Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.

Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.

Gustav Auzinger studied sacred music and pedagogy of music and organ under the guidance of Michael Radulescu at the Superior School of music in Vienna. He carries out several activities in his field: he is organist of the historical organs of the church of Santa Anna in Steinbruch and in the castle of Neuhaus, and he teaches organ at the Sacred Music Conservatory of Linz.

This album is a Rachmaninoff piano duo album by Miku Omine, who has made Rachmaninoff his life's work and whose performances and album are highly acclaimed, and Takako Takahashi, who won 5th place at the 12th International Chopin Piano Competition. In a live recording held at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on October 20, 2023, two suites by Rachmaninoff, which can be said to be the pinnacle of two-piano works, and a suite of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" arranged by Rachmaninoff for duet were recorded.

Years in the making, naemi’s ambitious, sprawling debut album for 3XL features contributions from Erika de Casier, Ulla, Huerco S, Ben Bondy, NAP and label boss Shy, plus many others, on a gorgeously brooding double album braiding heart-liquifying dreampop guitars with weightless clouds of sublime ambience. A pensive and poetic celebration of love and friendship, it’s the most beautiful, vital music released by 3XL to date.

Embark on a captivating musical journey with Knut Vaage's spellbinding compositions, as performed by the exceptional talents of cellist Amalie Stalheim, violinist Harald Aadland, and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Eivind Aadland. Relieff, Refleks, Rite transports listeners to a realm where modernity meets tradition, where haunting melodies intertwine with intricate harmonies to evoke a range of emotions. Stalheim's emotive cello playing, coupled with the orchestra's dynamic expression, brings Vaage's visionary works to life, offering a transcendent experience that lingers long after the final note fades away.

Eugène Ysaÿe's set of Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27, was written in July 1923. Each sonata was dedicated to one of Ysaÿe’s contemporary violinists: Joseph Szigeti (No. 1), Jacques Thibaud (No. 2), George Enescu (No. 3), Fritz Kreisler (No. 4), Mathieu Crickboom (No. 5), and Manuel Quiroga (No. 6).

Eberhard Kummer was an Austrian concert singer, lawyer and an expert of medieval music from Vienna. Kummer was born in Krems an der Donau. He played the hurdy-gurdy, the harp and the guitar, and made important contribution to the restoration of medieval and the Austrian folksong. He received training as a classical bass-baritone. After an initial career as classical singer, he gradually specialized in restoring traditional Austrian folksongs and original medieval music from Europe, such as the German epic Nibelungenlied or medieval Minnelieder.

Torgeir Waldemar delivered a monumental performance for a packed Opera House in Oslo in 2022, marking not only the pinnacle of his ambitious album project Love (2020), but also a defining moment of his entire career.

Masters of glacial escalation Irisarri & Mogard documented in a reverberating live encore at Madrid’s Condeduque cultural centre, and Irisarri’s NYC studio Black Knoll.

Transformation is what happens in the hinge between before and after.

The Hudson-based duo makes a triumphant return with their latest album, "Water's Here In You", set to release everywhere on April 26th, 2024. The album journeys through the indie folk landscape they had previously etched out, now adorned with touches of eerie, atmospheric, and occasionally dissociative tones. Singer-songwriter Maya Bon and long-time collaborator and producer Ryan Albert paint a canvas weaving in and out of drony darkness and sunny folk moments.

Following acclaimed albums dedicated to the Bach family, Handel and Telemann, the Aulos Ensemble turns its attention to François Couperin with this release. One of the first American early music ensembles to embrace period instruments, the award-winning Baroque group has constantly reinvented itself over its 30 year history by exploring new projects, collaborating with an ever-widening group of guest artists and forging new recording alliances.

Capturing all the intimacy and the amp-hum in its unfussy, impromptu recording sessions, Lemon Law is dripping with atmosphere. The buzzing of that cable, that weird phase-y sound from the un-gated mic. It's all here. The lack of overdubs might even make Neil Young jealous. The complexities and the intricate arrangements feel easy and natural, and naturally nostalgic. It's all vaguely familiar and new at the same time.

An exception. A rebel. In short, a jazz singer light years away from the clichés of the jazz world. Nina Simone's art was, above all, an outcry; a glimmer of hope in an America plagued by segregation.