Georgia Brown – Sings A Little Of What You Fancy (1969/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]
Georgia Brown – Sings A Little Of What You Fancy (1969/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:10 minutes | 620 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
GEORGIA BROWN with TED HEATH Sings A Little Of What You Fancy (1969 UK 12-track stereo LP, originally released in 1962, housed in a front laminated picture sleeve with album notes from Lionel Bart. The sleeve shows only a minor spot of edge wear& the vinyl is in superb Excellent condition ECS2011)
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Fred Jacobs & Lidewij van der Voort – For Several Friends – Music by Locke and Jenkins (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:53 minutes | 602 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Globe
This album explores rarely recorded music by John Jenkins (1592-1678) and Matthew Locke (1621/2-1677). These composers are typically associated with consort music, but Lidewij van der Voort and Fred Jacobs delve into their compositions for two instruments on their debut CD as a duo.
Written during England’s tumultuous Commonwealth era, the music featured on this album was intended for private society, providing solace and entertainment amidst the challenges of the time. Locke’s music stands out for its adventurous style compared to Jenkins’ more conventional harmonies, creating delightful contrasts within this album.
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Timothy McAllister & Liz Ames – Westland (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:07 minutes | 798 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
Andy Scott is a British Composer Award winner and a founder member of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet. As a saxophonist for over 40 years, Scott’s virtuosic yet harmonically subtle music is open to a wide variety of influences. His works are performed on this album by the world-famous virtuoso Timothy McAllister, and the admired English author Lemn Sissay narrates his own poem on My Mountain Top.
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Fitzwilliam Quartet – Michael Blake String Quartets 1 &2, Piano Quintet (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:31 minutes | 652 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Michael Blake Edition
“The three substantial pieces on this CD are some of the most uncompromisingly individual chamber works of recent years….influenced by the sound-world and syntax of traditional African musics, they surprise and impress….The performances of all three works on this disk are committed and masterly.”
– Michael Graubart, Tempo
Timeless Allstars – At Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1982 (Live) (1982/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:22 minutes | 883 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline
They were timeless and they were all stars. Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams and Billy Higgins got together in the early 1980s to play post-hard-bop jazz in the studio and on the US and European performance circuits. The band recorded three fine albums between 1982 and 1986. At Onkel Po’s Carnegie Hall makes that four. Recorded live at the famously louche Hamburg club, it was taped for broadcast by German radio station NDR. The release kicks off a series of previously unissued albums celebrating Onkel Po’s glory years.
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Eva Knardahl – Norwegian Music for the Piano (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 47:43 minutes | 559 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LAWO Reissue
Eva Knardahl Freiwald (10 May 1927 – 3 September 2006) was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer.
Her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 12, in which she played three concertos (those by Johann Sebastian Bach in F minor, Joseph Haydn in D major and Carl Maria von Weber in C major), was received with rave reviews. Knardahl was a student of Mary Barrat Due, who was educated in Italy. Idar Karevold, a music professor in Oslo, said that Knardahl’s Italian style was unique in Norway.
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Tim Ray with Terri Lyne Carrington & John Patitucci – Excursions and Adventures (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:59 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Whaling City Sound
For a lot of jazz fans, the interest in this album will lie more with the side players than the leader, and fair enough. Tim Ray is a talented and accomplished pianist, but because much of his career has been spent playing behind pop artists—Lyle Lovett, most notably, but also Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt and Jane Siberry—his name is less likely to ring bells than the names of drummer Teri Lynne Carrington or bassist John Patitucci. And to be honest, listening to Carrington and Patitucci mix it up on tracks like the angular, funky “Messiaen’s Gumbo” is one of this album’s greater pleasures.
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Duncan Honeybourne – Duncan Honeybourne plays the 1873 Bevington organ at Holy Trinity Parish Church, Bincombe, Dorset (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:41 minutes | 388 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ASC Records
Bincombe is “a tiny place, comprising a few cottages, fields, farms and an ancient church nestled against a verdant hillside in sight of the sea. The lush meadows provide an inviting backdrop whilst, on the sightline, the English channel sparkles in the summer sunshine and shimmers mysteriously at night.” (Duncan Honeybourne). Part of the church dates from the twelfth century, with most of the remainder having been constructed in the fifteenth. The single manual organ was built by the London firm of Bevington and Sons in 1873 and supplied at a cost of £105 to the neighbouring parish of Broadwey. It was moved to Bincombe in 1903. (Bincombe is famous for its “bumps”, a cluster of round barrows which are visible from the Weymouth Relief Road.)
