Stella Doufexis – Dichterliebe (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stella Doufexis – Dichterliebe (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:55:38 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Robert Schumann’s talismanic song-cycle Dichterliebe has been recomposed by German composer and conductor Christian Jost. The results can now be heard on an album from Deutsche Grammophon which pairs the new score with recordings of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and the Liederkreis op.39 made by Jost’s wife, mezzo-soprano Stella Doufexis, a year before her tragic death from cancer. Jost’s reimagined Dichterliebe, performed by tenor Peter Lodahl and the Horenstein Ensemble, casts new light on the shifting moods of Schumann’s composition. Dichterliebe is set for worldwide release on April 12 via Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.

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Stephen Schultz, Jory Vinikour, Alexa Haynes-Pilon, Mindy Rosenfeld – Couperin: Concerts royaux (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stephen Schultz, Jory Vinikour, Alexa Haynes-Pilon, Mindy Rosenfeld – Couperin: Concerts royaux (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:37 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music and Arts Programs of America

“Following on the success of their widely acclaimed Music & Arts release J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Stephen Schultz (Baroque flute) and Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) are joined by Alexa Haynes-Pilon (viola da gamba), and Mindy Rosenfeld (Baroque flute) in superlative performances of Francois Couperin’s four Concerts Royaux; works which stand among the pinnacles of the Golden Age that was French music during the reign of Louis XIV. This state-ofthe- art recording was produced and engineered at Skywalker Sound by two-time Grammy Award winner Jack Vad (2012, 2021).

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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:45 minutes | 959 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co

Sparkle Hard is the seventh album by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, in keeping with their trademark sound but with some unexpected flourishes, including Auto-Tune, a fiddle, and guest vocals from Kim Gordon.

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Otto Klemperer – Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Overtures & Preludes (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Otto Klemperer – Klemperer Conducts Wagner: Overtures & Preludes (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:34:27 minutes | 3,63 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Otto Klemperer (* May 14, 1885 as Otto Nossan Klemperer in Breslau; † July 6, 1973 in Zurich) was a German conductor and composer. He is one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

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Otto Klemperer – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 98, 101 “The Clock” & 104 “London” (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Otto Klemperer – Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 98, 101 “The Clock” & 104 “London” (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:27:19 minutes | 3,34 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Otto Klemperer (1885-1973), expelled from Germany in 1933 because of his Jewish origins, spent most of the last years of his life in London, where he led the Philharmonia Orchestra, founded by Walter Legge in 1946, a distinguished orchestral association that was called upon primarily for record productions but also played a prominent role in London and international concert life. He died, however, in 1973 at a ripe old age in Zurich, where his final resting place is located.

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Stephen Hough, Hannu Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stephen Hough, Hannu Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:52:32 minutes | 3,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion

Hearing Stephen Hough over the course of one of music’s most exhilarating odysseys is not an opportunity to be missed, especially when that odyssey encompasses the five piano concertos of Beethoven. Recorded following a cycle of live performances in Helsinki, this magnificent set is sure to be recognized as one of Hough’s most important recordings.

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Steinar Raknes – On the Road (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Steinar Raknes – On the Road (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:30 minutes | 516 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Grappa Musikkforlag AS

Steinar Raknes is a creative bassist and vocalist who isn’t afraid to go his own way.

As a jazz graduate of NTNU in Trondheim, he shocked the Norwegian jazz scene with the band «Urban Connection» which took the concept of jazz trios to new heights. In recent years, Raknes has steadily moved more towards the singer/songwriter segment. The Stillhouse concept, which is really a duo project with Unni Wilhelmsen, was extended with Per Oddvar Johansen on drums, Even Hermansen on guitar and Jørgen Mathisen on clarinet, soprano and tenor sax.

