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Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blank Forms Editions)

James Rushford

Turzets

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2010 | EU | Original (One Little Independent)

Henrik Lindstrand

Leken

Release: 2010 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Orange Mountain Music)

Philip Glass

Philip Glass Solo

Akira Przybylowicz Yamaoka

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Philip Glass will share a new album, Philip Glass Solo, on January 26 via Orange Mountain Music. The collection is an intimate portrait of the renowned pianist at 84, as he takes a new look at some of his most enduring and beloved piano works.

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OST Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Classical)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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James Thibaudet Newton Howard

Night After Night Music From The Movies Of M. Nig

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Xxim)

Olivia Belli

Intermundia

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Four Eight One)

David Julyan

Hireth

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Composer David Julyan has until now existed just beyond the image — soundtracking celluloid stories on film and television. Best known for his work with cinema auteur Christopher Nolan, his atmospheric and achingly beautiful scores have time again perfectly melded subtle orchestra with electronics — conjuring music in the post-classical genre.

More recently, away from the deadlines and drama of others, it was time to reflect and reconnect with his own musical voice. The result of this introspection is the album Hireth.

In film, the music is defined before you even find a note or melody. As David puts it: “I realised that film music is written back to front. When scoring a scene I know the length of the cue to the exact second; I know the emotions and journey of the piece. All this before I've played a single note.” With Hireth the approach is different: allowing the music to lead and evolve into a journey across this album landscape to somewhere new or unknown.

A swirl of drones, pulses and piano greets us with ‘Wires’ — setting the tone and framework for what is to follow. ‘Labyrinth of the Night’ continues with a palette of synthesisers before blending into the string quartet which features throughout the album — an unexpected but welcome transformation. When beginning the project, David decided to start with two recently-bought vintage analogue synthesisers: Roland Sh-2000 and Roland Vp-330. Like Brian Eno’s idea of working with limitations, the rule he gave himself was to only write using these two keyboards. Of course, as it was his own rule, he was free to stretch and bend it, and the project evolved into what you now hear: those synthesisers, plus a few others, along with piano and a string quartet.

‘Hireth’ is a Cornish word that has no direct translation, yet could describe a feeling of homesickness, of nostalgia, of longing. Or, perhaps, a beautiful melancholy — which perfectly describes David’s music. With this title track you hear the piano being woven into the fragile strings, resulting in his trademark tapestry of emotive melancholia.\

As the album continues, we ponder questions of science, physics and quantum mechanics in ‘An Uncertainty’; while ‘Forever Beyond Our Reach’ references the limits of our knowledge about the nature of the universe — the title coming from a line in the short film which accompanies the piece by writer and director Barbara Stapansky.

This album will not be confined to its studio origins and David will be performing it live accompanied by a string ensemble. As well as the album, performances will feature a new version of David’s score to Nolan's Memento: taking the original electronic score and reworking it with the quartet — a work that has already been performed at London's Union Chapel as part of the Daylight Music series.

The word Hireth has no direct translation, and the language or voice of the composer, likewise, can’t be placed in a box: it has its own timbre, depth - its own emotional weight - which is why this extraordinary album further reveals itself with repeated listens.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

OST The Revenant

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

Async

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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His Songs-A Piano Tribute To Elton John

Jean-Michel Bernard

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Xxim)

Alexandra Streliski

Néo-Romance

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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The Cast Of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (FatCat)

Pure Adult

L'heritage Goldman Feat. Le Choeur

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Das Debütalbum des Brooklyner Experimental-Rock-Duos aus Multiinstrumentalist Jeremy Snyder und Tänzerin & Visual Artist Bianca Abarca.
IDLES-Sänger Joe Talbot: "Das beste Album, das ich seit Langem gehört habe."

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L'heritage Goldman Vol. 1 & Le Choe

LP | 2022 | EU | Original ([Pias] Le Label)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Lavinia Meijer

Are You Still Somewhere?

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Time In The Special Practice Of Relativity)

Rico Puestel

Jenni II

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Roger Eno

The Turning Year

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Max Richter / Elena Urioste / Chineke! Orchestra

The New Four Seasons: Vivaldi Recomposed

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Maria João Pires / André Previn

Chopin: Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 & Nr.2

2x10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions

Yannick Nezet-Seguin

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Johann Johannsson / Theatre Of Voices

Drone Mass

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Before And Now Seems Infinite

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Limited to 666 copies, randomly inserted color! Deluxe Gatefold LP with exclusive scholarly liner notes by Alvin Lucia! Full dynamic range 2022 remasters direct from the first generation analogue master tapes! Limited to 666 copies – 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Revelation Red’ LPs / 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Mark Of The Beast’ Splatter LPs / 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Final Night’ Black LPs! Behold...

