James Ehnes picks up the viola for his first recording of the two Brahms sonatas Op.120 of 1894, in the composer's arrangement for viola and piano. Originally written for clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, Brahms made subtle changes for the viola versions, and in so doing he greatly enriched the meagre viola sonata repertoire with these two late masterpieces. Schumann composed his Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) in a few days in March 1851. They are imbued with a potent sense of fantasy - imagination runs riot, from melancholy to drama. James Ehnes plays on the 1696 'Achinto' Stradivari viola for this recording, courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music.

“The Vogler Quartet also earned such approval on Sunday evening with its tightrope walk between late Romanticism and free tonality through the close-meshed texture of Alban Berg’s String Quartet op. 3, and above all with its cheerfully relaxed rendition of Giuseppe Verdi’s unique quartet. Tim Vogler (first violin), Frank Reinecke (second violin), Stefan Fehland (viola) and Stephan Forck (cello) dispelled the great opera composer’s self-doubts about his occasional work with charm and cheerful serenity, especially in the cleverly dabbed staccatos of the final fugal scherzo.”

The Hyperion Trio was founded in 1999 and has gone on to earn an outstanding reputation in Germany and the international music world and to perform an extraordinarily broad repertoire. In its programs and the concert cycles designed for the cities of Hanover, Magdeburg, and Leipzig the Hyperion Trio has performed more than two hundred works, some of them as premieres or in programs in which great masterpieces are heard together with the music of more less known composers whose works have yet to be rediscovered.

Vol. 4 of the MMJ Live series documents the first night of My Morning Jacket’s 5-night run in 2010 at Terminal 5 in New York City. Performing their debut album, Tennessee Fire, in its entirety plus a 7-song encore, which includes covers of songs by Elton John and Jefferson Airplane.

Révélé à la fin des années 90 par l’album A Grand Love Story, Kid Loco s’est imposé comme une référence de la scène trip-hop internationale. Le Kid de Belleville revient en 2024 à ses premiers amours en faisant un clin d’œil à son 1er album culte avec Concrete Islands, Lies & Vanités ! Pour l’accompagner, des invités de marque tel que Horace Andy, Don Letts ou Lex Amor seront de la partie.

Nope, didn't think this would be much, either. A chairbound-acoustic Ig means missing the singular spectacle of him slithering about a stage like a spastic snake eating a runaway garden hose. But our Mr. Pop is, like Robert Pollard, an aggressive guitarist you rarely see playing an instrument (not even his ‘60s Iguanas gig, drums), so this is already interesting. On the DVD, he manhandles the thing in much the way he sings: full-out on hard stuff, and with dexterity on lighter tunes. No surprise he breaks strings near the onset of the eight-song acoustic troubadour Barcelona 1993 footage, including firm versions of Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers' "Pablo Picasso," Them's "Gloria," and Richard Berry's "Louis Louie" updated for the fall of the wall. There's also two Stooges tracks (and a few OK new American Caesar numbers–where was "Wild America?"). It's surprisingly good viewing, despite the immobile limitation. But truly compelling is the seven-song solo-electric 1990 Virgin Megastore appearance in Paris. Clearly feeding on a surrounding crowd, standing/moving, and tripling his guitar volume/density, the Ig lets 20 times more of his mayhem genie out of the bottle (and nearly his pants–showing the adoring French his underwear-clad butt). If he doesn't quite transform tepid Brick By Brick numbers, they're still better. And as for the four Stooges numbers like "Down in the Street" and "Loose," well… classic! Finally, the disc-two CD of demos is, frankly, boring. But the DVD is great for fans to view another side of a living legend.

Impellitteri is an American Heavy Metal band specializing in neoclassical hard rock and heavy metal with lots of shredding and speed. If you are not familiar with Impellitteri it was founded by Chris Impellitteri one of the worlds fastest and most gifted shred virtuosos, he has a similar style to Yngwie J.Malmsteen’s neo-classical shred technique.
Their 1996 album Screaming Symphony is a fine example of extremely fast, technical guitar solos, songs with positive encouraging messages, and most of all, powerful vocals by Rob Rock.

