Right before his adventure in Black Sabbath, and right after the half studio-half live "Double trouble", Ian Gillan released one of his best albums, this "Magic" from 1982…

Sergei Prokofiev first noted down some ideas for his Violin Sonata No.1 in the summer of 1938 and he began the composition that winter. It was later put aside, but when he was evacuated from Moscow after the Nazi invasion 1941, the unfinished violin sonata was one of the pieces Prokofiev took with him. It wasn't until 1946 that he completed the work, however, following it up with the equally dark Sixth Symphony. There is no doubt that it was bitter experience that made these works two of Prokofiev's most powerfully concentrated compositions.

Compilation album released in Spain on the Brazilian singer Maria Creuza (Esplanada, 1944) one of the voices that has best reported the Brazilian popular music. During the 60s the presence of Maria in song festivals launched her career with the public, that came to prominence in the 70s from her collaboration with Brazilian musicians Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho. This album features a collection of twelve of his most successful songs released between 1973 and 1976. Brazilian popular music with samba, bossa or slow rhythms.

The vocal sensation everyone’s talking about – Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva – makes her Decca solo debut with a celebratory disc of motets from Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora and Mozart, partnered by one of the world’s leading early music ensembles, Il Giardino Armonico, conducted by Giovanni Antonini.

Compilation work of the most popular musical style in Spain, the 'pasodoble'. The repertoire of albumor has a total of seventeen varied pieces, all of them common and classic of the genre, performed by four bands: preferably the 'Orquesta Florida' (eleven items), 'Banda del Empastre', 'Banda de Carlos Romero' and 'Banda Taurina', featuring two songs each.

The Swedish near-supergroup Lover Under Cover has just released ''Into The Night'', a solid follow up to 2012′s debut ''Set The Night On Fire''. Despite this being a sophomore album, the members of Lover Under Cover have many decades of experience, and it shows in all aspects of their new CD.

Bold, unruly, full of texture and sound effects, Dave Kerman's music is a strange and troubled statement of modern progressive rock. Kerman plays all the instruments but gets fine help from Udi Koorman on 'sounds' and singer Deborah Perry, both helping Dave's vision of living music to breathe. The album was recorded in Tel Aviv, giving the session an urgency that darkly reflects in the compositions. 'Avant garde', 'RIO', call it what you will, this stuff will put you off your corn flakes in the most delicious way.

The pinnacle of Denny's career, Hypnotique earns a place in history for its achingly beautiful jacket design alone. The same photo shoot also yielded the cover photo for the Denny-produced "Exotic Dreams" by singer Ethel Azama. The music of Hypnotique is just as compelling, producing an effect that certainly must be described as hypnotic, if not occasionally feverish. This can be partially attributed to the help of guests Barbara Smith, John Mechigashari, and Bud Lee on various Japanese instruments. …

Bert Jansch was 52 when this CD came out in 1995, and at that point, he was revered as an elder statesman of the British folk community (although the veteran singer/songwriter is actually Scottish, not English). Jansch's brooding, introspective, bluesy style of folk-rock had not grown stale over the years – When The Circus Comes To Town, in fact, is the work of an artist who was having no problem maintaining either his vitality or his charisma. …