The dark, etheric carnival of broken Nashville delights - Deathly Oracular Visions, Cuckolds, Wastrels, Chain Gang Laments and Fiery Apocalyptic Fever-Dreams. Sometimes grim, often beautiful - this extraordinary collection of knowns and unknowns, battered Opry legends and forgotten backwoods-poets and preachers features tales of Tenement Tragedies, Vengeful Vegetation, Proselytizing Playground Philosophies, Windswept Abandonment and Deathbed Confessions. Originally waxed in often penurious amounts, these Troubled Troubadours sing of Fatal Infidelities, Aching Hypocrisies, Deep Dark Depressions, Penal Punishments, Flaming Prophecies and Rapturous Revelations.

Years in the making – ‘Hillbillies In Hell’ (13) presents 16 timeless tribulations - a Lovecraftian clutch of Ancient Terrors, Sinful Seductions, Grinding Poverty, Debilitating Disfigurement, Hell's Eternal Maze of Hardships and God's Blazing Light of Redemption.

A misty shroud of marginal 45s - some of these sides are impossibly rare and are reissued here for the very first time. All for your cautionary listening pleasure.

•see Little Richard Miller witness THE Fire Came Down! •hear Dee Mullins declare I AM THE Grass! •attest to Eddie Noack's brutal final fate in Barbara JOY!

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Federico Albanese

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mercury Classics)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Decca)

Brian Wilson

At My Piano

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2021 | EU (Mercury Classics)

Sebastian Plano

Save Me Not

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Classical Music

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Universal)

Janoska Ensemble

Revolution

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Phil Blech Wien

Weihnachten

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Herbert von Karajan / Anne-Sophie Mutter / Berliner Philharmoniker

Violinkonzerte 3+5

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Janoska Ensemble

Janoska Style

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Merry Christmas From Vienna

Vienna Boys Choir

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Decca)

Ludovico Einaudi

7 Days Walking Day 1

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | DE | Original (Dirk Maassen Music)

Dirk Maassen

Inception

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Renowned neoclassical composer and pianist Dirk Maassen announces the release of his latest album, "Inception". Scheduled for release on October 4, 2024, "Inception" represents a significant departure from Maassen's previous works, embracing a theme of raw, organic creation that captures the essence of musical inception. The album "Inception" is a narrative about crafting stories and capturing moments of creation in their purest form. This concept is vividly expressed in tracks such as "Waterways" and "Sailing", each embodying unique aspects of this creative process. It also delves into the theme of beginnings, reflecting on moments that initiate change and transformation in our lives. Each piece on the album explores the emotions and stories tied to these pivotal moments, showcasing Maassen's signature blend of intricate piano melodies and cinematic ambience. The album's concept encourages...

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Lambert

Actually Good

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

Mari Samuelsen

Life

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Chopin: Etudes Opp. 10 & 25

Yuchan Lim

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Beethoven Triple Concerto

LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Distant Dosage Clear Vinyl Edtion

Robert Turman

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Dead Mind)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Turman first came onto the industrial scene in the late 70’s as the ominous ‘other half’ of legendary noise outfit NON. Shortly after recording the classic 1977 single Mode of Infection, Turman went on to pursue his own unique vision as a solo artist. Fusing every possible influence at his disposal while laying his ideas down on self-released cassettes like Flux (1981), Spirals of Everlasting Change (1987), Way Down (1987) and the massive Chapter Eleven cassette box set (1988). After a hiatus Turman resurfaced in 2005 to team up with seminal noise musician Aaron Dilloway. Since then, he has been gradually adding new titled to his already impressive discography.

For this archival release Turman selected 7 tracks that were recorded between 1980 and 1984. A welcome supplement to his library of avantgarde music that was released in the 80s. This album fits in nicely between the early industrial noise, the long-form minimalism of Flux and the rhythmic industrial of Way Down. Focusing on slowly shifting hypnotic loop-based layers of sound, it covers a specific side of Turman. It feels like there’s a direct link to his earliest works but it’s also a precursor to some pieces that were recorded much later. A missing link that finally gives us the opportunity of a complete overview of his early audio work.

