Carl Friedrich Abel was the son of Christian Ferdinand, a renowned gambist and friend of Johann Sebastian Bach. Carl Friedrich followed in his father's footsteps and became a virtuoso on the viola da gamba, cello and other internationally renowned instruments.

New concert repertoire for Les Métaboles: the Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Walzer, one of his most popular works written in 1869 and 1874 for piano four hands and choir. Behind Brahms the Titan, the ambitious heir to Beethoven and Schumann, also stands one of the greatest composers for the choir, a complicit observer of Viennese customs.

Louis Couperin (1626-1661) has long been a fabled name among French keyboard composers. Born in the provinces in the late 1620s, he was 'discovered' by the visiting court harpsichordist Jacques Champion Chambonnières in about 1650; soon he had an appointment at court and was titulaire of the organ at St Gervais in Paris, founding the Couperin dynasty that included most prominently his nephew, François Couperin 'le grand'.

"Queen" is the eponymous debut studio album by British rock band Queen, released in July 1973. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, with production by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), John Anthony and Queen. The album was influenced by the hard rock, progressive rock and heavy metal of the day.

Released only eight months after Queen's debut, Queen II consolidated the band's pioneering sound and continued to build momentum for the group, charting significantly higher than the first album on both sides of the Atlantic. The band even enjoyed its first hit, Seven Seas Of Rhye, a British top 10 single. Thought by many critics to have been highly underrated, Queen II has come to be considered not only one of the group's most inspired, but a classic of 70s rock included on many "best of" and essential album lists.

Racking up record-breaking awards and nominations around the world, including multiple Golden Globe and Academy Award victories, La La Land from writer and director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) stars Ryan Gosling as a Los Angeles jazz pianist who falls in love with an actress portrayed by Emma Stone. The two sing and dance their way through several numbers by Justin Hurwitz with lyrics by the Tony-nominated songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. In addition to the soundtrack and the score, composed and arranged by Hurwitz and performed by a 90-piece orchestra, this complete collection adds unreleased bonus tracks not included on the individual albums.

The Flaming Lips 2002 "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" is inarguably one of their best works. It is characterized by electronic-influenced, psychedelic-tinged indie rock compositions. The album has now been made into a play allowing the main character to add one more thing to her resume along with working for the city, being a black belt in karate, and defeating evil machines. Yoshimi was well-received critically and commercially, helping the band break into the mainstream. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album was adapted into a musical in 2012.

The Blue Meaning is the second studio album by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Wilcox, released in 1980 by Safari Records. It reached the Top 40 on the UK Albums Chart.

"Sheep Farming In Barnet" comes as a Double CD with 30 bonus tracks, 20 of them previously unreleased - demos, alternative takes Alternative takes, improvisations booklet with partly unreleased photos and a DVD with interviews Photos and a DVD with interviews from the year from 2020 and TV appearances from 1979 and 1980 and 1980." (Good Times, December 2020/January 2021)

Kit Samara and Konstantin Shenikov won the 2022 NativeDSD Album of the Year Award for Chamber Music for the album Reggio: 24 Sonatas for Bass Lute, Volume 1. The new album Italian Renaissance Harp Music is her second album from HR Recordings at NativeDSD. It is exclusively available in Stereo DSD and DXD from NativeDSD.

Spirit in the Sky (English for Spirit in the Sky) is a song by American musician Norman Greenbaum, which was released in 1969. It reached high chart positions internationally in the spring of 1970 and became a worldwide hit. The album on which the one-hit wonder was released had the same name.

Best-known for his 1970 hit "Spirit in the Sky," singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was born November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA.

July 6th 2023 marks half a century since Otto Klemperer passed away. He is one of the very few musical personalities of the 20th-century to have left such a mark on the history of conducting and recording.

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sir Georg Solti’s passing, Decca classics releases a brand new remaster of “The Greatest Recording Of All Time”, now sounding better than ever before! Remastered in HD sound at 24bit / 192kHz from the original two-track stereo master tapes, this is the first all-new transfer in over twenty-five years.

Warner Classics presents a captivating rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's iconic symphonies with the programme "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5, Consecration of the House & King Stephan.