In 1587, when the Cremona native Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) offered his first book of madrigals for printing, the popularity of the genre of little vocal pieces had just reached its pinnacle.

Hiroshi Watanabe, a musician, photographer, and DJ from the Japanese electronic scene, based in Saitama near Tokyo, has been a prolific figure for twenty-five years. He has explored most major genres of electronic music through more than twenty albums. He proudly becomes the very first Japanese artist of InFiné.

This recording imparts two large-ensemble and especially extensive Magnificat settings by the composer in C Major (PWV 1503) and B-flat Major (PWV 1514), and an Ingressus, the Deus in adjutorium in F Major (PWV 1407); this piece is also especially festive and Pachelbel composed it for the opening of a vesper service. Two sacred concertos for solo violin, solo voice and basso continuo (PWV 1222 in C Minor and PWV 1203 in A Minor) offer a striking contrast to these. They reveal a different, but no less impressive aspect of Pachelbel’s compositional artistry and have their own history of how they were handed down to us.

Fruitcake is the Norwegian progressive group led by Paul Sovik, who drums, composes most of the songs and sings.

People On Sunday is an original soundtrack to the 1930 silent film variously known as Menschen am Sonntag, Les Hommes le Dimanche and People On Sunday. The film is a key work of interwar German cinema, based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder.

Hervé Billaut is a French classical pianist. For this release for Lyrinx label he is performed the classical works by Gabriel Fauré - Nocturnes, Preludes, and Ballade.

Performed by the very best Chinese virtuoso players on some immortal Chinese pieces, with stunning sound quality, this recording originally was awarded The Best of the Best for the Year 2002, apart from many accolades received worldwide. Released by the well known audiophile label know as First Impression Music it is a stunning reproduction of the sound quality that is true to the original recording.

Laura Ann Boyd and Kevin Harding formed Quatro na Bossa in 2003. Drawing initially from early Bossa Nova standards, the group's repertoire has expanded to include other Brazilian genres and some original material. The quartet has performed with many drummers and percussionists including Rogerio Boccato, Adriano Santos and Jorge Alabe and locally Andy Brockmann and Matt Wyatt.

Fruitcake is the Norwegian progressive group led by Paul Sovik, who drums, composes most of the songs and sings. On the previous album 'Room For Suprises' the band finally made a fully professional album full of slow paced melancholy organ-driven prog. It's a personal favorite of mine.

Two years after the success of "Failles" (platinum record and two consecutive Victoires de la Musique including Female artist in 2021), Pomme is back in 2022 with a new album, "Consolation". Oscillating between the desire to talk about her childhood and the women who inspire her, the two subjects are intertwined in this new work.

The story of the invention of the term, 'deepfunk' is probably only known among fans and practitioners of this niche-genre. In short, it all started in the 1990s when DJs like Keb Darge, Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove and others began spinning obscure and feral Funk 45 RPM singles from local American bands, ostensibly generating another sub-category branch off of the mighty Northern Soul tree.

A young group openly acknowledging the influence of popular music. This cheerful, breezy jazz-rock from the Pat Metheny Group was recorded in 1979.. Includes the PMG signature tune “(Cross The) Heartland”.

Throughout her long-gestating debut album, Dora Jar sets out to answer the lone existential question of “Who am I?” The creation of No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire took the alt-pop star on a very literal journey across Alaska, Poland, and California, yet the songwriter (who grew up moving back and forth between the East and West Coast, with time spent in Poland and London as well) also embarked on a metaphorical journey of self-discovery as the resulting collection of songs welcomes the audience inside her mind.

In creating their collaborative, island-inspired album 44/876, Sting and Shaggy drew from the many unlikely connections at the heart of their music.

Jennifer Pike writes: ‘This recording project of Polish music is one that is particularly close to my heart. The idea for the series arose from an awareness of the sound world associated with Polish music, of the country’s long-held fascination with the violin, and of my own Polish heritage on my mother’s side.