The Beethoven sonatas can be logically divided into three distinct groups: early, middle and late. To me, playing them in chronological order is most convincing and deeply satisfying. Among the thirty-two there is not one weak link. And this way the listener is able to follow the process of evolution, step by step. It is a learning experience; we are fellow travellers on a fantastic voyage.”

Pianist Art Hirahara undergoes a transformative journey of self-exploration to discover the "Balance Point" on his fifth release for Posi-Tone. This engaging new record also features several standout performances and meaningful contributions from his trusted collaborators tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, bassist Joe Martin, and drummer Rudy Royston.

The Best Of Grand Funk is a 1970 compilation album by Flint, Michigan hard rock trio Grand Funk, listed as Grand Funk Railroad on the label. It highlights various songs from their first three albums. This was released in Japan on Capitol Records and this is a hi-res rip done in 24-bit/192 kHz.

Cole Porter left a musical legacy that earned him great respect far beyond the world of popular music: more than 40 of his musicals and countless melodies became evergreens, while their lyrics became quoted in daily life. His songs, with their ease, elegance, refinement and drive have fascinated musicians of all genres ever since.

"The third volume of Peter Donohoe’s acclaimed survey of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas for SOMM Recordings focuses on three works from the second half of the 1780s – including his last exercise in the form, Sonata No.18 (K576) – together with two exquisite miniatures.

There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Carlo Gesualdo’s music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for Tenebrae Responsoria (1611), his definitive statement, his monument, his testament.

Recorded live as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June 2018, 'Vesper' is guitarist/composer Kim Myhr’s collaboration with the world-renowned Australian Art Orchestra, led by Peter Knight.

The much-anticipated debut album from country-pop crossover sensation Twinnie has finally arrived. The record which is released via BMG UK is an eclectic mix of sonic fusions blending together the two genres perfectly as she delivers epic pop-infused bangers such as ‘Chasing’, and ‘Feeling Of Falling’, along with the country driven tracks including ‘Whiplash’, and ‘Daddy Issues’.

Debut studio album by the British house DJ, featuring cuts with How to Dress Well, Say Lou Lou, Ry X, Zak Abel, and more. Duke Dumont is best known for his hit singles 'Need U (100%)' 'I Got U', 'Ocean Drive' and 'Won't Look Back'.

"You Don't Wanna Hear It" is the first single from Ron Sexsmith's forthcoming album Hermitage. The new album, due out April 17th is the first new album from the Canadian songwriting legend since his move from his longtime home of Toronto to a more bucolic life in Stratford, Ontario. Ron worked with producer Don Kerr to create this album; the two set up in Ron's living room to record where Ron played all the instruments for the album, with the exception of the drums.

Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott's Mozart Piano Concerto cycle continues with Mozart's brilliant first original Piano Concerto, the D major Concerto , K. 175, composed at age 17. Volume 2 also presents two of Mozart's unquestionable masterpieces, the powerful concerto in D major, 451, and the ever-popular Concerto in B-flat major, K. 450. McDermott's Mozart Vol. 1 has been met with glowing praise, Donald Vroon in The American Record Guide writing of K. 238: "Her playing is better than anyone else that I've heard. !t's so alive! It's as if I never heard this Concerto before."

Jacob Artved is the youngest of a very talented new generation of Danish jazz guitar players. At the age of 20 he has already been a working musician for years, being introduced on the scene by Danish guitar legend Jacob Fischer at the age of 15. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music as the youngest student ever, but chose to drop out, move to New York and spent the long nights jamming instead.

In its first 35 years on the scene, the PRISM Quartet has proven that the saxophone quartet is one of the most versatile chamber music ensembles, capable of expressing music created in an extraordinary range of styles—from works that exploit a level of homogenous blending perhaps only otherwise attainable by a string quartet to wild..

Let Spin's third album, 'Steal the Light', displays the progress they have made in developing their respective compositional voices and musical outlooks that has resulted in their most accomplished, experimental and meticulously-produced album to date.

The highly anticipated recording of Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia playing Beethoven and Barry; specifically the Beethoven Symphony Cycle and a selection of Barry’s works. This recording features Beethoven’s first three symphonies, interspersed with Barry’s piece Beethoven and his Piano Concerto.