All 7 tracks on this album have a connection to the written word in the form of a poem. Scans of the original typewriter poems are included together with collages and drawings from this specific time frame to create an essential and singular piece of art.

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Mozart:#4symphonies Nos. 23 & 38 Prague

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sko)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Morr Music)

Toechter

Epic Wonder

Levon Eskenian & The Gurdjieff Ensemble

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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toechter is an all-female trio operating from Berlin. toechter’s 2nd full-length album »Epic Wonder« sees its classically trained members blend elaborate string arrangements with ethereal indie pop and delicate rhythms. Katrine Grarup Elbo, Lisa Marie Vogel and Marie-Claire Schlameus exclusively use analogue sound sources (such as violin, viola, cello, and their voices), which were then electronically processed.

Named after the Greek god of the wind, toechters 2022 album »Zephyr« exhaled deeply with concurrently invigorating and confusing sounds. »Epic Wonder«, their second album, was created in the spring and summer of 2023. Playing with forms and contours, the music sounds like the awakening of something new. One seems to be listening to an ongoing conversation, an exchange about what music could be, where it wants to go and how it contributes to our view of life. It all rests on a simple premise:

»Every sound you hear in our universe comes from us. The string trio is the core of toechter, the starting point of all our work.«

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Zartir

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (ECM)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Viktor Orri Arnason

Poems

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pias)

Sofiane Pamart

Noche

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Contempo)

Neuf Voix

Secessioni

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Max Richter

Sleep: Tranquility Base

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Sven Helbig

Pocket Symphonies

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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The Turning Year Rarities

Roger Eno

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Modern)

Sven Helbig

Skills

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Anne-Sophie Mutter / Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Violinkonzert

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Clearaudio)

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Mercury Classics)

Lambert

All This Time

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Max Reger: Piano Concerto-Live Recording

Markus Becker

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (AVI)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Decca)

Sandrayati

Safe Ground

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Akuphone)

Fuji-Yuki

One Butoh

Der Kleine Prinz - Premium Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Classical Music

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Akuphone is proud to present Fuji-Yuki’s last masterpiece, One Butoh. A musical immersion into the most exciting avant-garde dance style of the past century. Created in Japan in the 1960s by Tatsumi Hijikata, butō is the "dance of the obscure body". It broke with the traditions of classical Noh and Kabuki Theater, which, at the time, seemed outdated in the national context. Nourished by a European artistic avant-garde, butō stands out as a mirror of the socio-political turmoil of a post-World War II Japan. One Butoh resonates as a perfect acoustic introduction to this subversive art and propels the listener deep into his own soul.

Fuji-Yuki is a Japanese vocalist who uses her voice like an instrument. With special vocal techniques, glossolalia and electronic pedals, she creates a wide variety of sounds. Inspired by the spirits of Buddhism and Shintoism, she creatively transforms her vocals into an ambient drone or prayers resonating in a church-like space. Her live performances are always different, depending on the place and space they take place in. She is also known as the vocalist of the experimental band Sarry.

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Antoine De Saint-Exupery

LP+CD | 2022 | EU | Original (ZYX)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pias Germany)

Kaiser Quartett

Empire

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mercury Classics)

Hildur Gudnadottir

Women Talking

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Piano Works (Floating In Tucker's Basement) Clear Vinyl Edition

Peter Broderick

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Erased Tapes)

Piano Works (Floating In Tucker's Basement) Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Ireland based American songsmith Peter Broderick announces the release of Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker"s Basement) - a new comprehensive album of solo piano recordings out November 25. Shining a light on the artist"s ongoing piano-based compositions, this release offers an opportunity to celebrate his more intimate work. A comprehensive collection of Peter Broderick"s piano work to date, these recordings were originally captured in Berlin to accompany the 2017 sheet music book Piano Works Vol. 1. The book contains 20 pieces for solo piano and a download code to access new recordings of all 20 pieces. Up until now, the only way to hear these recordings was to purchase the sheet music book. This release sees the original recordings receiving further treatment and processing by Tucker Martine in the customised echo chamber of his studio in Portland, Oregon-the region where Broderick grew up. The clean and unaffected original recordings were intended for educational purposes, so for this release Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths suggested to "throw the recordings into the well", for a more dynamic and conscious listening experience. "We gave these recordings a bit of a makeover. We sent all the tracks over to legendary engineer/producer Tucker Martine, who processed all 20 of them with unique tape and reverb treatments, utilising the echo chamber of his Portland studio, Flora Recording & Playback," explains Broderick.

