"Black Beauty", the never-before-released masterpiece by Arthur Lee’s legendary band Love. Chosen as one of Time Magazine’s most anticipated releases, critics are hailing the album as an instant classic. "Black Beauty" is that rarest of rock artifacts: an un-released, full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius. It represents the missing link in a catalog that also includes "Forever Changes", the seminal 1967 Love album the New York Times called “one of the most affecting and beguiling albums of all time”.

Produced by Thom Bell, "Happiness Is Being With the Spinners" is the seventh studio recording by the legendary R&B group. It was the band’s final release to reach the Top Ten on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums. It features the chart-topping single “The Rubberband Man” and the standout “Wake Up Susan”.

No fewer than three important first recordings of works by Duarte Lobo feature on an album which is set to enhance Cupertinos’ burgeoning reputation. This is music with which they feel a natural kinship, as these intense, idiomatic performances attest.

‘Intense, emotional and pure’ is how Pavel Kolesnikov describes the experience of making this recording, the fruits of a collaboration between the pianist and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The spirit of the dance, so fundamental to Bach, is never far away in this compelling new account.

The emotional sweep of these marvellous works, reflecting the vicissitudes of Schumann’s complex personal life at the time, calls for a pianist wholly responsive to their fervent Romanticism. The artistry of Stephen Hough proves ideal.

Under Mahan Esfahani’s hands—and occasionally fists—the harpsichord is transmogrified into an elemental force, by turns supported or menaced by an astonishing arsenal of electronics. Concerned listeners please note: no harpsichords were harmed in the making of this album.

Mons Leidvin Takle’s vigorous opener—everything you would expect from a work called Yes!—sets the mood for the whole of an infectiously upbeat recital.

The Breathtaking Blue is the third album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in April 1989. A companion video, Songlines, was released in September 1989. The CD release of this album was one of the first commercial CD+G format discs. Alphaville released three singles from the album, "Romeos", "Summer Rain" and "Mysteries of Love", the first of which charted internationally.

A talent eagerly sought by Lorenzo de Medici in Florence and later by Maximilian I in Vienna, Heinrich Isaac enjoyed a distinguished reputation during his lifetime. Listening to these idiomatic accounts from Cinquecento, its easy to understand why.

Two substantial Mass settings, sounding here as though Regnart might have written them specifically for the glorious voices of Cinquecento: this is a welcome contribution to the restoration of an important but still under-appreciated figure.

If Britten’s Cello Suite No 3 is the undisputed masterpiece here, the other works are no less deserving of attention, Frank Merrick’s Suite in the eighteenth-century style being a particular delight. As ever, Steven Isserlis’s booklet notes offer fascinatingly personal perspectives on the composers and their music.

Poles apart? Ignacy Jan Paderewski is a familiar name, but the same can hardly be said of Jerzy Gablenz. Jonathan Plowright makes the strongest case possible for Gablenz’s piano concerto: a substantial work rich in melodic invention and thunderous pianism.

Ignore Grief is the thirteenth studio album by American experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on March 3, 2023, by Polyvinyl. It was written by band frontman Jamie Stewart and new member David Kendrick. It was produced by fellow member Angela Seo, and recorded by Stewart at his home studio in Los Angeles, alongside a wide array of guest musicians including Charlie Looker, Ben Chisholm, Ezra Buchla, Patrick Shiroishi and Ian Wellman. The album artwork was designed by Janelle Abad, and depicts a white bat over a black background.

Living legend of the classic New Orleans piano tradition Henry Butler and prolific arranger and composer Steven Bernstein join forces on "Viper's Drag", leading the Hot 9 in a timeless romp through NOLA jazz with tunes by Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and originals from Butler. Bernstein's unique arranging style shimmers on this record, bringing a contemporary approach to these historic jazz pieces and linking the past with the present - a gentle reminder that jazz is alive and kicking.

One of their first massively popular albums, "Shabooh Shoobah" was a groundbreaking venture for INXS back in 1982. Kicking off with their new wave anthem rock smash "The One Thing", the song truly resonated with the times and immediately helped INXS develop their fan base both here and abroad further. More rock of the 80’s tracks like the powerfully rhythmic "Soul Mistake", the slamming "Golden Playpen" and the follow-up single hit "Don’t Change" also became major contenders, taking this album into the upper rungs of the rock and pop album charts. This time-honored new wave classic would go on to become a truly enduring album in INXS’s huge catalog of music.