Sibelius: Violin Concerto Jennifer Pike, Andrew Davis, Bergen Philharmonic (2014) [official Digital Download 24bit 96khz]

"Turandot" is Puccini's last opera and contains some of his most enchanting and memorable music. This recording features a stellar cast of singers with London Philharmonic Orchestra, masterfully conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Miles Davis' album "Live-Evil" was originally released in 1971 by Columbia Records. The jazz album is a collection of songs from Davis' live performances spanning throughout 1970. "Live-Evil" was originally planned to be a follow up to "Bitches Brew", however the idea was withdrawn after it became clear that the two albums had little to no semblance.

"A Tribute to Jack Johnson" is a soundtrack composed by Miles Davis to accompany a documentary film about the life of boxer Jack Johnson. For the score, Davis said he wanted to put together what he called "the greatest rock and roll band you have ever heard." The line-up featured John McLaughlin and Sonny Sharrock (guitars), Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea (keyboards), Bennie Maupin (clarinet), and Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham (drums). Produced by Teo Macero, the soundtrack was recorded in two sessions between February and April of 1970. Both sessions took place at the 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza is introduced in a unique album which tells her incredible and inspirational story in music: from her childhood in the townships of South Africa to the stage of Europe’s great opera houses with classic South African songs including Miriam Makeba’s greatest hits: Pata Pata and The Click Song, and arias by Puccini and Mozart.

"On the Corner" is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July 1972 and released in 1974 on Columbia Records. Drawing on funk and rock music, the work of experimental composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, and electronic recording techniques, it was in part an attempt by Davis to reach a younger African American audience. Instead, it became one of his worst-selling recordings and was scorned by establishment jazz critics at the time of its release. It was also his last studio album of the 1970s; for the remainder of the decade he recorded haphazardly and focused instead on live performance before temporarily retiring from music in 1975.

Andrea Bocelli sings Puccini’s final "Turandot" on this emotionally charged account of the complete opera, featuring the world-renowned aria Nessun dorma. Conductor Zubin Mehta, who has made a speciality of this first-class Puccini opera ever since his landmark 1972 Decca recording, draws a stirring orchestral performance from the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Starring Bocelli in the lead role of Calaf the unknown prince, his powerful tenor tells a compelling story of riddles answered, triumph secured, honour displayed and love deeply felt. The key role of the icy riddler princess, Turandot, is sung by American soprano Jennifer Wilson.

Andrea Bocelli sings Puccini’s final "Turandot" on this emotionally charged account of the complete opera, featuring the world-renowned aria Nessun dorma. Conductor Zubin Mehta, who has made a speciality of this first-class Puccini opera ever since his landmark 1972 Decca recording, draws a stirring orchestral performance from the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Starring Bocelli in the lead role of Calaf the unknown prince, his powerful tenor tells a compelling story of riddles answered, triumph secured, honour displayed and love deeply felt. The key role of the icy riddler princess, Turandot, is sung by American soprano Jennifer Wilson.

Andrea Bocelli sings Puccini’s final "Turandot" on this emotionally charged account of the complete opera, featuring the world-renowned aria Nessun dorma. Conductor Zubin Mehta, who has made a speciality of this first-class Puccini opera ever since his landmark 1972 Decca recording, draws a stirring orchestral performance from the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Starring Bocelli in the lead role of Calaf the unknown prince, his powerful tenor tells a compelling story of riddles answered, triumph secured, honour displayed and love deeply felt. The key role of the icy riddler princess, Turandot, is sung by American soprano Jennifer Wilson.

Delirium Musicum is a self-conducted, ethnically diverse chamber orchestra dedicated to providing impassioned and engaging musical performances that deeply connect audience and musicians.

Giovanni Battista Viotti was a man of humble origins who studied with Gaetano Pugnani in the tradition of the Corelli school. By the age of 20 he was already an esteemed violinist, performing concerts in Geneva, Bern, Berlin and Saint Petersburg, and he eventually chose to settle in Paris. However, as a court musician for Marie Antoniette, he was forced to flee to London in 1792, where, a short while later, he was accused of spying on behalf of the Jacobins. He returned to Paris and was celebrated during the Restoration period, but eventually came back to London, where he died in poverty. Compositionally he serves as a bridge between the Classical period and the first signs of Romanticism, and he wrote an impressive 29 concertos for his own instrument, the violin. The 22nd, in A minor, shows his renowned compositional intelligence at its peak.