This new release too features five exclusive 7-inches, housing a total of 10 seriously rare tunes. All previously unreleased in physical format, the tracks have been carefully selected from the soundtracks of five obscure Italian films from the late ‘70s – sexy flicks that flirted with the line between erotic and explicit, and which are now largely forgotten, having been out of circulation for decades.

A young female singer in 17th-century Venice: she is virtuoso, attractive and extremely charming, and the gentlemen of her select audience are at her feet. They call her the ""Singing Venus"". But Barbara Strozzi wants more: she regularly publishes her compositions – more than any woman before her. The new BR-KLASSIK audio biography tells her story. Until the 20th century, female composers had a hard time in a male-dominated art. And in historiography for even longer: it was not until 1978 that a female American musicologist published the first specialist article on Barbara Strozzi.

"Sounds of Pamoja" is Nyege Nyege Tapes' latest foray into the world of Tanzanian Singeli, the breakneck dance strain that's quickly moved from Dar es Salaam throughout the world. Following "Sounds of Sisso", a compilation that focused mostly on the Tanzanian capital's Sisso Studios, this set highlights recordings from Duke's Pamoja Records. And while its predecessor brought attention to the producers, "Sounds of Pamoja" showcases the wide variety of MC talent under the Pamoja Records umbrella, with production mostly handled by Duke.

2 CD Set Contains Previously Unreleased Performances. JESUS ON THE MAINLINE is drawn from two 1971 concerts; April 14th, 1971 in Tacoma, Washington, and November 5th, 1971 at the Gaslight In New York, which would prove to be the final recording of the Delta Blues legend. The bottleneck guitarist was 67 years old when these tracks were recorded and his passion and conviction seem to have strengthened with the years. At this point in McDowell's career he had shifted to playing electric slide guitar. Accompanying McDowell's gruff voice, the guitar often seems to finish the singer's sentences for him; it's like listening to an old married couple.

When Frank Zappa found himself stuck in a wheelchair for most of the year 1972 (after a "fan" pushed him off the stage in December of the previous year), he relieved his band (including singers Flo & Eddie) of its duties and turned to studio work.

Like its immediate predecessor, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo was a largely instrumental jazz rock album recorded during Frank Zappa's convalescence from injuries sustained after being pushed off a concert stage.

Acres of Blue is the second volume of solo piano albums by Norwegian pianist Espen Berg, an organic extension of the most beautiful, Noctilucent (Atterklang, 2012).

Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (born May 11, 1939 in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian musician (singer, guitarist and composer) who has written numerous classical pieces of the Bossa Nova and Música Popular Brasileira.

With the release of her 1993 Blue Note debut, pianist Junko Onishi arrived as one of the most promising of Japan-born jazz musicians. Growing up in Tokyo, Onishi received classical piano lessons but became quite interested in jazz. She considers her style to be based on Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Ornette Coleman; her other recordings from the '90s include 1994's Live at the Village Vanguard. "Tea Times" was recorded and released in 2016 on Japanese Village Records label.

Vaughan Jones has his hands full with this repertoire. Rare (for which read ‘obscure’) music for violin from the late 19th and early 20th centuries is his speciality, and this disc represents work he does on the exploration, arrangement and transcription of this lesser-spotted repertoire. Like most music for solo violin presented as suites or sonatas, Bach casts his long shadow over many of them. And although they may not display the originality or depth of, for instance, Ysaÿe’s own examples, the two career-spanning sonatas of Benjamin Godard are a good example of a diverting snapshot in time. They offer a sentimentality amplified in the monomaniacal sonata of his Norwegian contemporary Christian Sinding and completely absent in the curiously sociopathic music of Franz von Vecsey.

Recorded live at his 2019 Sydney Opera House showcase, this album takes you on a rollicking ride through Joseph’s milestone Concerto for Oud & Orchestra. Listeners are also treated to another nine of his most popular pieces that straddle the worlds of classical, jazz and world music. Upon release in June 2020, Live at the Sydney Opera House ran to the #1 position on the ARIA Classical charts, becoming the first release by an Australian artist to reach the top spot since 2019. Alongside his brother James Tawadros on Egyptian percussion, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by maestro Benjamin Northey, Joseph creates sounds and moods like you have never heard before.

Steely Dan’s 1977 classic, Aja, has been remastered for a new vinyl reissue overseen by Donald Fagen. It is the latest in a series of Steely Dan reissues, all remastered by Bernie Grundman. The new version of Aja, which comes without add-on accoutrements, is out September 29 (via Geffen/UMe).

François Thuillier was born in 1967 and belongs to the new generation of tuba players, renowned for their knowledge, inquiring minds and inventive style and known for playing a wide range of jazz and improvisational music with symphony orchestras.

Limited edition 2CD set including 5 NEW TRACKS INCLUDING A UNRELEASED “GRAVE-MOI LE COEUR” After the albums “JOHNNY” in 2019 and “ACTE II” in 2021 whose cumulative sales exceed 700,000 copies and after a JOHNNY tour SYMPHONIC TOUR having brought together more than 50,000 spectators in France, Yvan Cassar, musical director of Johnny Hallyday, produced 4 new titles: Gabrielle, Grave-Moi Le Coeur, J’ai Oublie De Vivre, Derriere L’Amour and offers us as a bonus masterful version of “Allumer Le Feu”.

Crafted specifically for cello duet, trio, and quartet arrangements, the album includes 12 original compositions, drawing influence from diverse world music traditions. As an illustration, Celloman presents Indian Carnatic essence in “Veena”; flamenco flavor in “Scenes of You”; jazz inspiration in “Dream in G.” Additionally, Celloman treats the listener to quieter pieces, such as the introspective “Kaleidoscope.”