The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. It was admired for its rich, warm, complex tone and its bold, dramatic interpretations of the quartet literature, with a particular affinity for the works of Beethoven and Bartók.

Eugene Ormandy (born Jenő Blau; November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with any American orchestra. Ormandy made numerous recordings with the orchestra, and as guest conductor with European orchestras, and achieved three gold records and two Grammy Awards. His reputation was as a skilled technician and expert orchestral builder.

Tina Live in Europe is the first live album by American singer Tina Turner, released by Capitol Records in 1988. The album is compiled from live performances made between 1985 and 1987 on most of the Break Every Rule World Tour and Private Dancer Tour. The double album reached #8 in the UK. In 1989, the album won a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Recorded at NEC Birmingham, Wembley Arena London, Camden Palace London, Westfallenhalle Dortmund West Germany, Isstadion Stockholm Sweden.

Nato a Fermo (nelle Marche), Daniele di Bonaventura, compositore-arrangiatore, pianista-bandoneonista, ha coltivato sin dall’inizio della sua attività un forte interesse per la musica improvvisata pur avendo una formazione musicale di estrazione classica (diploma in Composizione) iniziata a soli 8 anni con lo studio del pianoforte, del violoncello, della composizione e della direzione d’orchestra. Le sue collaborazioni spaziano dalla musica classica a quella contemporanea, dal jazz al tango, dalla musica etnica alla world music, con incursioni nel mondo del teatro del cinema e della danza.

I Said I Love You First is an upcoming collaborative studio album by American singer Selena Gomez and American record producer Benny Blanco. This is Gomez's fourth studio album, and Blanco's second. It is set for release on March 21, 2025, through SMG Music, Friends Keep Secrets, and Interscope Records.

2025 marks 40 years since Ricky Ross met Dougie Vipond and they started to form Deacon Blue, the songs on 'The Great Western Road' reflect the journey the band has taken and remain honest to the age and experience they all share.

The original version of Simon Boccanegra, first performed in 1857, is a masterpiece of concision and vocal delivery, with many important differences from the later 1881 version, including one of Verdi’s most innovative central finales. Sir Mark Elder leads a star cast including Eri Nakimura as Amelia, Iván Ayón-Rivas as her lover Gabriele, William Thomas as Fiesco and the young Argentinian baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara in the title role.

Contemporary composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench reaches beyond British classical music's core audience by mixing his classical background with roots and R&B. In a conscious move to dissolve the genre's boundaries, Ffrench embraced contemporary styles, modern formats, and performance spaces not commonly associated with classical music. His 2018 single "Bluebird" illustrated his melodic, soulful style often repudiated in the classical world.

Songs With Words is the new album by Malakoff Kowalski together with pianists Igor Levit, Johanna Summer, and Chilly Gonzales. The album features miniatures by classical composers coupled with sung poems by American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Reflecting on Felix Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, this extraordinary quartet presents a new kind of music, and possibly a whole new genre that has never before appeared in this form either in classical music, jazz, or pop.

New album 'Stereo Crush' coming early next year through their new label Reigning Phoenix Music.

The internationally renowned double bassist and composer Dieter Ilg releases his new work, 'Motherland'. As the album cover - featuring Ilg wearing a traditional Black Forest Bollenhut - suggests, this project reflects his deep connection to his homeland and to Mother Earth. Ilg is supported by his trio, as well as the master trumpeter Till Bronner, whose trumpet and flugelhorn lend the compositions a unique atmosphere.

Exploring the myriad possibilities of Bach on the piano, Beatrice Rana engages in intimate and illuminating dialogue with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in four of the composer’s keyboard concertos: BWV 1052 in D minor, BWV 1053 in E major, BWV 1054 in D major, and BWV 1056 in F minor.

The dawn of the 21st century brought a seismic change for the composer Howard Shore when New Zealander Peter Jackson invited him to write the music for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, followed a decade later by 'The Hobbit'. The blockbuster films introduced the wonders of Shore's writing - here applied to storytelling on an epic scale - to audiences worldwide. 'I honestly believe I managed to connect with Tolkien's work and his love of nature, which I also share', says Shore. 'I wrote that music with my heart'.

Bobby Rush and Kenny Wayne Shepherd were born about 44 years and miles apart. Several decades later after the two forged their own path in music and the blues, it seemed like an idea that had been waiting to happen. For over 100 years, blues music has inspired, comforted and spoken to the truth.

Gabi Hartmann is the atypical universe of an artist who blurs the styles between pop, folk, jazz, soul and world. She sings what inspires her in several languages, escaping the categories.