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Peter Broderick

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Erased Tapes)

Tyondai Metropolis Ensemble Cyr Braxton

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Telekinesis

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Nonesuch)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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We Will Live On Milky Clear Vinyl Edition

Deru

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Friends Of Friends)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Decca)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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"We Will Live On" by Deru was made with a Disklavier (an acoustic piano outfitted with solenoids that allowed it to be digitally controlled) and custom made software to sequence it. This made the piano appear to play itself. Technology seemingly embedded with humanity.

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V.A.

Legrand Reimagined

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Heinz)

Hunter Noack

In A Landscape

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Constellation)

Jessica Moss

Phosphenes

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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For Apartments: Songs & Loops

Bruno Bavota

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Temporary Residence)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Editions Mego)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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In The Early Months Of 2020, When The Covid-19 Outbreak Ravaged His Home Country Of Italy, Prolific Composer Brunobavota Did What We All Would Eventually Do: Isolated Andwaited. What Followed Was A Year Of Fear, Anxiety, And Dread.Eventually, Fear Gave Way To Fatigue, And The Anxietymetamorphosized Into Nervous Energy. The Compulsion Tocreate Became More Powerful Than The Compression Andweight. And So Were Born Apartment Songs And Apartmentloops.Representing Two Separate But Intersecting Paths Of Bavota'screative Journey, Apartment Songs Is A Suite Of Sparse Soloacoustic Piano Works, While Apartment Loops Are Expansiveexplorations For Synthesizers And Outboard Effects Processors.Though In Theory The Two Sets Should Sound Disconnected Andunrelated - Given Their Disparate Creative Approaches Andinstrumentation - It's Bavota's Uncanny Sense Of Melody Andspace That Easily Unites Them As Two Halves Of A Singularvision.

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Caterina Barbieri

Fantas Variations

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Edit.Futurum)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Fantas is the epic opening track on Caterina Barbieri’s acclaimed 2019 release Ecstatic Computation. The original Fantas laid out a magical path of patterns leading the listener on a journey into the sound itself. Fantas Variations maps out eight new potentials sprung from this initial path as constructed by a diverse mix of artists lending to a wide spectrum of new works extrapolated from the original work. For this project Barbieri invited friends and long time collaborators from a variety of musical backgrounds to create a more sustainable and inclusive landscape in terms of stylistic, geographical, gender and generational balance. The results are a diverse array of approaches and instrumentation which blur the boundaries between the acoustic and electronic.

Fantas Variations embraces a platform for mutual exchange and support between like-minded artists, where active and collective re-imagination is prioritised over the traditional model of remixes, which is often strategic, functional and more passive.

Longtime friend and collaborator Kali Malone rearranged Fantas to a slowed-down, austere and eerie version for two Organs. Evelyn Saylor created a piece for a vocal ensemble consisting of her, Lyra Pramuk, Stine Janvin and Annie Garlid, joining forces to express the choral, psychedelic and vitalistic nature of the piece. Barbieri’s former guitar professor at the Conservatory in Bologna, Walter Zanetti, composes Fantas for electric guitar, by translating every single gesture of the original electronic piece into a personal, nuanced and detailed interpretation. Bendik Giske’s reinterpretation for Saxophone and Voice captures the atmospheric essence of Fantas and its psychic meteorology. Longtime collaborator and along with Barbieri the other half of the outfit Punctum, Carlo Maria, resynthesizes Fantas for Tr808 and Mc202, bringing a more club-oriented dimension of the piece to life whilst unveiling the sonic continuum between rhythm and pitch through a sensitive timbral approach. Jay Mitta’s Singeli reinterpretation of Fantas transpires with pitched-up percussion and turbo-fast polyrhythmic patterns unleashing the frenetic, shifting, transformative matter within the piece to a higher plain of euphoric dance. Baseck’s variation is a rave fantasia, where the prismatic trance of the original is channeled into fierce, uncompromising hardcore, whilst Kara-Lis Coverdale’s take is a phantasmagoria for piano that gently, yet inexorably, captures the relentlessness chimerical qualities of the original, unveiling its spectral backbone.