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Delgani String Quartet & Clarice Assad – Soul of Brazil (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:14 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Avie Records
Hailed as Oregon’s “finest chamber ensemble” (ArtsWatch) the Delgani String Quartet’s first AVIE appearance was on Icarus, an album of chamber works by award-winning composer Elena Ruehr. A leading musical light of the Pacific Northwest, the Delganis devote their new release to music from south of the border. Soul of Brazil epitomises the adventurous, vibrant and passionate qualities of the South American country, blending classical and popular styles – the suave sounds of Grammy-nominated Clarice Assad’s vocals, piano and electronics, new music and arrangements of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, alongside the Sixth String Quartet of Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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Tim Kliphuis – Concertos (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:05 minutes | 491 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
NEW CD “Concertos” Bach Brandenburg by Tim Kliphuis Trio and Orchestra, “Ulysses” Violin Concerto
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Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die (1970/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:42 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
John Barleycorn Must Die was a pivotal statement in the history of British folk rock. Traffic, one of music’s most influential bands, garnered high praise for their psychedelic blend of folk, jazz, soul and rock. Their original sound was complemented by unworldly virtuosity. John Barleycorn Must Die was the band’s most successful album and would later be certified gold by the RIAA. This outstanding effort would be the band’s highest charting album of all time, peaking at #5 onBillboard’s Top 200. John Barleycorn Must Die boast earthy staples including, “Glad,” “Freedom Rider” and the acclaimed single “Empty Pages,” which spent eight consecutive weeks on theBillboard Hot 100.
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Tim Hecker – Virgins (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:52 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Kranky
In a year where much critical attention focused on rough-edged, dark electronic excursions from the underground, Tim Hecker’s “Virgins” proved a startling and beautifully persuasive anomaly. The album showed the influence of collaborative work with Daniel Lopatin on 2012’s “Instrumental Tourist” in its lucidity of sound quality, with Hecker allowing a previously degraded acoustic presence to take the fore in an album dominated by plaintive pianos, sharp brass, and warm harmoniums.
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Tim Carman & The Street 45s – Tim Carman & The Street 45s (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:14 minutes | 466 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mint 400 Records
One of Boston’s most accomplished percussionists can be found in local Tim Carman, who along with his project The Street 45s, drops his latest single “Dangerous” today through Mint 400 records. If his name sounds familiar, then you’ve probably seen him on the back-line of a number of tremendous Boston groups the past few years. From GA-20 to Julie Rhodes, Carman leaves his indelible imprint on some of Boston’s most illustrious jazz/blues acts. The Street 45s boast immense talent through guest appearances by the likes of Matthew Stubbs (Charlie Musselwhite, The Antiguas, GA-20), Tyler-James Kelly (The Silks), Aaron Shadwell, and Brian Templeton (Radio Kings).
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Tim Buckley – Bear’s Sonic Journals: Merry-Go-Round At The Carousel (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:31 minutes | 1,67 GB | Genre: Folk Rock, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Owsley Stanley Foundation
This is the most important Tim Buckley release since Dream Letter, featuring a singular performance with a jazz-rock lineup that calls to mind Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. Buckley, father of Jeff Buckley, made his mark with his Southern California folk-rock sound and four-octave vocal range. But this rich weave of accessible, warm, improvisational music reveals Buckley in a light never before captured on tape, including two newly discovered songs (“Blues, Love” and “The Lonely Life”), early drafts of Buckley classics, and a stunning cover of Fred Neil’s “Merry-Go-Round.” Recorded by the Grateful Dead’s legendary soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the infamous LSD chemist, this is one of the treasures of his Sonic Journal archive. Buckley’s performance is incredible and Bear’s thumbprint on the sonics is part of the magic!
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Tilman Skowroneck – Couperin: Harpsichord Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:02 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © TYXart
This is a stupendously good recording of a notoriously troublesome instrument to realistically and authentically capture and project. It positions the listener’s perspective in front of the keyboard, with the higher treble strings emanating from the right speaker, the lower bass strings from the left, and the mid range right down the middle. And if you play it loud enough, you can feel the vibrations from the lowest bass strings rumble through the floorboards. The instrument used in this recording is a 1981 two-manual harpsichord based on 18th century French models, built by Tilman Skowroneck’s father, Martin Skowroneck. If it’s anything like his other instruments, it’s built using bird quill and beryllium copper strings instead of brass. It’s blessed with a full-bodied and resonant sound, far removed from the sonic characteristics of “plinky” and metallic sounding harpsichords.
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