Pauline Anna Strom – Spectre (1984/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:16 minutes | 787 MB | Genre: Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient, New Age
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RVNG Intl.
Spectre is the third album by the late West Coast composer, healer, and medium Pauline Anna Strom. First released in 1984, the album finds Strom exploring the darker corridors of human mythology under the influence of vampiric lore, evoking a hushed gothic solitude and showcasing her breathtaking dexterity of sound design. Despite its shadowy hues, Spectre offers generous glimpses of a vivid light that could only have come from a heart wide open to the cosmos. Restored and mixed from the original reels by Marta Salogni, and newly remastered, this is the album’s first ever official reissue, and the definitive edition of a visionary statement.
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ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Zehetmair – Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 KV 459 – Concerto for Flute & Harp KV 299 – Andante for Flute KV 315 – Horn Concerto No. 1 KV 412/514 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:04 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics
For the seventh volume in this collection devoted to Mozart by the younger generation of soloists, the award-winning Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan records the concerto K.459 with the ORF Radio Symphonieorchester in Vienna. French horn player Nicolas Ramez records one of his favourite concertos, the first of Mozart’s four horn concertos. Finally, the young flutist Diren Duran performs the Andante for flute and orchestra K.315 before accompanying the harpist Elisabeth Plank for the divine concerto for flute, harp and orchestra K.299.
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Natasha St Pier – Christmas Album (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:42 minutes | 468 MB | Genre: Pop, Christmas, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone (France)
Natasha St-Pier dévoile « Christmas Album » ! L’artiste aux 5 millions d’albums vendus livre son interprétation des 11 chansons de Noël préférées des Français en français, anglais et même espagnol! Fidèle à ses origines nord-américaines où les albums de noël sont une véritable tradition, elle offre son interprétation des classiques qui ont marqué nos souvenirs de fêtes pour toujours : de l’interprétation solaire de « Oh Happy Day » à celle du classique « Vive le vent » ou encore l’incontournable « All I Want For Christmas Is You ».
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Mr Cee – Nye Wonko (1987/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 30:24 minutes | 353 MB | Genre: Disco, Boogie, Highlife, Afrobeat
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BBE Africa
In the 80s west African music scene, it was often the way that a talented musician, composer or singer would labour away at a series of obscure, under-financed, poorly engineered recording projects before hitting gold. Such seems to have been the narrative with the comparatively unknown but very talented songwriter/vocalist Charles Kwadwo Kwarteng: Mr Cee.
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Masha Ocean Quartet – Kaleidoscopic Realities (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:11 minutes | 606 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Outside In Music
Singer, instrumentalist, actress and composer of russian origin, born in Spain. She studied violin at the music school of Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, in addition to her professional training in jazz singing and drama in Moscow. At the age of 8, she participated as a soloist in the children’s opera “The Little Chimney Sweep” at the Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville) and has worked in the children’s choir of the Russian State Academic Theater “Bolshoi” (Moscow). Winner of the International Jazz Vocal Competition «Gnesin Jazz Voice 2017» (Moscow). She received advices from musicians such as Robin Banerjee (ex-guitarist of Amy Winehouse) during her stay in London. Also from Roberta Gambarini, Maria João, Salvador Sobral and Sara Dowling at the International Jazz Seminar (Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga) and studied with Jose Carra. In 2021 she won the second place in the “III Competition of Young Jazz Talents, Femina Jazz 2021” performing in the final at Sala Clamores (Madrid, Spain).
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Yefim Bronfman – Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms (1978/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:37 minutes | 357 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EuroArts Music International
Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman has wowed critics and audiences worldwide for decades with his solo recitals, prestigious orchestral engagements, and expanding catalogue of recordings. In this recording from 1987 he interprets some of Johannes Brahms’ most admired piano works: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, and Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel. With virtuosic technique and profound musical sensitivity, young Yefim Bronfman transports the listeners into the complex sonic realms of Brahms’ works. A pure pleasure to listen to.
