In 1962, Ella Fitzgerald was at the height of her powers, about midway through recording her now-iconic series of "songbook" albums and, two years earlier, having released a barnstormer of a live album, Ella in Berlin, that solidified her position as one of the most talented and popular musicians working in the jazz idiom.

Dutch smooth jazz saxophonist Candy Dulfer's debut album, 1990's Saxuality, made a splash both critically and commercially upon its release and helped propel her to global stardom. The daughter of saxophonist Hans Dulfer, Candy Dulfer had performed since she was an adolescent and by her early twenties was opening for Madonna and Prince…

Recorded in 1956 Bonjour Paris is Michel Legrand's first musical homage to the French capital. It's an exciting and precocious work, free of clichés. A breath of fresh air.

This ten-album, must-have set includes ZZ Top’s acclaimed albums: ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango!, Tejas, Deguello, El Loco, Eliminator, Afterburner and Recycler.

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) and Victor Hugo (1802- 1855) were towering figures in their respective disciplines, both in France, and in the world, during their lifetimes. These songs by Widor, to Hugo texts, cover a variety of emotions, from sweet introspection to quiet desperation. Rebecca Hays is perfect for these works.

Soul-disco singer and songwriter, active in the 1970s. Born on 1 February 1941, in Conyers, GA, U.S.

Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio on November 13, 1956) is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. Nova initially gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1982 which climbed to Billboard's number 8 position…

Under the direction of Wolfgang Hentrich, the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, Germany's youngest top orchestra, presents Dvorák's elegiac String Serenade as well as, among other things, a world premiere recording by Dietrich Zöllner, which, in addition to the orchestra's virtuosity and sense of sound, also reveals the "hidden talents" of its young members - surprises are guaranteed!

Though among the most masterful of all popular musicians, bluegrass artists have had difficulty crossing over to a larger audience. Twenty years after Alison Krauss and her angelic voice broke through the pickin' and grinnin' ceiling with her cover of "Baby, Now That I've Found You," the massively talented Molly Tuttle is poised to do the same.

On Galaxymphony II: Galaxymphony Strikes Back, listeners are invited to travel through the universe with the best tracks from Apollo 13, Avatar, Blade Runner, Gravity, Interstellar, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and The Mandalorian.

Drawing on her experiences of motherhood and of raising her newborn son Max during the Covid lockdowns, Davis has created an extended work in five movements, full of beautiful harmonies and melodies.

A fierce advocate of contemporary British music, John Barbirolli was close to Ralph Vaughan Williams, who dedicated him some of his compositions. We can hear in this digital premiere the famous Greensleeves Fantasia and the rare variations on the folk tune Dives and Lazarus, that Vaughan Williams collected and arranged as part of his ethnomusicological activities.

Ryan Adams and PAXAM, the label he founded, announce the release of Chris, the last chapter of the trilogy that began in December 2020 with Wednesdays and continued in June 2021 with Big Colors. The album - consisting of eighteen songs plus a bonus track - will be on sale for a single week in digital version at a price of twenty-five dollars exclusively on the official website of the label, and will later be made available via the main streaming services. .

Siwan, the transcultural, trans-idiomatic musical collective led by Norwegian keyboardist/composer Jon Balke, continues along its special path, with new music inspired by the creative spirit of Al-Andalus. The ensemble weaves lines of communication between musicians from multiple traditions and locations. Among the texts set by Balke on Siwan’s third album and persuasively sung by Algerian vocalist Mona Boutchebak are verses by Ummayad princess Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1010-1091) and contemporaries including Ibn Zaydun (1003-1071) and Ibn Sara As-Santarini (1043-1123). Hafla was recorded in May and June 2021 at Village Recording Studios, in Copenhagen.

"I experience that classical music often is interpreted the same. The Norwegian folk music is interpreted in the same way, through the music from the same period. I think that this particular music has something special, and that grabbing elements from folk music opens for new and exiting opportunities, where one could find ways to the very same inspiration the great composers used. The lonely and melancholy. Familiarity. The real and honest. That lasts." says Sander Tingstad.