Pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis has been a major figure in contemporary jazz since the late 1950s, playing music with a warm, open personality that's allowed him to cross over to the pop and R&B charts. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 27, 1935, and was introduced to music by his father, who directed the choir at a local church and enjoyed the music of Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. Lewis began studying the piano when he was four years old, and was soon accompanying the choir at Sunday services. At the age of 15, he joined a jazz combo called the Cleffs, who played at parties and dances. Lewis was interested in a leaner, more bebop-oriented sound, and when the group splintered after several members joined the military, he formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio with two other former Cleffs, bassist Eldee Young…

After living and studying with giants of jazz in New York City last year, and putting together a collection of all new works, Elly Hoyt is back with her new album and new sound to Bennetts Lane. Her new album, Oranges & Sunshine, being launched tonight, is the offering she promised after receiving the Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album Award in 2011. Elly consistently captures audiences with her soulful and seductive voice, and her disarmingly natural stage presence. At only 26, she has the uncanny ability to invoke the charge given to past greats and take it somewhere new, especially somewhere with groove…

Great, classic blues and r&b artists - from Muddy Waters to Paul Butterfield to Otis Blackwell - join the benchmark British rock band Foghat for a one-night-only show at New York's fabled Palladium in 1978…

This 29CD set provides a superb introduction to this master of the Barock. He is often suffers in comparison to Bach, Handel and Vivaldi mainly because it is so difficult to know where to start with such a vast body of work. This Brilliant Classics box set makes the Telemann experience all the more enjoyable by making this selection and providing a wonderful window into the world of this great composer.

It is believed that the rush hour lounge music falls on the 50-60s. Then it executes unknown bands, but the rooms were great friends. While implementing lounge music could be called any musician who played in a cafe or restaurant to the public. In the 60s there were ensembles, records which are related to Lounge. Among them - the bands of James Last, Bert Kempferta, Paul Mauriat, Herb Alpert. Distinguished as a lounge music and musical design films, because this style of music can rightly be called the background.

Tchaikovsky wrote … " is that there will be few scenic effects , little action , in my Eugene Onegin , I get completely the same … am so happy to have escaped these routine pharaohs, all those Ethiopian princesses all these stories of poisonings ; Eugene Onegin has an infinite poetry " … Tchaikovsky wanted to call his opera, Poem , but finally opted for the subtitle of lyrical scenes , three scenes or three acts that take place following the same pattern , party and so sad party.This recording derives from a production at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1974 conducted by Solti.The team of singers here is entirely strong and convincing

Heroes & Villains is FMs ninth studio album. A true British Melodic Rock institution, in 2014 they celebrated their 30th Anniversary and are now coming back with a new album that stays true to their musical legacy and classic sound. Fans new and old will find much to be happy with here.

Foster and Bronski Beat teamed up again in 1994, and released a techno "Tell Me Why '94" and an acoustic "Smalltown Boy '94" on the German record label, ZYX Music. The album Rainbow Nation was released the following year with Hellyer returning as lead vocalist, as Foster had dropped out of the project. Bronski Beat then dissolved with Steve Bronski going on to become a producer for other artists. Larry Steinbachek became the musical director for Michael Laub's theatre company, 'Remote Control Productions'.

Martinu / Zimmermann / Strauss: Oboe Concertos
Stefan Schilli / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons
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Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary, Oboe

"…All three works are superbly played here by the brilliantly nimble Stefan Schilli, and Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian orchestra give him vivid support. I cannot think of a more enticing triptych of modern oboe concertos from any other source." ~Grammophone

Menahem Pressler - Schubert / Mozart / Beethoven (2013) {La Dolce Volta}
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Classical / Early Romantic / Piano

Menahem Pressler is a living legend of the piano. A founding member of the famed Beaux Arts Trio, Pressler's career was launched in 1946 when he won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition. After a working as a soloist for a decade, he then became one of the world's most famous chamber musicians, playing with the Beaux Arts Trio for 53 years. This solo album celebrates Pressler's 90th birthday with a collection of music from the Viennese Classical tradition. It pairs Schubert's Piano Sonata No.18 with Beethoven's Bagatelles and a remarkably poignant A minor Rondo by Mozart. The music here encompasses the full range of emotions. Pressler has honed his sonority to the point where it resembles a vocal timbre. His sound is infinitely warm, pure and tender, like a fine vintage wine. This disc is a true event, giving listeners the sensation of being transported back to a lost era.

To coincide with the release of their self-titled, eighth studio album, Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON played a very special, exclusive show on September 8, 2013 at at Den Norske Opera & Ballett in Oslo, Norway, where they were joined by the 55-strong Norwegian National Opera Chorus as part of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival.The performance was professionally filmed and recorded and will be released as the "Live At The Opera" CD/DVD in April.

Drawing on the rich legacy of landmark 1970s Italian prog pioneers, Finisterre is a band that's always keen to experiment - exploring many different musical directions - while still managing to have established and maintain a unique and recognizable identity. Finisterre has released two studio albums prior to this live one. Since this album is longer than any of these two, it means that you'll get most of their two albums in here.