Maxim Leo

Following the success of 2013’s solo album ROKOKO, Arie Napoletane is a brand new solo album for Decca’s prolific countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic. With repertoire not dissimilar to that on Cecilia Bartoli’s groundbreaking ‘Sacrificium’ album, Cencic sings arias by Porpora, Vinci and their contemporaries written for the superbly talented castrati of the day.

The deep resonant and eloquent sound of the cello is able to express the widest to passionately singing. The first cello concertos were written in the Baroque, when the instrument shed its modest role as part of the continuo setting. During the Classical and Romantic era surprisingly concertos were written, while the 20th century yielded some of the greatest masterworks in the genre. The set contains concertos by Vivaldi, Platti, Porpora, Monn, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Boccherini, Leo, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Finzi, Lalo, Bruch, Faure, Bloch, Ginastera, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian, Lutoslawski.

An almost four-hour mix Cocktail of 60 deep House & Chillout pearls lets you forget the everyday stress and also create a relaxed holiday mood at home. Overall, the three DJ-mixes hold something for every taste and are the Soundtrack for your summer of 2020. Not only for die-hard Fans of the series, but also for new discoverers. Tracks by Aka Aka & Junge Junge, Blank & Jones, Joris Voorn, Ben Böhmer, Elderbrook, Sans Souci, Lane 8, Nora En Pure, Rodriguez Jr., Kidnap, Agoria, Budakid, Tensnake, Satin Jackets, Christian Löffler, Eagles & Butterflies, Pablo Nouvelle and many more.

Another new name in the German jazz scene? In nine original compositions, Nico Weber creates space to pause. Together with his Kwartett (Maxim Burtsev p, Jakob Jäger b, Leo Ebert dr) on the debut album 'Ela' he creates his very own warm sound that goes deep, pure and unadulterated. The tracks, which are unmistakably rooted in contemporary jazz, impress with their melodic beauty. On the alto saxophone, Florian Trübsbach gives 'Ela' a special touch in its features and fits into the band's full sound with musical elegance.

"In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?" Superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato turns to Baroque opera to answer this very contemporary question. In a filmed concert at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, DiDonato performs a recital of arias from her latest album, joined by Il Pomo d'Oro and the harpsichordist-conductor Maxim Emelyanichev.