A Compilations

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 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,...

The king of the violinists, lauded as "The fastest-fingered fiddler in the world" by The Daily Telegraph, the unique Roby Lakatos is back with a stunning new double album: La Passion! Entirely recorded live at the iconic Sydney Opera House, La Passion...

The joint organ sponsoring program of the Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Hessen and the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thuringen is a success story: since 2001 the restoration of more than 130 organs has been sponsored. To document the musical...

The Italian Renaissance is the golden age of the lute. In quality and quantity, the lute pieces from this period are comparable to the piano works of the 19th century. Most of the works selected for this recording are by Francesco da Milano, an...

The Italian pianists who have made the history of interpretation are well known, starting with Busoni through Zecchi, Benedetti Michelangeli, Pollini and others. But there are many other great Italian pianists, who due to a series of unclear...

The Italian operatic repertoire offers some of the most passionate and much-loved music in the classical canon. In this outstanding collection, Azer Zada has selected music of moving intensity, dramatic power and spiritual resolve in works by Donizetti,...