The motet for solo voice and two dessus, usually two violins, and the cantata with instrumental accompaniment originated in Italy at the dawn of the 17th century. The genre was introduced to France by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and by travelling Italian musicians and rapidly became one of the key showpieces of Italian taste and style. The genre was deployed superbly in the early 18th century by two magnificent composers who were practically contemporaries: André Campra and Nicolas Bernier. Campra's natural attraction to Italian music is easily explained, as he was the son of an Italian doctor living in Aix-en-Provence and was also a pupil of the great Poitevin in the same city. Bernier, if we are to believe certain sources, was a pupil in Rome of the Venetian Antonio Caldara, one of the most important composers of his time.

This anthology of sacred works – all of which could be used in the liturgies of the Christmas festivities – features some of the leading musicians active in Venice in the 16th and 17th centuries. They range from the earliest, Andrea Gabrieli, who died in 1585, to the most recent, Francesco Cavalli, who died almost a century later, in 1676. At the centre of this broad chronological span we encounter not only veritable giants like Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi, but also prominent musicians connected to them, such as the Saxon composer Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Bassano and Alessandro Grandi.

The Kontor Top Of The Clubs - The Sequel heralds a new era of the legendary compilation series and provides all fans of electronic music with the best club, dance & main stage tunes, mixed in three exclusive DJ mixes.The result is the best sound for twisting up and off.On a fourth extra CD you will also find selected single tracks from CD 1-3, unmixed and in full game length.

Nrj Music Awards 2025 is designed and signed as a reference on your choice of several exchangers file. Convenience, reliability and availability, is the property of our portal, as well as the immensity of the creative transformation! Listen, familiarize and download the publication on this website. An NRJ Music Award commonly abbreviated as an NMA is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry.

Daydream – Best Of The Gunter Kallmann Choir” is a 2025 compilation album celebrating the lush, romantic sound of the iconic German vocal ensemble. This 20-track anthology, released by Polydor and Universal Music GmbH, showcases the Gunter Kallmann Choir’s signature blend of soft pop harmonies and orchestral arrangements that defined their style in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for their dreamy interpretations of international hits and film themes, the choir brings a nostalgic charm to each track.

Candid Record Unveils Chick Corea: “Paint the World” Reissue. Candid Record Unveils Chick Corea: “Paint the World” Reissue It has been 30 years since Chick Corea, the 27-time GRAMMY winner and virtuoso keyboardist, unveiled his new incarnation of the Elektric Band, known as “Elektric Band II”. Today, June 28th, this 1993 release featuring guitarist Mike Miller, bassist Jimmy Earl, drummer Gary Novak, and saxophonist Eric Marienthal (the sole remaining musician from Corea’s previous Elektric Band iteration) is being released on Candid Records, available on all streaming platforms, CD, and for the first time ever as a 2-disc vinyl set. Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles and primarily comprised of first takes, “Paint the World” is marked by Corea’s typical proficiency, spontaneity, impeccable execution, and jaw-dropping displays of chops that characterized his previous five Elektric Band albums. Written with these specific players in mind, the album is notable for its “less is more” approach to Corea’s particular style of genre-bending composition. This reissue is also notable for featuring “Final Frontier,” a rare track previously only available on Japan and Europe editions of the album.

EARLY DUBLIN BROADCAST FROM THE MIGHTY POGUES Founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as ‘Pogue Mahone’ – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic póg mo thóin, meaning ‘kiss my arse’, The Pogues reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. Their politically tinged music was informed by lead vocalist and main songwriter Shane MacGowan’s punk background, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion. The future members of the Pogues first met when MacGowan, Peter "Spider" Stacy (tin whistle), and Jem Finer (banjo) were together in an occasional band called The Millwall Chainsaws in the late 1970s - after MacGowan and Stacy met in the toilets at a Ramones gig at The Roundhouse in 1977. MacGowan was already with The Nips, though when they broke up in 1980, he concentrated on Stacy's Millwall Chainsaws. They later added Cait O'Riordan on bass and Andrew Ranken on drums. The band played London pubs and clubs, and released a single independently. They came to the attention of the media and Stiff Records when they opened for The Clash on their 1984 tour. Shortening their name to The Pogues they released their first album, Red Roses for Me, on Stiff Records that October.

For some years now, the South African recorder player Stefan Temmingh and the German soprano and early music specialist Dorothee Mields have been forming a successful artistic team. Especially their second CD, entitled "Birds" from 2015, has attracted worldwide attention. Now the two exceptional artists are focusing on the composer Georg Philipp Telemann who was one of the most famous composers of his time and wrote an incredible number of works in a wide variety of styles and genres. His collection "Harmonischer Gottesdienst" contains enchanting sacred cantatas for soprano with obbligato recorder, three of which are presented on this CD. Stefan Temmingh combines the cantatas with three virtuoso recorder sonatas from Telemann's oeuvre.

