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The Marian pilgrimage site of Kevelaer near the Dutch border is famous for it's large neo-Gothic basilica and it's organ, built in 1907, which is one of the largest church organs in Germany. Felix Weingartner set Heinrich Heine's ballad Die Wallfahrt...

The Man Who Established the Platters & Wrote Their Seminal Hit 'Only You' Produced This 26 Track Collection. Artists Include: Shirley Gunther & Flairs, Linda Hayes & Group, Colts, Jewels, Peppers & Chesterfields.1. Adorable - the Colts 2. Hey You, Shoo...

The male choir of the Optina Pustyn Monastery Department in St. Petersburg was established in 1996 by the blessing of it's Father Superior, Hieromonach Rostislav. The choir consists of professional singers who graduated from the St. Petersburg...

The magnificent series of recordings Dinu Lipatti made for Columbia in 1947-8 needs no introduction. They contain some of the most highly regarded performances ever committed to album and have remained in the catalogue almost continuously since their...

The lute, undoubtedly the most popular instrument of European townsfolk and aristocrats in the 16th and 17th centuries, was widely played in Prague during the reign of Emperor Rudolf II. A manuscript of lute tablatures known as the Codex Jacobides was in...

The lockdown of Spring 2020 allowed Sonya Yoncheva and conductor Leonardo Garc?a Alarc?n to make the album they had been considering for ten years. Rebirth is a message of hope but also the exploration of an idea: that silence and inactivity are the best...

The legendary Clarke-Boland Big Band, based on the American drummer Kenny Clarke and the Belgian pianist and arranger Francy Boland, was created in 1961 on the initiative of Pierluigi "Gigi" Campi, who was born in Italy and lived in Cologne. He promoted...

The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premi?red the works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. The piece by...

The lavishly produced audio biographies in the BR-KLASSIK WISSEN series tell the life stories of famous composers in an entertaining and amusing way. Who were Mozart, Mahler, and Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn? In what period were their works written? And...

The latest release from Footprint Records - Wooden Bodies - is a snapshot of a decade of contemporary creativity within the string quartet genre and celebrates the Malva String Quartet's appetite for the new and unusual - for novel ways in which the...

The Koko Mojo Records Spotlight is shone onto Sam Cooke and looks at his involvement within the music world. The album does not rely upon his hit recordings, these are available on numerous albums, and in typical Koko Mojo style, and we sample the best...

The Kinross & District Pipe Band was formed in the summer of 1946 to play at local galas, festival events and pipe band competitions. During it's long history the band has been awarded at World Championships and ceremony galas. A truly Scottish,...