Neal Kirkwood Big Band – Night City (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:21 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Jazz
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The musicians and the compositions conjure up hopes and dreams, bring to mind the magnificence and tawdriness of city life, and paint sound portraits which evoke breathtaking landscapes.
—Jason Byrne
Morgana Rudan – Marchelie, Pereira, Tisserand, Sidney, Lewis, Pujol: Originals (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:31 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Da Vinci Classics
The harp and the guitar have the quality of perfectly blending their sound together, due to the many similarities of two instruments that both belong to the plucked-string family. If there is good understanding between the two musicians, the effect seems like that of a single instrument; this is the case with the Duo formed by Morgana Rudan and Roberto Guarnieri, who manage to unite the sounds so much that they often merge into a perfectly created timbral combination.
Apart from the harpist Nicanor Zabaleta and the guitarist Narciso Yepes, there were few performers who dedicated themselves to this type of instrumental ensemble, just as there were few composers who wrote for it. This seems indeed strange, because this duo is full of possibilities of musical intertwining and nuances.
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MGMT – Little Dark Age (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:03 minutes | 951 MB | Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop
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“Little Dark Age” (abbreviated as LDA) is the fourth studio album by the American rock band MGMT, released on February 9, 2018, through Columbia Records. It is the band’s first album of new material in nearly five years, after the release of their eponymous third studio album in September 2013. The album received positive reviews from music critics, who saw it as a slight return to the pop style of the band’s debut album, “Oracular Spectacular”. It peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200.
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Marino Nahon – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Piano Sonatas (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:38 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
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Italian pianist Marino Nahon graduated with honours in piano at the “Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, where he also specialized in vocal chamber music. He continued his studies with Piero Rattalino, Pietro Soraci and Michele Fedrigotti, and he attended courses at Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Académie de Villecroze, Académie de musique de Lausanne and elsewhere, under such artists as Paul Badura-Skoda, Dalton Baldwin, Antonio Ballista, Phillip Moll, Bruno Canino, Irwin Gage, Alexander Lonquich and Norman Shetler. He has performed as a soloist, as a chamber musician and as a Lied accompanist in various concert halls in Italy (Turin: Sala 500 del Lingotto; Rom: Villa Torlonia, Teatro di Marcello; Venice: Palazzo Albrizzi; Parma: Casa della Musica; Genoa: Palazzo Ducale; Orvieto: Teatro Mancinelli; Naples: Fondazione Humaniter; Stresa: Festival Dino Ciani; Alessandria: Auditorium Pittaluga; Milan: Sala Verdi and Sala Puccini of the Conservatory, Festival MITO – Settembre Musica, Società dei Concerti), in France (Paris: “Atelier Concerts”; Saint-Germain-en-Laye: Musée Debussy; Aix-en-Provence: “Concerts d’Aix”; Biot: Festival “Les Heures musicales”), in Germany (Lübeck: Großer Saal der Musikhochschule), in UK (Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Institute; Godalming: Charterhouse; Ely: Hayward Theatre; Colchester: University of Essex), in Japan (Kyoto: Fumin Hall ALTI), in South Korea (Seoul: Museum of Art National University), in Taiwan (Taipei: National Theatre), in Turkey (Ankara: Hacettepe University Concert Hall).
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Maria Gabriella Mariani – Brahms, Mariani, Ravel: Il Mito e la Memoria (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:12:51 minutes | 598 MB | Genre: Classical
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Myth and Memory, intertwined like the two faces of a coin, at times are indistinguishable and at other times alternate in their appearance. This journey through epochs marks the progression from an era brimming with noble aspirations to one tinged with deterioration. At this passage’s extremes, the Waltzes of Brahms and Ravel emerge, with the epicenter being the intimate universe of my memories, encompassing my origins (Symphonic Pieces) and my lineage (Nené Waltz). Dance, especially the waltz, is a dominant theme here, symbolizing both the twilight of the 19th century and the closure of an entire period.
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Malted Milk – 1975 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 31:54 minutes | 398 MB | Genre: Blues
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Two dates to remember, February 23, which will be the release day of the album “1975” (Arnaud Fradin’s birthdate) and the title of Malted Milk’s new album. If there are a few common points between Arnaud Fradin and myself, it is our passion for African American culture. For him, it’s clearly Soul Music and Blues; for me, it’s jazz and American cinema. Each Malted Milk album is flawless. This collective of excellent musicians gives me the strange impression of being in the studios of Stax Records or Motown. Over the years, Arnaud Fradin’s voice has gained depth, and the arrangements have grown in magnitude with abundant choirs, brass, and guitar riffs that engulf you from head to toe. But that’s not all, now it’s time to dance!
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Kevin Figes – Wallpaper Music II (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:16 minutes | 563 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
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Multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Kevin Figes presents Wallpaper Music II featuring Brigitte Beraha on vocals, Jim Blomfield on keyboards, Ashley John Long on bass and Mark Whitlam on percussion. It follows Figes’ critically acclaimed quartet album Wallpaper Music (2021) and the recently released limited edition 7″ vinyl Seven For Lee/Green and Orange Night Park.
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John Papadakis – When (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:05 minutes | 498 MB | Genre: Jazz
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John Papadakis has become one of the top Blues and Jazz artists in the 2024 music scene, delighting fans with a unique Blues and Jazz sound. John Papadakis tickets provide an opportunity to be there in person for the next John Papadakis concert. So experience it live and be there in person for a 2024 John Papadakis Blues and Jazz concert.
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JJ Grey & Mofro – Olustee (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:10 minutes | 996 MB | Genre: Rock, Country Rock
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As the only player who has appeared on all of Mofro’s albums, singer JJ Grey is a funky force of nature. The North Floridian returns nine years after his last recording, still honing his mix of soul passion, Skynyrd-styled rock, outright funk and that sassy, butt-shaking magic that makes New Orleans music so irresistible. Grey is skilled in writing across rhythm-heavy genres and Olustee is another strong collection that even calls on the skills of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra under conductor Zoltán Pad.
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Irma Neumüller – Introducing Irma Neumüller (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:42 minutes | 426 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Time will tell; Sovetaka; Världens Ändes; Mybe it’s you; Once again looking for Love; Lördagskväll; No, i’m mit in Love with you; Solen har fatt nog.
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GewandhausChor, Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer – Joachim Raff: Welt-Ende · Gericht · Neue Welt (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:46:51 minutes | 1,86 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CPO
The GewandhausChor is a semi-professional mixed-voice choir which, as the philharmonic choir of the Gewandhausorchester, is maintained by the Leipzig Gewandhaus and is one of the leading choirs of its kind. He takes part in vocal symphonic concerts with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, appears with his own a cappella programs and performs with other renowned ensembles. The Gewandhauschor is a member of the Association of German Concert Choirs.
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