Poet, friend of Petrarch, and ecclesiastic, Philippe de Vitry was also one of the leading figures of the Ars Nova, a movement that brought polyphonic and poetic refinement to its peak. This album, the debut recording of Ensemble Arborescence, is the result of extensive research by David Chappuis, following a meticulous study of the sources. It seeks to place the singers in the performance conditions of the 14th century, including historically informed Latin pronunciation. Recorded at Royaumont, the programme weaves together motets by Philippe de Vitry—from early works to those of his maturity—with interludes composed by David Chappuis on Vitry’s own poetry. This carefully crafted perspective invites us to rediscover the work of one of the most fascinating musical figures of the Middle Ages.

Under heavy Viennese skies or in Berlin smoky cabarets, Berg, Ullmann and Weill dive into the “soul of the Seine sewers in Paris” or into the very depths of Louise Labé’s enamoured soul. They “search for oblivion everywhere”… each of them pursuing the hoped-for Youkali in a dark period of history which is so close to our own. This is how the soprano singer Margaux Poguet captures heat: she offers us a bundle of Lieder coming from the lushest post-Romantic forest, lit with a sparkle of raw expressionism and sulphurous realism.

Acid Jazz’s Mod-Soul warriors return to the fold for their third album on the label What Kind Of World?. A fantastic journey through the ever-expanded world of songwriter and frontman Nick Corbin, it charts a growing maturity, but no lack of bite, as he takes on the challenges and joys of everyday life.

The Hives, the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band, are an international rock sensation. They are lauded on all continents for their masterful skill and reckless abandon in the rock music field. They have once again, sooner than expected, created a new body of work the likes of which have never been heard or indeed probably will again. Their seventh opus, The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, is a new record full of energy, joy, anger, and life that will make you question reality as you have known it.

François d’Agincour (1684–1758) was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist. Though overshadowed by contemporaries such as François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau his surviving keyboard works offer a fascinating glimpse into the refined and ornate French classical organ tradition of the early 18th century.

María de Buenos Aires is a tango operita (little opera) composed by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) with a libretto by poet Horacio Ferrer. Premiering in 1968, the piece is one of Piazzolla’s most ambitious and innovative works, blending tango, classical music, and surrealist poetry. It represents a major departure from traditional tango, showcasing Piazzolla’s distinctive nuevo tango style—complex, dramatic, and infused with elements of jazz and avant-garde music.

John W. Duarte (1919-2004) was educated at the Manchester University Faculty of Technology. He worked as a professional chemist until 1969, then abandoned chemistry in favor of full-time dedication to music, after having been persuaded by Len Williams, father of John Williams. His only formal musical education consisted in jazz guitar lessons with Terence Terry Usher, the rest he learned by self-instruction. He also worked professionally as a player of the trumpet and double bass, and regularly worked as a jazz musician, among others with Coleman Hawkins and Django Reinhardt.

Born in, Tokushima in 1989, Takuma Ishii has been a new type of pianist, aiming at making classical music more accessible by being active on various media resources. After graduating from the Department of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he received his Master’s degree in Piano with the highest honors and completed the post-graduate course.In 2016, he won the second prize in the piano section at the Georges Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, Romania, as the first Japanese to win, which has been held since 1958 and has been won by Radu Lupu and Elizabeth Leonskaya.

"Farasha" is the debut release of the award-winning (e.g. Anton Rubinstein International Competition) soloist and chamber musician Sindy Mohamed on Berlin Classics. The violist recalls her Egyptian, French and German roots and reflects this in a diverse selection of pieces for the viola. The album contains Sonatas for Viola and Piano by Breville and Hinemith, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Spring Song and a transcribed version of Saint-Saens' Sonata for bassoon and piano op. 168. In addition Sindy Mohamed presents a newly comissioned work by Khaled Al Kammar "Faten Amal Harby" for oud, viola, req and piano.

advena: liturgies for a broken world, featuring world premieres of choral music from composer Mark Buller performed by GRAMMY® Award-winning choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson.

The Piatti Quartet and Emmanuel Despax join forces to present an album of works by Farrenc, Schumann and Durosoir. Louise Farrenc arranged her own brilliantly dramatic Wind Sextet and Piano, for Piano Quintet and this arrangement is a World Premiere Recording on this release. They’ve chosen to include three of Lucien Durosoir’s most touching and beautiful pieces, one for violin and piano, and two for cello and piano. “We are very proud to present this album which has been a dream of ours to record for some time” - The Piatti Quartet.

« I enjoy exploring imaginary continents, dreamed-up worlds, building bridges where, on paper, there would be none. This time, I want to create new musical cartographies — those of a lost, mythical, dreamed-up city: Atlantis. » Anne Paceo Between spirituality and the pull of the abyss, the drummer with a thousand and one rhythms immerses us in a substance that is both part of our lives and our everyday existence, while retaining an aura of mystery. Is her Atlantis a source of reflection on our world in the midst of upheaval and chaos? Or is it the (re)source of her wildly magnetic artistic inspiration?

It’s no secret that ‘Rapture of the Deep’ isn’t the first album that comes to mind when listing Deep Purple’s classics – and while it was met with interest at the time, it gradually faded from view. Despite solid sales, the album arrived during a period when there was little spotlight on the world of classic rock, and over the years, ‘Rapture of the Deep’ developed into an overlooked chapter in Deep Purple’s rich discography.

The 4th volume of the Complete recordings of Dussek’s Violin Sonatas, containing the two Sonatas Op.69 and the early Sonata Op.4.

With “ok”, his new album and ACT debut, French trumpeter ‘daoud’ offers a quiet manifesto - a record shaped by contrast and contradiction, by collapse and the stubborn act of beginning again. Built around the idea of accepting what cannot be changed. He explains: “The whole record is built around the concept of reluctant acceptance of things that you can’t control. All right, fuck it, fine, I guess.” The album explores failure, loss, repetition, and the soft absurdity of pretending everything’s fine. Across 14 tracks, daoud weaves tragedy and humor, chaos and tenderness, melody and noise into a rich and emotionally charged soundscape.