Focus Track on Release Day: 14. Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B-Flat Major, Op. 24: Var. XI-XII
Var. XI – XII are a special part of this beloved composition for piano. The work is considered an important part of Brahms’ contribution to the late romantic era. The soft and calm piano tones of this late Romantic piece help to concentrate and direct the focus on the essential things. Bronfman’s playing contains a lightness and elegance that invites one to relax.
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Woody Herman – The Raven Speaks (1972/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:09 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Always eager to reach contemporary audiences without compromising his values, Woody Herman saw to it that his repertoire included interpretations of material carefully chosen from the pop charts. In 1972, such choices were still possible, and The Raven Speaks presents Tony Klatka’s arrangement of “Watermelon Man,” Bill Stapleton’s of “It’s Too Late,” and Alan Broadbent’s of “Summer of ’42.” The band incorporated a demon trumpet section led by Al Porcino, the drumming of Joe LaBarbera, and tenor sax solos by the rising star Gregory Herbert and by Frank Tiberi, who was to take over the band following the leader’s death 15 years later. Herman himself solos brilliantly on clarinet and soprano sax.
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Violina Petrychenko – Winter Whispers: Ukrainian Piano Tales (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:49 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ars Produktion
“A collection of Ukrainian Christmas and winter compositions that create a magical atmosphere.”
This album consists mainly of first recordings and is entitled “Winter Whispers”. It is a collection of Ukrainian Christmas and winter compositions that create a magical atmosphere. The album offers a musical bouquet of melodies that will transport you to the enchanting spirit of the winter holidays. From emotional Christmas songs and lavish compositions by Barvinsky to the delicate melodies of Silvestrov and breathtaking arrangements of Ukrainian classics such as Yushkevich’s brilliant interpretation of “Shchedryk”, this album takes you into the picturesque world of winter fairy tales. The program also includes Dremlyuga’s spring song “Vesnyanka”, which symbolizes hope for the coming of a bright and energetic spring after a long winter.
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Vince Clarke – Songs of Silence (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:45 minutes | 449 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute
Synth-pop’s greatest architect, Vince Clarke, presents his solo debut album after more than 40 years spent shaping the future, richly indulging a widescreen vision of instrumental atmospheric music relating to formative passions for Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, and OMD.
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Tiziano Ferro – 111 (20th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (2003/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:39:32 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nisa S.r.l. licensed to Carosello Records
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of “111” by Tiziano Ferro (originally on November 7, 2002), “111 (Anniversary Edition)” is released, a remastered bilingual re-edition (Italian and Spanish).
“111” is Tiziano Ferro’s album which continued the success of the sensational debut of “Rosso Relativo” (2001). Having become one of the best-selling albums of the moment in a very short time, it is a masterpiece album that has refreshed and changed forever the sound of pop music in Italy and Europe, reaching the top of the sales charts in Italy and entering those of Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
Among the 13 autobiographical songs contained within it, the success of the singles “Sere nere”, “Non me lo so explain” and “Xverso” is inexhaustible, which still continue to resonate in the listening of the general public – precisely the Spanish version of “Sere nere” (“Tardes negras”) has in itself exceeded 110 million plays, establishing itself as the most listened to Titian song in streaming – together with songs of extreme delicacy and intimacy such as “13 anni” and “Chi non ha talent teaches” rather than the jazz excursus of “Temple bar”.