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Debussy

Nocturnes

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Stroom)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Meet the intoxicating, meditative sounds of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), one of the greatest innovators of Western music. The impressionist composer was inspired by the classical myth of the sirens, female sea-demons with such unearthly beautiful voices that they managed to lure all passing sailors into their deadly arms. In a similar way, Debussy wanted to enchant his listeners with his esoteric composition Trois nocturnes, inspired by the atmosphere of the night. In the first part, Nuages, one can hear silvery-lit clouds slide slowly past the moon. The second part, Fetes, depicts nocturnal festivities and blazing torches, and the third part is devoted to the mysteriously singing Sirens. Unlike his contemporaries, Debussy did not compose elaborate, bombastic symphonies, but rather dreamy, self-contained music that is still topical today, and breaths the free spirit of nature. It 'would resound through the open spaces and float joyfully over the tops of the trees.' The lucid performance of the Orchestre National De Lyon comes close to Debussy's ideal, and seduces the listener to lose himself in otherworldly dreams and mind-expanding fantasies. This beautiful recording of Nocturnes never been on vinyl before!! *Pre-order price*

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Sissi Rada

Aporia

Rare Soundtracks & Lost Tapes

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Sissi Rada's humble manifestations of the miracle of life, the troubles of love, the thoughts that span through a human mind while performing simple tasks, educated by her love and natural inclination to poetry, read like small vignettes, or marginalia notes on a diary that is of constant flux.

Recorded, mixed and produced by Sissi alone, in her Athens’ home, using a spartan but powerful instrumentation of harp, a Prophet synthesizer, and first and foremost her intimate and enchanting voice, ‘ Aporia’ stands out with its simplicity and familiarity, like a page out of a diary, shared with a blush and a witty smile."

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Alain Goraguer

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Transversales Disques)

Concerto For Violincello And Orchestra

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Transversales Disques proudly presents Alain Goraguer Rare Soundtracks & Lost Tapes. French composer Alain Goraguer who first made a name for himself as a sideman and arranger for Serge Gainsbourg wrote very few soundtracks, but amongst them, the legendary La Planète Sauvage (1973) is an absolute staple of France’s essential music. During that same period of time, Goraguer wrote two rare and beautiful scores using the same masterclass arrangements. On L’Affaire Dominici (1975), Alain Goraguer creates a theme of great melodic clarity from a palette of breathy flutes, clavinet D6 baroque textures, wah-wah guitars and slow-paced drums that clearly reminds La Planete Sauvage’s atmosphere. The same can be said about the score of Au delà de la peur (1975) with its descending clavinet melody, twanging bass riff, funky drums and flashes of bended electric guitars. This record also includes never before released tracks found in the vaults of French national radio: beautiful and timeless orchestral compositions recorded at Studio 105, Maison de la radio.

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Johannes Brahms

LP | 2017 | Original (Fondamenta)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Schubert:#2der Tod Und Das Mädchen

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sko)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Santaka, Manfredas, Marijus Aleksa

Ramybe / Autoportretas

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (The state51 Conspiracy)

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Classical Music

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Santaka is truly the sound of a culture. The name means “confluence” in Lithuanian, and the project has been exactly that from the moment DJ/producer Manfredas and drummer/producer Marijus Aleksa resolved to work together in the early days of 2020.

Not only does it bring together the talents that Manfredas and Marijus have individually honed over their own illustrious international careers in the club underground and young jazz worlds – but their recordings have drawn on talents from across styles and generations within Lithuania, creating a fusion of experimental sounds that represents the living nation. The highest common factors of post rock, jazz, dancefloor and abstract electronics, classical and more all flow together. Now, they are deepening this further, by reworking recordings by composer Rytis Mažulis and the avant-garde choir Melos Collective.

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Bartok Adams:#3divertimento Shakerloops

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sko)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Found)

Magnús Jóhann

Rofnar

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell

One Night In Porto

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Atlantic Curveschubert Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Emika)

KATTA

Vox Organi

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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* In Katta's music, ancient and modern worlds come together, the sacred meets the profane, and technological chasms are crossed: you might hear her play on some of the world's most treasured pipe organs in churches and cathedrals, or on her state-of-the-art, custom-built electric touring organ - and whether the ambience is provided by the dreamy acoustics of vaulted sacred spaces, or electronic soundscapes weaving in and out of her organ lines, the spirit of her music is unmistakable: ethereal, experimental, arresting.

