A Compilations

Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630), the great mathematician and astronomer, was very much concerned all of his life with the connection between practical music and cosmology. He felt strongly that music mirrors the cosmos and used phrases such as "the Song of...

Johann Strauss wrote hundreds of uplifting waltzes, marches and polkas, plus 16 charming operettas, the best of which are here. You get 150 minutes of favorites, like the Blue Danube; Tales from the Vienna Woods; Thunder and Lightning Polka; Voices of...

Johann Sebastian Bach? His very name arouses admiration, while his art generally provokes wonder, even ecstasy... To 'pay homage' to Bach is to acknowledge his special status - if not the God, at least the Pope of musicians: an unquestionable and...

Johan Smith, 2019 winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Competition, presents his dream programme in this recital. Bach's Toccata for harpsichord 'borders on the unplayable' for the guitar, especially in it's final double fugue, while...

Joe Haider: "For over sixty years I have been on the road as a jazz pianist / composer / arranger / educator, and as yet there is no end in sight. I am already 84 now, but still fresh and lively. But it sounds like the final stage, or overtime with a...

Jo?o Barradas writes: "For my first classical album, I wanted to mix original works for my instrument with transcriptions of works by composers whose art had created and formed my love for Western classical music, and so I created a wide-ranging program...

'Jiving Jamboree' marks up your dance cards for 25 reelin' & a 'rockin' sides from the late Forties, Fifties & early Sixties (the golden era of jump blues & rock 'n' roll). Artists include Louis Jordan, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Daddy Cleanhead, Big Mama...

Jewels from five centuries aptly describes this collection, featuring small pieces of great music, that the a cappella group Octavians presents on their new GENUIN album: canzones, motets, folk songs, and pop songs to which the winners of the 2017 A...

Jerry Lewis's son Gary headlines this five-piece rock band from the '60s, which outperformed expectations and drew a slew of hits in the mid-to-late period of that decade, even appearing on the ever-present Ed Sullivan show and touring across the world...

Jerome "Jerry" Leiber and Mike Stoller together crafted over 70 songs that became chart hits. Their collaboration as producers and songwriters helped define the sound of Rhythm & Blues, and Rock 'n Roll music. The Koko Mojo album Spotlight on Leiber and...

Jazz journalist Bert Jansma writes: "Such nonsense, those discussions about jazz-then, jazz-now, jazz-in-the-future, and jazz-how! These were my first thoughts while listening to "Rise and Shine" by the Dutch Ruud Breuls/Simon Rigter Quintet. Because I...

Jason Max Ferdinand writes: "This project was birthed in the midst of a pandemic. At such times, just the opportunity to create art is a huge gift. This cadre of singers came together with the encumbrance of travel, limited rehearsal time, having to sing...