Ensemble Stravaganza Biber, Schmelzer, Mealli, Böddecker (2023) [official Digital Download 2496]

James Oswald was born in 1710 in the village of Crail in Fife to John Oswald, a town drummer frequently jailed for drunkenness and public swearing, the younger Oswald quickly developed a talent for music. By 1734 he was active as a cellist, dancing master, and composer in Dumferline and Edinburgh. His early works, including a sonata based on Scots tunes, were published under two Italian pseudonyms, “Dothel/Dottel Figlio” and “David Rizzio.” A move to London followed shortly thereafter, where Oswald opened a music shop and became a music publisher in addition to his more creative endeavours.

An der (Zusammen-)Arbeit mit neuronalen Netzwerken schätzt Genoël von Lilienstern das Unkalkulierbare, den »Glitch«. Geduldig und gelegentlich amüsiert verfolgt er–und das Publikum mit ihm–die überraschenden und oft merkwürdigen Artefakte, die sich allmählich im Zusammenwirken mit den Musiker*innen, gelenkt von dem stets kontrollbewussten Komponisten, zum Bühnenwerk formen.

Johann Sebastian Bach, the newly appointed Cantor of the Thomaskirche, undertook his first official journey from Leipzig to nearby Störmthal in 1723, where he and his Thomanerchor inaugurated the beautiful new organ built by Zacharias Hildebrandt, a pupil of Silbermann.

ATMA Classique, Ensemble ArtChoral and M?c?nat Musica are proud to present Art choral, Vol. 3: Baroque II with Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute.

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble presents We'll Meet Again: songs and music from hidden film treasures, the sound of nostalgia on film. A series of beautiful, romantic songs from iconic love scenes are performed by singers from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble accompanied by cello, piano, saxophone, and clarinet.

Femenine stages Eastman’s shaping and building of the black queer masculine form – caught not necessarily between two poles of gender, but with his work constantly driving his own self-making.

Mary Bevan was born in Somerset into a large musical family (her slightly elder sister Sophie is also an internationally-acclaimed soprano), and read Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Norse at Trinity College Cambridge before taking up a place at the Royal Academy of Music.

Dominik Schurmann has referenced a lot of jazz history. There’s swing, bebop, the cool school, jazz/funk, latin, and the jazz ballad. It’s all there in The Seagull's Serenade.

This ground-breaking album is the first of its kind – devoted entirely to new music written for the woodwind orchestra. It features outstanding performances by the principal woodwind players of the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Shea Lolin, and includes four world premiere recordings.

The cycle of poems “novembrig” by the Swiss lyricist Elsbeth Maag describes the naturalness of dying and death as a self-evident stage within the perpetual process of becoming and passing. Tenderly and encouragingly, the poet approaches this preferably repressed topic in vivid images. She succeeds in creating verses of captivating sensuality that are conciliatory while preserving the mystery.