Darxon is a heavy metal band created in 1983, in Dortmund, Germany. Their debut album, Killed in Action, was recorded as a quartet of vocalist Massimo DeMatteis, guitarist Markus Szart, bassist Peter Schmidt, and drummer Dominik Hulshorst, produced by Ferdinand Kother at the Tonstudio Cooperative GmbH in Bochum…

The Grammy Award-winning, multiple Emmy Award winning, all-volunteer Mormon Tabernacle Choir is made up of 360 men and women who join their talents to create their trademark, instantly recognizable sound. They are accompanied by the Orchestra at Temple Square, a 150-member symphony, and the Bells on Temple Square, a 32-member handbell choir that are both likewise all volunteer. Hugh Bonneville is best known to American audiences for his role as Robert, Earl of Grantham, in ITV/PBS Masterpiece's global hit Downton Abbey, for which he received a Golden Globe. His many film credits include Notting Hill, Iris, The Monuments Men, and the two Paddington movies. One of Broadway's most accomplished performers, Sutton Foster has starred in 11 Broadway shows including her Tony-winning roles in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie, as well as originating roles in The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, and Shrek the Musical. On TV, Foster stars as Liza in the critically-acclaimed TV Land comedy series Younger, and previously starred in Bunheads.

One of the most exciting and unusual musical encounters to have taken place in recent years: Plácido Domingo, world-renowned opera tenor, met Pablo Sáinz Villegas who Domingo hailed Villegas as, “The master of the guitar”. Upon meeting on stage in June 2016 at a benefit concert marking Domingo’s seventy-fifth birthday held in Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium before an audience of 80,000 enthusiastic spectators. The high point of this magical night of music was “Adiós Granada” from the one-act zarzuela Emigrantes by Tomás Barrera that dates from 1905. Afterwards Pablo Villegas spoke of the great energy and inspiration that he felt as a result of this encounter.

A world premiere recording of three works by the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The Italian violin and piano duo Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi will release a new album on Deutsche Grammophon this October, featuring Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, Respighi’s Violin Sonata in B minor for violin and piano and the world premiere recording of three works by the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Warner Classics is excited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Chanticleer, “the world’s reigning male chorus” (The New Yorker), with a new recording, Then and There, Here and Now, to be released October 12. The group will tour the album around the world, with 52 performances across the United States, Europe, and Russia including stops in Dublin, Wexford, Paris, Luxembourg, Budapest, Prague, Hannover, Leipzig, Moscow, and St. Petersburg.

I Commit to Love is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Howard Hewett. It was released in 1986 via Elektra Records. Recording sessions for this ten-track album took place at nine various recording studios viz. Americayn Studios, Ground Control Studios, Larrabee Sound Studios, Le Gonks West, Mama Jo's, Nick's Place, Soundcastle, Studio 99 and Village Studios. Together with Hewett, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Glen J. Barbee, Ross Vannelli and Monty Seward worked on the production of the album. The album spawned four singles: "I'm for Real", "Stay", "I Commit to Love" and "Say Amen".

La seule réalité se situe dans le domaine de la Foi. C’est par la rencontre avec un Autre que nous pouvons le comprendre. Mais il faut passer par la mort et la Résurrection, ce qui suppose le saut hors du temps. Assez étrangement, la musique peut nous y préparer, comme image, comme reflet, comme symbole. En effet, la musique est un perpétuel dialogue entre l’espace et le temps, entre le son et la couleur, dialogue qui aboutit à une unification. Le musicien qui pense, voit, entend, parle au moyen de ces notions fondamentales, peut, dans une certaine mesure, s’approcher de l’Au-delà.

Just David Newman's third film score, The Kindred is a work of surprising sophistication and maturity, especially given the lowbrow origins of its creature-feature subject. Newman's macabre interpretation of classical traditions and deft fusion of orchestral and electronic elements create a palpable sense of drama and dread – his themes unfold like black orchids in bloom, with simple, foreboding melodies that build to dizzying eruptions of sound. While largely forgoing substance for style, The Kindred does offer several glimpses of Newman's emerging hallmarks. In particular, the chilling "Transformation" employs atonal string effects and dissonant woodwinds rooted in modernist sensibilities, anticipating the harmonic complexity of film scores to come.

Forever and Ever is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Howard Hewett. It was released in 1988 via Elektra Records. Recording sessions for this ten-track album took place at fourteen various recording studios in California. Production was primarily handled by Hewett, along with Monty Seward, Vincent Brantley, George Duke, Tom Keane, Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman.

German thrash metal veterans NECRONOMICON will release their ninth studio album, "Unleashed Bastards", on September 28 via El Puerto Records. NECRONOMICON guitarist/vocalist Volker "Freddy" Fredrich promises "Unleashed Bastards" will contain "a full menu — everything will be there: from punk to old school, from speed to flawless thrash metal. So the band has experienced a lot since their debut album in 1986 and has a lot to tell."

The Salzburg-based band Blank Manuskript seems to be a musical chamber of wonder - internationally successful with uncompromisingly bizarre rock music, the ensemble gained a unique reputation. Their music is characterized by its sophisticated symphonic arrangements as well as extensive psychedelic improvisations, thus rocking our everyday listening habits. Blank Manuskript creates music paired with mystical-vivid lyrics to transfer its audience into flamboyant musical spheres that have a unique effect on the listeners. Socio-critical escapism unites with creative excellence, creating contemporary programmatic rock music for insiders and seekers, far beyond the inhuman banality of the media machine.