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Tiger Village – The Celebration (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:46 minutes | 590 MB | Genre: Electronic, IDM
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hausu Mountain
Cleveland-based producer Tim Thornton makes music under the moniker Tiger Village. Thornton has carved out a niche in the American experimental underground through the wide-spanning releases of his own label Suite 309, as well as through his day job as a quality control supervisor at the Gotta Groove Records manufacturing plant — meaning that his ears serve as the finish line for a vast slate of vinyl projects that hit the market every year. The Celebration, the fourth Tiger Village release on Hausu Mountain since 2014, joins a catalog that includes releases on Orange Milk, Patient Sounds, and HausMo sublabel Blorpus Editions, along with a battery of music self-released through Suite 309. Within the jittering IDM-adjacent networks of The Celebration, Thornton expands his craft on multiple concurrent trajectories, digging deeper into complex drum programming and labyrinthine synth arrangement while further exploring passages of vocal synthesis and non-recursive song structures that thrive on unpredictability and constant fluctuation. Thornton can’t help but bring a wide-eyed curiosity to anything he produces, as he rejects the dead-serious gun-metal intensity of many strains of contemporary electronic production in favor of bright tones and wonky rhythms. Like fellow Hausu Mountain artists Wobbly and Moth Cock, Tiger Village revels in cheeky compositional about-faces and carnivalesque synth lines. In all their staccato voices and peals of abstract texture, Thornton’s tracks blur the lines between harmonic electronic elements and drum patterns. The album morphs before our ears every few seconds or so, allowing arrhythmic loops and alternating rhythmic grids to contrast against whatever might seem to be the bedrock of any given piece. By paying attention to the trajectory of every dollop of sound, Tiger Village pulls off magic tricks in his pointillist arrangements in which nothing remains static — everything pushes towards a state of progressive complication.
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The Bar-Kays – Money Talks (1978/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:30 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
The Bar-Kays released their first single “Soul Finger” in April 1967. That same year they were chosen by Otis Redding to play as his backing band. In December Otis and four of the Bar-Kays band members died in an airplane-crash. Trumpeter Ben Cauley, Bassist James Alexander and producer Allen Jones assembled a new lineup and became the Stax house band. The 1978 they released ‘Money Talks’, in fact an album of unreleased Stax material. ‘Money Talks’ is the essence of late 70’s funk. The title track is the most mainstream cut, but that’s just an aperitif for the rest of the album. Two superb versions of their top ten hit-single “Holy Ghost” with a sheer percussive joy held together with prototypical Stratocaster work. ‘Money Talks’ is for sure a 100% Soul-Funk classic!
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Thandi Ntuli feat. Carlos Niño – Rainbow Revisited (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:20 minutes | 459 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © International Anthem
South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International Anthem artist Carlos Niño in the producer chair. An absolutely stunning, intimate listen, with Ntuli’s prowess as a pianist and singularity as a vocalist on vivid display as much as her fearlessness, vulnerability and adventurousness during occasional experiments with synthesizers and percussion. Niño colors open minimalist soundscapes with overdubbed percussion, cymbals and plants.
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Steven Verhaert & KultBlech Dresden – Kommet Ihr Hirten (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:58 minutes | 998 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics
The new album “Come, ye shepherds” by KULTBLECHDRESDEN, the brass ensemble of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra founded in 2018, is a guarantee for festive Christmas music. The ensemble presents atmospheric Christmas songs such as “Joy to the world,” “Engel auf den Feldern”, “Amazing Grace” and “Silent Night” on the current recording.
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Skalpel – Big Band Live (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:31:06 minutes | 1013 MB | Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Nu Jazz, Fusion
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © NoPaper Records
Beloved Polish downtempo / nu jazz masters Skalpel present an exquisite collection of the older Skalpel’s classics and some exclusive material performed live by a masterful 17-piece Big Band. Skalpel’s “Big Band Live” brings mellow, smoky vibes, hypnotic grooves and vibrant, occasionally blissful mood. Polish jazz at its best! This live album was recorded at a sold out show in Warsaw where Skalpel’s founders, Igor Pudlo and Marcin Cichy, were joined on stage by virtuoso Big Band led by Patryk Pilasiewicz. Big Band re-imagined Skalpel’s classics in a spirit of collective improvisation but also with an respectful attitude toward the originals.
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