SESINEPÀ Il nuovo album Fuori venerdì 22.11.

Regrettably bypassing the Top Ten hit "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough," Twelve Deadly Cyns features almost all of Cyndi Lauper's Top 40 hits, tacking on a handful of new tracks at the end, including "Hey Now (Girls Still Wanna Have Fun)," an updated version of her breakthrough hit single, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." As hits collections go, the album is fine, but with the exception of the ballad "True Colors" and the pop confection "Change of Heart," all of her finest songs and biggest hits were on She's So Unusual, which is a more consistent and entertaining album.

En attendant ses prochaines chansons inédites, Jenifer propose en novembre 2024 un best-of de ses plus grands tubes. Mais plus qu’une simple compilation, ce disque intitulé Jukebox se compose des titres emblématiques de son répertoire réinterprétés pour l’occasion dans de nouvelles versions. "On m’a suggéré cette idée de best-of, a raconté la chanteuse lors d’une pré-écoute du projet, mercredi 18 septembre à Paris. Mais comment ça se passe ? On va extraire des chansons de mes albums, sans rechanter, sans réenregistrer ? Je ne voulais pas faire ça comme ça…" Au programme, donc, des reprises à la sauce country ou americana des classiques de Jenifer, sortis sur ses dix premières années de carrière : Au soleil, Ma révolution, Tourner ma page, J’attends l’amour, Comme un hic… Autant de tubes que la popstar reprendra également sur scène, sur les dates de son Jukebox Tour qui parcourra la France de janvier à mai 2025. A Paris, deux concerts sont prévus aux Folies Bergère les 26 et 27 mars 2025.

Il nuovo CD di Natale di Carolina Benvenga è finalmente disponibile! Al suo interno tutte le sue canzoni di Natale, un meraviglioso calendario dell'avvento con 24 caselline apribili, un libretto con i testi delle sue canzoni e i suoi nuovi singoli L'Orso Bobo, La Notte di Natale e Natale per Sempre!!!

Child in Time is the debut album by British rock group Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album took its title from the Deep Purple song "Child in Time", a version of which appears on side two of the LP. This was Ian Gillan's first release after leaving Deep Purple, and also features his former Deep Purple colleague Roger Glover. Although Ian Gillan Band went on to produce material more suited to their jazz-rock label, this first album has much more of a harder rhythm and blues style.

Questo non è il classico disco di Canzoni per Natale! Queste sono le musiche e le melodie che Fausto Leali sente emotivamente a lui più vicine e che vorrebbe cantare o sentir cantare durante le feste Natalizie! Un disco strenna quindi che si aggiunge alle celebrazioni in atto per i suoi primi 80 anni! Questo “eterno ragazzo” vuol festeggiare così il raggiungimento di un’importante e impegnativa tappa della vita. Artista dalla voce unica, da oltre 60 anni, continua ad unire le generazioni di tutti i tempi e di tutte le età. Sul palco è sempre una forza della natura e il suo spirito rock, anche quando si racconta, sono davvero contagiosi. Il disco è Prodotto da Luca Chiaravalli. Il brano inedito Amo tutto è Prodotto da Max Longhi. Ascoltiamo allora insieme a lui queste meravigliose ed intramontabili Melodie!

“Free love” è il nuovo album in studio dei negramaro, in uscita per Sugar Music il 22 novembre 2024.

Earning praise for his commanding technique, elegant sound and wide-ranging repertoire, Russian Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev was quickly signed to Decca Classics, following his declaration at the Sydney International Piano Competition, where he was also an audience favourite. He has curated an all-Russian album: Rachmaninov (including the Moment-musicaux, which he performed so gloriously at the Competition), Medtner, Scriabin, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. The album also includes two Concert Études by his late grandmother – Tatiana Nikolayeva.