![Bruce Springsteen - 1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/0098fbc9.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bruce Springsteen – 1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:00:42 minutes | 2,08 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Live Bruce Springsteen
With the first Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concerts in six years now fewer than 50 days away, a return to where their rebirth began feels fitting. East Rutherford, NJ 7/18/99 was only the band’s second US date on the Reunion tour. It followed a 36-show European leg that saw them playing beloved outtakes (finally released on Tracks), exploring the depths of their own catalog, and rounding into form ahead of an audacious 15-night stand at Continental Airlines Arena to kick off the American run.
(more…)
![Bruce Springsteen - 2008-08-21 - Sommet Center, Nashville, TN (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/0098158d.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bruce Springsteen – 2008-08-21 – Sommet Center, Nashville, TN (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:49:28 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Live Bruce Springsteen
If there’s any period in modern Springsteen history that continues to grow in admiration it is the 2007-2008 Magic era.
There was always something appealing in the idea that Bruce and the E Street Band weren’t reuniting after an extended separation (only a few years since Vote For Change) nor called to service by historic events, but simply touring behind an excellent new album. Better still, the Magic tour created the setlist model we’ve had ever since.
(more…)
![Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Survive (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/nco1b6fss99bc_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:31 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Only The Strong Survive is the new album from Bruce Springsteen, and his first new album since 2020’s Letter To You. The album is a collection of soul music gems, that celebrate the legendary songbooks of Gamble and Huff, Motown, Stax and many more. Only The Strong Survive features vocals from Springsteen and instrumentation primarily from his longtime producer Ron Aniello. The album also features guest vocals from Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes and backing vocals from Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr., Fonzi Thornton and Dennis Collins.
(more…)
![Bruce Springsteen - 1996-11-28 - Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/0096fa61.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bruce Springsteen – 1996-11-28 – Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:32:50 minutes | 1,59 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Live Bruce Springsteen
A triumphant return to Asbury Park wraps with a lively 24-song, closing-night set peppered with special guests. Bruce’s setlist explores the exuberance of youth (“For You,” “It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City,” “Spirit In The Night”) and the realities of adulthood (“Tougher Than The Rest,” “All That Heaven Will Allow,” “When You’re Alone”), along with tales of those living on the margins (“Straight Time,” “Sinaloa Cowboys,” “Across The Border”). Joining in the fun are Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, Danny Federici, Stevie Van Zandt, Vini Lopez, Richard Blackwell and the late Big Danny Gallagher, all of whom feature in a rollicking encore that opens with the tour premiere of “I Don’t Want To Go Home.”
(more…)
![Bronislaw Gimpel - Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/m5uccexyi4e8b_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bronislaw Gimpel – Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 31:44 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vox
Bronisław Gimpel was born in Lviv, part of Polish Galicia, now Lviv, Ukraine to a musical, Jewish family. His father Adolf (* 1875, † after 1937) was considered a gifted musician, violinist, clarinetist and pedagogue. His two older brothers Karol (also Karl) (* 1904, † 1942 in Bukhara) and Jakob (also Jakub) (* 1906 Lviv, † 1989 Los Angeles) became pianists, Jakob was also active as a film musician.
(more…)
![Broilers - Puro Amor Live Tapes (Live 2022) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/fk02h9pnugrhc_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Broilers – Puro Amor Live Tapes (Live 2022) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:07:05 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Skull & Palms Recordings – WM Germany
If the term “live band” didn’t exist, it would have to be invented for the Broilers! For it is the countless concerts that have taken the Düsseldorf group consisting of singer/guitarist Sammy Amara, bassist Ines Maybaum, drummer Andi Brügge, guitarist Ronald Hübner and keyboardist Chris Kubczak to the top of the German-language music scene. In the summer of 2022 alone, the band thrilled more than 125,000 fans on their tour, was able to sell out the Essen stadium with 25,000 visitors as well as the Berlin Waldbühne, where a total of more than 30,000 spectators celebrated the Broilers.
