During a concert given in Matignon for the Fête de la Musique in 2018, we performed Debussy's La Fille aux cheveux de lin. Gabriel Philippot, who had come to hear his arrangement of Granados' Valses poéticos, fell under the spell, amazed that Debussy renders so well in brass quintet. So the idea came to him to offer us his own transcription of Debussy's La plus que lente. When, a year later, we presented this piece on stage in Paris, it was a real trigger, as much for us as for the public - and for Gabriel himself who, once again present at this concert, found that the formation brought a new light and a formidable added value in terms of chordal support, richness of timbre, contrast, etc.

Assembling unreleased recordings from 1979 and 1980, Shrimp Boats is a South African jazz archival compilation from 1987 built around its epic side-long title track featuring saxophonist Basil "Mannenberg" Coetzee. The recording was made during pianist Lionel Pillay's November 1979 session with Coetzee for the As-Shams/The Sun album Plum and Cherry.

A much desired reissue of another obscure Afro-Jazz piece of vinyl. This is legendary percussionist and activist Olatunji's classic album originally released in 1961 and featuring Jazz heavyweights such as Yusef Lateef - Clark Terry, George Duvivier, and master percussionists like Ray Barreto and Montego Joe among others. Zungo sounds as some sort of an ongoing orgy in Afro percussion grooves with Olatunji at the head of a large and varied group including horns, guitar, bass, multiple percussion and drums, plus a 13 piece choir.

ATMA Classique will release several new albums this season, including one with Louis Dominique Roy (composition and piano), Olivier Laquerre, Baritone (baritone), Louis-Philippe Marsolais (horn) and Sébastien Lépine (cello).

Mozart accepted an anonymous commission to write a Requiem in July 1791. He worked on it during a series of hectic composition, premieres and urgent deadlines that would eventually prove fatal.

Rigoletto is regarded as the first operatic masterpiece of Verdi’s mature artistic period. Its complex psychology identifies characters with different styles of music, and with an incredible variety of accents for a central figure conceived by the composer as "deformed and laughable, but actually passionate and full of love".

First performed in private for a select audience of London’s glitterati in January 1922, Walton adorned Sitwell’s “experiments in sound” Façade with music of originality and vitality to match the absurdist-leaning poetry.

In their latest release for Champs Hill Records, distinguished baritone Roderick Williams and acclaimed pianist Roger Vignoles join forces once again to offer a stunning recording, this time inspired by their critically acclaimed Wigmore Hall recital of French Song.

Herman Rarebell (born November 18, 1949 as Hermann Josef Erbel) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995, during which time he played on eight studio albums…

London-based Palace release their third album Shoals via Fiction. Shoals is a profound and pensive album, boldly exploring some of life’s greatest questions over its 12 mesmerising tracks.

Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s Second Cello Sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music.

Bassist and bandleader Boris Kozlov defies expectations and redefines what it means to put "First Things First.” Producer Marc Free sends Kozlov out along an ambitious course for his Posi-Tone debut, and with a steady hand, bassist Kozlov confidently directs a mighty quintet of top notch musicians. Saxophonist Donnie McCaslin, vibraphonist Behn Gillece, keyboardist Art Hirahara and drummer Rudy Royston keep moving freely over the solid harmonic foundation provided by Kozlov’s playing and leadership.

This is the 1985 recording featuring the inaugural pairing of two phenomenal jazz guitarists, Ed Bickert and Lorne Lofsky, performing together in a quartet setting with Neil Swainson (bass) and Jerry Fuller (drums). Originally released on vinyl (Unisson DDA-1002), this long out-of-print session has now been re-mastered for digital release in 2022 by Cornerstone Records Inc.