Sony Music is delighted to announce the release of ‘Keep Calm and Relax’, a soothing selection of modern classics,
The three- disc collection features a stunning array of chill out tracks from a varied line up of international chart-toppers and UK favourites, from Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson and Alicia Keys to Rumer, Plan B and Lily Allen.
With over 50 comforting tracks across the three discs, ‘Keep Calm and Relax’ encourages you to put your feet up and unwind from the daily grind. Some of the stellar songs include: Ellie Goulding ‘Your Song’, Damien Rice ‘Cannonball’, Sade ‘No Ordinary Love’, Leona Lewis ‘Bleeding Love’, James Morrison ‘You Give Me Something’, Duffy ‘Mercy’, Christina Aguilera ‘Beautiful’ and Justin Timberlake ‘Cry Me A River’.
In Waking Moments is the CD debut of a fresh new talent, Justin Vanderberg, whose work undoubtedly will remind listeners of the lush and smooth space/ambient sound of both Numina and Steve Roach. In fact, the album was recorded by Roach, and the ambient sound master's "touch" is definitely in evidence here.
Supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Doutzen Kroes, Elsa Hosk, Erin Heatherton, Jessica Hart, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson and Miranda Kerr get some help from Justin Bieber as they turn up the beauty on "Beauty & A Beat"
Although Dandrieu is best-known for his talents as an organist, his trio sonatas deserve a prominent position in the chamber music of the period. They show a stunning mastery of style and variety of characters. Dances overflowing with energy, mischievous and impetuous counterpoint between the three parts, movements with highly expressive Italianate suspensions, articulation, phrasing, rhythm, gentleness, passion – in a word, life. He published them under the title Premier Œuvre in 1705, when he was twenty-three years old, our own age when we first met and played these sonatas: “Opus 1” was therefore a natural choice as the title for this album!’ say the members of Le Consort. ‘The trio sonata was created in the second half of the seventeenth century and Corelli, the master of the genre, helped to diffuse it throughout Europe. Dandrieu’s trio sonatas are marked by Corelli’s influence. And when he calls one of his harpsichord pieces “La Corelli”, he indicates himself as an heir to the great Italian maestro . . . We have arranged this piece as a sonata a tre.
Ed Cherry's excellent debut for the Justin Time label represents a whole new vision for the guitarist in that he steps away from the avant-garde style played on Hamiet Bluiett's With Eyes Wide Open and pairs two jazz veterans – Dr. Lonnie Smith, a heavyweight of the '60s soul-jazz movement, and veteran saxophonist Joe Ford – alongside members of his generation, including drummer Nasheet Waits and vocalist Laird Jackson in a truly righteous soulfest. Cherry has written four originals: the urban bebop heard on "Lennox Ave., 1 AM," the delicately grooved "Little Girl, Big Girl," the loosely swinging title track, and his freestyle "Woo!/Sharrock," a dedication to the guitarist Sonny Sharrock.