(more…)
![Brian Tyler, Breton Vivian - Yellowstone Season 5, Vol. 1 (Original Series Soundtrack) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/p2x2qvdkiuaua_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Brian Tyler, Breton Vivian – Yellowstone Season 5, Vol. 1 (Original Series Soundtrack) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:05 minutes | 677 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lakeshore Records
Yellowstone is an American neo-Western drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson that premiered on June 20, 2018, on Paramount Network. The series stars Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, and Gil Birmingham. Series episodes follow the conflicts along the shared borders of a large cattle ranch, an Indian reservation, and land developers. The fifth season premiered on November 13, 2022.
The series’ score was composed by Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian. He worked with musicians from the London Philharmonia Orchestra and viola, cello, and violin soloists.
(more…)
![Brian Mulligan, Timothy Long - Alburnum (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/flloq1hgz6gaa_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Brian Mulligan, Timothy Long – Alburnum (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:27 minutes | 552 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bright Shiny Things
Brian Mulligan’s latest release Alburbum includes world premiere recordings of songs by three acclaimed American composers: Songs From the Plays (2001), by Mason Bates with poetry from Kenneth Koch, As Long As We Live (2010), by Missy Mazzoli with text from Walt Whitman, and Walden (2018), by Gregory Spears with text from Henry David Thoreau. Brian Mulligan is joined by long time collaborator and pianist Timothy Long, their previous work together was described by Gramophone as “a succession of poignant gem-like moments, exquisite distillations of love…”.
(more…)
![Breton String Quartet - Shostakovich, Prokofiev & Others: Piano Works (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/op8d18ygnbx3b_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Breton String Quartet – Shostakovich, Prokofiev & Others: Piano Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:54 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
Russian pianist Valentin Malinin, winner of the 62nd Jaén International Piano Competition, has chosen a programme that offers moments of reflection alongside dazzling virtuosity. The album opens with Shostakovich’s imposing Piano Quintet, one of the composer’s most popular chamber works. Granados evokes a “Ghost’s Serenade” with guitar-like effects in the exuberant finale to his Goyescas (Serenata del espectro), while Prokofiev’s Four Études are among the most complex and technically challenging works of their kind. Malinin’s own inspired fantasy The Pearl Fishers, based on Nadir’s Romance from Les Pêcheurs de perles, serves as a fine encore, reimagining Bizet’s original in daring, compelling style.
(more…)
![Breanna Barbara - Nothin' But Time (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/hcb6s7x6fvavc_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Breanna Barbara – Nothin’ But Time (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:46 minutes | 504 MB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fuzz Club Records
NYC-based artist Breanna Barbara’s second album ‘Nothin’ But Time’ (out November 11 on Fuzz Club) is a raw and immersive trip through the sounds of psychedelic rock and blues, anchored by her forceful vocals and unforgettable songwriting. Sporting a sound that feels classic and of-the-moment at the same time, ‘Nothin’ But Time’ sees Barbara plumb new emotional depths as she bursts through every sonic barrier put in her way. Seeking to create mind-expanding music that’s also firmly rooted in the real, ‘Nothin’ But Time’ reflects Barbara’s headlong journey into the world of psychedelic pop by way of hard-driving blues-rock, warped theramin tones and celestial synths.
(more…)
![Brandon Allen - The Gene Ammons Project (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/u0dm6fpjqndha_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Brandon Allen – The Gene Ammons Project (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:36 minutes | 586 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RT Jazz Records
Gene Ammons was one of the founders of the Chicago style of tenor saxophone playing but was often in the shadow of his tenor-playing contemporaries, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, and Sonny Stitt. Despite this he forged a lasting partnership with Stitt, recording some classic tenor battles in the 1950s.
While adept at the technical aspects of bebop, in particular its love of harmonic substitutions, Ammons more than Young, Webster or Parker, stayed in touch with the commercial blues and R&B of his day.
In 1950 the saxophonist’s recording of “My foolish heart” made Billboard magazine’s black pop charts.
