At the beginning of 2010, Medicine Show No. 1: Before the Verdict kicked off what was planned to be a monthly 12-volume series from the underground hip-hop producer. Volumes were themed, with reggae, Brazilian pop, jazz, marijuana dispensaries, and rapper Guilty Simpson all figuring into the mix. With only a few delays, the series wrapped up in 2012, with a "secret" No. 13 also seeing release that same year. The Brick collects it all with simple shrink-wrap and no bonuses to speak of, and while the revered Madlib draws the kinds of fans who would have pre-booked every release ahead of time, latecomers get an easy pickup and instant karma overflow when it comes to coolness. Dive in or keep out, but if you like edgy, dense hip-hop productions that billow out of the speakers like the best Indo smoke you've ever exhaled, best to dive in.

Texel are back with their new album “Metropolitan”. The music cooperative formed and fronted by Danish Keyboard player Steffen Staugaard and UK Guitarist Neil Gowland have invited a variety of great musicians to play on this release. “Metropolitan” also features special guests; former Focus guitarist Niels van der Steenhoven, world renowned drummer Marco Minnemann and Tigermoth Tales Peter Jones on vocals. Metropolitan is composed of 10 brand new instrumental tracks and 1 vocal song.

Andrè Schuen releases his debut album on DG after signing as an exclusive artist 2020. Together with his partner pianist Daniel Heide, he performs Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. Andrè and Daniel have been performing together since Andrè’s early twenties, next to their stellar musical performance they are sparking with enthusiasm and wit in conversation with each other and the audience.

The brand new album from songwriter, keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ken Hensley.

Latest and Greatest Rock is a roaring 3 disc collection featuring 60 essential high calibre Rock anthems from the biggest and baddest bands This monster set includes modern and classic Rock hits plus a dose of indie and heavy metal to complete the album. The impressive line-up includes Marilyn Manson, Papa Roach, Puddle Of Mudd, Soundgarden, Anthrax, Monster Magnet, Blink 182 to name but a few. Also featured are renowned bands such as Motorhead, Diamond Head, Magnum, Dio, Judas Priest and Status Quo. The album concludes with the greatest classic cuts from Alice Cooper, Kiss, Boston, Heart, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow and many more legendary bands.

Writers on Mozart sometimes take him to task for the alleged mixture of style in the C minor Mass, in particular the use of florid, 'operatic' solo writing amidst all the severe ecclesiastical counterpoint. To object is to misunderstand the nature of Mozart's religion, but it takes a performance as stylistically accomplished as this one to make the point in practice. The usual stumbling-block is the 'Et incarnatus', with its richly embellished solo line and its wind obbligatos. Sung as it is here, by Sylvia McNair, beautifully refined in detail, it's indeed passionate, but passionately devout.

The preeminent violin and piano partnership of Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien give matchless accounts of Brahms's three Violin Sonatas. The works, which reveal the composer at his most lyrically reflective, are coupled with a fabulous encore by Clara Schumann.

Not all of the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies are flat-out showpieces like the best-known ones, so this disc makes for a better listening program than you might expect. And Jénö Jandó, who must be the hardest-working pianist in the recording business, has a real flair for this music. He plays with the combination of free rhythms and virtuosity that the music demands, and he even indulges in a bit of improvisation when the spirit moves him. This was probably something Liszt did himself, and other great Liszt interpreters such as Rachmaninov and Cziffra have done the same thing. Jandó doesn't quite have Cziffra's overwhelming virtuosity, but he plays musically and the result is a highly entertaining disc.