* Katta first came to international prominence as a classical organist and harpsichordist, performing with orchestras such as Anima Eterna (with Jos van Immerseel), Zurich Chamber Orchestra (with Sir Roger Norrington), the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra - but it was when she started writing and performing her own music that her artistic identity truly asserted itself. 2016's 'Veni Sancte Spiritus' album was the first to showcase her compositions – other-worldly, spiritual works featuring distinctive vocals and tinkling, percussive bells: by turns lyrical and jarring, they seemed to come from a distant and mysterious past, and yet to belong entirely to the present. Katta’s original vocal/instrumental project Vox Organi won a prize at 2018 Classic Prague Awards.

* Katta also finds inspiration in collaborating with other artists, from British violinist Daniel Hope to American organ sensation Cameron Carpenter. This year she performed at Olavsfest in Norway, taking the stage right after a set from Björk. Her new album 'Vox Organi' will be released soon on Berlin label Emika Records, and Katta has been performing material from the album on her recent tour of the same name.

* Unconfined by genre, yet always instantly recognisable as her own, Katta's music is living proof that the organ remains a vital instrument in the 21st century.

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Sault

Aiir

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Willie Colon / Hector Lavoe / Yomo Toro

Asalto Navideno Volume II 50th Anniversary Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Craft)

27,74 €* 36,99 € -25%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Die Moldau

Fricsay / Bp / Dsob

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Deutsche Grammophon)

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Losen)

Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah

I Wish I Were Water

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Warner Classics)

Riopy

Thrive

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Columbo)

Orka

Pearl

Canto Ostinato (Simeon Ten Holt)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Some dreams take longer to come true. For many years we trusted in Orka's musical talent and were hoping that one day we will spin the turntable and listen with our eyes closed. That moment is now at your fingertips.
Strictly limited 100 copies made for absolute musical joy. Seven tracks including three awesome remixes which warp classical music to electronic universe. Superb cover by Silvie and Marika. Shines in your collection like a pearl.

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Erik Hall

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Western Vinyl))

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Mississippi)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Canto Ostinato is the new volume of classical minimalism from musician and producer Erik Hall. Written for four pianos in 1979 by Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt, the piece is freshly framed as an intimate, hour-long solo performance consisting of multitracked grand pianos, electric piano, and organ. Modern yet warm, ethereal yet tangible, Hall's Canto Ostinato expertly bridges a revered piece of meditative concert repertoire with a tactile and highly personal studio setting. Chicago-born and Michigan-based, Erik Hall is known as a multi-instrumental pillar for the groups Nomo, Wild Belle, and his own songwriting moniker In Tall Buildings. He has composed music for feature films, and as a producer/engineer he has shaped records for Natalie Bergman and Western Vinyl labelmates Lean Year. In a 2020 creative pivot, he chose to reinvent composer Steve Reich's monumental contemporary classical masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians as a solo undertaking, applying the piece's score to the familiar keyboards, guitars, and synthesizers in his studio. "At the time I think I was working through my identity as a musician and an artist," Hall explains, "and on a level there was some sort of exorcism of a long held pop spirit." The album was celebrated for being "freshly thrilling" and "legible in history but assertive of the moment" (Pitchfork) and "beguiling, meditational, and magical" (Electronic Sound). It won the 2021 Libera Award for Best Classical Record, and it quickly joined the canon of the piece's quintessential recordings. "There is a pseudo-meditational benefit to working on a longform piece that's built on repetition," Hall says. "Every stage- from internalizing the music, to executing the performance, to editing and mixing the record- requires deep and sustained presence of mind. I've always been drawn to a hallucinatory combination of harmony and repetition, and I found the entire process addictive." An apt second chapter, Canto Ostinato is inherently vast, and its score gives great creative license to the performer. Comprising 106 sections, complete freedom is given to repeat each one as many or as few times as desired. Additional leeway is given with regard to dynamics, articulation, and even instrumentation. On the heels of his previous, rather maximal arrangement, Hall chose to limit this album's palette to three foundational keyboards of his studio: a 1962 Hammond M-101 organ, a 1978 Rhodes Mark I electric piano, and his family-heirloom 1910 Steinway grand piano. "This particular piece brought the added challenge of rekindling my dexterity as a pianist, something I haven't maintained in earnest since I was a teenager," he admits. The ensuing five-note rhythmic motif- the piece's primary building block- is steady and workmanlike, forgoing virtuosic flare for depth, texture, and resonance, and eventually giving way to the stunning gratification of a gorgeously lyrical left turn. As with Music for 18 Musicians, Hall employed no loops nor quantization nor any programmed or sequenced instruments of any kind. Every part was performed live in a room and captured with microphones, one at a time, each informed by, and reacting to the last. In this way the record breathes with interplay and an organic humanity, complete with flaws, noise, and the faint sound of turning pages. The recording quality is nonetheless toneful and saturated, characteristic of Hall's production style and straying from the usual transparency of classical albums by using gear with tubes, transformers, and various stages of compression in the signal path. Always there is unmistakable realism and the feeling of being present in the room, sitting among the keys, hammers, and tines. Ten Holt said: "Time, patience and discipline are the prerequisites for making a genetic code productive." His landmark composition provides Hall once again with a wondrous space in which to reverently embody this sentiment and deftly convey the elegant beauty of this music.

