Thelonious Himself is a studio album by Thelonious Monk released in 1957 by Riverside Records.[1] It was Monk's fourth album for the label. The album features Monk playing solo piano, except for the final track, "Monk's Mood", which features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone and Wilbur Ware on bass.

From the album opener, 'Move On', a song from 1974, to 'I Like the Things You Do', written as recently as 2023, 'The Vault' offers a comprehensive look at Felder's rich musical history.

The magical world of the great Cuban-American woodwind master Paquito D’Rivera continues to expand. Over his seven decades in music, D’Rivera has become engaged with musicians hailing from locations all throughout the world. His most recent release, La Fleur de Cayenne, highlights his work with an ensemble of Cuban expatriates and a Colombian vibraphonist who call Madrid, Spain home with a group they call the Madrid-New York Connection Band.

Agnes Giebel was a German classical soprano. She was born in Heerlen, in the Netherlands, where she lived the first years of her life. She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a wide-ranging discography.

HIMARI has been described as a “once-in-a-generation talent”, captivating the global classical music scene as a sensational teen with her exceptional technique, imaginative interpretations, and deep expressiveness.

With seven top 40 singles, six top 40 albums and over a million record sales worldwide, Turin Brakes return with a brand-new record - Spacehopper out 23rd May via Cooking Vinyl. Produced by the band alongside Grammy-winning Guy Massey (with credits such as Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran and Spiritualized), Spacehopper is their first new music in over three years and marks the 10th studio album from Turin Brakes, a big milestone for a band who released their debut album over 24 years ago - The Mercury Prize nominated The Optimist LP which catapulted them into the mainstream and achieved Gold status in the UK.

Lahav Shani conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in a recording of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish." This album also includes the overture "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt" (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) and orchestrated versions of three of Mendelssohn's "Lieder ohne Worte".

Organized into five cycles, each consisting of a prélude, a valse, and an envol, Félicien Brut’s new album offers a fresh and poetic vision of the accordion’s versatility.

This recording features Elisabeth Leonskaja performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" and his Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16. The concerto is performed with the Orchestre Français des Jeunes and conducted by Michael Schønwandt. Leonskaja describes the "Emperor" concerto as "the supreme piano concerto."

Star cellist Pablo Ferrández has realized a twenty-year dream to record Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations on his latest album for Sony Classical, combining the spirited work with melancholy nocturnes to create Moonlight Variations - an album he describes as ‘night followed by day.’

Don Henley has one of the most recognizable voices in all of music, both as a solo artist and in his work with Eagles. 'Inside Job' is Henley's fourth solo record, originally released on May 23rd, 2000. The album features contributions by Glenn Frey, Don Felder, Jimmy Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Mike Campbell, Steuart Smith and string arrangements by Randy Newman. The album includes 'Taking You Home,' and 'For My Wedding'.

Benjamin Grosvenor explores the depths of Chopin with this album featuring 'Piano Sonatas 2 & 3'. Benjamin's ninth album for Decca Classics features two of Chopin's most profound and contrasting works. Written nearly a decade apart, these masterpieces showcase the range of Chopin's emotional and musical brilliance. Alongside the sonatas are three shorter works: the dramatic 'Ballade No. 1', the peaceful lullaby 'Berceuse', and two 'Nocturnes'.

As European settlers moved westward from the Atlantic coast of North America, the Mohawk people – the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy – became known as “Keepers of the Eastern Door” for their role as guardians against invasion from the encroaching colonizers.

Aeris is the ninth ECM New Series album to feature the vibrant and highly expressive music of Erkki-Sven Tüür. Olari Elts, a long-time champion of Tüür’s compositions, conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in compelling, intensely-focused performances of Phantasma, De Profundis and Tüür’s tenth symphony ÆRIS, a vast drama of shifting energies and interactions, which is scored for horn quartet and orchestra.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing world premiere recordings and rarities by the great Russian composer - most of them recorded at the International Shostakovich Festival in Gohrisch, Saxony, the world's only annual Shostakovich festival.