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Pierre Durand – Chapter Three: The End & The Beginning (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:38 minutes | 927 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Les Disques de Lily
A key figure on the French jazz scene (ONJ, Archie Shepp, Daniel Humair, Airelle Besson, Daniel Zimmermann, Famoudou Don Moye, Joce Mienniel, Raphael Imbert, Sébastien Texier …), Pierre Durand presents his new album: “The End & The Beginning” With this new formation, he offers a jazz reading of the pop-rock genre. Influenced among others by David Bowie, Yelawolf or Miles Davis, Pierre Durand “Electric” 4tet places himself in the middle of a bridge between three banks: jazz he takes a taste for improvisation, pop the care taken to lyricism and compositions, rock energy. An explosive brewing!
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Myele Manzanza – Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.4 – Meditations (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:51 minutes | 518 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © DeepMatter Records
DeepMatter Records are proud to present the fourth instalment of Myele Manzanza’s ‘Crisis & Opportunity’ series; Vol.4 ‘Meditations’.
Over the past two years, the first three instalments of his lauded ‘Crisis & Opportunity’ record series saw Myele garner praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Complex, Jazz FM, Lefto, Worldwide FM, Jazzwise and more. The latter of these offerings extended Myele’s sound deeper into the electronic world, venturing further into dance & club territory. From this underground energy, the steady swing of life’s pendulum reaches its apex, so we see Myele revert to a purely acoustic line-up, channelling a focused and razor-sharp return to his Jazz roots on ‘Crisis & Opportunity, Vol.4 – Meditations’.
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Mathias Reumert Group – Louis Franz Aguirre: Orula (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:20 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ekkozone
On this one-of-a-kind album, the outstanding Danish ensemble Mathias Reumert Group presents three of Cuban composer Louis Franz Aguirre’s strongest pieces, including the large-scale composition for percussion ensemble and flute soloist, Orula (Liturgia de la Adivinación), a journey in extreme sonorities, complex polyrhythms and searing microtonal melodies.
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Kishi Bashi – Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:50 minutes | 674 MB | Genre: Modern Classical, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Joyful Noise Recordings
Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari is the original soundtrack for the moving documentary about Kaoru’s (Kishi Bashi) journey to confront the harsh realities of the Japanese-American internment after Pearl Harbor, and to reckon with his own identity. The album presents new versions of tracks from the Kishi Bashi catalog, as well as unreleased songs and previously unheard demos.
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Julia Huber & Miriam Altmann – Dussek: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:21 minutes | 517 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics
Over the course of his long and eventful career, Dussek composed 38 violin sonatas – or rather sonatas for the keyboard, accompanied by the violin – and the partnership of Julia Huber and Miriam Altmann is acquiring impressive credentials and critical praise as they gradually uncover them for the first time.
‘This is one excellent disc,’ noted the Fanfare reviewer of Volume 1 (96385). ‘Julia Huber and fortepianist Miriam Altmann give wonderful renditions. Each plays off of each other, with clarity, technical acumen, and a good sense of phrasing… You ought to have this as an integral part of any collection of chamber music of the period.’
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Jozsef Balog – Viennese Romance (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:25 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton
Viennese Romance, the brand new album by József Balog, is just around the corner! If you want to know more about this record, don’t miss our new behind-the-scenes video. In the short film, József talks about the inspiration behind the record, and there is footage of the recording session as well.
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John Medeski – The Curse (Music from the Showtime Original Series) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:02 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Milan
John Medeski has announced The Curse (Music From the Showtime Original Series), which is out November 17 via Milan Records. The 52-song soundtrack to the new show from Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder, which co-stars Fielder and Emma Stone, was executive produced by regular Safdie collaborator Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never). The new release features the opening track and lead single “Fake Tears.”
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Jean-Luc Ho – Purcell & Friends: Harpischord Recital (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:47 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Musica Ficta
Considered one of the most talented musicians of his time, distinguished himself in church and theatre alike, Henry Purcell (1659-1695) began his career as a keyboard musician. In this recording, Jean-Luc Ho evokes different facets of the composer’s activity and his European influences, alternating original pieces with transcriptions rooted in the practice of 17thcentury harpsichordists and organists.
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Espen Berg – Water Fabric (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:26 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ODIN
With nine exceptionally strong trio and solo albums Espen Berg (40) has become one of the most central and tone-setting Norwegian jazz musicians today. November 24 marks the release of his new album Water Fabric on Odin Records, which shows completely new sides of Espen as a composer. He has put together a hand-picked ensemble consisting of six high-profile Norwegian musicians with a background in jazz, classical, Norwegian folk music and Indian classical music. This composition reflects Espen’s ability to make any musical expression his own, and with Water Fabric he has created a melodious, boundary-breaking, and breathtaking work that both oozes with the joy of playing and also shows a deep respect for musical traditions and craftsmanship.