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Arvo Pärt

Für Alina

Hauschka & Hildur Guðnadóttir

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Classical Music

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Compilation of our favorite Arvo Pärt pieces. All sparse and beautiful arrangements. Some solo piano pieces, some duets with piano, violin cello and viola and one string quartet. The pieces on this record are all unique to the style of Arvo Pärt - deceptively simple compositions that force you to live in the moment you are listening to them. A Pärt quote from the back of the record - "You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free -- you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary." This record comes in a beautiful "tip on" old school cover with metallic gold foil and features an incredible painting from the 16th century manuscript Kometenbuch.

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Pan Tone

LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Sonic Pieces)

Neil Gaiman & Fourplay String Quartet

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Classical Music

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Volker Bertelmann and Hildur Guðnadóttir hardly need an introduction - their distinct styles have graced the speakers of pretty much anyone enamored with experimental music in the last decade, and between them the two have chalked up an enviable canon of successes. Bertelmann, under the Hauschka moniker has explored the extremities of prepared piano improvisation, and Guðnadóttir has taken cinematic, explorative cello music into a new era of depth and passion, so to hear them both together is a rare and unexpected treat. Rare is putting it lightly even - „Pan Tone“ is a recording of a single concert which the duo performed on the 26th of February 2010 as part of Arctic Circle - Bubbly Blue and Green festival at Kings Place in London, and documents an event that would truly never be repeated. Sure, they could attempt to re-create the event, but the spontaneity and glorious serendipity in this particular recording is a pleasure to behold.

Bertelmann and Guðnadóttir decided to create a set of compositions which based on the idea of the ocean, and took a book of Pantones to extract exact references to the specific colors of the sea. These watery tones form the backbone of the performance and inform the direction of the collaboration, guiding us through rich blues, glassy greens and frothy whites. In listening to the music it seems incredibly appropriate that the artists should choose blue as the middle ground in their work; the ineffable lightness that Bertelmann brings to the table is a stark contrast to Guðnadóttir´s sinking darkness, and as the two styles collide we witness a plethora of tones, shades and hues. It sounds as if the two artists have been playing together for decades, and their sound is so perfectly matched you might wonder why it´s taken them this long to collaborate. All that´s left for us to do is to soak in the tidal beauty of this very exclusive body of music, to listen to it sing, bubble and crash through its duration before settling in total silence. When the record reaches its conclusion there is an unsettling calm, a sense that you have witnessed something very special indeed, and that is a feeling to prize amongst all else.

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Signs Of Life Silver Fox Opaque Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Instrumental)

Neil Gaiman & Fourplay String Quartet

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop, Classical Music

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Since selling out the Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House in 2010, Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet have been firm friends and collaborators. They have toured the world together, released a New York Times best-selling book & record together, sold out Carnegie Hall together and most importantly, recorded a new album together, Signs of Life. Reflecting the fact that Gaiman and FourPlay have each, always refused to be pigeon-holed in their creativity - together, they have created something remarkable and unique. Signs of Life is a gorgeous, ground-breaking and genre-bending collaboration between an iconic author and a unique musical ensemble. Part songwriting, part poetry, part story-telling; allencompassing, all-engaging, all beautiful.

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Signs Of Life Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Instrumental)

The Silva & M. Sessions Bundle

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop, Classical Music

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Rico Friebe

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Time In The Special Practice Of Relativity)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Unseen Worlds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Strictly limited edition of THE Silva Sessions (cd) and THE M. Session (Vinyl-Only) by Rico Puestel coming in natural cotton tote bags with an exclusive artwork fusion print.

