Sarah Brightman, the world’s biggest-selling soprano artists of all time will release her first-ever Christmas album titled A Winter Symphony. A Winter Symphony brings her virtuosity and originality to many of the season’s classics. Her angelic voice glides through an array of Christmas favourites including “Silent Night” and “In the Bleak Midwinter.” Her resplendent duet “Ave …
The National Brass Ensemble is comprised of the finest brass players in major orchestras across the United States. There are twenty-six members most of whom currently hold principal positions in the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Repertoire includes excerpts from Giovanni …
Winter’s Delights – Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles
Quadriga Consort’s new album ‘Winter’s Delights’ presents Early Christmas Music and Carols from the British Isles, France and Canada, building on the success of the first volume. The album consists of catchy melodies and rhythms played on historical instruments, including early music hits like ‘Leanabh an Àigh’, ‘The First Nowell’ and ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’. Leanabh an …
2CELLOS have established themselves as an innovative classical-pop/rock duo who took their classical instrument into the contemporary repertoire. Their second album, IN2ITION, takes their original concept even further. Produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin and featuring guest artists Elton John, guitarist Steve Vai, Glee’s Naya Rivera, classical superstar Lang Lang, legendary Italian vocalist Zucchero and pop artist Sky …
2008 release, Yo-Yo Ma’s first-ever holiday album. Features once-in-a-lifetime performances with incredible guest artists including James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Ren‚e Fleming, Dave Brubeck and more. Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday spirit. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating festivals the world over: Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid …
Awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and described by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross as “…the loveliest apocalypse in musical history,” John Luther Adams’ majestic orchestral work Become Ocean is a thrilling exploration of depth, turbulence, eerie silence and ultimately enveloping calm. Performed by the Seattle Symphony under the baton of Ludovic Morlot, the music casts an …
The Piano Guys, the unstoppable classical/pop crossover music stylists, release their first live album, The Piano Guys LIVE! Deluxe Edition. Their first four albums, The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys 2, A Family Christmas and Wonders have sold over 900,000 physical and digital albums in the U.S. Their albums have been #1 on multiple Billboard Charts for over …
Nonesuch Records releases an album of three Bach works recorded by mandolin virtuoso and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1 comprises three works written for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; and Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. The album …
Ludovico Einaudi’s album In A Time Lapse was composed over a period of two years and recorded in October 2012 in a monastery near Verona. Epic and emotional as his bestselling album Divenire, experimental and adventurous as Nightbook, In A Time Lapse goes further by incorporating baroque and Italian folk music, late romantic strings textures, and a wide …
A Family Christmas is filled with the diverse components that have typified the “TPG Twist” fun, irreverent combinations that people find refreshing. The album features new takes on Christmas classics such as “Let it Snow,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Silent Night,” as well as two original compositions from Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. And, for the first time …