Various Artists Georges Bizet Djamileh, Vasco de Gama, Cantates, Musique Chorale, Mélodies & Musique Pour Piano (po Flac

No, Georges Bizet was not only the composer of Carmen, the French opera most frequently performed around the world. In a career spanning less than twenty years, he produced works in every genre: orchestral music, piano pieces, cantatas, operas, songs and more besides. He showed an early mastery of orchestration, and was soon able to give free rein to his taste for orientalism and folklore. This portrait offers a chance to discover works that were never performed during his lifetime, indeed some which had to wait until 2024 for their premiere. Of particular note is the 'ode-symphony' Vasco de Gama, which illustrates the Romantic taste for vast historical epics, and Le Retour de Virginie, a cantata for the Prix de Rome presented by the composer to his teacher in 1855. Piano music and melodies remind us that Bizet was also a sought-after salon composer, whose talent posterity has consecrated in songs like La Coccinelle and Les Adieux de l'hotesse arabe.

Ceux qui ont vu L’Inondation, l’opéra de Francesco Filidei créé en 2019 Salle Favart, ou ceux qui ont entendu la Passion selon Marc de Michaël Levinas, commande destinée à commémorer le 500e anniversaire de la Réforme, connaissent Guilhem Terrail, contre-ténor régulièrement au service de la musique d’aujourd’hui. On l’entend ici dans un registre bien différent, pour lequel il éprouve un goût partagé avec la soprano Estelle Béréau. Ces deux artistes ont en effet décidé d’associer leurs deux voix pour enregistrer six duos que Charles-Marie Widor destinait à un soprano et à un contralto : trois sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo, les trois autres sur des textes d’auteurs moins illustres, dont le compositeur lui-même. Six mélodies très séduisantes, qui donnent envie de mieux connaître cet aspect de l’œuvre de l’organiste.

Antonín Dvořák’s gift for melody was apparent as soon as he began writing music, and this naturally tuneful inspiration has long captured the imagination of arrangers. An expert in arranging for both orchestra and piano, Peter Breiner has selected thirty-three melodies in simple yet revealing piano reductions that give the listener an opportunity to journey with Dvořák through his career in Prague and ultimately overseas to America. This carefully curated programme also brings moods ranging from rustic celebration to nostalgic melancholy, and from traditional Czech dumka dances to the famous "Song to the Moon", Dvořák’s most prized operatic aria.

Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group Presents Russian Classical Piano contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists.

How does the founder of an independent music label – whose very survival depends on album sales – justify creating a project highlighting, even praising piracy ? During the 1980s, a group of music dealers and record collectors from Mexico City joined forces to create a series of illegally manufactured vinyl records containing rare and highly-sought hits from Perú, Ecuador, Colombia and beyond. These bootleg compilations – known as “pirata” – were pressed during graveyard shift on recycled vinyl in editions of no more than 500. The anonymous manufacturers may not have realised it at the time but they were helping to consolidate and expand a love for tropical music and dance among the population of Mexico City and beyond. The records became a key element of the sonidero culture that was recently declared as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mexico City. The double-LP Super Disco Pirata compilation contains 23 tropical floor-fillers sourced from the finest and strangest pirata LPs.

The Trio di Parma not only performs music for violin, cello, and piano, but frequently collaborates with others in larger ensembles.

On her second KALEIDOS album, cellist Joanna Sachryn and her piano partner Paul Rivinius present two important representatives of New Music.

Lamb has premiered several works, including those of Saariaho, Muhly, Pintscher, and worked with Ashkenazy and Morlot.

Pianist Sung-Soo Cho continues to captivate audiences with his profound interpretations and musical depth. Praised for his technique and command at the piano, his wide repertoire has also drawn critical acclaim. He especially enjoys the thrill and challenge of contemporary music and displays this passion in his CD “Minimum | Maximum | Modern: Piano Music by American Composers,” recorded for Albany Records in 2016.Dr. Cho has performed across the United States, Korea, Poland, and Italy, where he has presented creative theme-based programs, the most recent being All Russian Music and Complete Études for Piano by Alexander Scriabin. Highlights from his upcoming projects include an album of Scriabin’s Études for Piano, Beethoven 250, and the world premiere of Michael Colina’s Piano Concerto. Since the spring of 2020, Dr. Cho has been curating online concert series including A Classical Quarantine with his pianist colleagues and Home Music Series with vocalists. He plans to continue these series and connect with online audiences throughout the United States and abroad.

Above the album worked the Martin Losert & Akemi Masuko - Granat - Music for Saxophone and Piano, and his release took place on 2022. The album has got songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music.