​With her new album, Hélène Grimaud takes us to Salzburg, where she fascinatingly juxtaposes W. A. Mozart and the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937). Following on from her successful DG debut album "Credo", this innovative combination is typical of her approach and signals another new beginning.

Zu Antonio Salieris Schülern gehörten Beethoven, Schubert und Liszt. Er wurde als Wiener Hofkapellmeister bewundert. Und überhaupt galt Salieri zu seiner Zeit als einer der beliebtesten Opernkomponisten Europas. Doch nicht zuletzt dank des Kino-Hits »Amadeus« von Milos Forman verbindet mit man seinem Namen die abenteuerliche Geschichte, er hätte Mozart vergiftet. Dabei schätzten sich Mozart und Salieri. Zudem war Mozart gar von Salieris Oper »La Fiera di Venezia« derart begeistert, dass er 1773 Klaviervariationen über ein Duett aus dem II. Akt komponierte. Dieses Duett »Mio caro Adone« bildet nun auch einen der vielen Höhepunkte in der Weltersteinspielung von Salieris komischer Oper »La Fiera di Venezia«.

Cherry Red Records and Toyah release of Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah. This is the first career-spanning collection to encompass Willcox’s full recording history. Spanning 45 years of music, the impressive collection includes the top 40 singles ‘I Want To Be Free', ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder In The Mountains’, ‘Brave New World’, ‘Good Morning Universe’, ‘Rebel Run’ and ‘Don’t Fall In Love’, alongside classic cuts right up to the 2021 Top 20 album Posh Pop. A pioneering figure in the UK’s new wave and post-punk movement, Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.

Steely Dan’s third studio album Pretzel Logic, was released in February 1974. A diverse set, it included the group's most successful single, ‘Rikki Don't Lose That Number’ and a note-for-note rendition of Duke Ellington’s ‘East St. Louis Toodle-Oo’. Pretzel Logic was the first Steely Dan album to feature Walter Becker on guitar. "Once I met [session musician] Chuck Rainey", he explained, "I felt there really was no need for me to be bringing my bass guitar to the studio anymore". A rift began growing between Becker/Fagen and Steely Dan's other members who wanted to tour. Becker and Fagen disliked constant touring and wanted to concentrate solely on writing and recording. The other members gradually left the band, discouraged by this and by their diminishing roles in the studio. Steely Dan's last tour performance during their initial run, was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. Six weeks before this final concert, the Dan were in the UK, and on 26th May, they performed a quite stunning show at London’s Rainbow Theatre. Playing a good selection from the new record, plus a raft of cuts from previous records, plus the unreleased and curiously titled ‘This All Too Mobile Home.’ Previously unreleased, the show was recorded for live radio broadcast and is now available here for the first time.

The sixth stop of the tour was at Tokyo’s Budokan Hall, and Young hired a film crew to tape the two-night stand. Nobody bothered to tell Poncho, and he dropped a bunch of acid before going onstage one of the nights. “I couldn’t even look up,” he told author Jimmy McDonough. “I was so high. I’d hit the strings of my guitar - they were like eight different colours - and they bounced off the floors and hit the ceiling.” • Despite the Budokan shows being the best remembered from the 7 date-stop in Japan in March ’76, Neil and the Horse’s first show in the country, at the Aichi-ken Taiikukan, Nagoya, on the 3rd of the month, was generally considered to be the finest. In line with the entire tour, which also visited Europe in late March and early April, and later, played back in the US, Neil would perform a solo, acoustic set first, following which a full on, electric, band performance would ensue. • The full Nagoya concert was also recorded for live broadcast, from which this new 2CD set is taken. But as added content too, Young’s acoustic set from Budokan on 10th March is also included.

STUNNING PHIL COLLINS SHOW FROM HIS FIRST SOLO TOUR • In December 1978, Genesis went on hiatus while Phil Collins went to Vancouver, to focus on his family; his marriage had become strained after his extensive touring. Having failed to save the relationship, Collins returned to the UK in April 1979, by which time Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford were recording their solo albums. With time to spare before recording a new Genesis album, Collins played on the Brand X album Product and its accompanying tour, played on John Martyn's album Grace and Danger, and started writing his first solo album, Face Value, at his home in Shalford, Surrey.

Live at Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California, USA 7th March 1975. Misspelled "San Bernadino" wherever it is mentioned: front cover, CD, back cover, etc. DYNAMIC CAREER END BROADCAST FROM THE FACES In the wake of calamitous label mismanagement that left one of the most important bands of the mod/psychedelic movement creatively hog-tied and practically bankrupt, Small Faces singer/guitarist Steve Marriott jumped ship to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton. So prodigious were Marriott's talents that it took two musicians to fill his shoes. Luckily, a couple of guys that would soon be among the most recognizable and popularly adored rock stars in the world found their social calendars surprisingly wide open at the dawn of the '70s.