Peter Kooij, Mieneke van der Velden, L’ Armonia Sonora – Telemann : Solo Cantatas for Bass (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Peter Kooij, Mieneke van der Velden, L’ Armonia Sonora – Telemann : Solo Cantatas for Bass (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:40 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Passacaille

No-one will be surprised to learn that Telemann, himself a baritone, has dedicated a substantial part of his output to cantatas (some 1400 works in total!) for baritone, as the convention in the Protestant world at the time was that the character of Jesus was reserved for that same baritone voice. And so here is a series of deeply intimate Passion cantatas for solo bass, with a sense of immense pain sketched out masterfully by a composer who knows how to always stay original. This is almost a kind of religious play, in which the plot is relayed through short, sober recitations, and then illuminated through staggering arias that border on musical painting. Dutch bass-baritone Peter Kooy (or Kooij), a follower of the legendary Max von Egmond, whose career took off from the 1980s with Herreweghe in the La Chapelle Royale and the Collegium Vocale of Gent, gives us a velvety reading, against an instrumental backdrop provided by L’Armonia Sonora. We are given a breather between cantatas in the shape of several instrumental sonatas. The album closes on an aria taken from the great Passion oratorio Seliges Erwägen des bittern Leidens, “Gute Nacht, ihr meine Lieben”. It is hard not to think of Bach with his “Gute Nacht” – Bach had already been evoked in one of the cantatas, Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen whose lyrics and spirit come close to Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne Tragen of the Cantor of Leipzig (itself also for solo bass!), note the little differences in formulation between Bach and Telemann, who were colleagues and friends.
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Peggy Connelly – That Old Black Magic (Remastered 2014) (1956/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Peggy Connelly – That Old Black Magic (Remastered 2014) (1956/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:36 minutes | 429 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bethlehem Records

This 1956 session for Peggy Connelly was one of only two releases from the singer and her only album for Bethlehem. With arrangements by Russ Garcia, Connelly is backed by some of the finest West Coast musicians of the day on this collection of standards, including Charlie Mariano on alto sax, Bill Holman on tenor sax and Stan Levey on drums.
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Perry Como – It’s Impossible (1970) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Perry Como – It’s Impossible (1970)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:18 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

One of the most popular vocalists between the end of World War II and the rise of rock & roll in the mid-’50s, Perry Como perfected the post-big band approach to pop music by lending his own irresistible laidback singing – influenced by Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo – to the popular hits of the day on radio, TV, and LP. Both his early traditional crooning style plus his later relaxed manner and focus on novelty material were heavily indebted to Bing Crosby, though Como’s appeal during the early ’50s was virtually unrivalled. Born in 1912 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Como was working as a singing barber in his hometown when he began touring with local bandleader Freddie Carlone at the age of 21. By the mid-’30s, he got his big break with Ted Weems & His Orchestra, who headed a popular radio show named Beat the Band. After the orchestra broke up in 1942, Como hosted a regional CBS radio show later called Supper Club. The show’s success gained him a contract with RCA Victor Records by 1943, and he also began working in Hollywood with Something for the Boys. Perry Como’s real big break came with the 1945 film A Song to Remember. His rendition of “Till the End of Time” spent ten weeks at the top of the charts and became the biggest hit of the year. Como’s dreamy baritone worked especially well on ballads, such as the additional 1945-47 number one hits “Prisoner of Love,” “Surrender” and “Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep).” Hired by NBC for another radio show in 1948, Como crossed over to the emerging medium of television that same year with the Chesterfield Supper Club. The show quickly took off, and eventually earned him four Emmy Awards. In the mid-’50s, Como began to indulge in light novelty fare, the titles often comprising nonsense words – “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Doo,” “Hoop-Dee-Doo,” “Pa-Paya Mama” and “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom).” Though he often disliked the songs, they frequently became huge hits and made his reputation as one of the singers who defined the style of music later known as middle-of-the-road pop. Como’s breezy songs had worked well at the beginning of the decade, but his appeal began to wane towards the end of the 1950s, with the emergence of rock & roll and the wave of teen idols. His last number one hit, “Catch a Falling Star,” came in 1958. Como was much less visible during the 1960s, but returned in 1970 with his first live show in over two decades, and a world tour followed; a single (“It’s Impossible”) even made the Top Ten in late 1970. Como continued to record LPs and occasional television specials while making scattered appearances during the 1970s and ’80s. On May 12, 2001 Perry Como died in his sleep at his home in Florida.
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Přemysl Vojta – Michael & Joseph Haydn: Horn Concertos (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Přemysl Vojta – Michael & Joseph Haydn: Horn Concertos (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:58 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © CAvi-music

Horn Concertos by Michael & Joseph Haydn: It is difficult to ascertain how many horn concertos Joseph Haydn and his younger brother Michael actually wrote. Certain works are lost; others are erroneously ascribed, or their authenticity is at least doubtful. One of the concertos has even been ascribed by different musicologists to Joseph and to Michael Haydn, but it may have been written by another person entirely.