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Ensemble Il Narvalo & Federico Del Sordo – Corradini: Canzonas and Sonatas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:00 minutes | 635 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics
Works attributable with certainty to Nicolò Corradini (1585–1646) – likely from Cremona as opposed to Bergamo or Rome as erroneously suggested in the past – are limited to a few printed editions, among them the Primo libro de Canzoni francesi a 4 e alcune suonate (a copy of which has come down to us, printed by Gardano in Venice in 1624). It includes ten French canzonas and four sonatas, works most likely conceived to be performed by several instrumentalists, including one or more possible continuists (because of the speed of some passages and the separation between different parts of often more than an octave).
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Ensemble for New Music Tallinn – Arash Yazdani: Propagation of Uncertainty (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:18:37 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © KAIROS
Since its establishment in 2012, the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn aimed to bring about fresh, non-conformist and newly perceived music to a new generation of audience.
Today, one of the leading groups of contemporary music in Baltic and Nordic region, the ensemble is made of a core of principal members, main musicians, and a larger body of collaborators or guest artists to form a flexibly modular format.
With a growing number of commissioned pieces and specially written compositions, a repertoire of over a hundred pieces, and several dozens of original programs covering various genera and styles of cutting-edge contemporary music, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn is becoming a recognized name in contemporary classical music scene across Europe.
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Dr. John – The Brightest Smile In Town (1983/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:53 minutes | 711 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Modern Harmonic
The second of back-to-back solo albums cut in the early ’80s, The Brightest Smile in Town presents a more balanced mix of vocal and instrumental tracks than its predecessor, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack. While it’s fun to hear the great New Orleans pianist romp through “Box Car Boogie” and patiently work his way through the twilight blues of “Pretty Libby,” the unexpected treats are the best: a heartsick version of Jimmy Rodgers’s “Waiting for a Train;” a Doc Pomus cover, “Average Kind of Guy,” that sounds like Randy Newman on a particularly good day; and “Marie La Veau,” a highly syncopated bow to one of the Crescent City’s many voodoo queens. By the time Rebennack ends Brightest Smile with two gorgeous instrumentals–a lovely take on Harold Arlen’s “Come Rain or Come Shine” and “Suite Home New Orleans”–you’re reminded just how encyclopedic his knowledge of American music is.
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Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 26:01 minutes | 327 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EuroArts Music International
Experience the magic of cartoons through music! The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band, and DR Vocal Ensemble unite to present a concert filled with beloved cartoon theme songs. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a film classic and holds a special place in the hearts of many. The soundtrack score received critical acclaim, with critics often citing it as a landmark score in Alan Silvestri’s career, that should take pride of place in the collection of anyone who admires his music.
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Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia & Daniel Hyde – Rutter: Orchestral Carols (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 23:19 minutes | 908 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Kings College Cambridge
The album joins the label’s other critically and commercially successful recordings, which continue to be streamed by thousands of listeners around the world, including In The Bleak Midwinter which was released in 2021. Rutter Orchestral Carols includes beautiful orchestral arrangements of well-known favourites such as Silent Night and Sans Day Carol as well as Rutter’s original carols All bells in paradise and All the stars looked down, which is dedicated to the late Sir Stephen Cleobury. “It was a pleasure to record a handful of John’s carols, some old, some new, in these colourful orchestrations… hopefully these new tracks will add a bit of magic to people’s Christmas this year,” said Daniel Hyde, Director of Music, King’s College
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Chico Hamilton – The Master (1973/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:14 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Fusion
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
An essential force in the West Coast Jazz scene of the ’50s and ’60s, drummer/bandleader Chico Hamilton possessed a subtle yet immensely creative style that would come to define the cool jazz movement. After getting his start drumming for the likes of Charles Mingus while still in high school in Los Angeles (Hamilton’s hometown and the epicenter of cool jazz), he went on to work with legends like Count Basie, tour as Lena Horne’s drummer, and become a charter member of baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan’s highly influential quartet. In a rare move for a drummer in the ’50s, Hamilton founded his own quintet in 1955 and instantly achieved major success, with the Chico Hamilton Quintet quickly emerging as one of the most popular jazz groups of the time — and later gaining recognition as one of the last important West Coast Jazz bands in music history. Before disbanding in the mid-’60s, the quintet cycled through several line-ups (with one version featuring Eric Dolphy) and explored such eclectic styles as chamber jazz and advanced hard-bop, in addition to appearing in films like Jazz on a Summer’s Day (a concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival).
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