Sir Andrew Davis was a talented keyboard player as a child and teenager, and after study with Peter Hurford, at St Albans, he spent four years at the University of Cambridge as organ scholar at Kings College, under Sir David Willcocks. It was this period of his life that sparked his love for and appreciation of the organ works of J.S. Bach, which remained a lifelong passion. Sir Andrew made all the transcriptions on this album for the BBC Philharmonic, and four of them were recorded in November 2023. Sadly, Sir Andrew died before the final recording sessions for the album could take place (September 2024): we are immensely grateful that he completed the arrangements, and very thankful to Martyn Brabbins for completing the recording with the sense of style, love, and affection that Sir Andrew would have admired.

Simon Mulligan continues his traversal of Percy Grainger’s solo piano music. Volume 2 in the series includes a selection of Grainger’s popular folksong settings as well as works that feature the experimental side of his compositional style.

Austrian composer Thomas Larcher’s new album features premiere recordings of three strongly contrasting works. The Times has hailed Larcher’s music as a world “of haunting landscapes and dreams, stylistically disparate but fused by the composer’s astonishing ear and quizzical attitude to traditional forms”, a description borne out by the compositions here. The Living Mountain, for soprano and ensemble, draws upon the memoir of the Scottish poet and nature writer Nan Shepherd.

Alice Sara Ott presents a new deluxe version of the successful Echoes of Life album, set for release on 27 October. Among the 11 newly recorded tracks complementing the original album are the famous Bach Prelude in C Major both on a grand piano and a specifically prepared upright piano, as well as Silvestrov’s Distant Music, Chopin Preludes and a new composition by Alice’s friend Chilly Gonzales. The album is now available for pre-order alongside the second pre-release track ‘Silvestrov: Distant Music’.

Azimuth, the trio of pianist John Taylor, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and singer Norma Winstone, already sounded like a fully-fledged ensemble when this, the group’s first album was released in 1977. Expanding and roaming beyond the spectrum the vocal jazz genre was usually limited to, Azimuth proved of a progressive spirit from the start. Upon the debut’s release, Melody Maker remarked that “this album may (…) be the first sign of [John Taylor’s] evolution into a genuinely important composer: behind its graceful flowing beauty lies a spirit of inquiry which will surely lead further.”

Moondog is the fifth album by American composer Moondog. Moondog had released no music for twelve years since his 1957 album The Story of Moondog. Finally, in 1969, producer James William Guercio invited him to record an album for Columbia Records.

We are proud to announce the next installment of our popular multi-artist compilation Virtual Dreams II - Ambient Explorations In The House And Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999'. As with Part One, released in 2020, 'Virtual Dreams II' shines a light on house and techno-adjacent music that helped redefine the definition of ambient music during the 1990s.

King of Rock Established Hip-Hop's Modern Blueprint and Mainstream Currency: 1985 Run-D.M.C. Album Bristles with Purpose, Energy, and Intensity. In Audiophile Quality for the First Time and Limited to 2,000 Numbered Copies: Mobile Fidelity's Hybrid SACD Plays with Visceral Immediacy Run-D.M.C. leaves no doubt about its intent on King of Rock. The New York trio's hard-hitting sophomore album begins with a statement of purpose ("Rock the House") that serves as a stereophonic primer for the title track, a hybrid warning-anthem-theme song that swarms with justified boasts, heavy metal riffs, booming beats, cowbell accents, and dance-worthy grooves. The back-to-back tunes set the tone for a 1985 record that largely established the blueprint for the hip-hop that would follow for the next two decades — and which helped make rap a mainstream currency via the previously off-limits channels of radio, TV, and the national stage.

Record Store Day 2024. This famous concert presents the line-up composed of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke & Peter Baumann. Tangerine Dream’s iconic 1974 live concert at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall stands as a milestone in electronic and ambient music. Known for its extended, mesmerizing compositions, this performance enveloped listeners in a groundbreaking soundscape driven by synthesizer innovation. Now, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, this iconic event is available as a special RSD Black Friday 2024 release.

Die Kammermusiker*innen Chul-Kyu Jung, Si-Hyun Lee und Min-Ji Kang schlossen sich 2019 mit dem gemeinsamen Ziel zusammen, einen positiven Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft auszuüben, und gründeten das Amour Piano Trio.

In the mid 1960's, there was a Greenwich Village, NYC pop band called The Blues Project which was primarily informed by folk, rhythm & blues, jazz and pop music of the day.

American bandleader Ted Lewis presents Me and My Shadow, a legacy programme of American Songbook standards.

Abbey Road Masters will provide original music that has been recorded, mixed and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.

On An Overgrown Path, Leos Janacek's 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and interpreted by the Camerata Zurich under lead violinist Igor Karsko's direction.

As music director in his church congregation - the Freie evangelische Gemeinde Bonn - Johannes Schmidt organizes church services musically (such as the ZDF television service ) and promotes young up-and-coming musicians and bands.