The two brothers wrote most of their concertos for the widest variety of solo instruments, but usually in the same type of situation: i.e. once they had assumed important posts at the head of renowned court orchestras. Joseph Haydn became Kapellmeister for the Ezterházy princes in 1761, and Michael became concertmaster of the Salzburg archdiocese court orchestra in 1763. The court musicians in both orchestras were virtuosos in their own right, and one of the tasks of a Kapellmeister consisted in composing new works that permitted them to display their outstanding abilities in the presence of their sovereigns.
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Perfume Genius – Ugly Season (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Perfume Genius – Ugly Season (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:21 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Matador

Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) with his new album, Ugly Season, and announced via a clip by artist and director Jacolby Satterwhite. The clip is taken from a short film featuring Hadreas and music from Ugly Season that is a visual companion to the project. Satterwhite is known for his immersive multidisciplinary technique that fuses live video, 3-D animation, drawing and print-making. His work has appeared at MoMa, The Smithsonian, The Whitney and the Studio Museum of Harlem.
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Pedro Mateo Gonzalez – Ondulation (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Pedro Mateo Gonzalez – Ondulation (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:07 minutes | 2,53 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Eudora Records

A fascinating album featuring spellbinding recordings of Bach’s Suites and Partitas on the guitar, interspersed by first recordings of György Kurtág’s four short pieces extracted from Darabok a Gitáriskolának. Performed with finesse and utmost sensitivity, Pedro Mateo González guides us in a voyage through Back and Kurtág’s music, recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of the 13th Century Convent of San Francisco, in Ávila, Spain.
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Pavel Gomziakov, Andrei Korobeinikov – Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 – Prokofiev: Ballade – Taneyev: Canzona (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pavel Gomziakov, Andrei Korobeinikov - Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 - Prokofiev: Ballade - Taneyev: Canzona (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Pavel Gomziakov, Andrei Korobeinikov – Myaskovsky: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 – Prokofiev: Ballade – Taneyev: Canzona (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:00 minutes | 1023 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Onyx Classics

Myaskovsky’s two cello sonatas are woefully neglected works and deserve far wider circulation – romantic and passionate they make a worthy alternative to Rachmaninov’s famous sonata. Coming from the early and late years of the composer’s life, the 2nd sonata was written for Rostropovitch, who championed it and ensured all his pupils studied and learned it. Prokofiev’s Ballade op15 is an expansive work from his early years and like the Myaskovsky sonatas rarely heard. Pavel Gomziakov and Andrei Korobeinikov are persuasive advocates for these delightful works.
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Perico Sambeat – Atlantis (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Perico Sambeat – Atlantis (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 53:46 minutes | 605 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nuba Records

Perico Sambeat belongs to the jazz generation of musicians who became known in the 1980s, during the last great international emergence of the genre. In the Spain of the time, they made their way through with imagination and tenacity, and despite not being aware of it, they carried the task of normalizing the professional jazz scene in our country and strengthening the almost inexistent international links. What today seems fortunately normal, owes much to the enthusiasm of a few of those musicians, among whom Sambeat stands out.
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Pee Wee Ellis – In My Ellingtonian Mood (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Pee Wee Ellis – In My Ellingtonian Mood (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:37 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © MINOR MUSIC

Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown’s band in the 1960s, appearing on many of Brown’s most notable recordings and co-writing hits like “Cold Sweat” and “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”. He also worked closely with Van Morrison. His new album “In My Ellingtonian Mood” features amazing chemistry with N.Y.C.-based jazz pianist Danny Grissett.
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Various Artists – The Soul of Jazz Percussion (1960/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Various Artists – The Soul of Jazz Percussion (1960/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:26 minutes | 702 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warwick Records

Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of musicians, and had especially fruitful collaborations with trumpeter Donald Byrd and as a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band.
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Pennywise – Never Gonna Die (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Pennywise – Never Gonna Die (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:20 minutes | 493 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epitaph

The legendary punk band’s twelfth full-length, “Never Gonna Die” is the first full album of new songs with singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, drummer Byron McMackin, and bassist Randy Bradbury in over a decade. Produced by longtime Pennywise collaborator Cameron Webb (Motörhead, NOFX, Alkaline Trio), Never Gonna Die came to life in the same space where the band penned classic songs with late bassist Jason Thirsk. With their quintessential power to merge the subversive and the celebratory, Pennywise have built the album on fast-paced anthems expertly engineered to inspire radical change, personal empowerment, relentless hijinks, and reckless fast times.
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Peijun Xu, Godelieve Schrama – Schubert, Saint-Saëns & Others: Works for Viola & Harp (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Peijun Xu, Godelieve Schrama – Schubert, Saint-Saëns & Others: Works for Viola & Harp (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:02 minutes | 702 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Profil

“…varied in style, very sprightly in parts and energetic; it uses modal melodic technique. What is particularly interesting is the fact that each instrument, viola and harp, is given virtually equal weighting.” Peijun Xu was born in Shanghai and is one of the leading violists of her generation. She has guested as a soloist at famous venues such as the Shanghai Concert Hall, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. She has played with many orchestras including the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Hof Symphonic, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn. Godelieve Schrama plays chamber music at events, such as the Orlando Festival, the Delft Chamber Music Festival and the Musikertage Mondsee summer festival in Austria’s Salzkammergut region. At these events, she makes music with the likes of flautists Emily Beynon and Andrea Lieberknecht, the Auryn String Quartet, Quatuor Danel, violinists Isabelle van Keulen, Liza Ferschtman and organist Tomasz Adam Nowak.
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Bobby Darin-If I Were A Carpenter-REMASTERED-24BIT-192KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN

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Bobby Darin-If I Were A Carpenter-REMASTERED-24BIT-192KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:26:34 minutes | 976 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Bobby Darin-Commitment-REMASTERED-24BIT-44KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN

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Bobby Darin-Commitment-REMASTERED-24BIT-44KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:42:45 minutes | 377 MB | Genre: Folk
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Bobby Darin-Bobby Darin Sings Dr. Dolittle-REMASTERED-24BIT-192KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN

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Bobby Darin-Bobby Darin Sings Dr. Dolittle-REMASTERED-24BIT-192KHZ-WEB-FLAC-2016-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:29:20 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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