warm in nature.

Following the release of a series of limited edition 10” EPs, this is the first extensive part of a set showcasing Joe Meek’s legendary Tea Chest Tapes. After his tenure in the hugely successful Tornados, Heinz was selected for solo stardom by Joe Meek, who invested more studio time and song writing effort in him than he did in any of his other artists. Backed by the producer’s crack team of session musicians, and recording material often penned by Meek, Geoff Goddard or Dave Adams, Heinz and his famous bleached blond quiff were propelled into the mid-1960s pop scene, scoring a series of hits and near misses along the way.

"Sky Tales" is a journey that begins with a daydream. "Daydream", is the first single of the the album "Sky Tales". A simple and joyful piano rhythm, a beat made with shrubs and leaves, the beat of the foot as the bass drum, the strings painting the first clouds. Daydreaming is necessary to prepare oneself to stand - as Ennio Flaiano would say - 'with feet firmly planted on the clouds'.

When the sun hovers near the horizon, the rays of white sunlight are scattered out of the beam by small particles and molecules in the atmosphere that sprinkle the sky with brilliant hues indicating that the day starts to fade. As night begins to fall, tree-tops redden and begin to glow. Darkness closes in and falls like a blanket covering the sky. It is late again and all is in shadow below. It is when stars align and dreams come true. Sven Wunder thrives at nightfall and welcomes the horizon of beginnings on ”Late Again”, a collection of nocturnal jazz pieces that depict shooting stars and scattered beams from the setting sun, with an emphasis on gentle compositions for piano and orchestral pop-jazz arrangements for flute, brass, and strings.

Blanco White is the guise of guitarist, singer and songwriter Josh Edwards, a Brit whose heart belongs in southern Spain and the Andean mountains. In the former, Josh fell for flamenco. In the latter, he learnt charango. Both are pivotal to Blanco White’s otherworldly tunes.

Conceived by soprano Samantha Crawford and pianist Lana Bode with the aim of telling often unheard stories about womanhood primarily through women’s own words and music, dream.risk.singbrings together songs about adolescence, bodies, love, work and legacy, while a palpable thread running throughout reminds listeners of the constraints on freedom that still exist in women’s lives.

Billboard Christian Albums - #1 (2016). Behold: A Christmas Collection is the second studio album by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. The collection features Daigle's renditions of Christmas classics including "Jingle Bells", "White Christmas", "Silent Night", and many more!

Bruno Pilloix started playing the guitar at the age of 10 before turning back to saxophone & be-bop music. He has been composing for Kosinus for more than 15 years. His work goes from rock metal to light folk music. His new original album Un autre regard features 11 all-new originals!

Genuine Leather is the debut album by Oslo based artist and producer Murmur. Exploring honesty, the nine tracks act as diary notes in a semi-electronic, unpolished universe of dreams, obsessions and confessions. With synths, acoustic guitars and characteristic vocals, Murmur has created an intimate and eclectic universe referencing the alternative soundscapes of the 90s and early 2000s that influenced her musical awakening.

Cellist Peter Somodari and pianist Nicolas Costantinou present Hedra, an album that takes the listener through key repertoire for cello and piano, from sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy and individual pieces by Faure to a world-premiere recording of the Cello Sonata No 1 by contemporary Greek Cypriot composer Contantinou Y. Stylianou.

Casey Neill & The Norway Rats are a crack gang of musicians from Portland Oregon. Their sound combines high energy diesel fueled rave-ups and haunting ballads. Neill's weather beaten narratives celebrate miscreants, and explore the hidden corners of the American landscape.

Del Water Gap is the solo project of songwriter and producer S. Holden Jaffe, which has grown from a bedroom setup to a nationally touring band since releasing his self-titled debut LP in 2021. The album features tracks “Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat” (performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers), “Perfume” (Top #8 Most Spun at SiriusXM), “Sorry I Am” (Triple J’s Best New Music)” and more. In addition to a run of sold out headline dates in the US and UK/EU, Del Water Gap has recently been on the road with Maggie Rogers, Arlo Parks, girl in red and Jeremy Zucker. His sophomore album I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet will be out this fall.

Tracks from this LP have been reissued on several CD compilations of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet recordings on the Boston Records label. The track with di Bonaventura (Quartet in B-Flat Major) appears on “Musical Banquet”, BR1063 CD in 2001.