Lang Lang presents with this album a treasure trove of musical discoveries. Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 was recorded with a stellar cast, the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons and is for Lang Lang a true romantic masterpiece that rivals the greats like Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky. By pairing it with Carnival of the Animals, a whimsical menagerie that has captivated young hearts for generations, Lang Lang continues his heartfelt wish to promote the love of classical music to kids and this album also gives him a chance to collaborate with his wife, pianist Gina Alice. Complementing these works with hidden gems – unearth solo compositions by five female French composers as well as beloved French classics, this is a feast for the eyes and ears, promising a captivating experience.

Otto Klemperer (* May 14, 1885 as Otto Nossan Klemperer in Breslau; † July 6, 1973 in Zurich) was a German conductor and composer. He is one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

"In my music, peace and unrest coexist continuously," writes the award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel about his setting of the Requiem. Nickel has set the complete Latin text for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra, combining the contemplative language of the lament with complex rhythms and meters. An energetic ensemble under Clyde Mitchell has recorded the work for the first time.

All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It's a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America's society and blues-rock scene.

Singer, author, and composer, Mo'Kalamity conveys a call for awareness through her spiritual lyrics and her resolutely committed pieces.

Mountainhead is the seventh studio album by British band Everything Everything. It was released on 1 March 2024 through BMG.

He’s older now, more thoughtful and wise. He’s travelled the world and he’s seen some things. Time passes, and he matures like the finer things in life: behold the timeless, elegant, sophisticated man that is Donny Benet.

More than a decade since the world first fell for his charms, Donny Benet is taking charge of his destiny like never before. His new album, number six, is called Infinite Desires, and it’s his most complete musical statement yet.

She won the Montreux Jazz Talent Award in 2019, was honored with the coveted "Record of the Week" at BBC Music Introducing and crosses genre boundaries with her cinematic sound, in short: Afra Kane is one of the most exciting neo-soul and jazz talents of recent times. The young Italian singer-songwriter and pianist based in Biel (CH) has announced her second album "Could We Be Whole" for early 2024, which also marks her debut on Warner Music.

After decades of neglect, many collectors will feel that it's high time to revisit the eight symphonies and grand orchestral passacaglia Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979); and those who are appreciative of those works will surely find this compendium of his complete chamber music highly attractive. The programme represents the full gamut of his fifty-year development as a composer, with examples of both conventional and experimental forms, and ranging from the early horn and cello sonatas, to his Suite for Saxophone, and concluding with the dramatic chamber cantata Osudová dramata člověka. This 3-CD set happily includes performers who are noted enthusiasts for Kabeláč's music, not least Albrecht Mayer, Sarah Willis and Jan Vogler.

Peter Benoit (1834-1901) inspired a renaissance in Flemish music, composing magnificent choral works in Flemish despite the cultural predominance of French in Belgian society. Many of his compositions were performed during open-air concerts attended by large crowds. Moreover, this changemaker also helped found several Antwerp art institutions that define local cultural life to this day. Benoit’s extensive and timeless oeuvre spans numerous genres, from religious music in Latin to monumental oratorios in the vernacular. As a proud ambassador of Benoit’s music, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra pays the ultimate tribute to the spiritual father of Flemish music with this CD box, featuring a collection of his greatest masterpieces, performed live with an international cast of soloists, choirs and conductors.

Simon Gaudenz conducts the Jenaer Philharmonie in the third of a series of recordings of the complete Mahler Symphonies, interspersed with world-premiere recordings of pieces by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini that reflect each symphony and pay homage to Mahler's soundworld. This third volume features Mahler's Sixth and Seventh Symphonies, the Sixth preceded by Scartazzini'sOmen (2023), and the Seventh byOrkus, both composed in 2023.

Following her lyrical and witty complete recording of Mozart’s Keyboard Sonatas, issued by naïve in March 2023, Yeol Eum Son invites Svetlin Roussev to join her in the enticingly subtle harmonic intricacies of Germanic post-Romanticism.

In March 2022, the debut album Superhuman by Issy Ferris and her musical partner and husband Archie Sylvester was released and reached number 1 on the official British Blues charts and was awarded "UK Album of the Year" at the UK Americana Awards 2023. A good reason that we are from Rockmagazine.net , take care of this duo and see what the second album of the Brits can do like that.

Member of the famous Ébène quartet, Gabriel Le Magadure highlights two masterpieces of chamber music for violin: the Chausson Concert and the Lekeu Sonata. Surrounded by pianist Frank Braley and the Agate quartet, Gabriel Le Magadure expresses with accuracy and depth the breathtaking romanticism of these two singular works.

Originally released in 1964 on Columbia, produced by fellow Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Don Law, and featuring note-for-note re-recordings of several staples Johnny Cash made for Sun Records – including the title track, "Hey Porter", and "Big River" – as well as several new originals, I Walk the Line cemented the singer's place as the leading country artist of the era. Indeed, as the original liner notes state, "I Walk the Line offers Johnny Cash, renowned storyteller-in-song, at his creative and performing best". The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967.