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Osees – Intercepted Message (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Osees – Intercepted Message (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:19 minutes | 532 MB | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © In The Red

“A pop record for tired times. Sugared with bits of shatterproof glass to put more crack in your strap. At long last, verse / chorus. A weathered thesaurus. This is OSEES bookend sound. Early grade garage pop meets proto-synth punk suicide-repellant. Have a whack at the grass or listen while flat on your ass. Heaps of electronic whirling accelerants to gum up your cheapskate broadband. Social media toilet scrapers unite! Allow your 24-hour news cycle eyes to squint at this smiling abattoir doorman. You can find your place here at long last. All are welcome from the get go to the finale…a distant crackling transmission of 80s synth last-dance-of-the-night tune for your lost loves. Suffering from Politic amnesia? Bored of AI-generated pop slop? Then this one is for you, our friends. Wasteland wanderer, stick around. Love y’all. For fans of Teutonic synth punk and Thee Oh Sees (who the fuck are they?)” —John Dwyer

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Oscar Peterson – Something Warm (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Oscar Peterson – Something Warm (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 785 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vinyle Numérique

Something Warm is a live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago. The sessions were in 1961, but the album was initially released as Verve V/V6-8681 in 1967.

Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: The Trio, The Sound of the Trio, and Put On a Happy Face. The complete sessions were released in 1996 as The London House Sessions.

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Stefano Tamborrino – Seacup (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Stefano Tamborrino – Seacup (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:07 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Tuk Music

An ensemble in which we can recognize a string quartet – Ilaria Lanzoni on the violin, Clara Maria Garcia Barrientos in viola, Naomi Berrill on cello and vocals, and Gabriele Evangelista on double bass – but enriched by the creative presence of drums, electronics and vocals by Stefano Tamborrino, the main architect of the composition, and the reeds (saxophone and clarinet) by Dan Kinzelman. Sounds ranging from jazz to contemporary music, from electronics to folk through chamber music.

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Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:18 minutes | 496 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Olivia Rodrigo PS

Second studio album by the GRAMMY – winning recording artist. Rodrigo recorded the album with producer Daniel Nigro, who also collaborated with her on ‘SOUR’, her chart-topping, 4x Platinum debut album. ‘For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life’, says Olivia Rodrigo. ‘I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 – it was such an intense period of awkwardness and change. I think that’s all just a natural part of growth, and hopefully the album reflects that’. On ‘vampire’, the album’s first single, Rodrigo’s increased maturity and bold confidence are apparent.

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Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:13 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ATO RECORDS

As multiple Grammy-winning band Old Crow Medicine Show celebrates their 25th anniversary, their new album ‘Jubilee’ finds the band producing alongside Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, St. Paul & the Broken Bones). The album features a return cameo from Old Crow co-founder Willie Watson as well as legendary soul singer Mavis Staples and rising star Sierra Ferrell. The result encompasses everything from jug-band tunes to Irish folk songs to exultant gospel jams.

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Stephanie Lottermoser – Hamburg (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stephanie Lottermoser – Hamburg (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:16 minutes | 519 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Leopard

The saxophonist and singer Stephanie Lottermoser, who comes from Munich and now lives in Hamburg, has released four solo albums so far and moves stylistically between jazz, soul, funk and pop. In the combination of playing the saxophone and singing, she has found her very own musical language.

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OK:KO – Liesu (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

OK:KO – Liesu (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:27 minutes | 418 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © We Jazz

Helsinki quartet OK:KO releases their third album “Liesu” with We Jazz Records on 15 April. The band, led by drummer/composer Okko Saastamoinen and including saxophonist Jarno Tikka, pianist Toomas Keski-Säntti and bassist Mikael Saastamoinen (of Superpostion & Linda Fredriksson “Juniper”) is a scene favourite in Finland and has recently garnered some international attention with their melodic, dynamic and original approach. The OK:KO sound is adventurous yet accessible, and contemporary yet rooted in the lineage of acoustic small group jazz.

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øjeRum – Nattens hvide sten (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

øjeRum – Nattens hvide sten (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:24 minutes | 393 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Slow Tone Collages

Danish ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /electronic collage artist and musician Paw Grabowski, aka øjeRum releases “Nattens Hvide Sten” via Slow Tone Collages.

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