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Robert Haigh

Human Remains

Piano Miniatures Green Viynl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Human Remains follows Creatures of the Deep and Black Sarabande as the final installment of a trilogy of piano based recordings by Robert Haigh for Unseen Worlds. The trilogy marks the end of the late era of solo albums by Haigh before he steps away from music production.The title, Human Remains, was initially based on a painting of the same name by Haigh that is suggestive of an ancient structure resolute in the wake of overwhelming forces. As a metaphor for our current times, it could be interpreted as human frailty in the face of nature's unyielding dominion. Conversely, it could represent the persistence of human spirit and resourcefulness in the midst of catastrophe and upheaval.The album opens with 'Beginner's Mind' - a semi-improvised motif develops into an impressionistic refrain. This is followed by "Twilight Flowers" and "Waltz On Treated Wire" - intimate, monochrome piano portraits. Later tracks such as "Lost Albion" and "Signs Of Life" build on skeletal piano motifs with subtle electronic washes, textures and field sounds. The album ends with the elegiac "On Terminus Hill" where a stately piano refrain explores a series of sparse harmonic variations evoking a sense of closure.

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Henning Schmiedt

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Motor Entertainment)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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OST My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Yuki Hayashi

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Masterworks)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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The Plains At Gordium Performed By Talujon

Petr Kotik

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Unseen Worlds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Constellation)

Jessica Moss

Galaxy Heart

Poetische Stimmungsbilder, Op.85

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Galaxy Heart is Moss' fourth record for Constellation and the companion album to 2021's Phosphenes. Galaxy Heart features guest appearances by Jim White (Xylouris White, Springtime, Dirty Three) and Thierry Amar (Godspeed You! Black Emperor).

Jessica Moss is a violinist and composer based in Montréal. She uses amplified and processed violin and voice to create intricate works of expressive electronic, drone, experimental and post-classical Minimalism; her distinctive melodic sensibility often channels Klezmer, Balkan and Middle Eastern tropes, combined with an ear for the textural grit and timbral noise of post-punk, industrial and ambient metal. Moss played in cult agit-prop post-punk band Thee Silver Mt. Zion (2000-2015), has contributed to countless albums by the likes of Carla Bozulich, Vic Chesnutt and Matana Roberts, and most recently has guested on albums by Sarah Davachi and Big|Brave. She has released three solo albums on Constellation since 2017.

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Leif Ove Andsnes

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Sony Classical)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Die Vier Jahreszeiten, Violinkonzerte Op.5 & Op.

Renaud Ocl Capucon

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Erato)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Barenboim, Mederos & Console

Tangos From Buenos Aires

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Parlophone Label Group)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Volume II Blue Vinyl Edition

Flore Laurentienne

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Rvng Intl.)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Kapitän Platte)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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Following the compass of an entrancing debut, Flore Laurentienne's Volume II presents another palette of rich orchestral sound, where changing forces of water inspire metaphorical markers that navigate passages of life and loss. Mathieu David Gagnon resumes his voyage into environment and emotion with Volume II, drawing inspiration from the rivers and rugged wilderness of the composer's native Quebec. In his return as Flore Laurentienne - the namesake of an inventory documenting St. Lawrence Valley flora - Gagnon assembles vivid melodic motifs and delicate modulation with a vast string ensemble to emulate the tides of human experience. Listeners of Volume I will recognise Gagnon's signature approach towards reworking and reframing an emblematic melody or concept across a series of works in Volume II, a process he likens to that of a painter creating multiple sketches of the same view. Continued from the first album, the enigmatic "Fleuve" series is conjured to evoke the multiple personalities of the great St. Lawrence River, and the "Navigation" works ("iii" and "iv") wade through dappled progressions and expansive streams of string, the latter of which harbors the gentle meanderings of improvised clarinet. In the world of Flore Laurentienne, complexity emerges from simplicity as the composer roams familiar environments in constant flux. Gagnon extracts beauty through repetition and constraint, utilizing the writing style of counterpoint for which one of his greatest musical inspirations, Johann Sebastian Bach, is renowned. The lilting waves of "Canon" possess the eponymous formation of melodic 'leader and follower' motif, and magnify the softness of the album's eighteen string musicians into a force of full euphoric resonance. In Volume II, Gagnon continues his expansion of classical composition archetypes to meet a new realm of sonic romanticism. Thematic conventions of wandering the pastoral sublime become altered into glimmering refractions, relaying the emotional and kinetic power of natural energies. Volume II forms an estuary where streams of auditory microcosm reach a horizon of dynamic contrast, and reflect the parallel tenors of nature and humankind.

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La Reine Seule

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