Though it lacks a first movement, the 1944 Karajan Bruckner Eighth is both a notable performance and an astonishing piece of engineering. The finale, which was recorded in the studios of Berlin Radio in September 1944 in experimental 'two channel' sound, has occasionally been available on LP or CD, though never in such spectacular sound. For what we have here, as I understand it, is not the reproduction of a rough dubbing of the original mastertape but a transfer from the 30ips mastertape itself, part of a recently released hoard of tapes the Russians confiscated after the fall of Berlin in 1945. As for the second and third movements, recorded in mono towards the end of June 1944, these have never previously been released.

In recent years, the jazz-like, classical and modern music by the Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin (*1937) has become an inside tip on classical concert stages. During a visit to Nikolai Kasputin in Moscow ten years ago, the composer entrusted the cellist Eckart Runge with the notes for his Cello Concerto No. 1 op. 85, which, unlike the second one, had neither been performed nor recorded. The work vibrant with energy combines in unparalleled manner colorful symphonic music with the groovy sound of the big band tradition and the virtuosity of a Charlie Parker with the chamber music intimacy of a Miles Davis into a new and fulminant musical diction.

"I'm back!" Kicking off her first collection of all new material in over a decade with one of the most unequivocal declarations in her entire catalog, the Divine Miss Q is clearly out for blood. Titled for one of the most self-defining singles of the '70s, the raw roar of "Devilgate Drive," Back to the Drive serves up a dozen tracks that might look back to the Chinnichap era for energy and enthusiasm (Mike Chapman is among her collaborators here), but are eyeing the future too…

Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister are an Autrian duo, known world-wide for their trip hop downtempo remixes of pop, hip hop and drum and bass songs. An album had been finished by the spring of '95 and all recorded onto DAT and placed in a box. K&D pressed up 10 copies and gave 4 away to some suitably eccentric individuals. Fast-forward a quarter century and that box was discovered, the music was transferred from the DATs and K&D painstakingly rebuilt every molecule that made up the original 10 copies. The long-awaited result is here - 15 glorious tracks that will transport listeners back to the smoky haze of 1995.

The long-awaited CD version of the iconic Complete Island Recordings `Zippo' LP box! The 11CD Box Set includes all nine Bob Marley & The Wailers studio albums recorded for Island Records, featuring their most celebrated releases, including Catch A Fire their 1973 label debut, and Rastaman Vibration their 1976 breakthrough album in the United States, along with two live albums Live! and Babylon By Bus.

«“In questa storia, che è la mia” è un invito. Una spinta a rileggere la nostra storia. La storia di ciascuno di noi, di queste pagine di musica e parole, che abbiamo scritto e vissuto insieme, e di questo tempo che - sebbene non si leggano - porta anche le nostre firme»: così CLAUDIO BAGLIONI a proposito di “IN QUESTA STORIA, CHE È LA MIA”, il suo nuovo attesissimo album, con 14 brani inediti, sedicesimo album in studio della sua cinquantennale straordinaria carriera, a sette anni da “ConVoi”. “Un album ideato e composto come una volta – racconta Claudio Baglioni – Vero, sincero, fatto a mano e interamente suonato.

Crawling Up A Hill is a fascinating document of a genre that, though relatively short-lived, would have a seismic influence on the subsequent development of rock music.