The soul jazz movement of the mid-1960s, often using the combination of tenor saxophone and Hammond B3 electric organ, counts him as a founder.
His later career was interrupted by two prison sentences for narcotics possession, the first from 1958 to 1960, the second from 1962 to 1969.
He recorded as a leader for Mercury (1947–1949), Aristocrat (1948–1950), Chess (1950–1951), Prestige (1950–1952), Decca (1952), and United (1952–1953).
For the rest of his career, he was affiliated with Prestige.
After his release from prison in 1969, having served a seven-year sentence at Joliet penitentiary, he signed the largest contract ever offered at that time by Prestige’s Bob Weinstock.
This project focuses on music spanning Gene Ammons’ entire career, from 1943 to 1974.
Compositions written by him or tunes by others that he recorded.
(more…)
![Boston Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 5 (Live) [Remastered 2022] (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/0097041d.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Boston Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 5 (Live) [Remastered 2022] (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:32 minutes | 693 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Archipel
The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons earned a Grammy Award in 2015 for their first volume in this Shostakovich series, entitled Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow. The five album set focuses on works composed during the period of Shostakovich’s difficult relationship with Stalin and the Soviet regime. This installment includes the popular, pre-war Fifth Symphony, the darkly compelling mid-war Eighth Symphony and the elusive, post-victory Symphony No. 9, plus excerpts from Shostakovich’s incidental music for a farcical 1932 Moscow production of Hamlet. These performances were recorded in late 2015 and early 2016 at Boston’s Symphony Hall, one of the world’s most renowned venues for acoustic excellence.
“I could not live without the music of Shostakovich. I’m sure it has something to do with having grown up in the Soviet Union and my connection to the conducting tradition there in St. Petersburg, his hometown, where I studied. But also I feel close to Shostakovich as a person, since he was naively shy rather like myself. I can’t entirely explain why I have such an intimate relationship with his music, but I feel like I know him, in a mystical way.”
(more…)
![Bori Magyar - Whole Wide World (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/x5141qlzt109b_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bori Magyar – Whole Wide World (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:54 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Folk, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hunnia Records
For the record, I wanted to cover songs that had a special effect on me in recent years. Folk songs will always be relevant, their message is eternal. People feel their roots through their folk music, their identity through their mother tongue. World music – as well as this material – is now looking for answers to the question: how is it possible, or perhaps worthwhile, to play ancient songs in our modern world? The musical context in which we place them says a lot about what a folk song brings out of us, how it moves us, how it affects us. This makes the interpretation truly personal. It is a fantastic inner and shared journey. The musical reflections on the songs (which we often formulated together “cutting into each other’s words”) finally came together on the record into a common essence, a lesson. The record turned out to be quite eclectic, as we relied solely on our intuition when processing the songs, on a wide spectrum of music, without borders.
(more…)
![Borealis - Gál: Music for Voices, Vol. 2 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/x9tiymg7yzupa_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Borealis – Gál: Music for Voices, Vol. 2 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:57 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
Whether in his original home of Vienna, as a conservatoire director in Germany, or as an émigré in Edinburgh, where he became one of the mainstays of musical life, Hans Gál (1890-1987) championed choral singing as a way of directly involving people in making music: he founded and conducted a number of choirs and provided an extensive output of choral compositions.
(more…)
![Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort - La Notte: Concertos & Pastorales for Christmas Night (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/fs4yihkd9n5ic_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort – La Notte: Concertos & Pastorales for Christmas Night (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:50 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Delphian Records LTD
Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort’s latest Delphian recording revels in the great variety of musical styles and traditions that grew up around Christmas and its related feasts in Catholic Europe in the seventeenth century – a time when the introduction of ‘rustic’ effects into instrumental music changed the sound of Christmas forever.
The vivid theatricality of Baroque evocations of the shepherds and their milieu and the unusual combinations of instruments in much of this music, here given in performances brimming with energy and the joy of rediscovery, make this a Christmas album to reach for every year.
(more…)