Astor Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” reimagines Vivaldi’s masterpiece, “The Four Seasons,” within the context of the Argentine tango. Originally written as four separate pieces between 1965 and 1970, Piazzolla’s interpretation infuses Vivaldi’s Baroque elegance with the passionate and rhythmic essence of tango, creating a fusion of classical and contemporary musical styles. Each season, represented by a separate movement, vividly captures the changing moods and dynamics of Buenos Aires throughout the year. Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons” is a testament to his extraordinary talent for pushing the boundaries of traditional tango music and creating a modern, evocative work that remains a cherished gem in the world of classical and tango music.

It is often said that the string quartet is the "supreme discipline of chamber music". And indeed, the four-part movement of equal voices was and is a challenge. For Beethoven, for Brahms and also for Widmann. All three composers are represented in the program of this production.

Francisco Goya's paintings have left a powerful imprint on the European imagination. It was undoubtedly Granados who best translated into music, with nobility and humour, this colourful universe where majos and majas dance to love and death in the twilight glow of a dying Ancien Régime.

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will release Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 on December 1, 2023, available for pre-order on November 17. The release is the penultimate installment of a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies on the National Symphony Orchestra label.

Giuseppe Giordani (1639–1703) and Alessandro Melani (1751–1798) were both extremely successful opera composers, but both were firmly in the service of the Catholic Church throughout their lives. With the works on this CD, soprano Katrin Küsswetter impressively demonstrates how transparent the boundaries were between secular and sacred music in the Baroque and early Classical periods. The sparse instrumentation provides the voice with plenty of creative freedom, which gives a good impres-sion of how this music may have sounded like in the composers' lifetimes.

Bobby Keys was an American saxophonist, born December 18, 1943, in Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas, and died December 2, 2014, in Franklin (Tennessee). Not knowing how to read music, he learned to play the saxophone on his own. At the age of fourteen, he met Buddy Holly - also from Lubbock - and saxophonist King Curtis. During his teenage years, he accompanied singer Bobby Vee on the Caravan of Stars tour, organized by television host, Dick Clark.

Both Zygmunt Noskowski and Władysław Żeleński were leading exponents of Polish nationalism in the period from the last quarter of the 19th century. Noskowski is best remembered as a symphonist but his large-scale Violin Sonata in A minor is an imposing work that suggests the influence both of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and of Brahms. Żeleński was as eminent a teacher as he was a composer, seeking to broaden Poland’s provincial outlook through works such his opera Janek (Naxos 8.660521-22). His Violin Sonata in F major typifies the essentially conservative idiom that Żeleński pursued in his maturity.

The Cleveland Orchestra will release a new audio recording of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor on Friday, December 1, 2023. Led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, the recording will be available worldwide for digital streaming and download in spatial audio on all major platforms. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 was recorded live at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, during two community appreciation concerts in the fall of 2021.

Deluxe half-speed mastered edition pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. With Abbey Road Studios obi strip. Also includes “Half-speed Mastering Certificate”, poly-lined inner sleeve in addition to separate, standalone printed inner sleeve.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers famously played 20 nights at the legendary Fillmore venue in San Francisco in 1997.

Legendary pianist and composer Oscar Peterson led a storied career, spanning over half a century with new creative heights at every turn. 1971 saw Peterson touring the world once again, joined by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Louis Hayes.

Rudolf Buchbinder ist einer der legendären Interpreten unserer Zeit.

Seit er 1995 mit seinem bahnbrechenden ersten Album Ledbetter Heights aus den Bluesclubs von Louisiana auf die globale Musikszene stürmte, gefolgt von seinem für seine Karriere entscheidenden zweiten Album Trouble Is…

Debut 1969 album by New Orleans’ The Meters. Cut from the Original Analog Master tapes by Kevin Gray. High Quality Vinyl Release. Features the hit single “Cissy Strut".

Search Party is the debut album from pianist, Rupert Cox. Rupert has made a little following for himself already being a respected player for Myele Manzanza, China Moses, Chris Hyson and many more. His debut album swings between laidback contemporary jazz and swirling electronics. There are mellow and moving moments alongside joyful, uplifting melodies and dancing rhythms.