Carols of the Harp is a festive and evocative EP featuring three iconic Christmas pieces, beautifully arranged by Thomas Hewitt Jones for harp and string orchestra. Performed by the gifted harpist Cecily Beer alongside the Chamber Orchestra of London, this release transforms familiar seasonal melodies into a rich, almost symphonic experience. The result feels like a […]
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Pianist Dustin Gledhill’s much-anticipated sophomore album, Live at Wigmore Hall – 2010, releases on November 15, 2024, and it is nothing short of extraordinary. A thrilling display of virtuosity and interpretative brilliance, the album showcases Gledhill’s profound mastery of piano repertoire from the French Baroque to early 20th-century Russian modernism. Featuring works by Gabriel Fauré,
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James Blackwell is a gifted storyteller who knows how to narrate and how to create tension and resolution to make an ongoing drama, And he has chosen instrumental music as the medium to narrate his story. His latest album, As the River Flows, is an instrumental journey that invites listeners to experience creation, contemplation, and
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The soft, velvety sound of the guitar, enveloped gently with tender strings, accompanies the deep, rich timbre of Fabian Brusk-Jahn’s voice. His new EP, In the Dungeons of Bäckabo, is a collection of unvarnished stories—”un-fairy tales,” as if spun from raw reality. These are narratives of genuine life and human emotion, delivered through five songs
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In a recent, and almost surreal discovery, a previously unknown work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has emerged from the depths of Leipzig’s Carl Ferdinand Becker collection, marking a rare historical moment for music lovers. This string trio, humorously dubbed “Ganz kleine Nachtmusik” (“Quite Little Night Music”), was written by a teenage Mozart back in the
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Somber thoughts turned into notes, a beautiful manifestation of pain. Frederic Chopin once said, “Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!” This sentiment resonates deeply with Allen Constantine’s latest album, “Little Arguments”. It’s not just music—it’s emotion transmuted into sound, an expression that transcends words. As the title
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Written in a Nazi prison camp by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is one of the most important pieces of music of the 20th century, and perhaps even in the history of classical music. A melancholy work for an unusual set of instruments—clarinet,
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Written in a Nazi prison camp by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is one of the most important pieces of music of the 20th century, and perhaps even in the history of classical music. A melancholy work for an unusual set of instruments—clarinet,
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In the beginning, there was music—a connection made in the abstract, a message encoded in waves, only readable by the soul. The sound of the cosmos: atmospheric music entangled with the sweet, velvet-like timbre of strings. “We lock our dark halves deep in the basement of our souls, but darkness always finds a way of
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“Array” by Core Memory is a deeply personal exploration of the past, crafted by brothers McKinley and Harrison Foster and brought to life through the medium of music. Their latest release is a reflection on nostalgia, childhood, and the formative experiences that shape one’s identity, blending electronic and acoustic elements to create an immersive soundscape.
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