• A close contemporary of Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel was, by all accounts, an outstanding keyboard player himself, and his compositions provide a fascinating stylistic bridge between early-Baroque composers such as Frescobaldi and Froberger (both of whom influenced him) and the later music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries.

It was designed to be a blockbuster and it was.

Nicola Porpora was a composer who helped to turn Italian opera into the most successful and spectacular genre in Europe.

The debut Warner Classics album from conductor Aziz Shokhakimov and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.

The "difficult second album" is one of the perennial rock & roll clichés, but few second albums ever were as difficult as Use Your Illusion.

An acclaimed French pianist known for his jazz interpretations of classical works, Jacques Loussier rose to prominence leading his trio in the 1960s. A gifted classical musician in his youth, Loussier gravitated toward jazz and issued a series of innovative, genre-bending albums under the Play Bach title in which he reworked the music of Johanne Sebastian Bach.

The most popular folk group of the 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary in later decades have also proved themselves to be among the most durable music acts in history. Their longevity dwarfs that of the Weavers, while the fact that the trio continues to be associated with a major record label (Warner Bros.) after decades in the business sets them apart from rivals like the Kingston Trio and the Brothers Four. Then again, perhaps it isn't so surprising – Peter, Paul and Mary's roots run deeper than almost any other folk act one might care to name, while their appeal crosses audience lines that other acts couldn't (and can't) even approach.

'Frisco Mabel Joy is a 1971 studio album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury.

Looks Like Rain is a 1969 concept album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury.

The most beautiful singing ever recorded, and some of the best music ever played to accompany that singing. The title track is one of the most emotional tunes I have ever heard.

He began his musical studies studying classical guitar and later became interested in the collaborandoazz collaborating with musicians such as Bob Berg, Mike Mainieri, Steve Turre, Richie Cole, Frank Lacy, Steve Grossman, Steve Slagle, and Em Emler, Michael Rosen, Gianni Basso, Franco Cerri, Claudio Fasoli, Larr Noc Nocella, Maurizio Giammarco, Massimo Urbani, Roberto Gatto, Stefano Bollani, Fabrizio Bosso, Rosario Giuliani, Stefano Di Battista, Sid Simmons, Mike Boone, etc.

Pharoah Sanders' third Impulse! album, 1969's Karma, is a milestone of the Spiritual Jazz movement and a natural progression in the sonic exploration that Sanders, along with John and Alice Coltrane, had spearheaded over the previous five years. "The Creator Has a Master Plan" is as close as Spiritual Jazz comes to having its own anthem. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

This album is the result of a deep and revealing journey.

Originally released in 1962, jazz multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef’s “Eastern Sounds” fuses hard bop with middle eastern music as he is joined by Barry Harris on piano alongside Ernie Farrow (double bass, rabaab) and Lex Humphries (drums). This reissue features remastered audio from the original master tapes and is available on 192/24 hi res digital.

Collector's limited edition. Deluxe 6-sided Digipak presentation with comprehensive booklet. With Charlie Parker under contract, producer Norman Granz recorded him in a variety of contexts, among them putting Bird's sax in front of a Latin rhythm section. A couple of sessions, from which eight tunes ended up on the 10" LP South of the Border (Mercury MGC-513), featured Bird with small groups including veteran jazz players with the addition of José Mangual on bongos and Luis Miranda on congas. All of the master takes from those dates, along with Bird's studio recordings with Machito's big band, have been included on this CD, which also contains several alternate takes from the sessions.