At once sensual and existential, this collection of songs—composed across 125 years—meditates on nature and nostalgia, sex and love, the ephemerality of the human spirit, and the eternal, transformative power of art. These song cycles of Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy, George Crumb, and Robert Spano coalesce into a testament to the limitless potency and fragility of love—both its resplendent joys and its tender sorrows. Despite love’s transience and riskiness, the album compels us to ruminate on Rilke’s witticism that “for one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks…’’

The vocal group VIP presents a diverse concert program with sacred and secular vocal music from Great Britain. There is music of the Elizabethan age with works by Thomas Tallis, his pupil William Byrd and other masters of the English Renaissance. With vocal works by Ivan Moody and Bob Chilcott, the ensemble also gives a little insight into contemporary British music. The whole variety of human emotions is experienced in compositions of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten and others tell with their music about love, longing, despair, discord, harmony and exuberant joy at the dance, before the concert ends with well-known hits of pop music.

With their dramatic history, the Peterhouse Partbooks are among the most significant collections of English sacred music manuscripts from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Including several world premiere recordings, this programme presents a survey of the rich variety in the Peterhouse manuscripts, from the Venetian splendour of Croce's eight-part anthem Omnes gentes plaudite, to the penitential intimacy of Tallis's O God be merciful unto us.

Young talent Leo Lindberg was born in Stockholm in 1993 and raised in a musical environment with a bassist father and a harpist mother. Deeply into jazz since an early age, he excels at piano and organ and has worked with many of the local heavies, such as Bernt Rosengren, Krister Andersson, Max Schultz and Håkan Broström..

Eric Gales’ time is now. A rule-breaking, genre-fusing force of nature, hailed by giants like Joe Bonamassa, Dave Navarro and Mark Tremonti as one of the best guitarists on the planet.

This smooth yet cheerful jazz quintet features charming female vocals with minimal lyrics and beautiful scatting. The band accompanies with a playful piano, muted trumpet and upright walking bass while drums lay down a lighthearted swing rhythm. Key: B Major. 90 Bpm. Full Mix.

There's no question that the 18th century was entirely focused on the vocal achievements of the great singing stars, both male and female - on both sopranos like Bordoni and Cuzzoni and on castrati like Farinelli and Carestini. They were equivalent to our superstars of today: alter egos of "their" composers, with whom they had fostered a virtually symbiotic relationship. In addition to these singers' technical virtuosity-there's a reason that Baroque arias are among the most difficult in the operatic repertoire-these sometimes almost mythical figures fascinated audiences with their beauty of tone and legato lines.

SOMM Recordings marks the 150th Anniversary of the great French-American conductor Pierre Monteux (1875-1964) with his live performances of Claude Debussy's Images pour orchestre and Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. These 1961 broadcasts, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, have been superbly remastered by Lani Spahr, whose critically acclaimed audio restorations for SOMM have received high praise from Gramophone, BBC Radio 3, and The Sunday Times, amongst many others.While Monteux was born 150 years ago this past April, his death came 61 years ago-still within the lifetime of many present-day music lovers. He was, therefore, a link with the musical past, and enjoyed professional relationships with both the composers on this recording. By the early 1910s, Monteux had a reputation as the leading French conductor of the younger generation, and Debussy chose him to prepare the world premiere of Images pour orchestre, which Debussy himself conducted in January 1913.

Tea Polso’s album FOLKCEMBALO (Folk Harpsichord) weaves together the most archaic folk tunes of Ostrobothnia and Sweden with the Italian and English grounds and clavier dances of the early Baroque, sharing the same harmonic and rhythmic soil. The album was born out of Polso’s childhood interest in the rhythms and harmonic similarities between Baroque and folk music. She has noticed how these two seemingly different styles intertwine into an organic whole.

„Echte Liebesbriefe“ ist weit mehr als nur ein Album – es ist ein musikalisches Reiseerlebnis, das Schlagerherzen höherschlagen lässt. Voller Leidenschaft produziert, mit viel Gefühl eingesungen und auf höchstem Niveau arrangiert, gehört dieses Werk schon jetzt zu den Highlights des Jahres. Ein echter Höhenflug für alle, die Musik mit Herz lieben.

Multi-award winner Jack Garratt makes a very welcomed return with his third album Pillars - out on Cooking Vinyl. Marking his first full-length project in five years, Pillars is vibrant, emotionally-charged and a celebration of love, community, and self-discovery. Pillars is a testament to Jack’s evolution as an artist and individual.

Experience the ultimate OneRepublic compilation with The Collection - a selection of their biggest hits! Featuring global chart-toppers like "Counting Stars," "Apologize," and "I Ain't Worried," to anthems like "I Lived," "Run," and "Good Life." Available on CD, OneRepublic: The Collection is a must-have.

The seventh studio album from acclaimed musician Lindsey Stirling celebrates the delicate, yet beautiful, nature of duality - the inner battle of fearlessness and self-doubt we all experience. Exploring two distinct styles of music for each side of the album, Duality evokes a sense of magic; encouraging the listener to acknowledge the struggle but to always believe in the limitless version of themselves.

Darkness - MONO INC. Celebrating our inner strength and light!Following the chart-topping releases of "The Book of Fire" and "Ravenblack", yet another sold out Symphonic Tour and headline slots at countless festivals, the 13th studio album will finally be released on August 15th 2025. "Darkness" is an ode to the strength we all carry within us.Here come the giants of Dark Rock - more profound than ever before. This album sets out to prove that darkness is not the end, but quite the contrary. The lyrics and sound of the first track "In My Darkness" emanate a bright light, shining from within. Band leader Martin Engler says, "This is like us shining a light for ourselves while the world around us is drowning in chaos."Solidarity and tolerance, charity and self-love: "Darkness" is about all that, which has carried the ever-growing Raven Community through the storms and lifted them from the lows over the years.

Dara Tucker's 'Time Wouldn't Wait' is a soul-stirring journey through renewal, love, and reflection. From the radiant groove of 'Shining (It's My Time)' to the dreamy 'Pure Imagination' and the title track's poignant urgency, Tucker blends jazz, soul, and storytelling with grace. Her third album with Green Hill Music is a soulful ode to fresh starts and deep emotion, radiating a passion that resonates across genres.