Introducing Roland Kirk is the second album by jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. It was originally released on the Argo label in 1960.

"Stunning collection of deep soul and heavyweight funk from BETTY HARRIS. 17 songs written and produced by ALLEN TOUSSAINT and featuring THE METERS, all originally recorded in New Orleans between 1964-69."

Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King is a 1961 instrumental album by blues guitarist and singer Freddie King (at the time spelled "Freddy").

Heinrich von Kalnein (born 4 July 1960 in Baden-Baden) is a German jazz musician (soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, electronics), composer and university teacher.

The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn’s 107 symphonies. Entitled ‘The Times of Day’, this programme is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as ‘Morning’, ‘Noon’ and ‘Evening’. Prince Paul Anton Esterházy, who commissioned the work, is said to have wanted to show his guests that his orchestra was of excellent quality and that ‘his’ Haydn was highly inventive.

Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32" & "Hamlet, Op. 67" are performed under the baton of English conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Orchid Classics presents one of two releases showcasing winners of the Carl Nielsen Competition 2019. Praised by Bachtrack for the “subtle elegance” and “luminous joy” of her performances, French flautist Joséphine Olech trained with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Academy and is currently principal flute of the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

Queen followed one of Live Aid's signature moments and, more crucially, took the stage on July 13, 1985 at London's Wembley Stadium, without much expectation. After a run of stylistically diverse records beginning with 1975's career-defining A Night at the Opera, Queen had lost momentum by the early '80s.

Orchid Classics presents one of two releases showcasing winners of the Carl Nielsen Competition 2019. Hailed as ‘One to Watch’ by Gramophone magazine, Slovenian clarinettist Blaž Šparovec was praised by jury member Michael Collins as “the deserving winner … he showed immense qualities from the start and is able to communicate with the audience his joy of music-making.

Good Gravy! is an album by saxophonist Teddy Edwards which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.

Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony still ranks today as one of the greatest and most powerful creations of the Late Romantic period.

Considered as a musician singer, for her incredible skill of improvisation and Scat. The combination of the low voice with the rare ability to handle fast and clear scats earned Leny Andrade, the comparison with great divas of North American jazz. "

It might seem that modern classical music rarely expresses happiness – but Aviv, a piano concerto by Joel Feigin (born in New York in 1951), suggests the warmth and optimism of the coming of spring.

Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of the greatest Portuguese composers of the 20th century. He composed songs in many genres, including folk-song arrangements, modernist settings of Portuguese poetry, and songs connected to political and historical events, all of which are represented here in this second volume (Volume 1 is on 8.579039). Early songs reveal the harmonic influence of Debussy, while Lopes-Graça’s utopian vision of international fraternity can be heard in his harmonisations of Greek, Czech and Slovak songs, which range from lament and defiance to pastoral sentiment.

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s three violin sonatas date from a key period in his career: the moment at which he matured as a composer, established his personal idiom and achieved his first professional triumphs. Each sonata shares some influence from French late Romanticism or Impressionism, as well as revealing Villa-Lobos’s skill as a string player.