A Compilations

The Ember label was founded in 1952 by Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington, and Jack Angel, but was acquired in 1953 by Al Silver, who turned it into a creative hub for R&B recording and most particularly becoming renowned for it's output of doowop...

The duo's second album on Solo Musica celebrates the song repertoire of women composers from Romanticism to Contemporary Music with 24 songs by 24 women composers. The Swiss soprano Franziska HEINZEN and British-Polish-German pianist Benjamin MEAD set...

The Deutsche Philharmonie Merck presents the first edition of it's "Magic of Movie" series with film music by various composers, including John Williams and many more. Cinematic masterpieces are showcased here, including Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones,...

The Deco Ensemble has been praised as 'one of the UK's foremost tango quintets', 'with a strong and highly individual voice' - The Daily Telegraph. Since it's establishment in 2013, it has toured extensively across Europe and performed at some of the...

The decades around 1600 bore witness to the flourishing of a remarkable musical tradition: the art of diminution, in which simple melodies were given exquisitely virtuosic embellishments, effectively creating new works. One such creation, Francesco...

The debut of the Taracea ensemble creates a bridge between past and present. The Madrid-based trio's artistic project is to combine early music, jazz and improvisation. It's founder Rainer Seiferth, a German musician who lives in Spain, plays the...

The d?but album of duo Antongirolami-Galosi features a collection of works for cello and piano by and about Rossini as homage to the great heritage of the Maestro - who was also a skilled cellist - with whom they share the native region. The programme of...

The cult and devotion to Mary have been among the greatest and most important sources of inspiration for all the arts in the history of humanity, and in the history of music they have given rise to a myriad of compositions that have spanned the centuries...

The Cuban classical pianist Yamile Cruz Montero and the Greek jazz drummer Christos Asonitis are a couple in life and in music. Although they come from two different musical worlds, they have found a common language. Both of them arrange classical to...

The Cuarteto Sol Tango epitomizes the next generation of authentic tango, combining the luscious sound of a traditional orquesta t?pica with the verve of true chamber musicianship. With the unique combination of violin, cello, bandone?n and piano, they...

The countertenor Matthias Lucht first studied viola at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim. At the same time he studied singing with Gerd T?rk. A DAAD scholarship then helped him to continue his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Howard Crook...

The corona pandemic has changed and slowed down social life in large parts of the world in 2020. The musicians are particularly affected by this, for whom all performances have been cancelled for safety reasons. The SCHOLA HEIDELBERG has used this "free...