The Violin Sonatas and Partitas manuscript, which has fortunately survived, is dated 1720. The first page of the autograph carries the note “Libro Primo”; Bach’s Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 may have been regarded as the “Libro Secondo”. A dedicatee is not known.

If you ever encountered electronic lo-fi funk artist Nick Vivid during a pandemic-era Zoom call, you might have noticed a Gold Record on the wall behind him.

“I wrote this album as someone – and for anyone – who likes dancing but doesn’t necessarily want to go out on a Saturday.

Even eleven romantic symphonies, various concert pieces and four operas have not quite brought Joachim Raff, Franz Liszt's interim assistant and orchestrator, a breakthrough into the modern repertoire. Perhaps his varied a capella music, which can least be accused of epigonality, helps.

The instrumentation on the album of the vocalist Barbara Wiernik is rather unusual.

Pioneering electronic artist, harpist and composer Lara Somogyi has signed to Mercury KX to release her debut album, entitled ! (pronounced “Exclamation”).

This is the latest album by Aiko Yajima, who has won prizes in numerous competitions and is known as a talented pianist from early on.

Blou Daville is a project with a blues soul that mixes gypsy atmospheres with the warmth of soul music and the blackest features of lounge music.

Pour son 17ème album en tant que leader, Jean-Luc "Oboman" Fillon a ici réuni un quintet autour d'arrangements originaux et personnels de la musique des compositeurs des Jazz Messengers d'ART Blakey (Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton).

Jorge Grundman is one of Spain's best-known composers. The musical career of the 1961-born Madrilenian, which initially led him into pop bands, is also reflected in his sensuous, light-flooded musical language, which is deliberately written for listeners of our time and reminds many of film music without images.

Immediately upon their debut at the 1969 Marlboro Festival, four brilliant young American musicians calling themselves the Cleveland Quartet were hailed as a chamber ensemble of exceptional quality.

Stephan Moccio is a Grammy and Academy Award-nominated composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor and recording artist.

On November 6, 2020, the day after his 40th birthday, musician and composer Ibrahim Maalouf will unveil his 12th studio album entitled "40 melodies" in reference to his 40 candles.

Hermann Carl Julius Scherchen (* June 21, 1891 in Berlin; † June 12, 1966 in Florence) was a German conductor and composer.

In autumn 2024, the winner of the Fanny Mendelssohn Prize 2024, bassoonist Emanuel Blumin-Sint, will release his debut album on the ES-DUR label. With "Leading Bassoon," Emanuel Blumin-Sint showcases the diverse capabilities of the bassoon, expanding its repertoire and playing techniques. His great ambition is to establish the bassoon as a leading solo instrument. On his album, he combines works by Bach, Mozart, Paganini, Allard, and Villa-Lobos with contemporary compositions by Yuri Povolotsky and Valentin Silvestrov, which are dedicated to him. In Silvestrov's composition, Emanuel himself handles the piano pedalling. Flautist Matvey Demin and cellist Alexey Stadler are Emanuel's partners in the duo works.